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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dick Caunt (ranked 1016 p4p, 46 weight class) and Rico Dominguez (ranked 1090 p4p, 50 weight class). 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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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent 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
8 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Caunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez forces Caunt back against the cage and clinches.
Caunt misses with a punch to the body.
Caunt avoids a wild elbow strike from Dominguez.
Caunt lands a hook to the side of the head.
Caunt cracks Dominguez with a nice body shot.
Caunt tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominguez's elbow.
Dominguez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Caunt pulls his leg out and moves away.
Caunt throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez misses with a combination
and Caunt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Caunt looks to land a body kick but Dominguez moved away.
Dominguez throws a combination that misses
and Caunt makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dominguez really felt that one!
Dominguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Caunt lands a shoulder strike.
Dominguez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caunt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Caunt lands a hook that snaps the head of Dominguez backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Caunt has a couple of punches blocked by Dominguez.
Dominguez misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Caunt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caunt prevents a body shot from Dominguez.
Caunt misses with the head strike.
Dominguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Caunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Caunt.
Caunt misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominguez looking to stall.
A short right from Caunt.
Dominguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Caunt controls his hands.
Dominguez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Caunt backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Dominguez fails to land.
Dominguez tries a body shot but Caunt blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Dominguez.
Caunt tries a body shot but Dominguez blocks it.
Caunt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dominguez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dominguez manages to end up in side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominguez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Caunt gets back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez working Caunt over with strikes.
Dominguez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dominguez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Caunt defending well though.
Dominguez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dominguez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dominguez trying to control the action but Caunt is working from the bottom.
Caunt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dominguez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Caunt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caunt is trying to get back to full guard.
Caunt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dominguez.
Dominguez with the ground and pound but Caunt uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dominguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Caunt has wrist control.
Caunt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Caunt looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dominguez advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Caunt tries to improve position but can't.
Dominguez in side control, throwing shots but Caunt defends.
Dominguez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dominguez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Caunt is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caunt managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dominguez.
Dominguez working the ground and pound but Caunt is defending the strikes.
Dominguez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Caunt down.
Dominguez lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Caunt down.
Dominguez in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Caunt is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rico Dominguez!
Rico Dominguez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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