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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cariltos Tierro (ranked 3863 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Foster (ranked 24587 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Steve Foster enters the cage!
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200 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cariltos Tierro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steve Foster!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tierro displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tierro looks to land a right hand but Foster moved out of range.
Foster steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tierro.
Foster has a takedown stuffed.
A shot to the liver by Tierro. Beautiful body shot.
Tierro stuffs the takedown.
Foster bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Foster takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Foster fails with a takedown attempt.
Cariltos Tierro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Foster.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Foster gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tierro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Foster wants to counter the offense by Tierro and move into the clinch position.
Tierro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierro lands the left hand.
Foster tries a head kick but it misses.
Good exchange - Tierro coming out on top.
Tierro throws a body punch but Foster moves out of range.
Tierro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Foster.
Foster changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tierro looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Foster working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Tierro is not content to let Foster control the position.
Foster misses with the ground and pound.
Tierro is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foster is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tierro is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tierro dodges the ground and pound from Foster.
Foster throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Foster throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tierro tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Foster presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Foster trying to control but Tierro is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster working for a guillotine from mount but Tierro is in no mood to give up.
Tierro is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tierro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Foster.
Tierro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Foster.
Tierro is trying desperately to improve position.
Tierro blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tierro is desperately trying to improve his position but Foster has a good base and remains in mount.
Foster is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Foster trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Foster lands with some strikes.
Foster tries to control but Tierro wriggling away.
Tierro is trying desperately to improve position.
Foster has control of Tierro's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Tierro regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We've been informed that Foster has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tierro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Foster.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cariltos Tierro will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Foster steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tierro.
Tierro just misses with a punch to the body.
Tierro throws a hook but Foster blocks it.
Tierro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Foster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Foster throws out a counter right but Tierro avoids it with no problem.
Tierro throws out a loose jab but Foster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Foster let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Foster dodges the punch combination from Tierro.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Foster.
Tierro catches Foster with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tierro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Foster closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tierro circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Tierro.
Tierro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Foster.
A slow jab from Tierro misses its intended target.
Foster was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cariltos Tierro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tierro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cariltos Tierro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tierro misses the jab.
Tierro slaps away a takedown attempt from Foster, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cariltos Tierro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Foster.
Tierro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Foster.
Tierro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tierro doesn't manage to clinch there - Foster circles away.
Tierro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Foster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Foster fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tierro throws a lazy right hand but Foster sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tierro looks to land a right hand but Foster moved out of range.
Nice shot by Tierro.
Tierro misses the jab.
Steve Foster is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tierro lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tierro misses with the combination.
Foster shoots in for a takedown but Tierro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tierro connects with a jab.
Tierro lands with an overhand left.
Foster shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tierro as he avoids it easily.
Tierro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Foster.
Foster is breathing heavily.
Tierro tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foster lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Foster working away.
Tierro tries to improve position but can't.
Tierro taking punishment in the form of punches.
Tierro is trying to control Foster's posture but Foster avoids it.
Foster scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Tierro to see if he's OK.
Steve Foster has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tierro avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Foster.
Foster in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Foster.
Foster tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Foster has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tierro sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Foster slows the pace down in half guard.
Tierro avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Foster.
Foster thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tierro's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cariltos Tierro dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Foster slips under a jab.
Tierro's jab looks to have found its range, popping Foster under the eye.
Tierro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tierro throws a body punch but Foster moves out of range.
Tierro throws a series of punches but Foster moves out of range.
Foster shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tierro pinned against the cage. Tierro gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Foster staying out of range there.
Foster tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Tierro defends well and Foster ends up having to push Tierro into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Tierro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tierro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tierro avoids a punch combination nicely.
A lazy left from Tierro finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tierro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Foster manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tierro on his heels. He'll look to pass Tierro's guard now, I'm sure.
Tierro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Foster is one step ahead there.
Foster won't allow Tierro to get back to his feet.
Tierro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Foster.
Foster looking to sit in guard and control but Tierro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tierro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tierro wants to get up but he can't break Foster's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Foster looking to control.
Tierro seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tierro would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Tierro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tierro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tierro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tierro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Foster shoots in and gets a takedown into Tierro's guard.
Foster cracks Tierro with a solid left hand.
Tierro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Foster is one step ahead there.
Tierro keeping moving, preventing Foster from controlling successfully.
Foster takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tierro has Foster pulled in close to control his posture.
Foster passes Tierro's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tierro is looking for a sweep. Foster is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Foster thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tierro trying to control here.
Steve Foster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Foster thows a huge punch but Tierro dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cariltos Tierro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tierro, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cariltos Tierro!
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