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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luis Perez Saavedra (ranked 3724 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Swingewood (ranked 6687 p4p, 0 weight class). Aaron Swingewood is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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156 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luis Perez Saavedra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aaron Swingewood!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swingewood looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Saavedra is fending him off so far but Swingewood persists. Nope, Saavedra circles away and we're back to standing.
Saavedra closes the distance and pushes Swingewood back into the cage.
Saavedra effectively controlling the action here.
Swingewood stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Swingewood is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Saavedra throws a knee to the head but misses.
Swingewood is trying to pull guard but Saavedra has him pressed against the cage.
Luis Perez Saavedra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Swingewood.
Saavedra is working for takedown but Swingewood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Saavedra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saavedra darts in and clinches Swingewood up against the cage.
Saavedra lands a nice shot to the body.
Saavedra breaks the clinch.
Swingewood throws a series of punches but Saavedra moves out of range.
Swingewood fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saavedra keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Swingewood fails with a takedown attempt.
Saavedra thows a leg kick but Swingewood checks it
and Swingewood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Swingewood slaps away a takedown attempt from Saavedra, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Swingewood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Saavedra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Swingewood wants to clinch up but Saavedra keeps it at a distance.
Saavedra finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Saavedra gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Swingewood is trying to break the clinch but Saavedra is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saavedra is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Swingewood gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Saavedra prevents a takedown attempt there.
Saavedra jumps guard but Swingewood turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Saavedra.
Swingewood tries to pull guard but Saavedra holds him up against the cage and eventually Swingewood drops back down to his feet.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Saavedra creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Saavedra pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saavedra misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Swingewood connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swingewood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Saavedra sprawls well. Saavedra wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Swingewood gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saavedra on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Saavedra stuffs the takedown.
Saavedra misses with a kick to the body.
Saavedra goes for a double leg but Swingewood avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Swingewood continues to drive forward.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Saavedra stalling against the cage.
Saavedra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saavedra shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Swingewood sprawls well. Swingewood wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Saavedra gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice body punch from Saavedra.
Saavedra drives through with a takedown into Swingewood's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Saavedra postures up.
Saavedra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Swingewood on the ground.
Saavedra wants to control from the top but Swingewood keeps moving.
Swingewood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Swingewood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saavedra is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Perez Saavedra dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Swingewood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Swingewood misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Saavedra tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Swingewood manages to circle out of the way.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Swingewood.
A head kick misses from Swingewood.
Saavedra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Swingewood!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saavedra taking a breather here.
Swingewood prevents Saavedra from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Swingewood's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saavedra tries to move to mount but Swingewood blocks the move with his legs.
Swingewood manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Saavedra misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Saavedra is controlling Swingewood's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Saavedra is staying active underneath Swingewood, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swingewood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Saavedra controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Saavedra is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Swingewood trying to control the action but Saavedra is working from the bottom.
Swingewood prevents Saavedra from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swingewood is looking to take a break and control but Saavedra is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Saavedra is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swingewood can do to turn this around?
Swingewood shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Saavedra pinned against the cage. Saavedra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It looked like Saavedra was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Swingewood.
Luis Perez Saavedra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Swingewood.
Saavedra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Swingewood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Saavedra misses with a takedown attempt - Swingewood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Saavedra dives in and grabs Swingewood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Swingewood pushes down on Saavedra's head and hops out.
Swingewood lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Swingewood is defended easily by Saavedra.
Swingewood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Saavedra stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Saavedra wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Swingewood or perhaps it was just good defense by Saavedra, which made it look bad.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Swingewood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Swingewood is breathing heavily.
Saavedra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Swingewood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saavedra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aaron Swingewood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Saavedra.
Saavedra stuffs the takedown.
Saavedra fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Swingewood, pushing him back against the cage.
Saavedra manages to break the clinch.
Swingewood leaves Saavedra with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Saavedra slips a jab and a cross from Swingewood.
Saavedra closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swingewood has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Saavedra avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Saavedra pulls guard.
Saavedra trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saavedra pulls Swingewood in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Swingewood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Swingewood trying to control but Saavedra is working from the bottom.
Saavedra is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Swingewood is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Saavedra is looking for a triangle here but Swingewood uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Saavedra struggling a bit here.
Swingewood tries to score with some ground and pound. Saavedra controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Swingewood trying to control the position but Saavedra is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Swingewood shoots in but no luck this time.
Luis Perez Saavedra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aaron Swingewood.
Swingewood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saavedra defends it nicely.
Saavedra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luis Perez Saavedra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Saavedra leaves Swingewood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
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.
Saavedra shoots in but Swingewood avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saavedra throws a low kick but it's checked well by Swingewood.
Swingewood gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Saavedra to counter with a crisp jab.
Swingewood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Saavedra moves into the clinch.
Saavedra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Swingewood goes for a takedown attempt but Saavedra pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Saavedra shoots in and drives through. Swingewood sprawls well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Saavedra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Swingewood trying to control from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luis Perez Saavedra showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Saavedra 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Perez Saavedra!
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RATING
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