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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Lopez (ranked 1053 p4p, 158 weight class) and Vic Vinegar (ranked 2385 p4p, 335 weight class). Vinegar has chosen Birds of War as his entrance music. 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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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Martez Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vic Vinegar!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vinegar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lopez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Vinegar throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Vinegar is pushing Lopez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Vinegar lands with a right to the head.
Vinegar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vinegar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lopez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Vinegar after a bit of a struggle.
Vinegar tries to work over Lopez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vinegar tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Vinegar trying to stall but Lopez improves his position.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vinegar's elbow.
Vinegar throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vinegar working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Martez Lopez has been cut.
Vinegar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Vinegar controls his hands.
Vinegar swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vinegar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinegar misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands with a light punch inside.
Vinegar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Vic Vinegar has been cut.
Vinegar digs a right hand into Lopez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lopez's gas tank.
Lopez just leaning against Vinegar, taking a breather.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vinegar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Vinegar or not.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez tries to work over Vinegar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez is trying to stall.
Lopez stalling.
I was talking to Lopez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Vinegar.
Vinegar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.
Vinegar cracks Lopez with a nice body shot.
Lopez slows down the pace here.
Lopez blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Vinegar.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Vinegar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinegar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Vinegar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vinegar is looking to control Lopez's arms but Lopez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Vinegar has his back to the cage.
Lopez stalling in the clinch but Vinegar improves position.
Lopez lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vinegar.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinegar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Vinegar tries for a takedown but Lopez manages to get underhooks.
A short right from Lopez on the inside.
Lopez stops a takedown attempt from Vinegar.
Martez Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vic Vinegar.
Vinegar misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vinegar.
Lopez goes for a takedown attempt but Vinegar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Vinegar drives through with a takedown into Lopez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Vinegar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lopez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Vinegar manages to get himself to full guard.
Lopez won't allow Vinegar to sweep him here.
Lopez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lopez passes Vinegar's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is looking for a kimura but Vinegar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lopez to get the leverage.
Vinegar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Vinegar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vinegar wants to get back to full guard.
Lopez is trying to control the action in half guard but Vinegar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Vinegar is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vic Vinegar dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Vinegar throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Vinegar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lopez connects with the punch.
Lopez scores with a jab.
Lopez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Vinegar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Vinegar's head.
Lopez dodges the punch combination from Vinegar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez tests Vinegar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez looks to throw the jab but Vinegar is out of range.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez has Vinegar up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Vinegar is trying to maintain a safe position but Lopez gets an underhook and turns Vinegar into the cage.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez tries to work over Vinegar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez trying to stall but Vinegar improves his position.
Lopez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vinegar is keeping busy.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Vinegar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Vinegar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vinegar turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Vinegar manages to end up in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez regains half guard.
Lopez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vinegar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lopez is concentrating on defense, preventing Vinegar from advancing position.
Vinegar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lopez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Vinegar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vinegar trying to mount his opponent but Lopez defends it.
Vinegar controlling the action here.
Lopez wants to control but Vinegar is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vinegar is trying to control the action in half guard but Lopez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lopez is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vinegar trying to control from half guard but Lopez is working away.
Lopez is looking to improve his position.
Vinegar trying to control the action but Lopez is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four 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.
Vinegar misses with a left hand
and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lopez is trying to control. Vinegar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Vinegar trying to control from the bottom.
Lopez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lopez works his way into side control.
Lopez fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lopez working the ground and pound from side control.
Lopez scoring with punches from side control.
Vinegar regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Lopez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Vinegar counters with a nice uppercut.
Vinegar tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vinegar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lopez instigates a clinch.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Vinegar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Vinegar swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez goes for a takedown attempt but Vinegar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lopez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martez Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vinegar manages to avoid it.
Vinegar drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Lopez defends it well.
Vinegar misses with a wild body shot.
As Vinegar tries to get set, Lopez tries to push him back and clinch up but Vinegar manages to avoid the attempt.
Vinegar just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez tries to clinch but Vinegar moves out of range.
As Lopez backs off Vinegar throws a huge counter combo but Lopez manages to avoid it all.
Lopez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lopez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Vinegar is fending him off so far but Lopez persists. Nope, Vinegar circles away and we're back to standing.
Lopez lands an overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vinegar was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Lopez works Vinegar's body with a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lopez.
Lopez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Martez Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vinegar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vinegar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vinegar ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vinegar lands a nice looking body shot.
Vinegar forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vinegar can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
Lopez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Vinegar.
Vinegar manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Vinegar tries to work over Lopez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinegar.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vinegar.
Vinegar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Vinegar prevents the takedown attempt.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Vinegar misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez is working for takedown but Vinegar is calmly controlling the position for now.
Vinegar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Vinegar up against the cage.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vinegar's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vinegar works on Lopez's body with a couple of short punches.
Vinegar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vinegar's elbow.
Vinegar scores with a shoulder strike.
Lopez is trying to maintain a safe position but Vinegar gets an underhook and turns Lopez into the cage.
Vinegar lands a shoulder strike.
Lopez is struggling to control the position.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Vinegar avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Vinegar scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Vinegar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vinegar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vinegar tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Vinegar back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vinegar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vinegar is defending well against a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vic Vinegar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vinegar has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vic Vinegar!
A very excited looking Vic Vinegar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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