Titananic Wendesday - 1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kung Lao acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Johnson
vs
Lao

188 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

South Side Swagger

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kung Lao!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson checks a leg kick nicely.
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lao throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Johnson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Johnson stalling.
Johnson is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lao is trying to break free.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Lao is trying to break free.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson lands a nice elbow.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Lao.

Johnson has Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Johnson.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson misses with an elbow over the top.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Johnson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Lao.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lao moves away.
Lao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lao, pushing him back against the cage.
Johnson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao is trying to break free.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Johnson scores with a knee to the head.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson wants to stall.
Johnson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Johnson landing knees to the head.
Lao is looking to break free of the clinch but Johnson has double underhooks.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
Lao wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Johnson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lao can pounce on him.
Lao throws a head kick that half lands.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lao.
Lao explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Johnson misses the jab.
Lao motions for Johnson to come forward. Lao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson taking a breather.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lao ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.

Johnson moves into range and clinches up with Lao.
Johnson lands an elbow just above Lao 's eye.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson lands a nice knee to the body.
Johnson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Johnson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Johnson lands a knee to the body.
Johnson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Johnson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Johnson leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a knee strike.
Johnson landing knees to the head.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Johnson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lao wants to break the clinch but can't.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Lao.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Johnson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lao takes an elbow to the forehead.
Johnson stalls.
Knees in the clinch landing for Johnson.

Lao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Lao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lao.
Lao pushes Johnson away with a front kick.
Johnson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Johnson clinches.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Johnson looking to throw knees to the head but Lao is blocking nicely.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Johnson.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lao staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson thuds a left hand into Lao's body.
Johnson tests Lao's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lao throws a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lao.
Lao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Johnson.
Lao throws a head kick that misses.
Lao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lao, right into the meat.
Lao scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Johnson darts in and clinches Lao up against the cage.
Johnson prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Lao can't break the clinch.
The referee calls for Johnson to work.
Johnson is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lao blocks an elbow strike.
Lao can't break the clinch.

Lao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lao throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Lao.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A choreographed right hand from Johnson misses the target.

Lao lands a head kick that stumbles Johnson and the fighters go to the mat.

Johnson is rocked!

It looks like Ben Johnson has been cut.
Johnson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh Johnson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lao trying to stand up but can't free himself from Johnson's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kung Lao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ben Johnson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Johnson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Lao blocks an elbow strike from Johnson.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lao is trying to break free.
Johnson stalling against the cage.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson has a couple of punches blocked by Lao.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson slows down the pace here.
Lao wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson keeps control of Lao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Johnson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A right-left combo lands from Johnson.
Lao scores with a spinning back kick!
Johnson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Johnson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lao.
Johnson throws a lazy head kick
and Lao makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Johnson really felt that one!
Lao throws a quick inside leg kick.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Johnson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lao, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lao is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson stalls.

Johnson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lao manages to avoid it.

Johnson pushes Lao up against the cage in a clinch.
Johnson pushes off an throws an elbow but Lao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Johnson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lao.
Johnson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Lao is breathing heavily.

Lao breaks the clinch.
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Kung Lao seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Johnson crunches a lovely knee into Lao's ribcage.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Johnson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Johnson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao avoiding damage as Johnson throws knees to the body.
Lao wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Lao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Johnson looking to stall.
Johnson misses with an elbow strike.
Johnson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Lao breaks the clinch.
Lao throws a push kick but Johnson slaps the foot to one side.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lao slips under a jab.
Lao misses with a kick to the body.
Lao throws out a leg kick but Johnson moves out of range and Lao only half commits.
Lao slips a jab and a cross from Johnson.
Lao moves out of range of the strikes.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Lao is just out of range.

Johnson clinches up with Lao and pushes him back against the cage.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson is looking to control Lao's arms but Lao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Johnson has his back to the cage.

Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lao.
Lao throws a head kick but Johnson moves out of range.
Ben Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Johnson has managed to clinch.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Lao shrugs off.

Lao manages to break the clinch.
Johnson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lao.
Johnson throws a head kick that Lao semi-blocks.
Lao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lao swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lao checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Johnson fails to land with a series of punches.
Lao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Johnson's calf.
Lao throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
A head kick from Lao lands but Johnson takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson slow jab from Lao misses its intended target.

Johnson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao is trying to break the clinch but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Johnson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Johnson throws an elbow but it misses.
Lao tries to break the clinch but Johnson is controlling the position.
Lao has had enough of the clinch but Johnson keeps him there for the moment.
Johnson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Johnson trying to stall but Lao improves his position.
Lao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lao wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Lao can't break the clinch.
Lao wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson is trying to stall.

Lao breaks from the clinch.
Lao cracks the inside of Johnson's front leg.
Johnson takes a swing at Lao's ribcage but misses.
Johnson moves out of range of the body kick.
Lao finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Johnson lands a right hook to the body.
Lao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Johnson. That did some damage!
Lao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Johnson missing with a left hand there. Lao was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson misses with a hook. Lao ducked under it nicely.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Lao moves out of range of the strikes.
Lao tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lao looks for the body kick but Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lao checks it well.
A low kick from Lao is predictable there
and Johnson counters with a solid body kick.
Lao tries a low kick but Johnson avoids it.
Lao misses with a head kick.
Lao misses with a low kick.
Lao uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.

Johnson clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Johnson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Johnson has him pressed against the cage.
Johnson controlling the action here for a moment.
Johnson prevents Lao from breaking the clinch.
Johnson lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Johnson breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lao connects with a solid leg kick.
Lao throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Johnson.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Lao looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lao lands a big head kick that sends Johnson to the canvas! Lao follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kung Lao!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
71%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doc Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Winner
vs
Thomas

185 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
21
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doc Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Eddie Farnsworth and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Winner shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
A head kick misses from Winner.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas drops Winner with a beautiful combination! Winner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Thomas is looking for the KO!

Winner is rocked!

It looks like Shane Winner has been cut.
Winner looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oh Winner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Winner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas throws an overhand right that has Winner reeling! Thomas follows up with a more punches and Winner is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Doc Thomas!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Browning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klein East (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). East has chosen Cold as Ice- M.O.P. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Browning
vs
East

185 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
204 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Fight 4 America

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Browning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Klein East!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Alyssa Summers and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Browning gets a clinch.
Browning tries to break the clinch but East is controlling the position.
Browning wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
East cracks Browning with a nice body shot.
Browning is looking to break free of the clinch but East has double underhooks.
Browning is trying to break the clinch but East has him pressed against the cage.
East landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Browning wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

East breaks from the clinch.
Browning lands an overhand right.
Browning does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
East tries to clinch up.
Browning tries to bum rush East with a series of wild strikes but East uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Browning scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Browning bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
East throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
East gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Browning tries to pass to full mount but East defends it.
East slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
East trying to keep a closed guard but Browning is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.

East pushes a forearm under Browning's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Browning is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Klein East!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
55%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ohad Everett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Everett comes to the cage accompanied by Dont Monkey With Another Mans Monkey. Morris is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Warriors. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Everett
vs
Morris

178 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

FIGHT19: FIGHTWEAR

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 New York, Ohad Everett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Morris!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Everett shoots in looking for a takedown. Morris tries to sprawl out of it but Everett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Morris manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch but Everett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Everett slips a jab and a cross from Morris.
Morris throws a head kick but Everett moves out of range.

Morris closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morris landing knees to the body.

Morris breaks from the clinch.
Morris tries to clinch up but Everett circles away and keeps his distance.

Morris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Morris tries to stand but Everett is controlling from the bottom.
Everett is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morris working some strikes from top position.
Everett is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris trying to control the position from guard on top but Everett is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Everett is pulling down on Morris's head. It's preventing any offense from Morris, at least for the moment.
Everett is breathing heavily.
Everett keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Everett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Morris scores with the left hand. Everett knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Ohad Everett has been cut.
Morris lands a hook that stumbles Everett back into the cage. Morris follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Everett to the canvas! Morris pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Everett has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rob Morris!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Che Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Che Campbell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sanchez
vs
Campbell

215 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Che Campbell!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanchez is looking to clinch but Campbell is avoiding it.

Sanchez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Sanchez working away.
Campbell is looking for a sweep.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Campbell is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sanchez off and has taken his back!

Campbell is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sanchez is defending well though. Campbell let's go of the attempt for now.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanchez wants to get back to his feet.
Sanchez tries to roll but Campbell sticks to his back.
Campbell has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Sanchez.

Campbell looking to break Sanchez's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Sanchez remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Campbell will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Sanchez looking very determined here, making life difficult for Campbell.

Campbell is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sanchez has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Sanchez trying to control the action but Campbell just sinks the hooks in.
I really don't envy Sanchez right now.
Sanchez is working hard here to advance position.
Sanchez manages to reverse the position and now he's in Campbell's guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Campbell is looking to sweep but instead, Sanchez has passed into half guard.

Campbell looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Campbell looks gassed!
Ground and pound from Sanchez.

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 battling for position here. Campbell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Campbell is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Sanchez decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Campbell moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.

Sanchez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Campbell tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sanchez smiles and moves away.
Campbell throws a right and a left that Sanchez avoids nicely.
Campbell moves in looking to clinch but Sanchez pushes him off.
Campbell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Campbell is looking to land body kicks.
Campbell with a poor takedown

and Sanchez counters by clinching up.
Sanchez can't break the clinch.
Campbell lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sanchez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Sanchez manages to end up in side control.
Campbell manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Campbell thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sanchez's head.
Sanchez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Campbell prevents Sanchez from standing back up.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Campbell is looking for a kimura but Sanchez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Campbell to get the leverage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sanchez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Campbell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.
Campbell works over Sanchez with some ground and pound from guard.
Campbell trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
Sanchez thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Campbell tries to pass.

Campbell is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Campbell looking to pass the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Campbell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diego Sanchez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Che Campbell.
Campbell clinches but Sanchez breaks the clinch
and Sanchez makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Campbell really felt that one!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Campbell feints and as Sanchez raises his hands in defense, Campbell changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez wants to control but Campbell passes easily into half guard.
Campbell trying to control from Sanchez's half guard. Sanchez has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Campbell trying to control but Sanchez is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Che Campbell will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Sanchez misses with a takedown attempt
and Campbell counters with a stiff right hand.
Sanchez tries to clinch up.
Campbell falls off balance throwing a combination

and Sanchez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sanchez slows the pace down in half guard.
Campbell trying to hold on to Sanchez's head to control him but Sanchez postures up.
Sanchez trying to control from half guard but Campbell is working away.
Sanchez tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Campbell throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Sanchez prevents Campbell from improving his position.

Sanchez decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Campbell jabs at Sanchez's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diego Sanchez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Campbell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horrible takedown by Sanchez or perhaps it was just good defense by Campbell which made him look bad.
Campbell stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diego Sanchez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sanchez 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.
Sanchez is in close to Campbell's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Campbell keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
Campbell is trying to control the position but Sanchez postures up.

Sanchez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Campbell, up you get!
Campbell tries to clinch up but Sanchez circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanchez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Campbell looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanchez is just out of range.
Sanchez has his takedown stuffed
and Campbell counters with a big head kick but Sanchez shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez fails with a takedown attempt.

Campbell shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Campbell is working for a submission of some sort.
Sanchez gets full guard.
Sanchez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Sanchez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Campbell passes into side control.
Sanchez tries to escape but Campbell is in control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez taking a bit of punishment here - Campbell scoring with strikes.

Campbell is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sanchez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sanchez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Campbell trying to control the action but Sanchez is working from the bottom.

Campbell tries for a kimura but Sanchez is defending well.
The ground and pound from Campbell seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Campbell works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Campbell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.
Campbell misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sanchez tries to buck Campbell off but Campbell is having none of it.

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.
Sanchez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Campbell trying to pass the guard but Sanchez defending well.

Campbell is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sanchez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Campbell must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Campbell is pushing down on Sanchez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sanchez is fighting to maintain full guard but Campbell has managed to sneak the leg through.
Campbell controlling the pace.
Sanchez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Campbell scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez moves into full guard.
Campbell advances position into side control!
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 Diego Sanchez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Campbell shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Campbell working for a guillotine from mount but Sanchez is in no mood to give up.
Campbell in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sanchez regains half guard.
Campbell wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

Campbell is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sanchez defends it well.
Campbell not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Campbell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Campbell wants to control but Sanchez is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell passes the guard and advances to mount!
Campbell scoring with strikes but Sanchez is staying in there.
Sanchez tries to buck Campbell off but Campbell takes his back!

Campbell is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Sanchez defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Sanchez manages to reverse the position and now he's in Campbell's guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.

Sanchez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sanchez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Sanchez trying to control the position from guard on top but Campbell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Campbell looking for a guillotine here but Sanchez defends easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Campbell is working an open guard so Sanchez takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Campbell feints and as Sanchez raises his hands in defense, Campbell changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sanchez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Campbell stands and throws Sanchez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Campbell wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanchez keeps working.

Campbell goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Sanchez rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Campbell's guard! Nice work there by Sanchez!
Sanchez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Campbell working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Sanchez has passed into half guard!
Campbell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanchez is working away from the top position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Campbell is looking to improve his position.
Campbell is trying to control but Sanchez manages to pass to mount!
Sanchez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Campbell tries to hold on but Sanchez postures up.
Campbell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Campbell is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Campbell regains half guard.
Campbell has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanchez is working away from the top position though.

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.
Campbell is looking to improve his position.
Sanchez blocks the strikes from Campbell.
Campbell regains full guard. Nicely done.
Campbell throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Campbell is trying to keep Sanchez in close.

Campbell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Sanchez stands up from Campbell's guard - Sanchez perhaps looking for a knockout.

Campbell has Sanchez up against the cage in a clinch.
Campbell has Sanchez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sanchez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

And that's the end of the fight!
Che Campbell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Campbell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Che Campbell!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Che Campbell!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Che Campbell!

Che Campbell wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
71%

Undercard bout

Co-main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Bagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafeal Nader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bagger
vs
Nader

175 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Likes ground

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Bagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafeal Nader!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nader shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bagger but Bagger pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Nader drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nader stopping the sweep attempt from Bagger.
Bagger trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Nader won't allow Bagger to sweep him here.
Bagger trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bagger manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nader manages to get himself to full guard.
Nader wants to sweep but no luck.
Bagger slips nicely into half guard.

Bagger is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagger working over Nader with some ground and pound. Nader looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bagger wants to stand up but Nader manages to regain full guard.
Bagger tries to free his leg and advance position but Nader is retaining full guard.
Bagger working some strikes from top position.
Nader is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nader is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nader keeping moving, preventing Bagger from controlling successfully.

Bagger stands and steps away. Nader gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

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.

Bagger drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bagger is breathing heavily.
Bagger forces his way into half guard.
Nader tries to roll over but Bagger keeps him under control.

Bagger looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nader is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nader is not content to let Bagger control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nader won't allow Bagger to pass to mount.
Nader blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bagger.

Bagger seems to be looking for submissions.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bagger moves in looking to clinch but Nader pushes him off.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bagger.
Bagger working the body and head with strikes.
Nader can't do much from the bottom here.

Bagger stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Nice straight punches there by Bagger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bagger.
Tom Bagger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bagger bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bagger connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Nader some visible discomfort.

Bagger is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nader knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bagger landing strikes.

Bagger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bagger working the ground and pound from side control.
Bagger lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Bagger dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Bagger.

Bagger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bagger in side control lands a decent elbow.

Bagger decides to stand back up.

Nader gets caught flat footed, as Bagger shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bagger scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Nader looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bagger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nader's guard.
Tom Bagger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Bagger is working for a submission of some sort.

Bagger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bagger winds up and cracks Nader with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Bagger is looking for a kimura but Nader is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bagger to get the leverage.
Bagger is looking to pass Nader's guard but actually Nader recovers to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nader keeping full guard, as Bagger tries to pass.

Nader has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Bagger should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Nader has tightened it up now! Bagger should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rafeal Nader!