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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Fuentes (ranked 8856 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Stevenson (ranked 5960 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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279 lbs
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225 cm
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kent Fuentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steve Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevenson darts in and clinches Fuentes up against the cage.
Stevenson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stevenson looking to stall.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuentes has had enough of the clinch but Stevenson keeps him there for the moment.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fuentes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fuentes feints and as Stevenson raises his hands in defense, Fuentes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fuentes stays in close to Stevenson's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Fuentes escapes and throws Stevenson's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Fuentes cracks Stevenson with a big right hand but Stevenson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuentes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fuentes scores with punches from side control.
Fuentes working the head with strikes.
Fuentes landing strikes.
Stevenson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fuentes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Check out the look on Fuentes's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Fuentes scores with a couple of short elbows.
Stevenson tries to improve position but can't.
Fuentes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Stevenson is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes looks up at the clock and then as Stevenson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fuentes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Stevenson is letting Fuentes control him for a moment.
Fuentes in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Fuentes landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fuentes controlling from side mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fuentes working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes happy to just control the position for now.
Fuentes cracks Stevenson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fuentes remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Stevenson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fuentes connects with a decent elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Stevenson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Fuentes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stevenson down.
Fuentes gets to mount! Stevenson was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Fuentes lands a big elbow.
Stevenson tries to hold on but Fuentes pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Fuentes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fuentes cracks Stevenson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fuentes landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kent Fuentes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kent Fuentes's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Stevenson closes the distance and pushes Fuentes back into the cage.
Stevenson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Stevenson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Stevenson is trying to force a seperation but Fuentes has the dominant position.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Fuentes.
Fuentes is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Stevenson to keep the fight standing.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Fuentes.
Fuentes pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fuentes is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuentes postures up and lands a big shot to Stevenson's brow.
Stevenson working a defensive guard but Fuentes manages to pass into side control anyway.
Fuentes works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Fuentes politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Fuentes prefers to stall for the moment though.
Fuentes lands an elbow.
Fuentes cracks Stevenson with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fuentes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stevenson to see if he's OK.
Fuentes is chipping away with strikes.
Stevenson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Fuentes presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Fuentes with shots to the head and body - Stevenson looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fuentes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fuentes raining down shots from the mount!
Fuentes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kent Fuentes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fuentes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuentes controlling from the full mount.
Stevenson is in a horrible position here. Fuentes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Stevenson is in a horrible position here. Fuentes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fuentes raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fuentes breaks from Stevenson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fuentes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fuentes with the ground and pound from mount.
Fuentes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stevenson can do to turn this around?
Fuentes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stevenson?
Stevenson is desperately trying to improve his position but Fuentes has a good base and remains in mount.
Fuentes content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes with good strikes from the mount here!
Fuentes landing punches.
Fuentes landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevenson squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Fuentes with shots to the head and body - Stevenson looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns Stevenson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fuentes looking to finish Stevenson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stevenson!
Fuentes content just to control the position here.
Fuentes is landing with some decent strikes but Stevenson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kent Fuentes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kent Fuentes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Fuentes throws a head kick that misses
and Stevenson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stevenson is defended easily by Fuentes.
Stevenson clinches with his opponent.
Stevenson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stevenson lands with a light punch inside.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stevenson is trying to stall.
Stevenson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuentes backwards.
Kent Fuentes's cut is getting worse.
Stevenson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stevenson working aggressively here.
Fuentes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuentes jumps guard but Stevenson stands there with Fuentes around his waist. Fuentes gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stevenson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stevenson has had enough of the clinch but Fuentes keeps him there for the moment.
Fuentes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuentes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fuentes gets tackled into the cage by Stevenson. Stevenson maintains the clinch.
Stevenson stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes misses with a body punch.
Stevenson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fuentes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stevenson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fuentes, pushing him back against the cage.
Stevenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fuentes blocking some punches.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Fuentes.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuentes uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Fuentes is rocked!
Stevenson trying to control the position but instead, Fuentes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stevenson into the cage.
Stevenson can't break the clinch.
Steve Stevenson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuentes keeps control of Stevenson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fuentes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fuentes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kent Fuentes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fuentes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Fuentes misses the target.
Fuentes closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
Fuentes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevenson stalling in the clinch but Fuentes improves position.
Stevenson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuentes backwards.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuentes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fuentes has him pressed against the cage.
Stevenson trying to control the position but instead, Fuentes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stevenson into the cage.
Fuentes blocks an uppercut.
Fuentes breaks the clinch.
Stevenson closes the distance and pushes Fuentes back into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fuentes takes a shot to the head.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Steve Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kent Fuentes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fuentes trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Stevenson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fuentes has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kent Fuentes!
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energy
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