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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Zuniga (ranked 6809 p4p, 603 weight class) and Keke Mountain (ranked 4552 p4p, 507 weight class). Zuniga comes to the ring accompanied by Rap Devil-MGK. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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203 lbs
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214 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Zuniga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keke Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuniga has managed to clinch.
Zuniga has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mountain uses from the top position.
Zuniga looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Zuniga working a defensive guard but Mountain manages to pass into side control anyway.
Mountain working away.
Zuniga is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mountain off and has taken his back!
Mountain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Zuniga. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Zuniga controls the position.
Mountain tries to escape but Zuniga has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Zuniga trying to control.
Zuniga scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Mountain is looking for a way out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuniga is persistently looking for the submission but Mountain is defending it well.
Zuniga punishes Mountain with strikes from the back mount.
Mountain can't escape the position.
Zuniga cracks Mountain with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Mountain from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Mountain really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zuniga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A lull in the action here.
Zuniga scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuniga is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Zuniga gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Zuniga gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Zuniga apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Zuniga has Mountain up against the ropes in a clinch.
Zuniga gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zuniga looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mountain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zuniga wants to pass the guard but Mountain is defending well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mountain blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zuniga.
Zuniga takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zuniga is looking to take a break and control but Mountain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zuniga is stalling here. Mountain is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Zuniga seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Mountain has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuniga is trying to improve his position.
Zuniga sneaks back into half guard.
Zuniga moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Zuniga looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mountain passes into side control.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Zuniga throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Zuniga prevents Mountain from improving position.
Zuniga tries to improve position but can't.
Zuniga manages to get back to half guard.
Zuniga is looking for a sweep. Mountain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Zuniga looking for submissions off his back.
Zuniga avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mountain.
Zuniga gets full guard.
Zuniga 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.
Mountain stopping the sweep attempt from Zuniga.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Zuniga dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Mountain shoots in and gets a takedown into Zuniga's guard.
Alex Zuniga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zuniga has his foot on Mountain's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Mountain works his way back into a safe position though.
Zuniga working a defensive guard but Mountain passes into half guard.
Mountain throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zuniga is pressing down on Mountain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zuniga working for submissions but it's allowed Mountain to get to half guard.
Zuniga wants to improve his position but Mountain is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zuniga is trying to control but can't.
Zuniga is looking to get back to full guard here but Mountain has managed to pass to side control instead.
Zuniga looks to move to half guard but instead Mountain has passed into mount! Damn!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuniga wants to hold on but Mountain pushes him away.
Zuniga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mountain can do to turn this around?
Mountain throwing strikes here but Zuniga is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zuniga is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Mountain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Zuniga is in all sorts of trouble here.
Zuniga is working hard here to advance position.
The referee warns Zuniga that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zuniga tries to lock up and control but Mountain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Zuniga bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mountain avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zuniga throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mountain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zuniga scoring with some ground and pound.
Zuniga cracks Mountain with a solid left hand.
Zuniga pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mountain is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuniga missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zuniga postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mountain keeping moving, preventing Zuniga from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zuniga won't allow Mountain to sweep him here.
Zuniga is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mountain manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zuniga manages to get himself to full guard.
Zuniga trying to strike off his back.
Zuniga has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mountain has passed into side control.
Zuniga taking a bit of punishment here - Mountain scoring with strikes.
Zuniga sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Zuniga is looking for a sweep. Mountain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zuniga wants to control but Mountain passes into side.
Zuniga tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Zuniga manages to get back to half guard.
Zuniga is looking to control Mountain's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zuniga avoid being mounted?
Zuniga is pressing down on Mountain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Zuniga working a defensive guard but Mountain manages to pass into side control anyway.
Zuniga struggling a bit here.
Zuniga is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mountain off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keke Mountain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Zuniga gets caught napping as Mountain dives in and scores a takedown. Zuniga manages to retain guard.
Zuniga looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Mountain has picked Zuniga up and slammed him! Zuniga can't keep hold of the triangle and Mountain manages to pass to side control!
A control attempt from Zuniga but he's now mounted!
Zuniga tries to hold on but Mountain postures up.
Mountain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Zuniga can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Mountain! Zuniga is hurt baaadly! Mountain is firing away with more strikes - Zuniga is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keke Mountain!
Alex Zuniga spoke after the fight, saying 'I will be back and fucky everybody...'.
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hype
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