Reboot PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Nakata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Havel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Micheal Havel will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Nakata
vs
Havel

175 cm
25
135 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

186 cm
19
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shinya Nakata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Micheal Havel!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Nakata finds it's way through Havel's defenses.
Havel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body punch from Havel.
Nakata throws a lazy right hand but Havel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Nakata as he connects with a hook.
Nakata lands a body shot.
Nakata throws an overhand right that lands on Havel's shoulder, as Havel tries to avoid the shot.
Havel with a jab.
Havel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Havel digs a good hook to Nakata's body.
A lazy left from Havel finds it's target.
Nakata shoots in for a takedown but Havel shows good takedown defense.
Havel wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Nakata throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Havel.
Havel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Nakata 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.
Nakata trying to control the position from guard on top but Havel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nakata landing some decent shots from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakata prevents Havel from getting back to his feet.
Nakata wants to control from the top but Havel keeps moving.
Nakata might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nakata won't allow Havel to get back to his feet.
Nakata wants to control from the top but Havel keeps moving.
Nakata tries to free his leg and advance position but Havel is retaining full guard.
Nakata prevents Havel from getting back to his feet.

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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakatais looking to pass into half guard but Havel pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Havel is in guard.
Nakata looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakata, not yet.

Nakata looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Havel has picked Nakata up and slammed him! Nakata can't keep hold of the triangle and Havel manages to pass to side control!
Nakata looks to move to half guard but instead Havel has passed into mount! Damn!
Nakata sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Nakata wants to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakata is working hard here to advance position.
Havel wants to stand up but Nakata is controlling the position.
Nakata wants to get back to full guard.
Havel wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nakata tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Havel has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Nakata is working to get back to half guard.
Nakata bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shinya Nakata dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Havel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Nakata's head backwards.
Nakata really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Havel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nakata's head.
Nakata fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nakata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Havel is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Havel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nakata.
Havel cracks Nakata with a good jab.
Havel throws a right hand that Nakata ducks under and follows up with a left that Nakata also avoids with ease.
Nakata shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Nakata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nakata on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Havel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Havel clinches with his opponent.
Havel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Havel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Havel presses Nakata against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Havel.
Nakata drops down looking for an ankle pick but Havel pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Havel scores with a decent looking hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Havel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nakata looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slow jab from Nakata misses its intended target.
Havel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Havel tries to clinch up.
Havel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nakata circles away quickly and effectively.
Havel scores with a three punch combo!
Havel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nakata takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Havel connects with a single shot there.
Nakata misses with a looping left.
Havel stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Havel cracks Nakata with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Havel defending well as Nakata loads up on a big left hand.
Nakata shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Havel lands a right hook to the body.
Havel clobbers Nakata with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Havel forces Nakata back against the cage and clinches.
Havel stalling against the cage.
Nakata takes a shot to the head.
Nakata tries to pull guard but Havel holds him up against the cage and eventually Nakata drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Havel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nakata drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Havel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Havel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Havel lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Havel.
Havel pushes Nakata back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Havel lands a shoulder strike.
Havel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nakata takes a shot to the head.
Nakata's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Havel slowing the pace effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Havel.
Nakata takes a shot to the head.
Come on Havel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Havel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Nakata manages to break the clinch.
Havel scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Havel clinches up against the cage.
Havel is pushing Nakata up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Havel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Havel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Havel is struggling to control the position.
Havel lands with a light punch inside.
Nakata tries to throw a body punch but Havel avoids it by throwing Nakata back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Havel.
A body shot lands from Havel.
Havel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nakatas head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Havel.

Nakata is rocked!
Havel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Havel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Oh Nakata is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot in the inside from Havel.
Havel works on Nakata's body with a couple of short punches.
Havel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nakata backwards.
Havel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Havel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Havel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Havel.
Havel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Havel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Havel on the inside.
Nakata takes a shot to the head.
Havel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Havel lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nakata.
Havel lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Nakata to his knees! Havel keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Micheal Havel!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
40%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nogi Kartov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ozzy Ozbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kartov comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Cowboys from Hell. Ozbourne has chosen Let Me Hear You Scream as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Nogi Kartov has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Kartov
vs
Ozbourne

165 cm
25
130 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

174 cm
24
141 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nogi Kartov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ozzy Ozbourne!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozbourne throws a hook but Kartov blocks it.
Ozbourne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kartov.
Kartov loads up on a big right hand but Ozbourne slips the punch.
Kartov lands with an overhand left.
Ozbourne tries a low kick but Kartov avoids it.
Ozbourne misses with an uppercut.
Ozbourne shoots in and drives through. Kartov sprawls well.
Ozbourne lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ozbourne.
Kartov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ozbourne pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kartov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ozbourne.
Kartov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Horrible takedown by Ozbourne or perhaps it was just good defense by Kartov which made him look bad.
Kartov ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kartov throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ozbourne on the side of the head.
Kartov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kartov slaps away a takedown attempt from Ozbourne, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nogi Kartov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ozzy Ozbourne.
Kartov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kartov connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ozbourne steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kartov.
Horrible takedown by Ozbourne or perhaps it was just good defense by Kartov which made him look bad.
Ozbourne shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kartov but Kartov pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ozbourne misses with a takedown attempt - Kartov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kartov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ozbourne moves away.
Kartov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kartov lands a jab.
Ozbourne takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ozbourne shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kartov sprawls well. Kartov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ozbourne gets slowly back to his feet.
Kartov looks to score with a jab to the body but Ozbourne is just out of range.
Kartov cracks Ozbourne with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne fails with a takedown attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Kartov there.

Kartov gets caught flat footed, as Ozbourne shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ozbourne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kartov looking to control.

Kartov is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Kartov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ozbourne tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kartov smiles and moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kartov circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kartov moves out of range of the leg kick from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kartov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A lazy left from Kartov finds it's target.
Ozbourne misses with a jab to the body
and Kartov counters with a left to the body.
Kartov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kartov scores with a hook to the body. Ozbourne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ozbourne misses with a takedown
and Kartov counters with a nice uppercut.
Ozbourne looks gassed!
Kartov scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A punch combination from Kartov misses.
Kartov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ozbourne walks into a left hand.
Ozbourne shoots and misses
and Kartov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kartov digs a good body shot into Ozbourne's ribs.
Kartov lands a nice hook to Ozbourne's body. Ozbourne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ozbourne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kartov misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kartov scores with a shot to the body.
Nogi Kartov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ozbourne shoots and misses
and Ozbourne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kartov, right into the meat.
Kartov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ozbourne takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kartov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ozbourne doesn't seem bothered though.
Good shot there by Kartov.
Kartov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kartov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kartov lands a right hook to the body.
Ozbourne takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kartov connects with a body shot.
Kartov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ozbourne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A nice combination there by Kartov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nogi Kartov dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kartov wants to slow Ozbourne down by chopping away at his legs.
Good shot there by Kartov.
Kartov scores with a jab to the body.
Ozbourne with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kartov counters with a nice uppercut.
Ozbourne misses with a takedown
and Kartov counters with a left to the body.
Kartov lands with a shot to the body.
Kartov throws a leg kick but Ozbourne moved away.
Ozbourne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kartov.
Kartov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ozbourne on the side of the head.
Kartov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kartov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ozbourne is breathing heavily.
Ozbourne avoids the body shot from Kartov.
Kartov misses with a body shot.
Kartov displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Kartov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ozbourne at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozbourne throws a right and a left that Kartov avoids nicely.
Kartov sizes up Ozbourne with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kartov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice uppercut there from Kartov.
Kartov throws an overhand right that lands on Ozbourne's shoulder, as Ozbourne tries to avoid the shot.
Kartov misses the shot to the body.
Kartov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Kartov does it's job there.
Ozbourne avoids the body shot from Kartov.
Kartov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ozbourne has his takedown stuffed
letting Kartov counter with a right hand.
Nogi Kartov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ozzy Ozbourne.
Ozbourne with a poor takedown
and Kartov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ozbourne thinking.
Ozbourne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kartov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A cross from Kartov lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kartov scores with a body shot.
Ozbourne misses with a takedown
and Kartov counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ozbourne fails with the takedown
and Kartov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kartov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kartov connects with a right hand. Ozbourne shakes it off.
The crowd cheers as Kartov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ozbourne doesn't seem phased though.
Kartov scores with a body shot.
Kartov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kartov scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kartov tests Ozbourne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kartov throws a head kick that misses.
Kartov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kartov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ozbourne with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kartov counters with a stiff right hand.

Ozbourne is rocked!
Nogi Kartov is winning the standup battle so far.
Ozbourne takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ozbourne takes one on the button.
Ozbourne fails with the takedown
and Kartov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kartov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Kartov connects with the punch.
Ozbourne is still on wobbly legs! Can Kartov finish him?
Kartov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kartov scores with a hook.
Kartov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ozbourne looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Kartov! Ozbourne is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nogi Kartov!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
65%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Diculous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hawkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Enter Sandman. Diculous comes into a darkened arena with his song building. How you like me now - The Heavy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Hawkins
vs
Diculous

180 cm
23
164 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
165 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sandy Hawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Diculous!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Diculous.
Diculous throws an overhand right that lands on Hawkins's shoulder, as Hawkins tries to avoid the shot.
Diculous slips a jab and a cross from Hawkins.
Diculous throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hawkins on the side of the head.
Diculous misses with a looping left.
Hawkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diculous throws a big shot that misses.
Hawkins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hawkins doesn't manage to clinch there - Diculous circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hawkins tries to keep at a distance but Diculous has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diculous leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hawkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diculous.
Hawkins throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins misses with a knee to the head.
Diculous lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diculous is stalling here.
Hawkins trying to land knees to the body.
Hawkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Diculous avoids the damage to the body.
Hawkins throws an elbow that misses.
Hawkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Hawkins.
A head punch on the inside from Diculous fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Diculous.
Come on Diculous - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diculous lands a left hand.
Diculous blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diculous.
Diculous lands a nice uppercut.
Hawkins goes for a takedown attempt but Diculous pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hawkins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diculous is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hawkins.
Hawkins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diculous misses the jab.
Hawkins looks to throw the jab but Diculous is out of range.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Diculous moves out of range.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Hawkins throws a hook but Diculous blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hawkins. Diculous does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diculous blocks a jab.
Hawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Diculous is just out of range.
Hawkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diculous moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Diculous finds it's way through Hawkins's defenses.
Diculous misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diculous digs a good body shot into Hawkins's ribs.
Diculous fails to land with a series of punches.
Hawkins walks into a straight right hand from Diculous.
Hawkins throws the left hand but Diculous avoids the punch easily.
Hawkins misses with a double jab
enabling Diculous to counter with a crisp jab.
Hawkins blocks a jab.
Hawkins misses with a wild body shot.
Diculous keeps the fight on the outside.
Diculous has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diculous there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sandy Hawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diculous throws a jab when Hawkins was well out of range.
Diculous uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diculous sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hawkins wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawkins tries to clinch but Diculous moves out of range.
Diculous ducks under a wild hook from Hawkins.
Diculous uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hawkins.
Hawkins takes a swing at Diculous's ribcage but misses.
Hawkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Diculous is just out of range.
Diculous throws a good cross that connects.

Diculous has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hawkins misses with a knee to the head.
Diculous working aggressively here.
Hawkins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diculous fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Diculous. No joy for Hawkins on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Diculous dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hawkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Some wild striking there from Hawkins.
Hawkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Hawkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diculous throws out the jab.
Diculous misses the shot to the body.
Diculous 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.
Diculous throws the left hand but Hawkins avoids the punch easily.
Hawkins misses with a body punch
letting Diculous counter with a right hand.
Hawkins takes one to the chin there.
A shot to the liver by Hawkins. Beautiful body shot.
Diculous cracks Hawkins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hawkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hawkins shoots and misses
and Diculous counters with a left to the body.
Diculous keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hawkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins tries for a takedown but Diculous sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A combination from Diculous does no damage.
Hawkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diculous counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diculous tries to clinch up.
Diculous throws a shot from downtown. Hawkins moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Diculous.
Hawkins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sandy Hawkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hawkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hawkins is looking to wear down Diculous with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Hawkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Diculous is fending him off so far but Hawkins persists. Nope, Diculous circles away and we're back to standing.
Diculous connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hawkins's hands.
Hawkins misses with a body shot.
Hawkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hawkins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diculous scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hawkins lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diculous has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diculous and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hawkins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hawkins looks to throw the jab but Diculous is out of range.

Hawkins 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.

Hawkins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hawkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Diculous is looking to stand up but Hawkins isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins wants to control from the top but Diculous keeps moving.
Diculous is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Hawkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Diculous is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

Sandy Hawkins has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Diculous fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hawkins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hawkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Diculous tries to sprawl but Hawkins drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Diculous scores with a few weak punches.
Diculous blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hawkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Hawkins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hawkins stops Diculous from getting back to his feet.
Hawkins 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.
Hawkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diculous avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hawkins.
Diculous scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Hawkins manages to mount him!
Hawkins sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Hawkins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Diculous to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Diculous shrugs it off.
Hawkins landing strikes from the mount and Diculous is in trouble!
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 Sandy Hawkins will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Hawkins misses with a body kick.
Hawkins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hawkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diculous keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diculous blocks a leg kick.
Diculous just misses with a punch to the body.
Rick Diculous seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hawkins tries to clinch up.
Hawkins throws a head kick but Diculous moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hawkins lands a slapping body shot.
Diculous slaps away a takedown attempt from Hawkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hawkins throws a shot from downtown. Diculous moves away and avoids it.
Diculous throws a right hand that Hawkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawkins also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diculous scores with a three punch combo!
Diculous throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hawkins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hawkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Diculous swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hawkins makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diculous scores with a jab to the head.
Hawkins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diculous rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hawkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diculous misses with a body punch
and Hawkins counters with a right hand to the body.
Diculous misses the jab.
Hawkins scores with a shot to the body.
Diculous takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diculous misses with a hook. Hawkins ducked under it nicely.
Diculous cracks Hawkins with an open hand slap.
Diculous avoids the head kick by Hawkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Diculous was covering up waiting for the punch and Hawkins finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hawkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diculous works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hawkins slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Diculous wants to get back to his feet but Hawkins passes into half guard.
Hawkins has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diculous taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diculous is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hawkins jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Diculous manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Diculous wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Diculous is not content to let Hawkins control the position.

Hawkins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diculous is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hawkins working the head with strikes.
Hawkins trying to control the position but Diculous is working away.

Hawkins tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hawkins working the ground and pound.
Hawkins trying to control the position but Diculous is working away.
Diculous prevents Hawkins from moving into mount.

Hawkins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diculous tries to escape but Hawkins is in control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sandy Hawkins showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hawkins 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sandy Hawkins!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Beaulieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua comes to the cage accompanied by ANTE UP - M.O.P.. Beaulieu has chosen Anonymus - Prosternez-vous as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Beaulieu

190 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
26
205 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Beaulieu!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beaulieu manages to avoid it.
Beaulieu moves out of range as Rua strikes.
Mauricio Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua throws a jab when Beaulieu was well out of range.
Beaulieu throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.
Beaulieu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Beaulieu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beaulieu manages to avoid it.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the head.
Rua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Beaulieu there.

It looks like Mauricio Rua has been cut.
Beaulieu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Beaulieu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters circling - Rua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beaulieu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Beaulieu.
Rua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beaulieu clobbers Rua with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Beaulieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulieu throws a shot from downtown. Rua moves away and avoids it.
Beaulieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Beaulieu slips a straight right by Rua.
Beaulieu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the head.
Rua scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Beaulieu doesn't seem bothered though.
Rua punishes Beaulieu's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Rua finds it's way through Beaulieu's defenses.
Rua moves out of range of the strikes.
Beaulieu ducks under a wild hook from Rua.
Rua scores with a nice strike.
Beaulieu throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua misses with an uppercut.
Beaulieu lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beaulieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Rua missing with a left hand there. Beaulieu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Beaulieu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rua looks to land a left hand but Beaulieu moved out of range nicely.
Rua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua looks to land a left hand but Beaulieu moved out of range nicely.
Rua looks to throw the jab but Beaulieu is out of range.
Rua connects with a body shot.
Beaulieu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beaulieu misses with a body punch
letting Rua counter with a right hand.
Rua cracks Beaulieu with an open hand slap.
Beaulieu lands with an overhand left.
Beaulieu scores with a jab to the head.
Rua jabs Beaulieu right on the nose. Beaulieu blinks but takes it well.
Beaulieu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rua.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua throws a leg kick which misses Beaulieu's front leg but catches the back leg as Beaulieu tries to avoid it.
Rua scoring well with a low kick there.
Beaulieu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rua lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beaulieu at a distance.
Beaulieu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rua feints and then cracks Beaulieu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beaulieu down.
Rua moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rua lands with a hook. Beaulieu tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beaulieu misses the shot to the body.
Beaulieu swings for the body but Rua moves out of range.
Rua lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beaulieu circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Beaulieu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rua misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua walks into a left hand.
Rua throws a lazy right hand but Beaulieu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rua missing with a left hand there. Beaulieu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beaulieu lands a nice hook to Rua's body. Rua takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beaulieu throws out a loose jab but Rua uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beaulieu misses the body punch
and Rua counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua throws a big shot that misses.
A big left from Rua misses.
Rua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua cracks Beaulieu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big left from Rua misses.
Rua moves out of range as Beaulieu strikes.
Beaulieu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Rua's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rua missing with a left hand there. Beaulieu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua throws the left hand but Beaulieu avoids the punch easily.
Beaulieu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Beaulieu misses
and Rua counters with a nice leg kick.
Beaulieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rua.
Rua scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beaulieu in his tracks.
Beaulieu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mauricio Rua is winning the standup battle so far.
Rua throws a big shot that misses.
Rua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beaulieu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Beaulieu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rua was well out of range. Poor timing from Beaulieu.
Rua lands a jab to Beaulieu's midsection.
Rua looks to score with a jab to the body but Beaulieu is just out of range.
Rua misses with a looping left.
Mauricio Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beaulieu scores with a shot to the body.
Rua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Beaulieu.
Rua misses with an uppercut.
Beaulieu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Beaulieu gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Beaulieu's hands.
Beaulieu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Beaulieu misses the shot to the body.
Rua scores with a leg kick.
Rua staying out of range there.
Rua throws a hook to the side of Beaulieu's head but Beaulieu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rua throws the left hand but Beaulieu avoids the punch easily.
Beaulieu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua avoids the body shot from Beaulieu.
Rua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Beaulieu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rua misses with a hook to the body
and Beaulieu counters with a stiff right hand.
Beaulieu with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Beaulieu misses.
Rua lands the left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Beaulieu slips a straight right by Rua.
A big left from Rua misses.
Nice body punch from Beaulieu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Rua.
Beaulieu staying out of range there.
Rua cracks Beaulieu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beaulieu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beaulieu lands with a straight right. Rua didn't see that one coming.
Rua changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rua misses with a straight right.
Rua bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beaulieu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Beaulieu scores with a body shot.
Beaulieu misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rua counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beaulieu's knee momentarily.
Rua blocks a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Beaulieu staying out of range there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rua.
Rua throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beaulieu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rua throws the left hand but Beaulieu avoids the punch easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rua.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rua, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beaulieu throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rua lands with a good body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua checks a leg kick.
Beaulieu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rua.
Rua with a jab.
Beaulieu slips a jab from Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Rua's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A cross from Beaulieu lands.
Beaulieu throws the kick towards the body but Rua avoids it.
Beaulieu slips a straight right by Rua.
Beaulieu throws the left hand but Rua avoids the punch easily.
Beaulieu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beaulieu slips under a jab from Rua.
Beaulieu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Beaulieu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.
Rua avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rua throws a sloppy body shot
and Beaulieu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beaulieu slips under a jab from Rua.
Rua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rua takes a swing at Beaulieu's ribcage but misses.
Beaulieu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rua ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rua looks to throw the jab but Beaulieu is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beaulieu moves away.
Rua throws a looping overhand right but Beaulieu ducks down to avoid it.
Rua ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rua defending well as Beaulieu loads up on a big left hand.
Rua walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Beaulieu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rua lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rua - that will leave a mark!
A leg kick checked by Rua.
Rua throws the left hand but Beaulieu avoids the punch easily.
Rua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rua scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beaulieu in his tracks.
Beaulieu scores with a body shot.
Beaulieu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pat Beaulieu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A low kick from Beaulieu is predictable there
enabling Rua to counter with a crisp jab.
Beaulieu cracks a nice hook into Rua's ribs.
Rua walks into a stiff left hand from Beaulieu.
Beaulieu lands a really nice looking cross but Rua seems unphased.
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!
Rua looks to throw the jab but Beaulieu is out of range.
Rua misses with a looping right.
Beaulieu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rua tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Beaulieu is able to avoid easily.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beaulieu misses with a looping right.
Rua avoids the body shot from Beaulieu.
Rua throws a combination that misses
and Beaulieu counters with a leg kick.
Beaulieu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beaulieu takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Beaulieu moves out of range as Rua strikes.
Beaulieu misses with an uppercut.
Beaulieu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Beaulieu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rua.
Rua throws the left hand but Beaulieu avoids the punch easily.
Rua throws a shot from downtown. Beaulieu moves away and avoids it.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beaulieu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Beaulieu throws a quick inside leg kick.
Beaulieu slips under a jab from Rua.
Beaulieu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua throws a right hand that Beaulieu ducks under and follows up with a left that Beaulieu also avoids with ease.
Rua connects with a good right hand that stumbles Beaulieu. Beaulieu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Beaulieu slips a straight right by Rua.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Rua there.
Rua misses with a hook. Beaulieu ducked under it nicely.
Beaulieu defending well as Rua loads up on a big left hand.
Rua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beaulieu.
Rua misses with an uppercut. Beaulieu saw that one coming.
Rua lands with a good body shot.
Rua fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beaulieu on the side of the head.
Rua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Beaulieu. That did some damage!
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua sizes up Beaulieu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice straight punches there by Beaulieu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beaulieu.
Beaulieu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rua on the side of 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!
Beaulieu just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Beaulieu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rua 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 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Rua!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
88%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hozumi Hasegawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Tee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hasegawa might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hasegawa
vs
Tee

165 cm
22
140 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

170 cm
26
140 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hozumi Hasegawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mr Tee!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tee looks to land a combination but Hasegawa avoids it well.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Tee lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hasegawa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hasegawa cracks Tee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

It looks like Mr Tee has been cut.
Tee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hasegawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but Tee is having none of it.
A slow jab from Tee misses its intended target.
Hasegawa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tee.
Tee throws a hook to the side of Hasegawa's head but Hasegawa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tee ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hasegawa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tee.
Hasegawa throws a body punch but Tee moves out of range.
Tee lands a slapping body shot.
Tee throws a shot from downtown. Hasegawa moves away and avoids it.
Tee lands with an overhand left.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
Hasegawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Tee misses the target.
Tee misses with a hook. Hasegawa ducked under it nicely.
Hasegawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa throws a right and a left that Tee avoids nicely.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Tee swats away the attempt to clinch by Hasegawa.
Tee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hasegawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hasegawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up.
Hasegawa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hasegawa looks to throw the jab but Tee is out of range.
Tee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hasegawa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hasegawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tee thows a body shot but no joy.
Tee lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hasegawa moves out of range of the strikes.
A left and a right from Tee both land. Nice combination.
Hasegawa slips a jab and a cross from Tee.
Tee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tee showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hasegawa.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
Tee catches Hasegawa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hasegawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but Tee moves out of range.
Tee connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Tee.
Tee cracks Hasegawa with a good jab.
Tee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hasegawa walks into a jab.

Hasegawa forces Tee back against the cage and clinches.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tee blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Tee - that landed with a thud.
Hasegawa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hasegawa can't find room to land a body shot as Tee controls the action.
Tee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tee blocking some punches.
Tee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hasegawas head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hasegawa.
Tee is trying to break the clinch but Hasegawa has him pressed against the cage.
Hasegawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Hasegawa struggles to land a body shot inside as Tee controls his hands.
Tee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hasegawa is keeping busy.
Tee misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.
Hasegawa misses with the head strike.
Tee throws a head punch that misses.
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Tee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tee uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hasegawa has time to react.
Tee lands the left hand.

Hasegawa closes the distance and clinches.
Hasegawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tee is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hasegawa.
Hasegawa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tee backwards.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tee digs a right hand into Hasegawa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hasegawa's gas tank.
Tee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hasegawa fails to land.
Hasegawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tee looking to stall.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.
Tee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Tee blocks an uppercut.
Tee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Hasegawa.
Tee tries to work over Hasegawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tee working hard to break the clinch.
Hasegawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tee swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tee lands a body shot.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Hasegawa.
Tee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hasegawa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hasegawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hasegawa misses with the head strike.

Tee manages to break the clinch.
Tee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hasegawa throws a hook but Tee blocks it.
Hasegawa tries to clinch there but Tee circles away.
Tee lands a head shot.
Tee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hasegawa's hands.
Hasegawa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hasegawa wants to clinch.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hasegawa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tee.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Tee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tee works Hasegawa's body with a nice hook.
Tee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hasegawa manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Tee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mr Tee's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tee throws a series of punches but Hasegawa moves out of range.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up but Tee circles away and keeps his distance.
Tee sizes up Hasegawa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hasegawa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hasegawa wants to clinch.
Hasegawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Tee misses.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Jab from Tee.
Tee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hasegawa moves away.
Tee swats away the attempt to clinch by Hasegawa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hasegawa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hasegawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Tee circles away.
Hasegawa wants to clinch.
Hasegawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa tries to clinch there but Tee circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tee stuns Hasegawa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tee throws a lazy right hand but Hasegawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tee connects with a body shot.
Hasegawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Tee circles away.
Hasegawa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Hasegawa moves into range and clinches up with Tee.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hasegawa.
Tee blocking some punches.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.
Hasegawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hasegawa blocking some punches.
Tee is trying to maintain a safe position but Hasegawa gets an underhook and turns Tee into the cage.

Tee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hasegawa is looking to clinch but Tee is avoiding it.

Hasegawa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tee's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tee.
Hasegawa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Tee as the two fighters clinch.
Hasegawa pushes Tee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasegawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hasegawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hasegawa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tee backwards.
Tee has a couple of punches blocked by Hasegawa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hasegawa.
Hasegawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Good body shot from Hasegawa.
Hasegawa scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tee.
Tee lands with a short shot to the head.
Tee misses with some punches.
Hasegawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hasegawa misses with the head strike.
Tee misses with a punch on the inside.
Hasegawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tee is trying to stall.
A short left from Tee.
Tee blocking some punches.
Tee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hasegawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tee uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hasegawa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tee wants to break free but Hasegawa has control.
Tee throws a head punch that misses.
Tee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hasegawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tee working aggressively here.
Hasegawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hasegawa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hasegawa throws a head punch that misses.
Hasegawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tee backwards.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hasegawa swings wildly with an uppercut but Tee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tee blocking some punches.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Tee scores with a shot to the side of Hasegawa's head.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Tee makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Tee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hasegawa is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Tee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hasegawa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tee breaks the clinch.
Tee thows a body shot but no joy.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Tee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hasegawa.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
Tee's corner calls for a 1-2. Tee obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hasegawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tee digs a good hook to Hasegawa's body.
Hasegawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Tee circles away.
Tee lands a nice shot to the body.
Tee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Tee throws a jab but it's blocked by Hasegawa.
Hasegawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa just misses with a punch to the body.
Hasegawa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
Tee scores with a jab. Hasegawa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Tee misses the target.
Tee scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hasegawa is looking to clinch but Tee is avoiding it.

Hasegawa closes the distance and clinches.
Hasegawa takes a shot to the head.
Tee blocking some punches.
Hasegawa scores with a shot to the side of Tee's head.
Tee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hasegawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tee lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hasegawa fails to land.

Tee breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Tee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mr Tee's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Hasegawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hasegawa wants to clinch.
Hasegawa misses with a hook. Tee ducked under it nicely.
Hasegawa is looking to clinch.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Hasegawa is looking to clinch.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but Tee moves out of range.
Hasegawa doesn't manage to clinch there - Tee circles away.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hasegawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tee moves out of range of the strikes.
Tee lands with a nice body punch.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up.
Tee scores with a jab.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but Tee moves out of range.
Hasegawa misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hasegawa wants to clinch.
Tee swats away the attempt to clinch by Hasegawa.
Tee throws a shot from downtown. Hasegawa moves away and avoids it.
Tee's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tee duly obliges.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch but Tee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hasegawa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Tee scores with a hook to the body. Hasegawa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hasegawa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tee misses with a wild body shot.
Tee scores with a hook.
Mr Tee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Tee misses.
Tee looks to score with a jab to the body but Hasegawa is just out of range.
Hasegawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hasegawa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hozumi Hasegawa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hasegawa throws a lazy right hand but Tee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hasegawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tee.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up but Tee circles away and keeps his distance.
Tee darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tee throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tee fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hasegawa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tee.
Tee throws a lazy right hand but Hasegawa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tee looks to land a left hand but Hasegawa moved out of range nicely.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but Tee moves out of range.
Hasegawa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jab, jab by Tee - just one landing.
Hasegawa tries to clinch up.
Tee keeps the fight on the outside.
A left lands for Tee.
Hasegawa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tee to score with a decent uppercut.
Tee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hasegawa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tee misses with a wild body shot.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
A slow jab from Hasegawa misses its intended target.
Hasegawa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tee paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hasegawa is looking to clinch.
Tee digs a good body shot into Hasegawa's ribs.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Tee works the jab nicely.
Hasegawa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Tee lands a nice shot that snaps Hasegawa's head back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hasegawa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hasegawa. Tee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tee with a jab.
Hasegawa wants to clinch up but Tee keeps it at a distance.
Hasegawa moves in looking to clinch but Tee pushes him off.
Hasegawa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hasegawa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hasegawa takes one to the side of the head.
Tee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hasegawa.

Hasegawa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mr Tee seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hasegawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hasegawa.
Tee throws a head punch that misses.
Tee lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hasegawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Tee.
Tee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tee lands with a light punch inside.
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tee tries to break the clinch but Hasegawa is controlling the position.
Hasegawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hasegawa gets through Tee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tee stalling in the clinch but Hasegawa improves position.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Tee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hasegawa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hasegawa.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hasegawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.
Hasegawa misses with a punch on the inside.
Hasegawa blocking some punches.
Hasegawa has a couple of punches blocked by Tee.
Hasegawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hasegawa working aggressively here.
Tee blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Tee scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Tee.
Tee presses Hasegawa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tee scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mr Tee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hasegawa misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Tee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tee 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mr Tee!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
88%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shaniqua Gorbdinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorbdinkle comes to the cage accompanied by The Way I Feel. Durden has chosen We Made You by Eminem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Shaniqua Gorbdinkle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gorbdinkle
vs
Durden

170 cm
22
175 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

182 cm
24
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Durden!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Gorbdinkle misses.
Durden tries to bum rush Gorbdinkle with a series of wild strikes but Gorbdinkle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gorbdinkle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Durden defends it nicely.
Gorbdinkle lands a really nice looking cross but Durden seems unphased.

Gorbdinkle is looking for a takedown. Wow, that's a brutal slam - Durden is in big trouble! Gorbdinkle is landing strikes from the mount and this one is all over! The ref jumps in to save a confused looking Durden. Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!

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A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Shellac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St James's entrance music is On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

St James
vs
Shellac

169 cm
23
163 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

178 cm
26
167 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark St James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Shellac!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shellac tries to clinch up but St James circles away and keeps his distance.
Shellac throws a head kick that misses.
Shellac is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shellac lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
St James tries to close the distance and clinch but Shellac swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Shellac forces St James back against the cage and clinches.
Shellac tries to land knees in the clinch but St James avoids the damage to the body.
St James lands a shoulder strike.
Shellac trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for St James.
Still in the clinch, St James scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from St James.
St James lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shellac backwards.
St James lands an uppercut.
St James avoids a wild elbow strike from Shellac.
St James scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from St James.
St James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shellac is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St James is defending well for now.
Shellac looks gassed!
Shellac misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St James creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St James has a couple of punches blocked by Shellac.
St James lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shellac backwards.
Shellac blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shellac is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St James is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, St James scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shellac utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
St James lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
St James is leaning against Shellac and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, St James creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
St James lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St James lands with a right to the head.
St James has a couple of punches blocked by Shellac.
St James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Shellac is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for St James.
Shellac is still on wobbly legs! Can St James finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by St James.
St James gets through Shellac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
St James lands a big right hand that drops Shellac! The killer instinct kicks in and St James finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by St James!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark St James!

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B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
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Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Lombardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damme comes into the arena with Fight to Survive blaring out of the sound system. Vincent Lombardi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Damme
vs
Lombardi

186 cm
21
199 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lombardi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lombardi throws a head kick that misses.
Damme blocks a low kick nicely.
Damme is looking to chop away at Lombardi's legs.
Lombardi throws a head kick that misses.
Lombardi tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Damme goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A leg kick checked by Lombardi.
Damme chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Damme throws a head kick that misses
and Lombardi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lombardi scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Damme misses
and Lombardi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lombardi throws a lazy head kick
and Damme counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lombardi's knee momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Damme. Lombardi shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lombardi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Damme moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lombardi throws a sloppy head kick and Damme moves out of range easily.
Lombardi scores with a push kick.
Lombardi throws a front kick that sends Damme stumbling back into the cage.
Damme is breathing heavily.

Damme closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Damme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick from Lombardi misses.
Jab from Lombardi.
Lombardi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Damme misses
and Lombardi counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Damme throws a head kick that misses.

Lombardi rushes Damme and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lombardi working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Lombardi.
Damme is looking to break free of the clinch but Lombardi has double underhooks.
Lombardi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lombardi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Damme is trying to stall.
Damme misses with an elbow over the top.
Lombardi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lombardi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damme.
Damme creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lombardi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Damme pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Damme throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lombardi throws a head kick but Damme moves out of range.
Lombardi throws a head kick but Damme moves out of range.
Damme blocks a head kick by Lombardi.

Damme forces Lombardi back against the cage and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lombardi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damme tries to stall but Lombardi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short left from Lombardi.
Damme lands a damaging elbow.

Lombardi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Damme attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lombardi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick by Lombardi misses
and Damme makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lombardi throws a head kick but Damme moves out of range.
Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
Lombardi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Damme tenderised Lombardi's leg. Lombardi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Damme misses with a low kick.
Damme misses with a leg kick
and Lombardi counters with a big head kick but Damme shrugs it off.
Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme moves out of range of the body kick.
Lombardi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lombardi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damme 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.
Lombardi tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme misses with a head kick.
Damme misses with an uppercut. Lombardi saw that one coming.
Damme misses with a low kick as Lombardi jumps back.
Lombardi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Damme.
Lombardi throws a sloppy head kick
and Damme counters with a thumping low kick.
Damme throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Damme.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lombardi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Damme - the referee stops the clock and Lombardi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Damme. Lombardi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Damme scores with a head kick.
Damme fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lombardi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damme pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damme delivers a nice body kick.
Damme throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lombardi.
Damme moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A head kick misses from Damme.
A low kick from Damme misses
and Lombardi counters with an inside leg kick.

Damme moves into the clinch.
Lombardi misses with some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Damme using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lombardi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Damme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lombardi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damme fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lombardi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lombardi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Damme looks to land a combination but Lombardi avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Van Damme will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lombardi avoids the head kick by Damme.
Damme cracks Lombardi with an open hand slap.
Van Damme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lombardi misses with a head kick.
Lombardi moves out of range of the body kick.
Lombardi avoids the body shot from Damme.
Lombardi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Damme scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Damme fails in his attempt to clinch.
Damme thumps Lombardi with a low kick.
Damme misses with a body shot.
Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Van Damme is winning the standup battle so far.
Damme plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Damme tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Damme clinches.
Lombardi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Damme.
Lombardi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lombardi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Damme is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lombardi is defending well for now.
Lombardi keeps control of Damme as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lombardi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lombardi throws a head punch that misses.

Lombardi breaks from the clinch.
Lombardi misses with a leg kick.
Lombardi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damme moves away.
Damme throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Lombardi avoids the head kick by Damme.
Damme lands a jab to Lombardi's midsection.
Lombardi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damme blocks a head kick by Lombardi.
Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Damme throws a sloppy head kick
and Lombardi counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lombardi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Damme moves in looking to clinch but Lombardi pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Lombardi.
Lombardi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Damme misses with a head kick.
Damme throws a head kick that Lombardi semi-blocks.
Lombardi tries a head kick but it misses.
Damme lands with a good body shot.
Damme scores with a head kick.
A low kick from Damme misses
and Lombardi counters with a head kick. That will keep Damme thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Damme avoids the body shot from Lombardi.
Damme misses with a body kick.
Lombardi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Damme darts in trying to clinch
and Lombardi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lombardi moves away.
Damme plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick from Lombardi lands but Damme takes it in his stride.
Lombardi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Damme.
A low kick from Damme is predictable there
and Lombardi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Damme really felt that one!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Damme checks a leg kick.
Lombardi throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Damme throws a sloppy head kick
and Lombardi counters with a nice body kick.
Lombardi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lombardi lands with a cross.
A jab from Lombardi misses.
Lombardi misses with a head kick.
No joy there for Lombardi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lombardi throws a wild body kick that Damme sees coming a mile off.
Lombardi misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Damme throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lombardi moves away from the strike by Damme.
Lombardi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damme lands a leg kick that knocks Lombardi off balance momentarily.
Damme throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Lombardi.
Damme blocks a head kick by Lombardi.
Lombardi is looking to clinch but Damme is avoiding it.
Lombardi misses with a low kick as Damme jumps back.
Lombardi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lombardi connects with the punch.
Damme blocks the body kick.
Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Lombardi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick by Lombardi misses
and Damme makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Damme takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Damme blocks a head kick by Lombardi.
Lombardi darts in trying to clinch
and Damme counters with an outside leg kick.
Lombardi doesn't manage to clinch there - Damme circles away.
Lombardi moves out of range of the leg kick from Damme.
Lombardi misses with a head kick.
Damme throws a lazy body kick
and Lombardi counters with a good low kick that Damme was not able to check.
Lombardi throws a leg kick
and Damme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Damme feints and then cracks Lombardi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lombardi down.
Damme connects with a high kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lombardi throws a head kick that misses.
Damme throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Damme feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lombardi's calf.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Damme.
Damme throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lombardi blocks a head kick by Damme.
Damme fakes the leg kick and cracks Lombardi in the body.
Damme throws a sloppy head kick and Lombardi moves out of range easily.
Damme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lombardi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lombardi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A head kick misses from Damme.
Damme misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Damme misses with a low kick.
Damme throws a half hearted mid kick.
Damme is looking to score with low kicks.
Lombardi throws a head kick that misses

and Damme counters by moving into the clinch.
Lombardi misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lombardi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damme blocks an uppercut.
Damme blocks an uppercut.
Lombardi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Damme is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Damme prevents a body shot from Lombardi.
Damme throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Damme is trying to break the clinch but Lombardi is controlling him.
Lombardi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lombardi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damme trying to land knees to the body.
Damme drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Damme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lombardi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lombardi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lombardi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damme missing with knees to the body.
Lombardi misses with a punch on the inside.
Lombardi swings wildly with an uppercut but Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damme tries to land knees in the clinch but Lombardi avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lombardi.
Lombardi misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lombardi fails to land.
Lombardi swings wildly with an uppercut but Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lombardi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lombardi.
Damme is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lombardi avoiding damage as Damme throws knees to the body.
Damme blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Damme.
Lombardi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Lombardi fails to land.
Lombardi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Damme breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Damme.
Damme throws a solid leg kick but Lombardi takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Damme.
Damme throws a leg kick that is checked

and Lombardi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Damme misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lombardi.
Damme is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Damme creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lombardi misses with the head strike.
Lombardi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Lombardi.
Damme wants to break free but Lombardi has control.
Lombardi swings wildly with an uppercut but Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Damme pushes off an throws an elbow but Lombardi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Lombardi manages to break the clinch.
Damme thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Lombardi if he has to take too many more of those.

Damme fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lombardi, pushing him back against the cage.
Lombardi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Damme misses with a knee strike.
Lombardi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Damme backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lombardi.
Damme takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damme.
Damme stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lombardi as Damme tries to tie him up.

Damme manages to break the clinch.
Lombardi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Van Damme showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Damme 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Van Damme!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
88%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dempsey's choice of entrance music: On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. Jack Dempsey is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Rogers
vs
Dempsey

188 cm
28
222 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

192 cm
24
210 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Dempsey!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dempsey lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Rogers.
Dempsey fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dempsey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice jab there from Dempsey.
Dempsey lands with a nice body punch.
Dempsey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rogers scores with a jab to the head.
Rogers catches Dempsey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dempsey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dempsey.
Dempsey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rogers. That did some damage!
Dempsey lands a body shot.
Jack Dempsey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dempsey with a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dempsey.
Dempsey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rogers takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Rogers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dempsey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rogers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dempsey blocks an uppercut.

Rogers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dempsey thuds a left hand into Rogers's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dempsey.
Dempsey misses with a looping right.
Rogers avoids the body shot from Dempsey.
Dempsey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Dempsey lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dempsey lands with a right hand.
Dempsey misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dempsey will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A clash of legs there as Dempsey blocks the low kick.
Dempsey throws a chopping leg kick but Rogers manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dempsey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rogers circles away quickly and effectively.
Rogers scores with a jab. Dempsey acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
Dempsey throws a good cross that connects.
Rogers drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dempsey thows a body shot but no joy.
Rogers blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey takes a swing at Rogers's ribcage but misses.
Rogers throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dempsey throws a low kick but Rogers moves out of range easily.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that Rogers avoids nicely.
Rogers throws a leg kick but Dempsey sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dempsey misses with a two punch combination.
Dempsey tried to score with a low kick but Rogers checks it.
Dempsey swings for the body but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers lands a head kick!
Dempsey chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice uppercut there from Rogers.
Dempsey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rogers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dempsey throws a big shot that misses.
Dempsey avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Dempsey swinging wildly here.
Dempsey misses with a straight left.
Jab, jab by Dempsey - just one landing.
Rogers on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Dempsey is predictable there
and Rogers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dempsey motions for Rogers to come forward. Dempsey throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dempsey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rogers moves away.
A low kick from Dempsey is predictable there
and Rogers counters with a good low kick that Dempsey was not able to check.
Rogers misses the jab.
Dempsey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dempsey misses with a jab, cross combination.
A low kick from Dempsey misses
and Rogers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dempsey is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rogers had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dempsey with a hook.
Dempsey throws a jab but it's blocked by Rogers.
Rogers wants to clinch up but Dempsey keeps it at a distance.
Dempsey cracks Rogers with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dempsey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dempsey scores with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Rogers throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rogers defending well as Dempsey loads up on a big left hand.
Dempsey swinging wildly here.
Rogers misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tests Dempsey's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rogers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rogers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Rogers misses.
Dempsey stalks Rogers and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rogers's face. Rogers staggers backwards, shaken.
A bone on bone clash there as Rogers blocks the leg kick.
Rogers throws a shot from downtown. Dempsey moves away and avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dempsey.
Rogers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dempsey.
Dempsey misses with an uppercut.
Rogers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dempsey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That kick from Dempsey tenderised Rogers's leg. Rogers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice shot by Dempsey.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rogers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dempsey on the side of the head.
Dempsey looks to score with a jab to the body but Rogers is just out of range.
A clash of legs there as Dempsey blocks the low kick.
Rogers throws a hook to the side of Dempsey's head but Dempsey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A good leg kick by Dempsey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Dempsey will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dempsey throws a big shot that misses.
Dempsey scores with a nice strike.
Dempsey tries to land a leg kick but Rogers saw it coming and moves away.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dempsey.
Dempsey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dempsey tries to work over Rogers's front leg with a kick but Rogers checks it.
Rogers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice shot by Dempsey.
Dempsey moves out of range of the strikes.
Dempsey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rogers counters with a right hand to the body.
Rogers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dempsey moves out of range of the strikes.
Rogers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dempsey finds it's way round the side to connect with Rogers's head.
Dempsey throws a leg kick
and Rogers counters with an outside leg kick.
Dempsey throws a leg kick but Rogers sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rogers throws a chopping leg kick but Dempsey manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Good leg kick by Dempsey there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A big right from Rogers misses.
Dempsey lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Dempsey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rogers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rogers lands a jab to Dempsey's midsection.
A big left from Dempsey misses.
Good work by Rogers as he checks the leg kick.
Jack Dempsey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A cross from Rogers lands.
Rogers blocks a jab.
A jab from Dempsey finds it's way through Rogers's defenses.
Dempsey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dempsey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rogers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dempsey's sensitive parts.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Rogers moves out of range.
Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dempsey.
An inside leg kick from Dempsey misses.
Dempsey throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rogers counters with a one-two to the body.
Dempsey just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dempsey. Dempsey obviously looking to wear him down.
Dempsey misses with an uppercut.
Dempsey lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey connects with a looping right hand.
Dempsey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dempsey sizes up Rogers with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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!
Dempsey wants to land a leg kick but Rogers is out of range.
Rogers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rogers slips a jab from Dempsey.
Rogers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rogers!
Rogers checks a low kick from Dempsey.
Rogers connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dempsey throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rogers counters with a nice uppercut.
Dempsey connects with a solid leg kick.
Rogers throws a big shot that misses.
Dempsey lands the left hand.
Rogers looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dempsey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rogers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That kick from Dempsey tenderised Rogers's leg. Rogers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dempsey thows a body shot but no joy.
Rogers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rogers slips a straight right by Dempsey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
A slow jab from Dempsey misses its intended target.
Rogers digs a good hook to Dempsey's body.
Dempsey tries to bum rush Rogers with a series of wild strikes but Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dempsey throws the left hand but Rogers avoids the punch easily.
Dempsey works Rogers's body with a nice hook.
Jack Dempsey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dempsey misses with a leg kick
and Rogers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rogers is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dempsey.
Rogers checks a leg kick.
Dempsey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rogers can pounce on him.
Rogers checks a low kick from Dempsey.
A low kick from Dempsey is predictable there
and Rogers counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rogers throws a hook to the side of Dempsey's head but Dempsey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dempsey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dempsey misses with a body shot.
Dempsey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rogers counters with an outside leg kick.
Dempsey looks to land a left hand but Rogers moved out of range nicely.
Rogers misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Dempsey misses its intended target.
Dempsey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dempsey misses with a double jab.
Rogers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rogers throws a nice looking combination but Dempsey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dempsey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rogers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dempsey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dempsey.
Rogers checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dempsey throws a lazy right hand but Rogers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dempsey misses with an uppercut.
Dempsey throws an overhand right that lands on Rogers's shoulder, as Rogers tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dempsey throws a front kick aimed at Rogers's knee but Rogers avoids it well.
Dempsey misses with a low kick.
Dempsey smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dempsey fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rogers on the side of the head.
Rogers has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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 Steve Rogers will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dempsey avoids the body shot from Rogers.
Rogers checks a leg kick.
Dempsey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rogers's calf.
Rogers takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Some bone on bone action there as Rogers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dempsey changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dempsey.
A big left from Dempsey misses.
Dempsey fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rogers checks it well.
Dempsey lands a nice looking body shot.
Rogers on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dempsey cracks Rogers with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dempsey lands a glancing blow to the side of Rogers's head.
Dempsey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rogers scores with a three punch combo!
Dempsey throws a sloppy body shot
and Rogers makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dempsey throws a looping overhand right but Rogers ducks down to avoid it.
Dempsey throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rogers.
Rogers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dempsey finds it's way round the side to connect with Rogers's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Rogers.
Dempsey looks to land a left hand but Rogers moved out of range nicely.
Dempsey connects with a jab.
Rogers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dempsey throws a low kick but Rogers avoids it.
A punch combination from Dempsey misses.
Dempsey throws a combination. Rogers tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dempsey. That's going to slow Rogers down.
Nice defenses there by Rogers.
Rogers checks a leg kick.
Rogers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Dempsey checks it well.
Dempsey throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rogers moves away from the strike by Dempsey.
Danga de danga de dang - Dempsey scores with a four punch combination!
Rogers takes a jab right on the kisser.
A left and a right from Dempsey both land. Nice combination.
Dempsey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice cross by Dempsey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey tries to land a leg kick but Rogers saw it coming and moves away.
An inside leg kick from Dempsey misses.
Dempsey connects with a single shot there.
Dempsey connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dempsey ducks under a wild hook from Rogers.
Dempsey goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dempsey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rogers on the side of the head.
Rogers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dempsey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rogers loads up on a big right hand but Dempsey slips the punch.
Rogers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dempsey.
Rogers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rogers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dempsey uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rogers has time to react.
Dempsey throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.
Dempsey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rogers's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rogers on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dempsey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey lands a jab to the head.
Jab by Dempsey.
Rogers is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dempsey connects with a solid leg kick.
A low kick from Dempsey is predictable there
and Rogers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dempsey feints and then cracks Rogers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rogers down.
Rogers on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dempsey cracks Rogers with a good jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dempsey lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rogers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rogers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dempsey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rogers counters with a stiff right hand.
Rogers dodges the punch combination from Dempsey.
Dempsey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rogers checks a low kick from Dempsey.
Rogers waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dempsey.
Dempsey just misses with a punch to the body.
Rogers takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Dempsey misses with an uppercut.
Dempsey throws a right hand that Rogers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rogers also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dempsey was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Rogers is looking to clinch but Dempsey is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Rogers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rogers cracks Dempsey with a good jab.
Rogers throws out a loose jab but Dempsey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dempsey moves away from the strike by Rogers.
A low kick from Dempsey is predictable there
and Rogers counters with an inside leg kick.
Dempsey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rogers counters with a straight right hand.
Rogers tries a head kick but it misses.
Dempsey throws a front kick aimed at Rogers's knee but Rogers avoids it well.
Dempsey lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rogers misses with an uppercut. Dempsey saw that one coming.
Dempsey misses with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dempsey lands with a straight right. Rogers didn't see that one coming.
Rogers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dempsey slips a straight right by Rogers.
Dempsey misses with a straight right.
Rogers throws a front kick aimed at Dempsey's knee but Dempsey avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Dempsey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dempsey has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jack Dempsey!

C
A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kato has chosen STILL BALLIN as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lucas
vs
Kato

187 cm
24
218 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
220 lbs
14 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Conviction
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sun Kato!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Lucas.
Kato ducks under a wild hook from Lucas.
Kato misses with a body shot.
Kato walks into a left hand.
Kato scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kato misses with a looping right.
Kato cracks a nice hook into Lucas's ribs.
Lucas tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Kato. That snapped Lucas's head back.
Lucas throws a low kick but Kato avoids it.
Lucas avoids the head kick by Kato.
Kato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas misses with a low kick.
Kato throws a leg kick but Lucas moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kato.
Lucas misses with a head kick.
Kato works Lucas's body with a nice hook.
Kato missing with a left hand there. Lucas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kato misses with a body shot.
Kato lands a glancing blow to the side of Lucas's head.
Kato throws a nice looking combination but Lucas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lucas swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas thows a leg kick but Kato checks it
letting Kato counter with a right hand.
Kato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lucas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
Kato scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Lucas.
Kato scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kato throws a looping overhand right but Lucas ducks down to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lucas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Kato.
Sun Kato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kato throws a low kick but Lucas avoids it.
Lucas looks to land a body kick but Kato moved away.
Kato explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A shot to the body from Kato misses
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucas. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kato lands with a shot to the body.
Kato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucas ducks under a wild hook from Kato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
Kato takes a swing at Lucas's ribcage but misses.
Lucas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lucas throws a head kick but Kato moves out of range.
Kato throws a hook but Lucas avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Lucas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kato misses with a hook. Lucas ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lucas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kato.
Lucas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sun Kato 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.

Kato stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lucas.
Lucas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kato tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lucas throws a leg kick but Kato sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lucas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Kato lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lucas circles away quickly and effectively.
Sun Kato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Lucas.
Kato misses with a straight right.
A good leg kick by Lucas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lucas, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas scores with a nice body kick.
Kato is breathing heavily.
Lucas jabs at Kato's body.
Lucas feints and then cracks Kato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kato down.
Lucas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sun Kato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lucas lands a leg kick that knocks Kato off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucas throws a sloppy head kick and Kato moves out of range easily.
Lucas lands with a kick to the temple. Kato shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lucas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lucas lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas scores with a push kick.
Whack! Lucas lands a heavy head kick that drops Kato. The ref tackles Lucas to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Kato was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Travis Lucas!