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WFC 47 - Tainted Strike PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Spart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jack Spart acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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177 cm
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160 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Teddy Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Spart!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson throws a hook but Spart avoids it easily.
Spart swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A combination from Ferguson does no damage.
Nice defenses there by Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a right hand that Spart ducks under and follows up with a left that Spart also avoids with ease.
Spart throws a jab when Ferguson was well out of range.
Jack Spart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferguson misses with a double jab.
Ferguson staying out of range there.
Spart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ferguson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spart.
Ferguson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spart throws out the jab.
Ferguson moves away from the strike by Spart.
Spart looks to land a left hand but Ferguson moved out of range nicely.
Spart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ferguson moves out of range of the strikes.
Spart throws a looping overhand right but Ferguson ducks down to avoid it.
Ferguson looks to throw the jab but Spart is out of range.
Some wild striking there from Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferguson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Spart, pushing him back against the cage.
Spart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferguson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spart backwards.
Spart goes for a takedown attempt but Ferguson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ferguson has closed the distance and engaged Spart in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spart misses with a punch on the inside.
Spart tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferguson avoids the damage to the body.
Spart has picked Ferguson up - he's going for a ride! Spart dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Spart looks to land a strike but Ferguson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Ferguson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spart accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Spart throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spart accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ferguson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Spart wants to pass the guard but Ferguson is keeping the position.
Spart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ferguson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ferguson moves into the clinch.
Spart lands a nice shot to the body.
Spart tries for a takedown but Ferguson manages to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spart throws a head punch that misses.
Spart stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Spart tries a body shot but Ferguson blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Spart blocking some punches.
Spart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Spart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferguson's elbow.
Spart lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Spart.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferguson misses with some punches.
Spart lands a body shot in the clinch.
Spart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Spart tries for a takedown but Ferguson manages to get underhooks.
Teddy Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Spart.
Spart looks gassed!
Spart blocking some punches.
Ferguson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Spart backwards.
Spart lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ferguson.
Ferguson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Spart.
Ferguson has a couple of punches blocked by Spart.
A head punch on the inside from Spart fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spart.
Spart's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Spart.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ferguson lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spart lands a left hand.
Ferguson has a couple of punches blocked by Spart.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Spart.
Spart lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Spart.
Spart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ferguson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ferguson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Spart might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ferguson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Spart loads up on a big right hand but Ferguson slips the punch.
Spart throws a hook but Ferguson blocks it.
Spart dodges the punch combination from Ferguson.
Spart connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ferguson momentarily.
Spart throws a jab when Ferguson was well out of range.
Ferguson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spart circles away quickly and effectively.
Ferguson tries to close the distance and clinch but Spart swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ferguson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Spart finds it's way round the side to connect with Ferguson's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Spart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Spart.
A combination from Ferguson does no damage.
Ferguson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spart misses with a hook.
Spart avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Spart scores with a nice right hand.
Ferguson tries to bum rush Spart with a series of wild strikes but Spart uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Spart throws a shot from downtown. Ferguson moves away and avoids it.
Ferguson instigates a clinch.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Ferguson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Spart fails to land.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Spart blocks an uppercut.
Spart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferguson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spart gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ferguson regains guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spart postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ferguson is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Spart, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Spart dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ferguson misses with a few strikes there.
Ferguson clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Spart pushes Ferguson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Spart has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ferguson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Spart fails to land.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spart.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Spart tries to score a body lock takedown but Ferguson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spart is working for takedown but Ferguson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Teddy Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Spart.
A short right from Ferguson.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spart is breathing heavily.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spart misses with the head strike.
Spart lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spart scores with a hook to the body.
Ferguson has a couple of punches blocked by Spart.
Spart goes for a takedown attempt but Ferguson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Spart misses with a straight left.
Ferguson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spart.
Teddy Ferguson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Danga de danga de dang - Ferguson scores with a four punch combination!
Spart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferguson.
Spart misses with a hook.
Spart waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ferguson.
Ferguson closes the distance and clinches.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Spart goes for a takedown attempt but Ferguson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Spart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ferguson has managed to clinch.
Spart lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ferguson backwards.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Spart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferguson's elbow.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spart can't get the takedown.
Spart tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferguson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ferguson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
A short right from Ferguson on the inside.
Ferguson gets underhooks to prevent Spart's takedown attempt.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson lands a hook that snaps the head of Spart backwards.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Spart.
Ferguson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
Spart is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson swings wildly with an uppercut but Spart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Ferguson lands with a short shot to the head.
Spart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Spart - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Spart is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ferguson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferguson lands with a right to the head.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferguson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spart is trying to drag Ferguson to the mat but Ferguson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ferguson swings wildly with an uppercut but Spart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferguson lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson throws a punch but it's blocked by Spart.
Ferguson working aggressively here.
Ferguson misses with some punches.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Spart fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spart.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ferguson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ferguson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spart circles away quickly and effectively.
Ferguson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Spart.
Ferguson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spart.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ferguson slips under a jab.
Ferguson misses with a few strikes there.
Spart throws an overhand right that lands on Ferguson's shoulder, as Ferguson tries to avoid the shot.
Ferguson misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Ferguson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spart throws an overhand right that lands on Ferguson's shoulder, as Ferguson tries to avoid the shot.
Ferguson throws a shot from downtown. Spart moves away and avoids it.
Spart dodges the punch combination from Ferguson.
Ferguson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spart looks to land a left hand but Ferguson moved out of range nicely.
Ferguson throws a series of punches but Spart avoids them all with ease.
Ferguson staying out of range there.
Ferguson misses with a double jab.
Ferguson forces Spart back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ferguson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ferguson misses with some punches.
Spart tries a body shot but Ferguson blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferguson.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spart is trying to trip Ferguson. He has hold of a leg but Ferguson is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Spart persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ferguson kicks Spart off and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Teddy Ferguson dominated that second round.
That's time! Ferguson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Spart throws an overhand right that lands on Ferguson's shoulder, as Ferguson tries to avoid the shot.
Ferguson moves into the clinch.
Spart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spart cracks Ferguson with a nice body shot.
Spart is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ferguson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Spart works on Ferguson's body with a couple of short punches.
Spart gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Spart not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ferguson trying to control from the bottom.
Spart throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Spart is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Ferguson as he works his way to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Spart accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spart with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spart.
Spart must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ferguson wants to stand and escape but Spart is having none of it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Spart throws a hook to the side of Ferguson's head but Ferguson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ferguson closes the distance and clinches.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferguson lands a left hand.
Spart throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with some punches.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spart wants a takedown but no success here.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferguson swings wildly with an uppercut but Spart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ferguson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson has a couple of punches blocked by Spart.
Ferguson prevents the takedown attempt.
Teddy Ferguson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Spart.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spart is working for takedown but Ferguson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Ferguson.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spart is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ferguson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferguson stops a takedown attempt from Spart.
Spart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferguson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spart wants a takedown but no success here.
Ferguson prevents a body shot from Spart.
Ferguson swings wildly with an uppercut but Spart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spart blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spart blocks an uppercut.
Ferguson throws a head punch that misses.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spart scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Ferguson prevents the takedown attempt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ferguson.
Ferguson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spart misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ferguson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Spart goes for a takedown attempt but Ferguson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ferguson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A big right from Spart misses.
Ferguson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spart circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Ferguson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spart misses with an uppercut.
Ferguson closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Ferguson fails to land.
Spart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ferguson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ferguson misses with a double jab.
Ferguson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spart showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ferguson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ferguson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ferguson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spart moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spart scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ferguson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ferguson misses with a two punch combination.
Ferguson misses with the combination.
Spart looks to throw the jab but Ferguson is out of range.
Ferguson throws a nice looking combination but Spart bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spart throws the left hand but Ferguson avoids the punch easily.
Ferguson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Spart.
Danga de danga de dang - Ferguson scores with a four punch combination!
Ferguson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ferguson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ferguson moves out of range of the strikes.
Ferguson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ferguson blocks a body shot from Spart.
Ferguson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferguson prevents the takedown attempt.
Teddy Ferguson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spart misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Teddy Ferguson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ferguson 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 Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Teddy Ferguson!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Brannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Canses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brannigan kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dropkick Murphys - The warriors code. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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3 - 3 - 0 |
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270 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong |
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Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edward Brannigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rob Canses!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brannigan has closed the distance and engaged Canses in a clinch.
Brannigan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Canses looks gassed!
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Rob Canses has been cut.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan lands a knee to the body.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Brannigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canses in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Canses drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Canses's ribcage.
Canses takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brannigan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Rob Canses's cut even more.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Canses wants to break the clinch but can't.
Canses takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brannigan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brannigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canses in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Canses wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Brannigan gets underhooks to prevent Canses's takedown attempt.
Canses wants to break free but Brannigan has control.
Canses looking for a takedown.
Edward Brannigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Canses.
Brannigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Canses won't want to take too many of those.
Brannigan prevents Canses from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brannigan working Canses over with knees to the body.
Brannigan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Canses looking for a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brannigan.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canses lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brannigan obliges.
Canses is trying to break free.
Brannigan is pressed up against the cage. Canses has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brannigan down to the mat. Brannigan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brannigan lands a head kick. Canses smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Brannigan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Canses closes the distance looking to clinch
and Brannigan counters with a thumping low kick.
Brannigan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brannigan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brannigan doesn't manage to clinch there - Canses circles away.
Brannigan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Canses, pushing him back against the cage.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
Brannigan scores with a knee to the head.
Canses wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
Canses is trying to break the clinch but Brannigan is controlling him.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Canses tries for a takedown but Brannigan manages to get underhooks.
Brannigan scores with a knee to the head.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Canses drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brannigan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brannigan wants to stall.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Canses's ribcage.
Canses can't get the takedown.
Brannigan prevents the takedown attempt.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brannigan working Canses over with knees to the body.
Canses is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brannigan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Canses turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Canses tries to advance to mount but Brannigan denies him.
Canses in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canses misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Canses creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Brannigan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Canses throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Brannigan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Canses wants to get back to full guard but Brannigan has passed into side control.
Canses is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Canses is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brannigan throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Canses is trying desperately to improve position.
Brannigan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Canses really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Canses has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brannigan controlling his opponent.
Brannigan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Brannigan tries to control but Canses wriggling away.
Canses is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brannigan controlling from the full mount.
Canses is looking to improve his position but Brannigan isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Brannigan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Canses's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Brannigan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Canses.
Brannigan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Canses paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brannigan tries to clinch up but Canses circles away and keeps his distance.
Canses misses with a straight left.
Canses shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brannigan sprawls well. Brannigan wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Canses gets slowly back to his feet.
Brannigan wants to clinch.
Canses changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Brannigan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Canses postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Brannigan is not content to let Canses control the position.
Brannigan is pushing Canses's head away, looking to escape. Canses manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canses throws a strike aimed at the side of Brannigan's head but Brannigan avoids it well.
Brannigan controls the position for a moment.
Canses tries to score with some ground and pound. Brannigan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Canses is trying to ground and pound but Brannigan uses the momentary lack of control by Canses to regain half guard.
Brannigan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Brannigan tries to get out of the position.
Canses is stalling here. Brannigan is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Canses seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Brannigan has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Brannigan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Canses throws a few strikes from the bottom but Brannigan takes advantage and mounts!
Brannigan content just to control the position here.
Canses sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Canses misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Canses is looking for a sweep. Brannigan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brannigan not doing much here.
Brannigan prevents Canses from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan works his foot free and advances to mount.
Brannigan has hold of Canses's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Canses manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Brannigan blocks Canses's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Brannigan blocks Canses's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Canses throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Brannigan lands a big elbow.
Canses keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Brannigan controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brannigan throws some wild stikes that Canses manages to avoid easily.
Canses tries to reverse the position but Brannigan maintains control.
Brannigan with shots to the head and body - Canses looks very uncomfortable down there.
Brannigan content just to control the position here.
Canses is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Canses swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Canses is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brannigan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Edward Brannigan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rob Canses's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Brannigan has closed the distance and engaged Canses in a clinch.
Brannigan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Canses is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brannigan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
Canses is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Canses has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brannigan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Edward Brannigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Canses.
Brannigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Canses's face.
Brannigan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Canses can do to turn this around?
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Canses is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brannigan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees to the body from Brannigan.
Canses drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brannigan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brannigan tries to clinch but Canses is having none of it.
Brannigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Canses swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brannigan wants to clinch up but Canses keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brannigan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Canses has a takedown stuffed.
Brannigan clinches.
Knees to the body from Brannigan.
Brannigan working Canses over with knees to the body.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Canses drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Canses is trying to drag Brannigan to the mat but Brannigan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brannigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Canses won't want to take too many of those.
Canses wants to break free but Brannigan has control.
Canses is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Canses takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Canses's face.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Canses wants a takedown but no success here.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Canses's ribcage.
Canses has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brannigan avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brannigan obliges.
Canses is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Canses takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brannigan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brannigan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canses in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brannigan taking a breather.
Brannigan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Knees to the body from Brannigan.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brannigan.
Brannigan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Canses.
Canses wants a takedown but no success here.
Brannigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Canses has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Brannigan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Canses is trying to break the clinch but Brannigan has him pressed against the cage.
Brannigan stalling in the clinch.
Canses has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Canses drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Brannigan.
Brannigan trying to land knees to the body.
Canses changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brannigan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A combination from Canses does no damage.
Brannigan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Edward Brannigan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brannigan has managed to clinch.
Canses wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Canses is looking to break free of the clinch but Brannigan has double underhooks.
Canses tries to score a body lock takedown but Brannigan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head.
Canses is trying to drag Brannigan to the mat but Brannigan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Brannigan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canses tries to score a body lock takedown but Brannigan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brannigan lands a knee to the body.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canses lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Canses tries to score a body lock takedown but Brannigan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brannigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Canses won't want to take too many of those.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Canses drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brannigan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Canses's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brannigan lands a good knee to the midsection. Canses won't want to take too many of those.
Rob Canses has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Brannigan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brannigan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Brannigan!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Action Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Action Jackson acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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222 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jared Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Action Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Shaw feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Jackson sprawling to the canvas! Jackson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Shaw finish him?!
Jackson is rocked!
It looks like Action Jackson has been cut.
Shaw throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Shaw misses.
Shaw thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Shaw misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shaw. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw stuffs the takedown attempt from Jackson. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Shaw throws a shot from downtown. Jackson moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw misses with a hook. Jackson ducked under it nicely.
Shaw misses with a series of wild punches.
Shaw fails to land with a series of punches.
Shaw lands with a nice body punch.
Jackson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Shaw throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jackson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shaw is out of range.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
Shaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shaw.
Both fighters circling a little - Jackson finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Shaw misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shaw throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson defending well as Shaw loads up on a big left hand.
Shaw is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jackson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shaw.
Jared Shaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shaw missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shaw.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaw.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Jackson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shaw misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Jackson. Beautiful body shot.
Shaw misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Shaw dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Action Jackson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shaw loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson blocks a jab.
Shaw missing with a left hand there. Jackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shaw.
Jackson avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Shaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shaw throws a sloppy body shot
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shaw misses with an uppercut. Jackson saw that one coming.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shaw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shaw misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shaw looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jared Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaw misses with a straight right.
Shaw throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Jackson.
Shaw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaw.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shaw.
Jackson slips a straight right by Shaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw misses with a looping right.
Jackson walks into a jab.
Shaw cracks Jackson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Shaw has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Jackson to stand back up!
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Shaw finish him?
Shaw waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jackson.
Jackson seems to have recovered his senses.
A big right from Jackson misses.
A big right from Shaw misses.
No luck for Jackson with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson slips a straight right by Shaw.
Jackson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Shaw swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shaw looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Shaw throws a right and a left that Jackson avoids nicely.
Shaw swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Shaw dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Action Jackson's cut.
That's time! Shaw's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Shaw throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Shaw defends it nicely.
Shaw throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jackson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shaw misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters with a head kick. That will keep Shaw thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shaw throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shaw misses with a looping right.
Jackson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jackson moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaw.
Jackson shoots in but Shaw avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shaw thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shaw lands the left hand.
Jackson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shaw.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shaw feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Jackson sprawling to the canvas! Jackson rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Shaw finish him?!
Shaw looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw cracks Jackson with a hook to the temple - Jackson is on wobbly legs here! Shaw swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Jackson falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Shaw wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Jared Shaw!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oskari Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve McRae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jokinen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Prodigy - Firestarter. McRae has chosen Indestructible as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oskari Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve McRae!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jokinen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McRae stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jokinen thows a body shot but no joy.
Jokinen drives through and clinches with McRae against the cage.
Jokinen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from McRae.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McRae tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
McRae works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section. McRae lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jokinen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McRae in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
McRae throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McRae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McRae avoiding damage as Jokinen throws knees to the body.
Jokinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McRae lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McRae makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McRae is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jokinen can't fight it off and eventually McRae manages to take the fight to the floor. Jokinen looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McRae looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRae connects with a couple of short punches.
McRae wants to control from the top but Jokinen keeps moving.
Jokinen looking to control.
McRae throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jokinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
McRae lands a couple of elbows.
Jokinen can't keep his opponent in guard - McRae advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
McRae tries to pass to full mount but Jokinen defends it.
McRae controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen trying to control here.
Jokinen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jokinen.
Jokinen looking for a guillotine here but McRae defends easily.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing McRae from controlling successfully.
Jokinen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McRae doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McRae manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McRae thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McRae accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing McRae from controlling successfully.
McRae is stalling in the full guard.
Jokinen is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jokinen keeps the fight on the outside.
McRae drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
McRae is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen manages to get back to half guard.
Jokinen has hold of McRae's hands but McRae slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jokinen trying to control but McRae postures up.
McRae is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McRae is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jokinen is looking for a sweep. McRae is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jokinen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McRae postures up in Jokinen's guard and throws a big left but Jokinen blocks it.
McRae must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
McRae throws a big right hand that misses.
McRae in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McRae postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve McRae dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McRae misses with a double jab.
Jokinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McRae scores with a nice right hand.
Jokinen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Oskari Jokinen has been cut.
McRae feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as McRae accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McRae working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jokinen looking to control.
Jokinen working for a triangle but McRae defends it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McRae postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRae pushing down on Jokinen's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jokinen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McRae's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McRae's back!
Jokinen is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. McRae knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften McRae for a finish.
McRae is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Jokinen off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
McRae breaks Jokinen's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Jokinen is trying to control the position but McRae postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McRae's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jokinen wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and McRae manages to pass to side control.
Jokinen has hold of McRae's hands but McRae slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jokinen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRae missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McRae landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jokinen is not content to let McRae control the position.
McRae not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McRae working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Steve McRae has got the better of the ground game so far.
McRae prevents Jokinen from improving his position.
McRae is looking to stall here but Jokinen recovers full guard.
Jokinen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McRae thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRae with a nice head shot there.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing McRae from controlling successfully.
McRae postures up.
McRae stands up over Jokinen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jokinen controls McRae momentarily but McRae frees himself.
McRae trying to control but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Jokinen looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McRae wants to control from the top but Jokinen keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
McRae drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jokinen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing McRae from controlling successfully.
McRae postures up in Jokinen's guard and throws a big left but Jokinen blocks it.
Jokinen keeping moving, preventing McRae from controlling successfully.
McRae is looking to work some ground and pound but Jokinen has wrist control.
Jokinen looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve McRae showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oskari Jokinen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
McRae scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jokinen swings for the body but McRae moves out of range.
Oskari Jokinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McRae scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McRae shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jokinen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
McRae scoring with some ground and pound.
Jokinen being controlled here, momentarily.
McRae scoring with some ground and pound.
McRae being controlled here momentarily.
McRae trying to control the position from guard on top but Jokinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McRae might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Jokinen kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
McRae with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jokinen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jokinen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
McRae content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
McRae working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McRae trying to control but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
McRae with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jokinen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. McRae is aware though and is defending well.
Oskari Jokinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McRae trying to control the position from guard on top but Jokinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McRae stands and throws Jokinen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
McRae working the ground and pound.
McRae landing a few strikes.
McRae grinds an elbow into Jokinen's temple.
McRae is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
McRae looks up at the clock and then as Jokinen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, McRae smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
McRae is looking to take a break and control but Jokinen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McRae in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McRae taking a breather here.
McRae lands some shots froms side control.
McRae cracks Jokinen with a big elbow.
Jokinen tries to escape but McRae is in control.
Jokinen is trying to improve his position.
McRae working the ground and pound.
McRae trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McRae tries to move into full mount but can't pass Jokinen's legs.
McRae is chipping away with strikes.
McRae lands some shots froms side control.
Jokinen can't do much from the bottom here.
Steve McRae is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
You can see the frustration on Jokinen's face as McRae controls the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jokinen is looking for a sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve McRae comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McRae has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve McRae!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vaughn Rader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henrique Medins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rader's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Imperial March. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vaughn Rader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henrique Medins!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Medins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rader sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Medins somewhat.
Medins tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rader sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Medins somewhat.
Rader tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rader moves in looking to clinch but Medins pushes him off.
Rader lands a big head kick that sends Medins tumbling to the mat! Rader takes a step backwards and waves Medins back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Medins is rocked!
Rader stuffs the takedown.
Medins is still on wobbly legs! Can Rader finish him?
Vaughn Rader has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henrique Medins.
Medins switches off momentarily and Rader cracks him with a monster right hand! Medins topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Rader dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Rader!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vaughn Rader!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Kalishnikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Goodnight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Goodnight's choice of entrance music: Sweet Dreams . Jacob Goodnight will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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265 lbs
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285 lbs
4 - 3 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexi Kalishnikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jacob Goodnight!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goodnight tries to clinch up but Kalishnikov circles away and keeps his distance.
Kalishnikov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goodnight cracks Kalishnikov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Goodnight scores with a body shot.
Goodnight throws a leg kick but Kalishnikov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kalishnikov slips a jab from Goodnight.
Kalishnikov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Goodnight counters with a right hand to the body.
Kalishnikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Goodnight doesn't manage to clinch there - Kalishnikov circles away.
Goodnight moves in looking to clinch but Kalishnikov pushes him off.
Goodnight takes the fight into the clinch.
Goodnight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goodnight breaks the clinch.
Kalishnikov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kalishnikov misses with a body shot
and Goodnight counters with a left to the body.
Goodnight thows a body shot but no joy.
Goodnight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kalishnikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goodnight scores with a jab. Kalishnikov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goodnight throws a push kick but Kalishnikov slaps the foot to one side.
Kalishnikov misses with a jab to the body
and Goodnight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kalishnikov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kalishnikov lands with a right hand.
Kalishnikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Kalishnikov takes a swing at Goodnight's ribcage but misses.
Jacob Goodnight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Goodnight.
Goodnight digs a good body shot into Kalishnikov's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Goodnight has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kalishnikov presses Goodnight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Goodnight wants to get back to striking at distance but Kalishnikov won't allow it.
Goodnight leaning his opponent against the cage.
Goodnight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kalishnikov's efforts to push away.
Kalishnikov wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goodnight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Goodnight stalks Kalishnikov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kalishnikov's face. Kalishnikov staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Alexi Kalishnikov has been cut.
Kalishnikov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kalishnikov is breathing heavily.
Kalishnikov throws a hook but Goodnight avoids it easily.
Goodnight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goodnight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kalishnikov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Goodnight lands the left hand.
Kalishnikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kalishnikov misses with a body punch
and Goodnight counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Goodnight.
Goodnight getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kalishnikov is rocked!
Goodnight measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Kalishnikov! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jacob Goodnight!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nino Cabreros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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158 lbs
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167 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nino Cabreros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cabreros lands a decent elbow from side control.
An elbow from Cabreros crashes against the mat.
Jackson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cabreros.
Cabreros is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jackson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Cabreros misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cabreros throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Jackson works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Cabreros seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jackson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabreros controlling the pace.
Cabreros sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jackson defending well though.
Cabreros controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cabreros connects with a nice short shot to Jackson's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cabreros content to control rather than advance.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nino Cabreros.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Cabreros pushes him off.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cabreros throws a front kick aimed at Jackson's knee but Jackson avoids it well.
Cabreros circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Cabreros from controlling successfully.
Cabreros content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cabreros loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cabreros chips away with some ground and pound.
Cabreros stays in close to Jackson's body and controls the position.
Cabreros postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cabreros not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cabreros trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cabreros is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nino Cabreros.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cabreros.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Cabreros.
Jackson is trying to control Cabreros's posture but Cabreros avoids it.
Jackson trying to remain calm as Cabreros controls from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Cabreros dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cabreros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabreros shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cabreros 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.
Cabreros is looking to take a break and control but Jackson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cabreros seems to be looking for submissions.
Cabreros is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jackson sees it coming and defends easily.
Cabreros seems to be looking for submissions.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cabreros.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabreros thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.
Cabreros takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cabreros wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cabreros, right into the meat.
Jackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arthur Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cabreros jabs at Jackson's body.
Jackson moves out of range as Cabreros strikes.
Cabreros avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cabreros circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nino Cabreros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Cabreros.
Cabreros fails to land the takedown.
Cabreros thuds his shin into the meat of Jackson's side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Cabreros or perhaps it was just good defense by Jackson which made him look bad.
Cabreros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cabreros feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cabreros wants to control from the top but Jackson keeps moving.
Cabreros pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Cabreros 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.
Jackson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cabreros controls the pace.
Cabreros throws a big right hand that misses.
Cabreros postures up in Jackson's guard and throws a big left but Jackson blocks it.
Cabreros sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cabreros is working Jackson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cabreros is stalling in the full guard.
Cabreros working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cabreros trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cabreros is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Cabreros dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Cabreros closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nino Cabreros.
Cabreros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but Cabreros bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cabreros throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cabreros just misses with a punch to the body.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cabreros swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson moves out of range of the body kick.
Jackson tries to clinch there but Cabreros circles away.
Cabreros looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jackson!
Cabreros sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cabreros controlling from the full mount.
Cabreros trying to control but Jackson is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabreros fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cabreros raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Cabreros.
Jackson is bucking up trying to escape but Cabreros cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cabreros tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros working for a submission but Jackson is keeping him at bay.
Cabreros tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jackson is bucking up trying to escape but Cabreros cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cabreros content just to control the position here.
Cabreros misses with a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabreros controlling from mount.
Cabreros wants to finish this one by submission but Jackson is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Cabreros.
Jackson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Cabreros.
Cabreros unloads with some shots from mount but Jackson bucks and avoids them well.
Cabreros connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cabreros looking to finish Jackson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jackson!
Jackson tries to reverse the position but Cabreros maintains control.
Jackson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cabreros goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jackson is on top in guard.
Cabreros manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cabreros attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Arthur Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cabreros ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cabreros changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jackson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nino Cabreros showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cabreros has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nino Cabreros!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chase kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bobcaygeon. Keith Jardine acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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26
221 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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26
224 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Chase!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Jardine!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jardine misses with a low kick as Chase jumps back.
Nice body punch from Chase.
Chase misses with a body kick.
Nice body kick there by Chase.
Jardine changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chase looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jardine looks gassed!
Chase is looking for a sweep.
Chase is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jardine off and has taken his back!
Chase throwing strikes and Jardine squirms under the pressure, ending up mounted.
Jardine taking shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chase scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jardine?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chase lands a big elbow - Jardine is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Jardine is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Johnny Chase!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forest Beckford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brian Cohen will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Solid boxing
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Forest Beckford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Cohen!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen misses the jab.
A jab from Cohen misses.
Forest Beckford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beckford has a takedown stuffed.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beckford circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice sprawl there from Cohen as Beckford shoots in.
Beckford moves away from the strike by Cohen.
Cohen clobbers Beckford with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Forest Beckford has been cut.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cohen misses with an uppercut. Beckford saw that one coming.
Beckford will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Forest Beckford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cohen throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Beckford stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Cohen follows into mount!
Beckford is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cohen throws a strike there. Beckford manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Oh Beckford is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cohen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Beckford seems to have got his legs back now.
Cohen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen throwing shots but Beckford is blocking nicely.
Cohen thows a huge punch but Beckford dodges it nicely.
Cohen looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Cohen thows a huge punch but Beckford dodges it nicely.
Cohen is working for a submission of some sort.
Beckford trying to control here.
Beckford wants to get back to full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cohen leaves Beckford with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A slow jab from Beckford misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Beckford.
Cohen sizes up Beckford with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Forest Beckford's cut is getting worse.
Cohen connects with a looping right hand.
Cohen cracks Beckford with an uppercut from hell and Beckford crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Cohen's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Cohenis looking to pass into half guard but Beckford pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Beckford is in guard.
Cohen pulls Beckford in close to his closed guard and prevents Beckford from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cohen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cohen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckford throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cohen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cohen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Beckford defends well.
Cohen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beckford throwing strikes but missing.
Beckford scoring with punches to the head and body.
Beckford has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cohen keeping full guard, as Beckford tries to pass.
Beckford slips nicely into half guard.
Beckford wants to take a breather but Cohen is having none of it.
Beckford tries to pass to full mount but Cohen defends it.
Cohen works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beckford wants to control from the top but Cohen keeps moving.
Beckford is fighting to break Cohen's control of his arms but Cohen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Cohen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forest Beckford's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cohen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cohen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beckford looks for a takedown but Cohen sprawls well.
Beckford misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Beckford is defended easily by Cohen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Forest Beckford. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cohen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen misses with a two punch combination.
Beckford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cohen is fending him off so far but Beckford persists. Nope, Cohen circles away and we're back to standing.
Cohen cracks Beckford with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckford is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cohen's half guard.
Beckford tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cohen knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cohen keeping hold of Beckford's head, controlling as best he can.
Cohen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Beckford looks to land a strike but Cohen avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cohen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cohen has Beckford pulled in close to control his posture.
Cohen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cohen trying to control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Beckford shoots in but Cohen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Beckford fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen drops Beckford with a left and a right! Oh, Beckford is hurt - Cohen dives into side control looking to finish!
Forest Beckford's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Beckford taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jeez, Forest Beckford's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Forest Beckford's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brian Cohen!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lei Wulong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Venable (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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194 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
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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
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lei Wulong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Venable!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venable goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Venable misses with a low kick.
Wulong checks a leg kick.
Venable scores with a jab. Wulong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Venable lands a front kick.
Venable tries to work over Wulong's front leg with a kick but Wulong checks it.
Venable misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Venable.
Wulong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Venable.
Wulong checks a leg kick.
Wulong scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Venable throws a leg kick but Wulong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Wulong walks into a straight right hand from Venable.
Venable tries a low kick but Wulong avoids it.
Venable connects with a right hand. Wulong shakes it off.
Ricky Venable is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Venable scores with a nice right hand.
Venable scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wulong doesn't seem bothered though.
Venable does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Good work by Wulong as he checks the leg kick.
Venable throws a leg kick which misses Wulong's front leg but catches the back leg as Wulong tries to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wulong. Venable does a little dance to reset his feet.
Venable throws a head kick that misses.
Venable takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Wulong is defended easily by Venable.
Nice uppercut lands for Venable. That snapped Wulong's head back.
Venable swings for the body but Wulong moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Venable. That snapped Wulong's head back.
Wulong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Venable lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wulong's sensitive parts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wulong. Venable does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wulong avoids a kick to the body.
Venable throws a head kick that misses.
Venable throws a jab but it's blocked by Wulong.
Venable chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Venable stuffs the takedown attempt from Wulong. Wulong gets slowly back to his feet.
Venable looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Venable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Venable misses with the combination.
Wulong thuds a left hand into Venable's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Venable feints and then cracks Wulong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wulong down.
Wulong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Venable can pounce on him.
Wulong wants to slow Venable down by chopping away at his legs.
A shot to the liver by Wulong. Beautiful body shot.
Venable fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wulong manages to avoid it.
Venable explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Venable pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wulong ducks under a wild hook from Venable.
Wulong thows a body shot but no joy.
Venable scoring well with a low kick there.
Venable looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venable throws a head kick but Wulong moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Wulong.
A low kick from Venable is predictable there
and Wulong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Venable tries to land a front kick but Wulong steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Venable throws a nice outside leg kick.
Venable thows a leg kick but Wulong checks it
and Wulong counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Venable misses.
Wulong lands a nice shot to the body.
Venable throws a chopping leg kick but Wulong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Venable is looking to score with low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Venable throws a low kick but Wulong moves out of range easily.
Venable throws an overhand right that lands on Wulong's shoulder, as Wulong tries to avoid the shot.
Venable throws a body punch but Wulong moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Venable dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Venable misses with a hook. Wulong ducked under it nicely.
Venable pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Venable looks to land a right hand but Wulong moved out of range.
Ricky Venable seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Venable fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wulong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wulong's corner calls for a 1-2. Wulong obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Venable. Wulong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Venable works Wulong's body with a nice hook.
A clash of legs there as Venable blocks the low kick.
A combination from Venable does no damage.
Venable throws a front kick that sends Wulong stumbling back into the cage.
A low kick from Venable misses
and Wulong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Venable's knee momentarily.
Venable throws a body kick the misses
and Wulong counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy body kick from Venable
and Wulong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Wulong misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulong slips under a jab.
Venable throws a front kick aimed at Wulong's knee but Wulong avoids it well.
Wulong scores with a takedown into Venable's guard.
Venable is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Venable looking for a sweep. Not yet Venable, not yet.
Wulong 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.
Venable lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wulong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulong taking shots to the head.
Wulong blocking the ground and pound.
Wulong holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Venable tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Venable wants to control the pace but Wulong is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Venable throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Venable lands a big elbow.
Wulong wants to control but Venable is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulong tries to reverse the position but Venable maintains control.
Venable looking to control but Wulong is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Wulong is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Venable connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Venable throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Venable throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Venable avoids the attempt from Wulong to control.
Venable landing punches.
Venable looking to control but Wulong is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Venable throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wulong is trying to escape the mount.
Wulong is squirming around, avoiding Venable's attempts to control the action.
Wulong is looking to improve his position but Venable isn't that keen on the idea.
Wulong is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Venable looking to control but Wulong is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Venable lands with some strikes.
Wulong is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Venable showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Wulong misses with a two punch combination.
Venable rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wulong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wulong tries to move into range but Venable moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Venable feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wulong's calf.
Venable throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wulong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Venable.
Venable throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wulong catches Venable with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Venable lands a right hook to the body.
Wulong slips a jab from Venable.
Venable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Wulong coming out on top.
Wulong tries to score a power double leg takedown but Venable sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wulong somewhat.
Good shot there by Venable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venable does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wulong takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Venable does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Venable throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wulong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Venable keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wulong moves out of range of the body kick from Venable.
Venable throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Venable throws a nice inside leg kick.
Venable throws a leg kick but Wulong checks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Venable.
Wulong misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venable lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from Venable is predictable there
and Wulong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Venable tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wulong was well out of range. Poor timing from Venable.
Venable tries to score with a low kick but Wulong moves his leg out of the way.
A swing and a miss from Venable.
Wulong fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Venable checks it well.
Lei Wulong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wulong closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wulong moves out of range of the body kick from Venable.
Wulong blocks the body kick.
Ricky Venable is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Venable buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wulong lands a right hook to the body.
Venable misses with a low kick.
Venable swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venable tries to land a front kick but Wulong steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wulong throws a sloppy head kick and Venable moves out of range easily.
Venable throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wulong fails to land the takedown.
Venable rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wulong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice takedown defense from Venable. No joy for Wulong on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lei Wulong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wulong moves away from the strike by Venable.
Wulong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Venable throws a leg kick
and Wulong counters with a straight right hand.
Venable misses with a combination
and Wulong counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Venable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venable lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wulong shoots for a takedown but Venable saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ricky Venable seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venable looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Venable throws a leg kick but Wulong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Venable swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wulong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A head kick from Venable lands but Wulong takes it in his stride.
Nice straight punches there by Venable. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Venable.
Venable throws a leg kick but Wulong checks it.
Wulong is looking to wear down Venable with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Venable leaves Wulong with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wulong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Venable throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Venable comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Venable has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Venable!
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