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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mario Salinas (ranked 24817 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Jackson (ranked 6507 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Hunter Jackson looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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193 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mario Salinas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Jackson !
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Salinas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jackson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jackson looks winded!
Salinas throwing strikes but missing.
Salinas won't allow Jackson to sweep him here.
Jackson has momentary wrist control but Salinas slips an elbow through the middle.
Salinas stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Salinas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
Salinas stays in close to Jackson 's body and controls the position.
Salinas's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salinas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Salinas landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Salinas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Salinas is in close to Jackson 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Salinas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Salinas trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jackson 's guard.
Jackson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Salinas slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jackson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Salinas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jackson swivels and escapes.
Salinas closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jackson quickly recovers to half guard.
Salinas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Salinas seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jackson for as long as he can get away with.
Salinas looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinas is nestled in close to Jackson , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Salinas stalling.
Salinas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Salinas content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jackson is looking for a sweep. Salinas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salinas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Salinas lands with a punch from half guard.
Salinas is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jackson is just riding it out for now. Salinas eventually gives up the hold.
Jackson trying to hold on to Salinas's head to control him but Salinas postures up.
Still in half guard, Salinas seems content to control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Salinas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jackson tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Salinas manages to move to mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Salinas dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Salinas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jackson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Salinas is holding on to half guard well.
Salinas wants to get back to his feet.
Salinas trying to control but Jackson postures up.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson thows a huge punch but Salinas dodges it nicely.
Jackson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Salinas keeping hold of Jackson 's head, controlling as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Salinas misses with a low kick.
Jackson throws a big counter head kick but Salinas avoids it with no problem.
Salinas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Salinas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Salinas shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Salinas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mario Salinas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Salinas.
Salinas darts in looking for a takedown but Jackson gets double underhooks and turns Salinas into the cage.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jackson .
Jackson decides to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a leg kick but Salinas checks it.
Jackson tries to clinch
and Salinas counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salinas is controlling the pace.
Jackson missing with punches from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to get back to is feet but Salinas passes into side control.
Salinas stands up and beckons Jackson to his feet.
Salinas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Salinas stalling.
Jackson missing with punches from the bottom.
Jackson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salinas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Salinas trying to control the pace.
Jackson trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ground and pound from Salinas.
Salinas keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Salinas continues to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hunter Jackson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Salinas shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed Salinas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Salinas tries to counter by clinching up but Jackson breaks away and moves out of range.
Salinas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Salinas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Still in half guard, Salinas seems content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salinas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Salinas content to control rather than advance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Salinas slips a nice elbow through Jackson 's hands, connecting with Jackson 's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is trying to get back to full guard.
Salinas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jackson trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Jackson taking shots to the head.
Salinas landing strikes from the mount.
Salinas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Salinas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salinas punishing his opponent with strikes.
Salinas content just to control the position here.
Salinas lands a nice shot to the head.
Salinas controlling the position easily from mount.
Salinas unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salinas looking to finish Jackson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackson !
Salinas controlling the position easily from mount.
More hug and hope from Salinas.
Salinas lands a heavy elbow.
Salinas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Salinas looking to secure an arm triangle but Jackson defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salinas controlling his opponent.
Jackson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salinas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jackson can't escape the position.
Jackson taking shots to the head.
Salinas forces the positional change into back control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mario Salinas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Salinas 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Salinas!
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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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