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BFE 91: Pfiel vs Grigoriev PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lui Passaglia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azman Hazardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazardi has chosen Jedi Mind Tricks - Heavy Metal Kings Featuring Ill Bill as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lui Passaglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Azman Hazardi!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazardi looks to score with a jab to the body but Passaglia is just out of range.
Hazardi misses with a takedown attempt - Passaglia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Passaglia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Hazardi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Passaglia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hazardi checks a low kick from Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with a low kick.
Passaglia leaves Hazardi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hazardi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Passaglia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hazardi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Passaglia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Passaglia throws a half hearted mid kick.
Azman Hazardi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hazardi throws a poor cross that misses
and Passaglia counters with a good, hard body kick but Hazardi shrugs it off.
Hazardi moves to clinch but Passaglia breaks away
and Passaglia counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hazardi looks gassed!
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Hazardi avoids the head kick by Passaglia.
Passaglia throws a chopping leg kick but Hazardi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Passaglia is looking to slow Hazardi down with leg kicks.
Hazardi throws a shot from downtown. Passaglia moves away and avoids it.
Passaglia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hazardi.
Passaglia slips a straight right by Hazardi.
Passaglia scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Passaglia moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Passaglia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Passaglia scoring well with a low kick there.
Passaglia throws a low kick but Hazardi avoids it.
Passaglia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lui Passaglia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hazardi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Passaglia manages to avoid it.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Hazardi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Passaglia.
Passaglia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hazardi. That did some damage!
Hazardi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hazardi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Passaglia!
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Hazardi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Passaglia lands a head kick. Hazardi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Hazardi tries to clinch
and Passaglia counters with a good low kick that Hazardi was not able to check.
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Passaglia misses with a leg kick.
Passaglia blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Passaglia.
Hazardi takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hazardi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Passaglia. Passaglia obviously looking to wear him down.
Passaglia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hazardi 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Passaglia explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hazardi shoots in but Passaglia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lui Passaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Azman Hazardi.
Passaglia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hazardi will feel that in the morning.
Passaglia throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hazardi thows a leg kick but Passaglia checks it
and Passaglia counters with a nice leg kick.
Hazardi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Passaglia is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hazardi.
Passaglia throws a nice outside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Passaglia!
Passaglia slips under a jab from Hazardi.
Passaglia lands with a kick to the temple. Hazardi shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hazardi is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hazardi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Passaglia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hazardi's head.
Passaglia is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lui Passaglia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hazardi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Passaglia. That one must have hurt.
Hazardi misses the body punch
and Passaglia counters with a leg kick.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut
and Passaglia counters with a good low kick that Hazardi was not able to check.
The crowd cheers as Hazardi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Passaglia doesn't seem phased though.
Passaglia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hazardi.
Passaglia is looking to chop away at Hazardi's legs.
Hazardi tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Passaglia counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hazardi is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Hazardi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lui Passaglia is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Passaglia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hazardi is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazardi tries to clinch but Passaglia is having none of it.
Hazardi blocks a leg kick.
Hazardi takes a swing at Passaglia's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Passaglia there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Passaglia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hazardi checks a leg kick.
Hazardi tries to clinch but Passaglia moves out of range.
Hazardi misses with a leg kick
and Passaglia counters with a body kick.
Passaglia thumps Hazardi with a low kick.
Hazardi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Passaglia.
Hazardi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hazardi checks a low kick from Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Passaglia.
Hazardi throws out a leg kick but Passaglia moves out of range and Hazardi only half commits.
A slapping body kick lands there for Passaglia.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut.
Hazardi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Passaglia misses with a low kick.
Hazardi throws a jab but it's blocked by Passaglia.
Passaglia lands a leg kick that knocks Hazardi off balance momentarily.
Hazardi misses with an uppercut
and Passaglia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Passaglia 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 Hazardi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hazardi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hazardi darts in trying to clinch
and Passaglia finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hazardi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Passaglia has got the better of the exchanges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia throws out a leg kick but Hazardi moves out of range and Passaglia only half commits.
Hazardi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Passaglia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Passaglia checks a leg kick.
Hazardi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Passaglia counters with a nice body kick.
Passaglia scoring well with a low kick there.
Passaglia thows a body kick. Hazardi tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Passaglia.
Hazardi throws a lazy head kick
and Passaglia counters with a head kick.
Hazardi is rocked!
Passaglia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hazardi if he has to take too many more of those.
Hazardi is still on wobbly legs! Can Passaglia finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Passaglia.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Passaglia, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Passaglia and Hazardi are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Passaglia throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Hazardi into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Passaglia knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lui Passaglia!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agamemnon Coon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tatsuyo Hayate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tatsuyo Hayate looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Agamemnon Coon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tatsuyo Hayate!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayate scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hayate looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hayate in side control, throwing shots but Coon defends.
Coon regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coon is trying to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Coon trying to hold on to Hayate's head to control him but Hayate postures up.
Coon wants to get back to full guard.
Coon is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hayate's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hayate's back!
Coon scores with punches to the body.
Coon is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Coon gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Coon gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Coon apologises and we restart here on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coon drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hayate is rocked!
Coon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hayate is still in real trouble! Can Coon finish him?
Coon stands up over Hayate, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Coon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Coon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Coon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Coon working some strikes from top position.
Coon is working Hayate over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Coon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coon works over Hayate with some ground and pound from guard.
Coon lands a couple of elbows.
Coon keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hayate's head.
Coon scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Coon slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hayate seems to have recovered his senses.
Coon working the head with strikes.
Coon lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Coon lands an elbow.
Coon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Coon working the body and head with strikes.
Coon lands a strong strike to the head of Hayate. That's dazed him! Coon looking to finish here. Hayate is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Coon lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Agamemnon Coon!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cat Litter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cat Litter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Max Castle!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle shoots in for a takedown but Litter shows good takedown defense.
Castle throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Max Castle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castle feints a jab promting Litter to slip. Castle then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Litter slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Cat Litter has been cut.
Castle throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Litter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Castle darts in trying to clinch
and Litter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Castle misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castle tries to sprawl but Litter drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Litter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Litter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Litter controlling the action here.
Litter passes to side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Litter throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle is letting Litter control him for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Litter throws an elbow but Castle slips to the side and avoids it well.
Castle is working to avoid the ground and pound but Litter connects with a decent elbow.
Castle really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Litter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Litter trying to control the action but Castle is working from the bottom.
Litter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Castle takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Litter works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Litter is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Castle is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Litter thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Litter scores with punches from side control.
Castle is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Castle is not content to let Litter control the position.
Castle managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Litter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Litter scoring with punches from side control.
Castle tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Castle looks gassed!
Litter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Castle?
A nice elbow there by Litter.
Litter with good strikes from the mount here!
Castle is rocked!
Litter goes for an armbar but Castle turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Castle.
Castle wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Litter's closed guard. He's half up but Litter has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Litter pivots and extends the arm, Castle falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Litter! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cat Litter!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roland Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickolas Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickolas Bryant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Roland Grant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nickolas Bryant!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant misses with a body kick.
Grant moves in looking to clinch but Bryant pushes him off.
Grant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bryant.
Bryant takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A left lands for Grant.
Bryant swings for the body but Grant moves out of range.
Grant lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Grant throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bryant with a jab.
Grant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bryant.
Bryant scores with a jab. Grant acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bryant takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Nickolas Bryant has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bryant shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Grant sprawls well. Grant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bryant gets slowly back to his feet.
Bryant moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bryant misses with an uppercut
enabling Grant to counter with a crisp jab.
Bryant keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bryant throws a leg kick
and Bryant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grant thuds his right hand into Bryant's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant connects with a looping right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Grant. No joy for Bryant on that attempt.
Bryant throws a head kick that misses
and Grant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roland Grant is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Grant misses with a right hand
and Bryant counters with a shoot takedown. Grant fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grant bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bryant's guard.
Grant trying to control the position from guard on top but Bryant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grant pushes down on Bryant's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Grant is taking a breather. Bryant says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant wants to work for an arm triangle but Bryant is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bryant is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Grant perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Grant trying to control the action but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Grant is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Bryant still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Bryant has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Bryant wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grant keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bryant working the ground and pound but Grant is defending the strikes.
Bryant throws an elbow but Grant slips to the side and avoids it well.
Bryant scoring with punches and elbows.
Bryant landing strikes.
Bryant goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Grant has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Bryant but great work by Grant.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant moves into full mount!
Bryant tries to hold on but Grant pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Grant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nickolas Bryant's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Grant misses with a hook
and Bryant counters with a nice body shot.
Grant takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Grant throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bryant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grant is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bryant.
Bryant attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bryant moves forwards but Grant connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Grant takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Grant misses with a straight left.
Bryant throws a right hand that misses
and Grant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Grant is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant swings widly with a right hand
enabling Bryant to counter with a crisp jab.
Grant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bryant moves away.
Grant on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bryant swings widly with a right hand
and Bryant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bryant shoots in but no luck this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bryant. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bryant has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grant finds it's way round the side to connect with Bryant's head.
Grant connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grant lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant swings widly with a right hand
and Grant counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bryant misses with a left hand
letting Grant counter with a right hand.
Grant misses with a hook
and Bryant counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grant tests Bryant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Bryant misses with a jab to the body
and Grant counters with a series of strikes. Bryant will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant misses with a leg kick
letting Grant counter with a right hand.
Grant fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bryant misses with a shot to the body
and Grant counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bryant's knee momentarily.
Roland Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bryant throws a lazy head kick
and Grant counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Bryant misses
and Grant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bryant steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grant.
Roland Grant is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bryant checks it well.
Grant lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bryant on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bryant throws a leg kick
and Grant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A low kick from Bryant misses
and Grant counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Grant misses.
A nice combination there by Grant.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grant punishes Bryant's body with a nice straight punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grant lands a right hook to the body.
Bryant is breathing heavily.
Grant misses with a body shot
and Bryant counters with a right hand to the body.
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 Roland Grant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nickolas Bryant's cut.
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!
Grant lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bryant at a distance.
Bryant uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grant.
Bryant just misses with a punch to the body.
Grant misses with a low kick.
Nice shot by Bryant.
Bryant looks to score with a jab to the body but Grant is just out of range.
Grant misses with a body shot.
Bryant 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.
Bryant trying to control but Grant is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryant throws a strike but Grant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Grant trying to control but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Grant looking to sit in guard and control but Bryant gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bryant postures up in Grant's guard and throws a big left but Grant blocks it.
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.
Bryant content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bryant trying to control the position from guard on top but Grant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bryant working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bryant looking to sit in guard and control but Grant gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Bryant wants to sweep here but Grant controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grant trying to control but Bryant is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Grant is stalling in the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Roland Grant wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Grant connects with the punch.
Grant takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grant throws a leg kick but Bryant moved away.
Bryant throws an off balance right hand
and Grant counters with an inside leg kick.
Grant moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nickolas Bryant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Grant 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Roland Grant!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Roland Grant!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight as a draw!
Roland Grant wins by majority decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Bishop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pete Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bishop checks a leg kick.
Bishop throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bishop throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bishop misses the shot to the body.
Bishop connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gonzalez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bishop checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gonzalez tries for a takedown but Bishop circles away easily
and Bishop counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gonzalez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bishop can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bishop stays in close to Gonzalez's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bishop accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bishop 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.
Gonzalez keeping moving, preventing Bishop from controlling successfully.
Gonzalez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bishop throwing strikes from guard but Gonzalez blocks nicely.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzalez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez looking for a guillotine here but Bishop defends easily.
Bishop trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzalez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez working for a triangle but Bishop defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Gonzalez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bishop defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bishop seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gonzalez escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bishop gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bishop throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gonzalez looking for subs off his back but Bishop has passed one foot through into half guard.
Bishop stalling away here and it's allowed Gonzalez to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop with a nice head shot there.
Bishop keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gonzalez's head.
Bishop slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bishop looking to pass the guard.
Gonzalez working for submissions but it's allowed Bishop to get to half guard.
Bishop lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bishop lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Gonzalez has hold of Bishop's hands but Bishop slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bishop lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Well, if Bishop is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gonzalez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bishop wants to take a breather but Gonzalez is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Gonzalez is looking to improve his position.
Gonzalez actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Bishop dominated that round.
That's time! Bishop's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A left lands for Bishop.
Bishop shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bishop ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Bishop keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gonzalez misses with a hook
and Bishop counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bishop looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gonzalez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gonzalez is refusing to be controlled, as Bishop sits in half guard.
Bishop is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gonzalez is defending against the submission attempts here by Bishop.
Gonzalez actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop prevents Gonzalez from improving his position.
Bishop is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gonzalez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Bishop.
Gonzalez tries to get to full guard but Bishop has control of the leg.
Bishop perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gonzalez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bishop.
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.
Bishop is looking to take a break and control but Gonzalez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bishop looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gonzalez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bishop frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bishop tries to control but Gonzalez wriggling away.
Gonzalez is desperately trying to improve his position but Bishop has a good base and remains in mount.
Bishop content just to control the position here.
Bishop looking to finish Gonzalez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gonzalez!
Gonzalez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bishop connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Bishop landing strikes from the mount and Gonzalez is in trouble!
Charles Bishop overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gonzalez is breathing heavily.
Bishop is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gonzalez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gonzalez is working to get back to half guard.
Bishop postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gonzalez looks a forlorn figure.
Bishop wants to control the pace but Gonzalez is squirming around nicely.
Gonzalez is bucking up trying to escape but Bishop cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bishop trying to control but Gonzalez is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Bishop.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gonzalez looks a forlorn figure.
Gonzalez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here. Bishop smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bishop postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gonzalez bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Bishop and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bishop!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean ORiordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rojas's choice of entrance music: Cant be Touched. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Dominic Rojas enters the cage!
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sean ORiordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Rojas!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas looks for the body kick but ORiordan saw that one coming.
ORiordan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rojas misses with a head kick.
ORiordan throws a combination. Rojas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rojas throws a nice inside leg kick.
ORiordan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from ORiordan.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rojas.
Rojas feints and then cracks ORiordan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow ORiordan down.
Rojas connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
ORiordan avoids the head kick by Rojas.
Rojas scores with a nice body kick.
ORiordan is breathing heavily.
Rojas throws a quick head kick that skims the top of ORiordan's head.
ORiordan avoids the body shot from Rojas.
Rojas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rojas throws a nice outside leg kick.
ORiordan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rojas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by ORiordan.
It looks like Sean ORiordan has been cut.
Rojas lands a nice looking kick to the body. ORiordan takes a step back to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Rojas.
Rojas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas connects with a body shot.
Rojas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slapping leg kick lands for Rojas.
ORiordan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rojas - that will leave a mark!
Rojas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ORiordan moves away.
Rojas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from ORiordan.
Nice uppercut there from Rojas.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rojas, right into the meat.
ORiordan walks into a straight right hand from Rojas.
Rojas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
ORiordan takes one to the side of the head.
ORiordan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rojas feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends ORiordan sprawling to the canvas! ORiordan rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Rojas finish him?!
ORiordan is rocked!
Rojas throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! ORiordan crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dominic Rojas!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viacheslav Datsik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikko Suvanto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Viacheslav Datsik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mikko Suvanto!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Datsik misses with a body shot.
Datsik lands a right hook to the body.
Datsik misses with a hook. Suvanto ducked under it nicely.
Datsik lunges at Suvanto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Suvanto's hand.
Datsik works the jab nicely.
Datsik tries to close the distance and clinch but Suvanto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Datsik scores with the left hand. Suvanto knows he should have avoided that one.
Datsik tried to score with a low kick but Suvanto checks it.
Datsik throws out a loose jab but Suvanto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Datsik doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Suvanto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Datsik swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Suvanto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Datsik thows a body shot but no joy.
Suvanto moves out of range of the strikes.
Suvanto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Suvanto throws a body punch but Datsik moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Datsik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Datsik misses.
Datsik thows a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Datsik misses.
A big left from Suvanto misses.
Datsik scores with a jab to the jaw.
Datsik lands a nice hook to Suvanto's body. Suvanto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Datsik moves forwards but Suvanto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Datsik throws a jab when Suvanto was well out of range.
Suvanto scores with a hook to the body. Datsik takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Datsik lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Datsik.
Viacheslav Datsik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suvanto slips under a jab.
Datsik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Datsik moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Datsik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Suvanto misses with the head strike.
Suvanto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Datsik.
Suvanto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Datsik fails to land.
Suvanto can't find room to land a body shot as Datsik controls the action.
Suvanto misses with a punch to the body.
Datsik prevents a body shot from Suvanto.
Datsik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suvanto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Datsik is leaning against Suvanto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Datsik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Suvanto looks gassed!
Suvanto throws a punch but it's blocked by Datsik.
Datsik scores with a shot to the side of Suvanto's head.
Suvanto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Suvanto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Datsik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Suvanto misses with the head strike.
Datsik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Datsik creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Suvanto is rocked!
Datsik misses with some punches.
Suvanto is still on wobbly legs! Can Datsik finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Suvanto.
Datsik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Suvanto seems to have recovered his senses.
Datsik gets through Suvanto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Suvanto misses with the head strike.
Datsik lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Datsik misses with some punches.
Suvanto misses with some punches.
Datsik pushes Suvanto against the cage. Datsik is working some dirty boxing. Datsik pushes off with a quick right hook! Suvanto goes down! Suvanto tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Datsik moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viacheslav Datsik!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Kafka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crixus Hair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kafka comes to the cage accompanied by Heartbeats. Hair has chosen I Made it as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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280 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franz Kafka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Crixus Hair!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kafka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hair has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hair thows a body shot but no joy.
Kafka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hair misses with a left hand
and Hair takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kafka misses with a head kick.
Kafka tries to clinch but Hair moves away
and Hair counters with a three punch combo that has Kafka backing up. Kafka nods at Hair to acknowledge the strikes.
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!
Kafka walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Good work by Kafka as he checks the leg kick.
Crunch! Kafka slams his shin into Hair's torso.
Hair throws a body punch but Kafka moves out of range.
Kafka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hair manages to avoid it.
Hair connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kafka tries to clinch
and Hair counters with a nice body shot.
A jab lands there for Kafka.
Kafka fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hair scores with a jab to the body.
Kafka misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hair counters with a thumping low kick.
Kafka is breathing heavily.
Kafka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hair misses the jab.
Hair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kafka.
Kafka scores with a leg kick.
Kafka misses with a kick to the body
and Kafka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hair ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hair scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kafka in his tracks.
Hair throws a shot from downtown. Kafka moves away and avoids it.
Hair checks a low kick from Kafka.
Hair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hair misses with a looping left.
Hair throws a leg kick but Kafka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kafka gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hair takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kafka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kafka misses with a body punch
and Hair counters with a nice body shot.
Hair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kafka misses with a right hand
and Hair counters with a nice right hand that sends Kafka toppling to the canvas! Kafka scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Hair finish him?!
It looks like Franz Kafka has been cut.
Hair lands with a big right hook that stumbles Kafka - he's out on his feet here! Hair follows up with another monster hook that separates Kafka from consciousness! Kafka falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Hair stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Crixus Hair!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Pfiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.
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206 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Pfiel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikolay Grigoriev!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A good leg kick by Grigoriev.
Pfiel connects with a right hand. Grigoriev shakes it off.
Grigoriev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pfiel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Grigoriev counters with a solid body kick.
A low kick from Pfiel is predictable there
and Grigoriev counters with a body kick that stops Pfiel in his tracks momentarily.
Pfiel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pfiel closes the distance but Grigoriev moves to the side
and Grigoriev counters with a nice uppercut.
Pfiel throws a leg kick
and Grigoriev cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab by Grigoriev.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A low kick from Pfiel misses
and Grigoriev counters with a right hand to the body.
Pfiel moves to clinch but Grigoriev breaks away
and Grigoriev connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pfiel thuds a left hand into Grigoriev's body.
Nice defenses there by Pfiel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoriev throws a shot to the body.
A head kick by Pfiel misses
and Grigoriev counters with an outside leg kick.
Grigoriev throws a nice looking combination but Pfiel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pfiel misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pfiel is breathing heavily.
Pfiel tries to clinch
and Grigoriev counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Josh Pfiel has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigoriev with a nice cross.
Grigoriev fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pfiel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Grigoriev.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pfiel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grigoriev - the referee stops the clock and Pfiel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grigoriev. Pfiel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Josh Pfiel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pfiel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pfiel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pfiel blocks a head kick by Grigoriev.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grigoriev throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grigoriev, right into the meat.
Nice uppercut there from Grigoriev.
A head kick by Pfiel misses
and Grigoriev counters with a nice leg kick.
Pfiel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Grigoriev connects with a single shot there.
Grigoriev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pfiel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice jab there from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A head kick by Pfiel misses
and Grigoriev counters with a nice body shot.
Grigoriev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grigoriev lands with a cross.
Pfiel tries to clinch but Grigoriev moves away
and Grigoriev counters with a stiff right hand.
Grigoriev scores with a nice right hand.
Josh Pfiel's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Pfiel
and Grigoriev makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Grigoriev!
A solid leg kick lands there for Grigoriev.
Crunch! Grigoriev slams his shin into Pfiel's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grigoriev scores with a push kick.
Grigoriev scores with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grigoriev, right into the meat.
Grigoriev dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grigoriev scoring well with a low kick there.
Grigoriev lands a head shot.
The crowd cheers as Grigoriev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pfiel doesn't seem phased though.
Grigoriev lands a jab.
Josh Pfiel's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pfiel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pfiel is rocked!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grigoriev - that will leave a mark!
Grigoriev moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jeez, Josh Pfiel's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Grigoriev lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Grigoriev throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pfiel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Grigoriev scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grigoriev scores with a punch to the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Josh Pfiel's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Nikolay Grigoriev!
Nikolay Grigoriev is the new light heavyweight champion!
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