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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li's entrance music is Summer Song. A fine choice. Chong Li has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jesse James!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Li stuffs the takedown.
Li misses with a wild combination.
Li stuffs the takedown.
James shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Li but Li pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Chong Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse James.
James scores a takedown into full mount!
Li avoids a series of strikes thrown by James.
James sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
James thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
James moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Li has worked his arm free - good work by Li!
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
James has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
James shoots in looking for a takedown. Li tries to sprawl out of it but James keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Li manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
James looks gassed!
Li gets the takedown into side control.
Li working away.
Li advances to mount.
James is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Li controlling from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Li avoids the attempt from James to control.
James really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Li is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but James is surviving well by controlling Li's body position as best he can.
James tries to reverse the position but Li maintains control.
James throwing hammer fists to the chest of Li. What's that going to do exactly?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to escape the mount.
Li sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Li.
James's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
James bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Li looking for a sweep. Not yet Li, not yet.
James trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Li manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
James has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Li has passed into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James is trying to get back to half guard.
Li controls the position.
Li decides to stand back up.
James tries for a takedown but Li circles away easily
and Li counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
James missing with punches from the bottom.
Li prevents James from improving his position.
James trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chong Li dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Li thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on James if he has to take too many more of those.
James fails with the takedown
and Li counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Li.
Li breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Li is looking for a sweep.
James thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
James has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
James tries for a takedown but Li circles away easily
and Li counters with a left and a right that stings James.
Jesse James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Li swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Li counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Chong Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to get up but he can't break James's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
James manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Li manages to get himself to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Li is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
James tries to free his leg and advance position but Li is retaining full guard.
James looking to sit in guard and control but Li gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
James wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James has a closed guard, preventing Li from standing up.
Chong Li overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
James closes the distance but Li moves to the side
and Li counters with a right hand to the body.
James is looking to clinch but Li is avoiding it.
Li closes the distance and clinches.
Li tries to stall but James uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
James is working for takedown but Li is calmly controlling the position for now.
Li gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
James looking for a sweep. Not yet James, not yet.
James keeping moving, preventing Li from controlling successfully.
Li would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
James working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James looking to hit a scissor sweep but Li is one step ahead there.
Li postures up.
Li is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
James shoots and misses
and Li counters with a single leg into guard. James didn't expect that.
Li is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
James controls Li momentarily but Li frees himself.
James tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James looking to control but Li passes into half guard.
Li keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
James tries to kick Li off but Li keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Li blocks the strikes from James.
James tries to roll over but Li keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
James misses with a double jab
and Li counters with a series of strikes. James will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James looks to clinch
and Li counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Li.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James looking for a sweep. Not yet James, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chong Li dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
James misses with a takedown
and Li counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Li lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as James backs up against the cage.
James fails with the takedown
and Li counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
James wants to clinch but Li slips to the side
and Li counters with a nice double leg into side control. James won't be happy with that.
James is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Li's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
James kicks Li off and gets back to his feet.
James looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Li keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
James is thwarting Li's attempts to control the position.
James is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to stand up but James is controlling him.
James postures up in Li's guard and throws a big left but Li blocks it.
Li is trying to control the position from the bottom.
James content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
James trying to control but Li is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Li counters by clinching up.
Chong Li has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesse James.
James wants a takedown but no success here.
Li landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Li is pressed up against the cage. James has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Li down to the mat. Li avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
James doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Li decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in James's guard.
Li preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now James is on top in guard.
James drops back looking for a leg! Li is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Li manages to kick James off! James jumps back into Li's guard.
James advances to half guard.
James throws a strike but Li avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Li throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Li is pulling down on James's head. It's preventing any offense from James, at least for the moment.
Li looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Li is trying to control the position from the bottom.
James trying to move into half guard but instead Li has managed to sweep!
James throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Li trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
James being controlled here, momentarily.
James trying to control the position.
James is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
James doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Li counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps James thinking.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Li.
Li looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
James looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
James passes into half guard.
James with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jesse James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Li does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Li wants to get back to his feet.
James trying to advance position but Li counters by regaining guard.
James slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chong Li.
Well Li 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chong Li!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carmelo Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Henry Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carmelo Sanchez looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carmelo Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Henry Holliday!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez looks for the body kick but Holliday saw that one coming.
Holliday blocks a leg kick.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holliday defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
Holliday avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanchez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Holliday checks the leg kick.
John Henry Holliday seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Holliday sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two 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.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez throws a head kick but Holliday moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Holliday or perhaps it was just good defense by Sanchez which made him look bad.
A bone on bone clash there as Holliday blocks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Holliday tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Sanchez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holliday shoots in and bounces Sanchez off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Holliday drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Holliday jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Sanchez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sanchez tries to get out of the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Holliday tries to pass.
Holliday stops Sanchez from standing up.
Holliday forces his way into half guard.
Sanchez pushes Holliday off looking to stand but Holliday dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Henry Holliday dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Holliday looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Holliday has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez misses with a low kick.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sanchez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Holliday shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sanchez pinned against the cage. Sanchez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice cross by Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez misses with a low kick as Holliday jumps back.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Holliday checks it.
Holliday slips under a jab from Sanchez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holliday.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Holliday checks a low kick from Sanchez.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez throws a head kick but Holliday moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carmelo Sanchez dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sanchez throws the kick towards the body but Holliday avoids it.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Holliday slaps the foot to one side.
Sanchez lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Nice sprawl there from Sanchez as Holliday shoots in.
Sanchez throws a head kick that misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sanchez 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 Holliday has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Holliday and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Holliday looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sanchez is fending him off so far but Holliday persists. Nope, Sanchez circles away and we're back to standing.
Holliday blocks a head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Holliday moves out of range of the body kick from Sanchez.
Carmelo Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holliday avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Holliday throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanchez's waist but Sanchez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Holliday off to one side.
Carmelo Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Henry Holliday.
Sanchez throws a leg kick but Holliday sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Holliday sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carmelo Sanchez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sanchez 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carmelo Sanchez!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skeeter Gator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Rophilia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gator might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Drop it Like its Hot. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Skeeter Gator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Rophilia!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Rophilia as Gator shoots in.
Gator looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rophilia is fending him off so far but Gator persists. Nope, Rophilia circles away and we're back to standing.
Gator throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rophilia's waist but Rophilia gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gator off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skeeter Gator. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rophilia gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rophilia is thwarting Gator's attempts to control the position.
Gator makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gator.
Rophilia content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rophilia trying to control but Gator is working from the bottom.
Rophilia pushing down on Gator's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gator avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rophilia.
Rophilia frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rophilia with good strikes from the mount here!
Rophilia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gator can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rophilia with shots to the head and body - Gator looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gator is breathing heavily.
Gator wants to control but Rophilia is having none of it.
Rophilia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rophilia is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gator can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rophilia lands with some strikes.
Gator tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rophilia lands with some strikes.
Gator is rocked!
Rophilia raining down shots from the mount!
Oh Gator is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gator is desperately trying to improve his position but Rophilia has a good base and remains in mount.
Rophilia connects with a bit shot that sees Gator covering up! More strikes from Gator and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rophilia is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Rophilia!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dustin hazellett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by The Dropkick Murphys-The Warriors Code. Johnny Blaze has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, dustin hazellett!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hazellett tries to clinch but Blaze moves out of range.
A left and a right from Blaze both land. Nice combination.
hazellett tries to clinch up but Blaze circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaze gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
hazellett is trying to maintain the position but Blaze is very close to passing his half guard.
hazellett wants to improve his position but Blaze is controlling well.
hazellett avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blaze.
Blaze controlling the action here.
Blaze trying to control the action but hazellett is working from the bottom.
hazellett is pressing down on Blaze's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Blaze is looking to work some ground and pound but hazellett has wrist control.
Blaze drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Blaze jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blaze throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze works over hazellett with some ground and pound from guard.
hazellett preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Blaze postures up and lands a big shot to hazellett's brow.
Blaze postures up in hazellett's guard and throws a big left but hazellett blocks it.
hazellett has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blaze can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
hazellett trying to keep a closed guard but Blaze is proving a slippery customer.
Blaze stopping the sweep attempt from hazellett.
Blaze trying to control the position from guard on top but hazellett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
hazellett avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two 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.
Blaze connects with a couple of short punches.
hazellett is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
hazellett wants to sweep but no luck.
Blaze chips away with some ground and pound.
Blaze might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
hazellett misses with a takedown attempt
so Blaze counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Blaze content to stall in guard here.
hazellett keeping full guard, as Blaze tries to pass.
Blaze pushes down on hazellett's leg and manages to get into half guard.
hazellett looks gassed!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blaze takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
hazellett gets full guard.
Blaze would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Blaze not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Blaze has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
hazellett controls Blaze momentarily but Blaze frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hazellett had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Blaze is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. hazellett Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Blaze's back instead.
Blaze tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
hazellett avoids the attempt from Blaze to control.
hazellett sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
hazellett get's back to his feet.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Blaze looking to finish with strikes here!
hazellett wants to hold on but Blaze pushes him away.
hazellett regains half guard.
hazellett tries to get to full guard but Blaze has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hazellett trying to control from the bottom.
hazellett is staying active underneath Blaze, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Blaze throwing shots but hazellett is blocking nicely.
hazellett trying to control but Blaze postures up.
Blaze missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Blaze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. hazellett defending well though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Blaze closes the distance and clinches up with hazellett, looking for a takedown. Blaze pushes hazellett against the cage but hazellett circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
hazellett punishes Blaze's body with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by hazellett or perhaps it was just good defense by Blaze which made him look bad.
hazellett shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Blaze's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze wants to sweep but no luck.
hazellett controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Blaze dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
hazellett closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - hazellett lands in his opponent's guard.
Blaze not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Blaze will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
hazellett wants to control from the top but Blaze keeps moving.
hazellett might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blaze kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
hazellett stops Blaze from standing up.
Blaze working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because hazellett has passed into half guard!
Blaze trying to control but hazellett postures up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
hazellett seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Blaze does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
hazellett tries to keep at a distance but Blaze has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Blaze no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
hazellett passes easily into side control. Nice work.
hazellett wants to control but Blaze is keeping him busy.
Blaze sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Blaze is refusing to be controlled, as hazellett sits in half guard.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet.
hazellett trying to control the pace.
hazellett stops Blaze from getting back to his feet.
hazellett wants to take a breather but Blaze is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hazellett prevents Blaze from improving his position.
hazellett wants to control but Blaze is keeping him busy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
hazellett tries to throw a body punch but Blaze avoids it by throwing hazellett back against the cage.
Blaze lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaze turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Blaze manages to end up in side control.
Blaze looks up at the clock and then as hazellett takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Blaze smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Blaze looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blaze working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Blaze cracks hazellett with a big right hand but hazellett just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Blaze is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt hazellett will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Blaze decides to stand up, so the ref orders hazellett to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze clinches up against the cage.
Blaze lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blaze pulls hazellett into guard.
Blaze wants to get back to his feet but hazellett is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Blaze controls hazellett momentarily but hazellett frees himself.
Blaze has his foot on hazellett's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. hazellett works his way back into a safe position though.
Blaze looking for a sweep. Not yet Blaze, not yet.
Blaze trying to control the position.
Blaze tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blaze manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
hazellett is looking to improve his position but Blaze isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish hazellett?
Blaze punishing his opponent with strikes.
Blaze sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Blaze is landing with some decent strikes but hazellett is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blaze is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Blaze lands a nice shot to the head.
hazellett wants to hold on but Blaze pushes him away.
Blaze controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
hazellett is looking to improve his position but Blaze isn't that keen on the idea.
hazellett slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
hazellett regains full guard. Nicely done.
hazellett wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Blaze dominated that second round.
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!
Blaze clinches.
hazellett is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
hazellett looking for a takedown.
Blaze lands with a right to the head.
Blaze working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blaze tightens his grip and picks hazellett up, before dumping him to the ground. hazellett manages to land in guard.
hazellett manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blaze manages to get himself to full guard.
Blaze wants to sweep but no luck.
hazellett wants to control from the top but Blaze keeps moving.
Johnny Blaze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Blaze escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. hazellett gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
hazellett slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Blaze tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
hazellett trying to control the position but Blaze is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hazellett happy to just control the position for now.
Blaze is trying to control hazellett's posture but hazellett avoids it.
hazellett just content to control the position.
Blaze tries to improve position but can't.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Blaze wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Blaze tries to improve position but can't.
hazellett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blaze keeps working.
Blaze is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
hazellett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
hazellett misses with a takedown
and Blaze counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Blaze wants to control from the top but hazellett keeps moving.
Blaze looking to pass the guard.
Blaze scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Blaze trying to stand up but can't free himself from hazellett's guard.
Blaze scoring with some ground and pound.
Blaze pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. hazellett is keeping the position for now.
Blaze trying to control the position from guard on top but hazellett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
hazellett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Danga de danga de dang - Blaze scores with a four punch combination!
Blaze keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
hazellett shoots and misses
and Blaze counters by moving into the clinch.
Johnny Blaze has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dustin hazellett.
Blaze breaks from the clinch.
hazellett gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Blaze counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in hazellett's guard now.
hazellett is trying to keep Blaze in close.
Blaze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blaze gets to his feet - hazellett follows without any prompting.
Blaze looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
hazellett tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Blaze thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blaze is pressing down on hazellett's thigh, looking to free his foot. hazellett is holding on for now.
Blaze is trying to control the action in half guard but hazellett is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
hazellett is looking to control Blaze's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can hazellett avoid being mounted?
Blaze is looking to pass hazellett's guard but actually hazellett recovers to full guard.
hazellett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hazellett keeping moving, preventing Blaze from controlling successfully.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blaze throws a right hand that hazellett ducks under and follows up with a left that hazellett also avoids with ease.
Blaze fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with hazellett, pushing him back against the cage.
Blaze gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaze controlling the action here.
Blaze throwing shots but hazellett is blocking nicely.
Blaze is looking to take a break and control but hazellett is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blaze uses his free foot to push down on hazellett's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for hazellett.
dustin hazellett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blaze wants to control the pace but hazellett is squirming around nicely.
Blaze has control of hazellett's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and hazellett regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Blaze showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blaze 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Blaze!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maddox Monson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bart Boks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bart Boks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maddox Monson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bart Boks!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boks stuffs the takedown attempt from Monson. Monson gets slowly back to his feet.
Boks looks to throw the jab but Monson is out of range.
Boks moves in looking to clinch but Monson pushes him off.
Boks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Monson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Boks swinging wilding here.
Danga de danga de dang - Monson scores with a four punch combination!
Boks closes the distance and clinches.
Boks scores with a knee to the head.
Boks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Monson is rocked!
Monson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Monson wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maddox Monson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Monson is breathing heavily.
Boks lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boks lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Monson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boks lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Boks breaks the clinch.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Boks knocks Monson out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bart Boks!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Pablo Madwreck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Pablo Madwreck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruno Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madwreck stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Madwreck's waist but Madwreck gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Madwreck circles away from the clinch attempt.
Madwreck misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Madwreck tries to clinch up.
Santos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Madwreck holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Juan Pablo Madwreck has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Santos.
Madwreck has hold of one of Santos's legs. Santos is fighting the takedown attempt but Madwreck gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Madwreck manages to get himself to full guard.
Madwreck is breathing heavily.
Santos advances to half guard.
Santos is looking for a kimura but Madwreck is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Santos to get the leverage.
Santos has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Madwreck defend it? Santos steps over the head and cranks it - Madwreck is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Santos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Santos!
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