VFL Fight Night 19 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between jake themuse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and matt hugges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

themuse
vs
hugges

177 cm
21
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Roid Rage

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, jake themuse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, matt hugges!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hugges shoots in but no luck this time.

themuse tries to keep at a distance but hugges has taken the fight into the clinch.

hugges has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics themuse uses from the top position.
themuse sitting in guard, not really doing much.
hugges can't keep his opponent in guard - themuse advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
hugges wants to get back to full guard but themuse has passed into side control.
hugges tries to reverse the position but themuse maintains control.
themuse lands a nice shot to the head.
hugges is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

themuse is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but hugges is surviving well by controlling themuse's body position as best he can.
hugges in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

themuse jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but hugges manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
themuse throws an elbow but hugges slips to the side and avoids it well.
hugges tries to get back to half guard but can't.
themuse works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
themuse wants to control but hugges is keeping him busy.
themuse taking a breather here.

themuse working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
themuse tries to move to mount but hugges blocks the move with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
hugges is trying to get back to half guard.
themuse working the ground and pound.
hugges prevents themuse from moving into mount.
hugges struggling a bit here.
hugges really doesn't want to stay on the ground with themuse. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
themuse wants to control but hugges is keeping him busy.
themuse controls the position.
themuse wants to lay and pray for a moment but hugges keeps working.
hugges stops themuse from passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hugges struggling a bit here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

hugges drives through with a takedown into guard.
hugges looks gassed!
themuse looking to control.
themuse looking to hit a scissor sweep but hugges is one step ahead there.
themuse is working hard here to advance position.
themuse has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
themuse manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
hugges is in all sorts of trouble here.
themuse can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hugges is looking to escape.
themuse putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
themuse scores with a couple of good head shots there.
themuse lands with some strikes.
themuse landing strikes from the mount.
themuse fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
themuse punishing his opponent with strikes.

hugges is rocked!
themuse lands a big elbow - hugges is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and hugges is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). jake themuse!

C
A

C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
60%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between roy d (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Sawyers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

d
vs
Sawyers

182 cm
21
171 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

MAX SUPPS

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 London, roy d!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Sawyers!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sawyers takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sawyers looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sawyers 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 d has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from d and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

d shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
d scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sawyers?

It looks like Scott Sawyers has been cut.
d with a couple of short strikes.

Sawyers is rocked!
d landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sawyers is still in real trouble! Can d finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
d lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
d landing shots from mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

d is working for a guillotine from mount but Sawyers frees his head quite easily.
Sawyers seems to have recovered his senses.

d looking to isolate an arm here. Sawyers doesn't see it coming and as d extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by d!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). roy d!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Koloff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson TapOut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). TapOut has chosen Bonkers- Dizzee Rascal and Amanda Van Helden as his entrance music. Tyson TapOut told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Koloff
vs
TapOut

180 cm
18
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ivan Koloff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson TapOut!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koloff lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koloff.
TapOut closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Koloff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koloff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
TapOut shoots in but Koloff avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Koloff lands a jab to the nose.
TapOut shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Koloff as he jumps to the side.
Koloff tries a head kick but it misses.
Koloff closes the distance and lands a one-two.
TapOut looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
TapOut shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Koloff pinned against the cage. Koloff gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ivan Koloff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson TapOut.
Koloff misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
TapOut walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Koloff.

Koloff has managed to clinch.
Koloff gets underhooks to prevent TapOut's takedown attempt.

Koloff breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
TapOut dodges the punch combination from Koloff.
Koloff tries to close the distance and clinch but TapOut swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
TapOut avoids a punch combination nicely.
TapOut avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koloff lands a two punch combo.
Koloff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
TapOut fails with a takedown attempt.

Koloff instigates a clinch.
Koloff wants a takedown but no success here.
TapOut is trying desperately to land a takedown but Koloff is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for TapOut.

Koloff has TapOut pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Koloff pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending TapOut tumbling to the mat - Koloff dives into TapOut's guard.
Koloff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for TapOut on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
TapOut looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koloff is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koloff sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Koloff wants to stand but TapOut has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Koloff working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
TapOut keeping moving, preventing Koloff from controlling successfully.
Koloff really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Koloff throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Koloff wants to control from the top but TapOut keeps moving.
Koloff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. TapOut is keeping the position for now.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Koloff takes the fight into the clinch.
Koloff scores with a shot to the side of TapOut's head.
TapOut jumps guard but Koloff stands there with TapOut around his waist. TapOut gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Koloff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koloff dips to his left and cracks TapOut with an uppercut!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Koloff, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A good leg kick by Koloff.
Koloff dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on TapOut. That did some damage!
Koloff throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
TapOut closes the distance and clinches up with Koloff, looking for a takedown. TapOut pushes Koloff against the ropes but Koloff circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Koloff lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Koloff throws a series of punches but TapOut avoids them all with ease.

Koloff has closed the distance and engaged TapOut in a clinch.

Koloff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Danga de danga de dang - Koloff scores with a four punch combination!
TapOut is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Koloff.
TapOut is breathing heavily.
Koloff with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koloff scores with the left hand. TapOut knows he should have avoided that one.
Koloff throws a right and a left that TapOut avoids nicely.
Koloff connects with a high kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Koloff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Koloff.
Koloff goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Koloff looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Koloff looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
TapOut trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koloff looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Koloff wants to get back to his feet.
TapOut is refusing to be controlled, as Koloff sits in half guard.
TapOut has hold of Koloff's hands but Koloff slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Koloff drops an elbow to the side of TapOut's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koloff misses with a head shot. TapOut uses the momentum to regain guard.
Koloff wants to control from the top but TapOut keeps moving.
Koloff forces his way into half guard.
Koloff wants to take a breather but TapOut is having none of it.
Koloff looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Koloff trying to control the action but TapOut is working from the bottom.
TapOut trying to control from the bottom.
Koloff is looking to take a break and control but TapOut is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Koloff there.
Koloff works his foot free and advances to mount.
Koloff controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Koloff dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Koloff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but TapOut paws at him with a jab and circles away.
TapOut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Koloff counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Koloff closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Koloff sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koloff wants to pass to mount but TapOut is defending the position.
Koloff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that TapOut can do to turn this around?
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Koloff in particular looking to stall.
TapOut is trying to control but can't.

Koloff is working for a kimura but TapOut is defending it quite comfortably.
Koloff wants to control but TapOut is keeping him busy.

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.
Koloff is looking to advance position but TapOut won't allow it.
Koloff is trying to control the action in half guard but TapOut is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koloff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koloff jabs TapOut right on the nose. TapOut blinks but takes it well.
A punch combination from Koloff misses.
Koloff connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between TapOut's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Koloff.
Koloff works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
TapOut has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
TapOut gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Koloff counters with a shoot takedown. TapOut fights it but they end up in guard.
Koloff is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
TapOut trying to control the position.
TapOut 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Koloff pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. TapOut is keeping the position for now.
TapOut looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Koloff puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ivan Koloff is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
TapOut trying to hold on to Koloff's head to control him but Koloff postures up.
Koloff performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tyson TapOut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koloff wants to control but TapOut is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Koloff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Koloff 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 William Gold scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Ivan Koloff!

Ivan Koloff wins by unanimous decision!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
25%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between strong bow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Byron Blythe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). strong bow has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

bow
vs
Blythe

188 cm
19
168 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

176 cm
18
171 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Demonic Drugs

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, strong bow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Byron Blythe!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
bow shoots in but no luck this time.
bow tries to close the distance and clinch but Blythe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
bow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blythe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blythe looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
bow tries to clinch but Blythe moves out of range.
bow tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blythe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
bow tries to clinch but Blythe is having none of it.
bow moves in looking to clinch but Blythe pushes him off.
bow fails to land the takedown.
Blythe works the jab nicely.
Blythe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
bow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blythe.
bow tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
bow wants to clinch up but Blythe keeps it at a distance.
bow wants to clinch up but Blythe keeps it at a distance.
A cross from Blythe lands.
Blythe stuffs the takedown attempt from bow. bow gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for strong bow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
bow tries to clinch but Blythe moves out of range.
Blythe listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blythe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Blythe misses.
bow fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blythe stuns bow with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blythe throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
bow has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
bow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
bow is breathing heavily.
Blythe displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
bow tries to clinch there but Blythe circles away.
bow doesn't manage to clinch there - Blythe circles away.
bow dodges the punch combination from Blythe.
Blythe lands a jab to bow's midsection.
Blythe scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
bow tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blythe swivels and escapes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blythe.
Blythe lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

bow is rocked!
Blythe lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and bow falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Byron Blythe!

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 welterweight MMA rules bout between David Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Keenan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diaz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to National Anthem. The crowd seem to be enjoying Keenan's choice of entrance music: Warriors Code. David Diaz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Diaz
vs
Keenan

169 cm
18
172 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
20
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, David Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rory Keenan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Keenan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Diaz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!

Keenan stands up.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Keenan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard but Keenan has mounted him!
Diaz swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Keenan looks gassed!
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Keenan with the ground and pound from mount.
Diaz throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Keenan prevents Diaz from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan tries to push Diaz's head away but Diaz is holding on tight.
Keenan working Diaz over with strikes here.
Keenan lands a big shot there that rocks Diaz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Keenan landing punches.
Keenan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
Diaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diaz tries to get out of the position.
Diaz throwing hammer fists to the chest of Keenan. What's that going to do exactly?
Diaz is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keenan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Diaz could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Keenan scoring with strikes but Diaz is staying in there.
Diaz working to try and regain half guard.
Keenan controlling from mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Keenan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Keenan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Keenan has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diaz's face.
Keenan controlling the pace for now.
Keenan lands a big shot there that rocks Diaz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Diaz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Keenan on the ground.

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.
Keenan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
Keenan with shots to the head and body - Diaz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Diaz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Keenan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Keenan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Keenan dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Keenan tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
David Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Keenan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz works over Keenan's head and body with a nice combination.

Diaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Keenan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Keenan trying to hold on to Diaz's head to control him but Diaz postures up.
Diaz works his way into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keenan slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keenan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Keenan.
Keenan managing to control the position.

Diaz is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Keenan is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Keenan has escaped and now he's on top!
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Diaz throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Keenan escapes and throws Diaz's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Keenan working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Keenan creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Diaz sneaks back into half guard.
Keenan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet.

Keenan decides to return to a standing position.
Diaz tries to clinch there but Keenan circles away.
Diaz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Keenan avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Keenan avoids it well.

Keenan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan wants to pass the guard but Diaz is keeping the position.
Keenan connects with a couple of short punches.
Keenan passes Diaz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Keenan passes the guard and advances to mount!
Diaz tries to improve his position but instead Keenan has taken his back!
Keenan wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy.
Keenan lands shots from the back.
Diaz is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Keenan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.

Diaz rushes Keenan and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Keenan jumps guard but Diaz stands there with Keenan around his waist. Keenan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Keenan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Keenan has a takedown stuffed.
Keenan wants to clinch.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Keenan's body. Keenan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses

and Keenan counters by moving into the clinch.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Keenan tries to pull guard but Diaz won't allow it.
David Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory Keenan.

Diaz breaks from the clinch.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Diaz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Keenan wants to get back to his feet.
Diaz avoids the attempt from Keenan to control.
Keenan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diaz has hold of Keenan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Keenan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Diaz misses with a head shot.
Diaz prevents Keenan from getting the reversal.
Diaz is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Diaz wants to take his opponent's back but Keenan doesn't allow it.
Keenan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Diaz. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keenan wants to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Keenan looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.

Diaz stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
No luck for Diaz with that takedown attempt.
Keenan tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Keenan is fending him off so far but Diaz persists. Nope, Keenan circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Keenan or perhaps it was just good defense by Diaz which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keenan misses with a takedown
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Keenan looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Keenan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Keenan blocks a head kick by Diaz.

Keenan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Diaz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Diaz can't do much from the bottom here.
Keenan works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rory Keenan.
I've got Keenan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Rory Keenan!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Rory Keenan!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Rory Keenan!

Rory Keenan wins by unanimous decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Winston Blau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Gilmour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gilmour has chosen Hit me with your best shot as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Blau
vs
Gilmour

183 cm
22
176 lbs
4 - 5 - 1

185 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Winston Blau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pete Gilmour!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gilmour misses with a series of wild punches.
Blau closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gilmour circles away.
Blau will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Blau shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gilmour as he avoids it easily.
Gilmour misses with a head kick.
Gilmour looks to throw a body kick
and Blau counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Gilmour is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Blau shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gilmour as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Winston Blau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gilmour is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blau.
Gilmour misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gilmour misses with a low kick.
Gilmour throws a shot from downtown. Blau moves away and avoids it.
A combination from Gilmour does no damage.
Gilmour stuffs the takedown.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blau.
Blau lands a high kick!
Blau blocks the body kick.
Gilmour will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gilmour misses with a leg kick
and Blau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gilmour's knee momentarily.
Gilmour looks gassed!
Whack! Blau lands a heavy head kick that drops Gilmour. The ref tackles Blau to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Gilmour was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Winston Blau!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
73%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Diego Manchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Manchez
vs
Monroe

165 cm
22
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Manchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Monroe!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manchez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Monroe shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Monroe wanted to stand there but Manchez had control of the position.

Manchez has his foot on Monroe's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Monroe works his way back into a safe position though.
Manchez 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.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Manchez is looking for a triangle but Monroe pushes his legs off easily.

Manchez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Monroe trying to control but Manchez is working from the bottom.

Manchez has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Monroe doesn't defend quickly enough and Manchez has managed to lock this one up! Can Monroe escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Manchez on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Diego Manchez!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
71%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between mr bronze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harley Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rage has chosen All the boys and the girls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for mr bronze has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

bronze
vs
Rage

192 cm
21
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
205 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 London, mr bronze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Harley Rage!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

bronze moves into the clinch.

Rage drags the fight down to the ground.
bronze trying to control the position from guard on top but Rage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

bronze gets to his feet - Rage follows without any prompting.

Rage looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
bronze avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rage.
Rage is looking to advance position but bronze won't allow it.
bronze is trying to stand.
Rage really doesn't want to stay on the ground with bronze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rage prevents bronze from improving his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
bronze tries to kick Rage off but Rage keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
bronze striking from half guard on the bottom.
Rage stops bronze from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
bronze lands a head shot.
Rage fails with the takedown.

Rage darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
bronze is pressing down on Rage's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rage stopping the sweep attempt from bronze.
Rage must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
bronze working a defensive guard here.
bronze is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
bronze 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.
bronze wants to get back to his feet but Rage is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rage working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of bronze's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rage tries to free his leg and advance position but bronze is retaining full guard.

Rage avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rage throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as bronze works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
bronze wants to sweep here but Rage controlling him for the moment.
Rage scoring with some ground and pound.
Rage is looking to work some ground and pound but bronze has wrist control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
bronze wants to stand but Rage is controlling the position.
bronze 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.

bronze looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
bronze is breathing heavily.
bronze is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rage is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bronze looking for a sweep. Not yet bronze, not yet.
bronze is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rage postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
bronze has momentary wrist control but Rage slips an elbow through the middle.

bronze uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
bronze connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rage. Rage circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rage takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rage throws a sloppy head kick and bronze moves out of range easily.
bronze lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rage backs up against the ropes.
bronze finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Rage closes the distance and clinches.

bronze breaks the clinch.
mr bronze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
bronze with a poor takedown

and Rage counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for bronze!
bronze wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish bronze?
A nice elbow there by Rage.
Rage looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice elbow there by Rage.
bronze is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rage prevents bronze from getting the reversal.
Rage with good strikes from the mount here!
bronze is working to get back to half guard.
Rage scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish bronze?

bronze is rocked!
Rage cracks bronze with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh bronze is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rage lands a big shot to the head and bronze winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Harley Rage!