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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Villarreal (ranked 5222 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarka Gruffalo (ranked 5137 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Villarreal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tarka Gruffalo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Villarreal stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Villarreal wants it to stay on the feet.
Villarreal moves in looking to clinch but Gruffalo pushes him off.
Villarreal tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gruffalo is able to avoid easily.
Gruffalo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gruffalo blocks a jab.
Villarreal throws a lazy right hand but Gruffalo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Villarreal throws a series of punches but Gruffalo moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Gruffalo misses.
Villarreal will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gruffalo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Villarreal throws a body punch but Gruffalo moves out of range.
Villarreal gets tackled into the cage by Gruffalo. Gruffalo maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruffalo can't get the takedown.
Carlos Villarreal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarka Gruffalo.
Villarreal throws a punch but it's blocked by Gruffalo.
Gruffalo breaks from the clinch.
Gruffalo fails to land the takedown.
Villarreal tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gruffalo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gruffalo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Villarreal pressing his opponent against the cage.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffalo.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffalo.
Villarreal managing to block the knees to the body from Gruffalo.
Villarreal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffalo.
Gruffalo is trying to break the clinch but Villarreal has him pressed against the cage.
Villarreal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villarreal misses with the head strike.
Gruffalo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Villarreal manages to break the clinch.
Villarreal throws a body punch but Gruffalo moves out of range.
Villarreal misses with a body shot.
Villarreal throws out a leg kick but Gruffalo moves out of range and Villarreal only half commits.
Villarreal dodges the punch combination from Gruffalo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruffalo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Villarreal.
Gruffalo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Villarreal is out of range.
A clash of legs there as Gruffalo blocks the low kick.
Gruffalo checks a leg kick nicely.
Gruffalo slips a jab and a cross from Villarreal.
Villarreal throws a right hand that Gruffalo ducks under and follows up with a left that Gruffalo also avoids with ease.
Horrible takedown attempt by Gruffalo or perhaps it was just good defense by Villarreal, which made it look bad.
Carlos Villarreal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Villarreal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gruffalo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Villarreal misses with a leg kick
and Gruffalo counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Villarreal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gruffalo wants to break free but Villarreal has control.
Villarreal managing to block the knees to the body from Gruffalo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Villarreal working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gruffalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gruffalo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Villarreal throws a body kick that misses.
Villarreal throws a right and a left that Gruffalo avoids nicely.
Villarreal moves into the clinch.
Gruffalo slowing the pace effectively.
Villarreal gets underhooks to prevent Gruffalo's takedown attempt.
Gruffalo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Villarreal gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Gruffalo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gruffalo.
Villarreal misses with some punches.
Villarreal wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Villarreal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Villarreal gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Gruffalo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gruffalo jumps guard but Villarreal stands there with Gruffalo around his waist. Gruffalo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gruffalo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Villarreal breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Villarreal misses with an uppercut.
Gruffalo has a takedown stuffed.
Gruffalo tries to clinch up.
Villarreal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gruffalo blocks the body kick.
Villarreal looks to land a left hand but Gruffalo moved out of range nicely.
A clash of legs there as Villarreal blocks the low kick.
Villarreal misses with a wild combination.
Villarreal tries to clinch there but Gruffalo circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Villarreal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gruffalo shoots in and drives through. Villarreal sprawls well.
Gruffalo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Villarreal sprawls well. Villarreal wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gruffalo gets slowly back to his feet.
Villarreal seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Villarreal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gruffalo can do to turn this around?
Villarreal throws a leg kick
and Gruffalo counters by moving into the clinch.
Gruffalo blocks an elbow strike.
Villarreal looking to slow down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Villarreal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villarreal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gruffalo's efforts to push away.
Villarreal prevents the takedown attempt.
Carlos Villarreal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarka Gruffalo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruffalo tries for a takedown but Villarreal manages to get underhooks.
Villarreal working aggressively here.
A frustrated look appears on Villarreal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Villarreal gets underhooks to prevent Gruffalo's takedown attempt.
Villarreal throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gruffalos head.
Gruffalo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Villarreal gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffalo gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Villarreal regains guard.
Gruffalo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Villarreal. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Villarreal wants to stand but Gruffalo is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gruffalo wants to control from the top but Villarreal keeps moving.
Villarreal will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Villarreal wants to stand and escape but Gruffalo is having none of it.
Gruffalo trying to move into half guard but instead Villarreal has managed to sweep!
Villarreal trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gruffalo's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Gruffalo holds on and takes a little breather.
Villarreal is looking to stand up but Gruffalo won't let him.
Gruffalo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Villarreal wants to stand but Gruffalo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Carlos Villarreal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Villarreal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gruffalo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Villarreal as he avoids it easily.
Villarreal misses with a low kick.
Gruffalo moves into range and clinches up with Villarreal.
Villarreal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Villarreal has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gruffalo slows down the pace here.
Gruffalo tries to circle away but Villarreal has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villarreal.
Villarreal managing to block the knees to the body from Gruffalo.
Gruffalo has Villarreal pressed against the cage.
Villarreal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villarreal throws a head punch that misses.
Gruffalo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gruffalo fails to pull guard.
Villarreal misses with a punch to the body.
Villarreal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Villarreal clinches with his opponent.
Villarreal wants to get back to striking at distance but Gruffalo won't allow it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Villarreal pushes off an throws an elbow but Gruffalo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gruffalo is trying to break the clinch but Villarreal is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal working aggressively here.
Villarreal is trying to break the clinch but Gruffalo has him pressed against the cage.
Villarreal looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gruffalo keeps control of Villarreal as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gruffalo breaks the clinch.
Carlos Villarreal is winning the standup battle so far.
Villarreal wants to clinch.
Gruffalo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gruffalo darts in looking for a takedown but Villarreal gets double underhooks and turns Gruffalo into the cage.
Villarreal throws a jab when Gruffalo was well out of range.
Villarreal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Villarreal throws a nice looking combination but Gruffalo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Villarreal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gruffalo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Villarreal tests Gruffalo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Villarreal motions for Gruffalo to come forward. Villarreal throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A combination from Villarreal does no damage.
Villarreal displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gruffalo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Villarreal dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! 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.
Gruffalo has managed to clinch.
Gruffalo has had enough of the clinch but Villarreal keeps him there for the moment.
Villarreal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gruffalo breaks the clinch.
Gruffalo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gruffalo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Villarreal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Gruffalo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Villarreal throws a hook to the side of Gruffalo's head but Gruffalo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Villarreal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gruffalo moves into the clinch.
Villarreal can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gruffalo breaks the clinch.
Gruffalo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Villarreal drives through and clinches with Gruffalo against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruffalo fails to pull guard.
Carlos Villarreal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tarka Gruffalo.
Villarreal prevents the takedown attempt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Villarreal.
Gruffalo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Villarreal is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Villarreal wants to break the clinch but can't.
Villarreal is trying to break free.
Villarreal working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gruffalo blocks an elbow strike from Villarreal.
Villarreal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Villarreal misses with some punches.
Gruffalo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Villarreal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Villarreal throws a head punch that misses.
Gruffalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Villarreal working aggressively here.
Gruffalo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Villarreal throws an elbow but it misses.
Villarreal is looking to break free of the clinch but Gruffalo has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gruffalo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Villarreal just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gruffalo blocks a body shot from Villarreal.
Gruffalo is trying to pull guard but Villarreal has him pressed against the cage.
Gruffalo works on Villarreal's body with a couple of short punches.
Villarreal has Gruffalo pressed against the cage, preventing Gruffalo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gruffalo fails to pull guard.
Villarreal has a couple of punches blocked by Gruffalo.
Gruffalo successfully pulls guard.
Villarreal has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gruffalo is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal stops Gruffalo from standing up.
Villarreal is looking to stand up but Gruffalo won't let him.
Villarreal preventing the sweep.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Villarreal throws a big shot that misses.
Gruffalo feints the counter takedown.
Villarreal wants to clinch up but Gruffalo keeps it at a distance.
Gruffalo tries to counter with a clinch but Villarreal shakes him off and moves away.
Villarreal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gruffalo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Villarreal defends it well.
Gruffalo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gruffalo throws a right and a left that Villarreal avoids nicely.
Villarreal misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villarreal throws a solid leg kick but Gruffalo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Villarreal.
A combination from Villarreal does no damage.
Villarreal tries to work over Gruffalo's front leg with a kick but Gruffalo checks it.
Gruffalo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gruffalo shoots in for a takedown but Villarreal shows good takedown defense.
Gruffalo ducks under a wild hook from Villarreal.
Villarreal works over Gruffalo's head and body with a nice combination.
Villarreal throws a looping overhand right but Gruffalo ducks down to avoid it.
Villarreal misses with a low kick.
Gruffalo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Villarreal sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Villarreal throws a right and a left that Gruffalo avoids nicely.
Gruffalo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gruffalo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Villarreal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villarreal is looking to score with low kicks.
Tarka Gruffalo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carlos Villarreal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Villarreal loads up on a big right hand but Gruffalo slips the punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Villarreal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Villarreal, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Villarreal!
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