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XFC 12 Bye bye Robin PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Glitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orsino Mancini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mancini has chosen Rise Against - Survive as his entrance music. The key to victory for Gary Glitter has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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225 lbs
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213 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Glitter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Orsino Mancini!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glitter moves into range and clinches up with Mancini.
Mancini fails to pull guard.
Mancini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Gary Glitter has been cut.
Glitter takes a shot to the head.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mancini closes the distance and clinches.
Mancini is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Mancini.
Mancini breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glitter clinches but Mancini breaks the clinch
and Mancini counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Glitter!
Mancini is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Glitter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Glitter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Glitter is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mancini sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glitter is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mancini landing shots from mount.
Mancini can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Glitter is looking to escape.
Mancini landing strikes, looking to finish!
Glitter is trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glitter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mancini looking to control but Glitter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini landing shots from mount.
Mancini scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Glitter?
Glitter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Glitter is breathing heavily.
Glitter trying desperately to get to his feet.
Mancini fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Mancini controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mancini cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Glitter is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini controlling from mount.
Mancini working for a submission but Glitter is keeping him at bay.
Glitter is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Mancini scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Glitter?
Glitter manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Glitter is trying to stand up here but Mancini is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Mancini throwing shots but Glitter is blocking nicely.
Mancini is keen to just control but Glitter is a slippery customer.
Glitter manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Glitter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Glitter is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mancini pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mancini wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Glitter breaks the clinch.
Glitter rushes Mancini and presses him up against the cage.
Mancini fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glitter gets a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glitter breaks the clinch.
Glitter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Glitter breaks the clinch.
Glitter throws a sloppy head kick
and Mancini counters with a one-two to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orsino Mancini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gary Glitter's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mancini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mancini shoots for a takedown but Glitter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Glitter looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mancini!
Glitter looking to control but Mancini is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Glitter wants to control but instead Mancini manages to regain half guard.
Glitter working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Glitter stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Glitter scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Glitter is keen to just control but Mancini is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glitter working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glitter stands up from half guard.
Mancini chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glitter can pounce on him.
Glitter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Glitter pushes Mancini up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Glitter.
Mancini takes an elbow to the forehead.
Glitter breaks the clinch.
Glitter pushes Mancini up against the cage in a clinch.
Glitter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mancini circles away from the clinch attempt.
Glitter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mancini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Glitter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mancini tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glitter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Glitter takes the fight into the clinch.
Glitter manages to break the clinch.
Glitter clinches up with Mancini and pushes him back against the cage.
Glitter breaks from the clinch.
Mancini throws a sloppy head kick and Glitter moves out of range easily.
Mancini with a poor takedown
and Glitter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mancini has had enough of the clinch but Glitter keeps him there for the moment.
Glitter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mancini clinches but Glitter breaks the clinch
and Glitter counters with a one-two to the body.
Glitter tries to clinch but Mancini moves out of range.
Glitter tries to clinch but Mancini is having none of it.
Glitter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini rushes Glitter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Glitter tries to clinch but Mancini moves away
and Mancini holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Glitter gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Mancini manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Mancini looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Glitter is fending him off so far but Mancini persists. Nope, Glitter circles away and we're back to standing.
Gary Glitter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orsino Mancini.
Mancini avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mancini closes the distance but Glitter moves to the side
and Glitter moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Glitter.
Glitter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Glitter manages to break the clinch.
Mancini clinches up with Glitter and pushes him back against the cage.
Mancini tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Glitter smiles and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glitter scores with a decent looking hook.
Glitter moves into the clinch successfully.
Glitter breaks from the clinch.
Glitter forces Mancini back against the cage and clinches.
Glitter breaks the clinch.
Glitter scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Glitter postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Glitter stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Mancini shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glitter tries to kick Mancini off but Mancini keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Glitter dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gary Glitter's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Glitter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mancini gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Glitter moves into the clinch.
Glitter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mancini misses with a kick to the body
and Glitter counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Glitter is looking to clinch but Mancini is avoiding it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Glitter.
A head kick misses from Glitter.
Mancini with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Glitter to score with a decent uppercut.
Mancini tries to keep at a distance but Glitter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Glitter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glitter moves into the clinch successfully.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glitter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Glitter breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Glitter decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glitter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Glitter gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Glitter clinches.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Glitter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mancini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Glitter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Glitter throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Glitter lands with a slapping head kick.
Mancini throws a head kick that misses
so Glitter counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Mancini working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Glitter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Glitter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Glitter stands and steps away. Mancini gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mancini tries to clinch
and Glitter finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Glitter wants to clinch
and Mancini counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Glitter!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glitter tries to buck Mancini off but he can't manage it.
Glitter is wriggling around trying to escape.
Glitter tries to hold on but Mancini postures up.
Mancini trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Glitter tries to buck Mancini off but he can't manage it.
Mancini trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mancini moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Glitter has worked his arm free - good work by Glitter!
Mancini decides to stand back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Glitter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glitter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mancini swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Glitter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Glitter tries to clinch but Mancini moves out of range.
Glitter gets the takedown into side control.
Glitter stands up and beckons Mancini to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mancini wants to clinch up but Glitter keeps it at a distance.
Mancini chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Glitter can pounce on him.
Glitter instigates a clinch.
Glitter stalling in the clinch.
Glitter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mancini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Glitter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mancini darts in trying to clinch
and Glitter counters by clinching up.
Glitter has picked Mancini up - he's going for a ride! Glitter dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Glitter stands up from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mancini tries for a takedown but Glitter circles away easily
and Glitter counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Mancini's guard now.
Glitter wants to stand but Mancini is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Glitter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Glitter 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Glitter!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Wu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wu's entrance music is L.L.Cool J - Mama said knock you out. A fine choice. Kelly Wu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Chuck Morris's chin.
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190 lbs
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176 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelly Wu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Morris!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morris feints and as Wu raises his hands in defense, Morris changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Morris won't allow Wu to sweep him here.
Wu wants to get back to his feet but Morris is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morris lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Morris stands and steps away. Wu gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Morris swinging wilding here.
Wu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morris counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice combination there by Morris.
Wu fails to land with a series of punches.
Wu is looking to clinch.
Wu throws a combination that misses
and Wu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wu.
Wu is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Morris.
Wu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wu misses with a double jab.
Morris scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morris lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Morris throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab from Morris.
Morris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morris throws a leg kick which misses Wu's front leg but catches the back leg as Wu tries to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris misses with the combination.
Morris wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Morris rushes Wu and presses him up against the cage.
Morris tries to pull guard but Wu holds him up against the cage and eventually Morris drops back down to his feet.
Morris successfully pulls guard.
Morris wants to control the position but Wu says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris tries to get to full guard but Wu has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris controlling the position for now.
Morris gets back to full guard.
Morris wants to stand up but Wu is controlling him.
Wu will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morris looking to control.
Morris controlling Wu's posture.
Wu is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Wu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Morris dominating with strikes here.
Wu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Morris with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wu is in a horrible position here. Morris smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morris controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Morris dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Morris connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wu's hands.
Wu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morris counters with a two punch combo.
Wu tries to clinch there but Morris circles away.
Chuck Morris seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Morris lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
No joy there for Morris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morris misses with a double jab.
Morris bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Morris is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Wu's shoulder. That is not cool.
Wu is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wu has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wu wants to control but Morris postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wu is trying to escape the position but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris working the ground and pound from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Morris decides to stand up, so the ref orders Wu to his feet.
Morris throws a head kick but Wu moves out of range.
Morris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morris counters with a right hand to the body.
Morris cracks the inside of Wu's front leg.
Morris looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wu can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morris controls the pace.
Wu looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morris puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Wu keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu is looking for a sweep. Morris is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morris wants to control but Wu is keeping him busy.
Morris throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Morris is trying to control the action in half guard but Wu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morris content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Morris trying to control the action but Wu is working from the bottom.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Morris. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Wu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Morris counters with a low kick, right behind Wu 's knee.
Morris scores with a leg kick.
Wu on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morris. Morris obviously looking to wear him down.
Morris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Wu does no damage.
Morris lands an overhand right.
Morris instigates a clinch.
Wu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Morris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morris gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Morris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wu is in close to Morris's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Morris showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Wu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Morris pinned against the cage. Morris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Morris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morris showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wu.
Morris digs a good body shot into Wu's ribs.
Morris lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Morris throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morris. That's going to slow Wu down.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wu walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morris swinging wilding here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wu misses with a double jab
and Morris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Morris holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Wu tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris jumps into guard, dragging Wu to the mat.
Wu tries to stand but Morris is controlling from the bottom.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Wu from controlling successfully.
Morris wants to sweep here but Wu controlling him for the moment.
Wu postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morris bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wu's guard.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Morris forces his way into half guard.
Wu is trying to stand.
Morris controlling the pace.
Morris missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu is looking to control Morris's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wu avoid being mounted?
Morris has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morris prevents Wu from standing back up.
Wu wants to improve his position but Morris is controlling well.
Morris is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morris is tying to control. Wu wants to improve his position but can't escape 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.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Morris scores with a nice right hand.
Wu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Morris counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kelly Wu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris throws a series of punches but Wu avoids them all with ease.
Wu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wu stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morris.
Morris feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wu's calf.
Morris throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wu throws a combination that misses
and Morris holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wu looking to throw knees to the head but Morris is blocking nicely.
Wu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morris has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Morris breaks from the clinch.
Wu misses with a double jab
and Morris counters with a stiff right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Morris comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Morris has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chuck Morris!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between sonny bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bishop comes to the cage accompanied by ard boddy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, sonny bishop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Steel!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
bishop wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Steel working the head and body with strikes.
Steel lands a few punches from side control.
bishop is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Steel in side control lands a decent elbow.
Steel scoring with punches from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Steel trying to control the position but bishop is working away.
bishop is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Steel is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. bishop knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Steel scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Steel postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
bishop tries to bench press Steel off him but Steel keeps the position.
Steel goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, bishop has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Steel but great work by bishop.
bishop will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Steel regains half guard.
bishop throwing shots but Steel is blocking nicely.
Steel tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
bishop is thwarting Steel's attempts to control the position.
Steel looks gassed!
Steel wants to improve his position but bishop is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. bishop connects with a nice short shot to Steel's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Steel throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
bishop trying to control the action but Steel is working from the bottom.
Steel landing strikes from the bottom.
Steel has hold of bishop's hands but bishop slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
bishop thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Steel's head.
Steel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Steel.
bishop throwing strikes from guard but Steel blocks nicely.
bishop scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Steel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
bishop wanted to stand there but Steel had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel looking for a sweep. Not yet Steel, not yet.
Steel will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Steel lands some strikes from the bottom.
Steel striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Steel has a closed guard, preventing bishop from standing up.
bishop connects with a couple of short punches.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Steel scores a takedown into full mount!
The referee warns bishop that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Steel with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Steel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
bishop is desperately trying to improve his position but Steel has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Steel.
Steel lands a big elbow.
bishop is desperately trying to improve his position but Steel has a good base and remains in mount.
Steel unloading with bombs!
Steel lands a big elbow.
Steel connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Steel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
bishop is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Steel.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
bishop tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Steel.
Steel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Steel dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Steel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for bishop!
bishop is in a horrible position here. Steel smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
bishop regains half guard.
Steel throwing shots but bishop is blocking nicely.
bishop on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if bishop tries to get out of the position.
bishop missing with punches from the bottom.
bishop taking some punishment here, with Steel in his half guard.
Steel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
bishop flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Steel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steel lands strikes from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Steel 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.
Steel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Steel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. bishop defending well though.
bishop has hold of Steel's hands but Steel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Steel is nestled in close to bishop, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
bishop regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Steel.
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.
bishop throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
bishop tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Steel lands a couple of elbows.
Steel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Steel keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of bishop's head.
Steel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
bishop can't keep his opponent in guard - Steel advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Steel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed bishop's head.
Steel working bishop over with strikes.
bishop gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Steel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Steel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. bishop is keeping the position for now.
Steel stopping the sweep attempt from bishop.
Steel trying to control the position from guard on top but bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Steel stands and steps away. bishop gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Steel gets a takedown into half guard.
bishop wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
bishop is refusing to be controlled, as Steel sits in half guard.
Steel winds up and cracks bishop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
bishop taking some punishment here, with Steel in his half guard.
bishop is trying to stand up here but Steel is controlling him well.
Steel stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows bishop to get to his feet.
Steel closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Steel landing a few strikes.
bishop knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Steel on the ground.
Steel working the ground and pound.
bishop is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Steel's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Steel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Steel closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Steel keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
bishop wants to get back to his feet.
Steel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
bishop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Steel scores with a couple of nice shots.
Steel is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. bishop doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Steel.
The fighters are battling for position here. bishop manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Steel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of bishop's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
bishop throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Steel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Steel trying to control but bishop is working from the bottom.
Steel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Steel won't allow bishop to get back to his feet.
Dick Steel has got the better of the ground game so far.
Steel connects with a couple of short punches.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Steel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Steel shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has bishop pinned against the cage. bishop gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A punch lands to the side of Steel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steel looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
bishop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
bishop looking to control.
Steel lands a couple of elbows.
Steel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Steel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Steel drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Steel jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Steel working some strikes from top position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
bishop lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steel's sensitive parts.
Steel shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
bishop has momentary wrist control but Steel slips an elbow through the middle.
Steel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of bishop's head.
Steel is working bishop over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Steel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
bishop striking off his back.
Steel stops bishop from standing up.
Steel distracts bishop with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Steel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
bishop is looking to sweep but instead, Steel has passed into half guard.
Steel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Steel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Steel prevents bishop from improving his position.
Steel looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks bishop with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Steel lands with a punch from half guard.
Steel winds up and cracks bishop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
bishop is trying to control but can't.
Steel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Steel working the head and body with strikes.
Steel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
bishop is looking for a sweep. Steel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Steel.
Steel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Steel lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Steel really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
bishop stuffs the takedown attempt from Steel. Steel gets slowly back to his feet.
bishop slips under a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Steel. No joy for bishop on that attempt.
Steel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
bishop blocking the ground and pound attempt from Steel.
Steel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
bishop is trying to stand back up but Steel is controlling him
bishop tries to get to full guard but Steel has control of the leg.
Steel working over bishop with some ground and pound. bishop looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Steel lands with a punch from half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Steel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
bishop trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
bishop tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Steel looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Steel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
bishop has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Steel is working away from the top position though.
Steel working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Steel.
Steel wants to work for an arm triangle but bishop is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Steel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Steel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Steel stops bishop from getting back to his feet.
Steel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steel drops an elbow to the side of bishop's head.
Steel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Steel slips a nice elbow through bishop's hands, connecting with bishop's forehead.
bishop trying to hold on to Steel's head to control him but Steel postures up.
Nice strikes from Steel there.
Steel winds up and cracks bishop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Steel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel working over bishop with some ground and pound. bishop looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
bishop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Steel scores with a couple of nice shots.
Steel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ground and pound from Steel.
Steel is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so bishop is just riding it out for now. Steel eventually gives up the hold.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Steel connects with a nice short shot to bishop's temple.
Steel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Steel working bishop over with strikes.
Steel 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.
That's four 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 referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
bishop lands a jab-cross combination.
Dick Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from bishop.
sonny bishop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. bishop sprawls well initially but Steel persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
bishop looks like he's trying to stand up.
Steel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Steel is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Steel seems to be looking for submissions.
bishop is staying active underneath Steel, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Steel dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
bishop tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
bishop catches Steel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Horrible takedown by Steel or perhaps it was just good defense by bishop which made him look bad.
Steel fails to land the takedown.
Steel has his takedown stuffed
and bishop counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by bishop.
sonny bishop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Steel.
bishop jumps guard but Steel stands there with bishop around his waist. bishop gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Steel tries for a takedown but bishop manages to get underhooks.
bishop is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
bishop breaks from the clinch.
bishop scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Steel fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. bishop sprawls well initially but Steel persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Steel blocks the strikes from bishop.
bishop is trying to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
bishop tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Steel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Steel there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steel lands a nice short elbow.
Steel working bishop over with strikes.
bishop wants to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Steel feints and as bishop raises his hands in defense, Steel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Steel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Steel won't allow bishop to sweep him here.
bishop is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Steel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Steel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel is looking to work some ground and pound but bishop has wrist control.
bishop wants to stand but Steel is controlling the position.
Steel thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
bishop gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Steel postures up in bishop's guard and throws a big left but bishop blocks it.
Steel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Steel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Steel gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Steel shoots in but bishop avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Steel shoots in looking for a takedown. bishop tries to sprawl out of it but Steel keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. bishop manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
bishop tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Steel avoids the head kick by bishop.
Steel feints and as bishop raises his hands in defense, Steel changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Steel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dick Steel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steel prevents bishop from getting back to his feet.
bishop tries to land a sweep but no joy.
bishop wants to get back to his feet but Steel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Steel controls from within his opponent's guard.
bishop keeping moving, preventing Steel from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
bishop looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Steel pushes down on bishop's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Steel is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Steel lands a nice short elbow.
bishop is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Steel scores with a couple of nice shots.
sonny bishop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
bishop tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dick Steel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steel 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 45:50
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dick Steel! Dick Steel retains his super heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Carlgren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Robin Carlgren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Bob!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carlgren shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bob as he jumps to the side.
Carlgren gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Carlgren has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Bob doesn't defend quickly enough and Carlgren has managed to lock this one up! Can Bob escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Carlgren on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Robin Carlgren!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Axel Burn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Dorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorian has chosen I'm no Superman as his entrance music. Axel Burn has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Axel Burn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Dorian!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorian looks to land a right hand but Burn moved out of range.
Dorian throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burn.
Dorian throws a right hand that Burn ducks under and follows up with a left that Burn also avoids with ease.
Burn ducks under a wild hook from Dorian.
Burn scores with a jab to the body.
Dorian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dorian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Burn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
Dorian misses with a few strikes there.
Burn slips a jab and a cross from Dorian.
Dorian throws a nice looking combination but Burn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burn staying out of range there.
No joy there for Dorian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Burn throws a series of punches but Dorian moves out of range.
Dorian falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burn counters with a three punch combo that has Dorian backing up. Dorian nods at Burn to acknowledge the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian slips a jab and a cross from Burn.
Dorian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burn throws a sloppy head kick and Dorian moves out of range easily.
Dorian connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dorian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dorian misses with a body punch
and Burn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some wild striking there from Dorian.
Left hook, right uppercut from Dorian.
Burn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dorian moves away from the strike by Burn.
Dorian misses the body punch
and Burn counters with a series of strikes. Dorian will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dorian looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Burn does no damage.
Burn just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burn throws a jab when Dorian was well out of range.
Dorian throws a combination that misses
and Burn counters with a left to the body.
Burn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dorian looks to score with a jab to the body but Burn is just out of range.
Dorian misses with a wild body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dorian, as that shot connected.
Burn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Jon Dorian has been cut.
Dorian throws a right hand that Burn ducks under and follows up with a left that Burn also avoids with ease.
Burn bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Dorian! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Dorian is rocked!
Burn stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Dorian is still on wobbly legs! Can Burn finish him?
Burn avoids the body shot from Dorian.
Dorian seems to have recovered his senses.
Burn jabs at Dorian's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burn throws a head kick but Dorian moves out of range.
Dorian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Burn misses with a kick to the body.
Burn digs a good hook to Dorian's body.
Burn scores with a leg kick.
Burn lands a head shot.
Burn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burn is looking to wear down Dorian with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Burn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dorian throws a left and a right that both miss
and Burn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Burn blocks a jab.
Burn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorian falls off balance throwing a combination
and Burn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dorian thinking.
Burn catches Dorian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dorian walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burn thuds his right hand into Dorian's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dorian is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Burn.
Dorian throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Burn.
Burn scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Burn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jon Dorian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burn throws a sloppy head kick and Dorian moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Axel Burn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Dorian's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Burn throws a one two combo.
Burn throws a right hand that Dorian ducks under and follows up with a left that Dorian also avoids with ease.
Burn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dorian lands a nice shot that snaps Burn's head back.
Dorian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burn counters with a three punch combo that has Dorian backing up. Dorian nods at Burn to acknowledge the strikes.
Burn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dorian.
Burn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Burn.
Dorian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dorian is breathing heavily.
Dorian misses with a double jab
and Burn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dorian throws a series of punches but Burn moves out of range.
Burn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian scores with a three punch combo!
Burn Rushes Dorian and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Dorian is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Burn Piles on the pressure and Dorian crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Axel Burn!
Axel Burn retains his welterweight title!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jamie Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin comes to the cage accompanied by Under the Knife - Rise Against. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jamie Franklin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin stuffs the takedown.
Smith closes this distance looking for a takedown but Franklin circles away.
Smith looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Franklin.
Franklin has Smith pulled in close to control his posture.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franklin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Franklin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Franklin pulls Smith in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Franklin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Franklin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Smith controls from within his opponent's guard.
Franklin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Smith wants to control from the top but Franklin keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith stays in close to Franklin's body and controls the position.
Franklin controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Franklin 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.
Smith slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Franklin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Franklin's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin is defending against the submission attempts here by Smith.
Smith looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Franklin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Franklin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Smith is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Smith not doing much here.
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.
Franklin gets full guard.
Franklin keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Franklin pulls Smith in close to prevent any damage.
Franklin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Smith!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith is desperately trying to improve his position but Franklin has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tommy Smith 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.
Franklin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith tries for a takedown but Franklin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Franklin shoots for a double leg takedown but Smith sprawls well. He's pushed Franklin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Franklin.
Franklin has a takedown stuffed.
Smith shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Franklin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Smith wants to stand up but Franklin is controlling him.
Franklin 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.
Franklin wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Franklin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to keep Franklin in close.
Franklin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Franklin trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Franklin sprawls well initially but Smith persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Franklin is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Franklin avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Franklin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Smith stalling away here and it's allowed Franklin to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Smith won't allow Franklin to get back to his feet.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Franklin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin controlling the position.
Smith trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.
Franklin managing to control the position.
Franklin wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
Franklin is pulling down on Smith's head. It's preventing any offense from Smith, at least for the moment.
Smith passes Franklin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
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.
Franklin is trying to get back to full guard.
Franklin keeping control of the position.
Smith wants to take a breather but Franklin is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Franklin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Franklin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Franklin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Franklin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Franklin.
Smith fails with the takedown
so Franklin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Franklin postures up.
Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Franklin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Franklin is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Franklin controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jamie Franklin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Franklin feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
Franklin scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith avoids the head kick by Franklin.
Smith scores with a takedown into Franklin's guard.
Smith trying to control but Franklin is working from the bottom.
Franklin is pulling down on Smith's head. It's preventing any offense from Smith, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Jamie Franklin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Franklin controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Smith looking to sit in guard and control but Franklin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Franklin controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin advances to half guard.
Franklin content to control rather than advance.
Franklin wants to pass the guard but Smith is defending well.
Smith regains full guard. Nicely done.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Franklin throwing strikes but missing.
Franklin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith has his hands on Franklin's head, controlling the position.
Franklin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Franklin preventing the sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Franklin clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Franklin throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smith fails with the takedown
and Franklin counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Franklin passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Franklin tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Smith is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Franklin off and has taken his back!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith gets his hands free as Franklin looks to control.
Franklin has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Franklin trying to control the position but Smith manages to sink in the hooks.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jamie Franklin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Franklin throws the kick towards the body but Smith avoids it.
Franklin throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Smith doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Franklin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A chopping leg kick lands by Franklin.
A left and a right from Franklin both land. Nice combination.
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.
Franklin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith is looking to regain half guard here but Franklin keeps moving and retains side control.
Smith pushes Franklin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Franklin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
Franklin tries to move to mount but Smith blocks the move with his legs.
Franklin working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Franklin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jamie Franklin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith with a poor takedown
and Franklin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smith won't be happy with that.
Jamie Franklin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Smith.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Smith trying his best to control but Franklin has mounted him.
Franklin prevents Smith from getting the reversal.
Franklin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Franklin controlling from mount.
Franklin raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin controlling from the full mount.
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Franklin controlling his opponent.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Franklin maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jamie Franklin had his way with Tommy Smith in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Franklin tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt
and Franklin counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Franklin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Franklin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Franklin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Franklin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Franklin trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith controlling Franklin's posture.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin content to stall in guard here.
Franklin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Franklin is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smith wants to sweep here but Franklin controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Franklin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Franklin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Smith is proving hard to escape from.
Franklin trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt
and Franklin counters with a takedown into side control.
Smith is trying to control Franklin's posture but Franklin avoids it.
Franklin is staying tight to Smith's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to control Franklin's posture but Franklin avoids it.
Franklin slows the pace down.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Franklin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Franklin working away.
Franklin is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Smith's shoulder. That is not cool.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Franklin slows the pace down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Franklin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Franklin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Tommy Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jamie Franklin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Franklin controlling the position from side mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jamie Franklin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Franklin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 49:46
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jamie Franklin!
Jamie Franklin retains his lightweight title!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between billy mulvihill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mulvihill kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is up in here. billy mulvihill has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, billy mulvihill!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Chavez!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mulvihill shoots in for a double leg but Chavez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
mulvihill fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
mulvihill fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for billy mulvihill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chavez tries to clinch up but mulvihill circles away and keeps his distance.
mulvihill swats away the attempt to clinch by Chavez.
mulvihill closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chavez circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez tries to clinch up but mulvihill circles away and keeps his distance.
mulvihill looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
mulvihill trying to control from half guard but Chavez is working away.
mulvihill stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mulvihill is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Chavez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Chavez is trying to stand.
mulvihill is working for a kimura but Chavez is defending it quite comfortably.
Chavez tries to kick mulvihill off but mulvihill keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Chavez is refusing to be controlled, as mulvihill sits in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
mulvihill shoots in for a takedown but Chavez shows good takedown defense.
mulvihill is breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by mulvihill or perhaps it was just good defense by Chavez which made him look bad.
Chavez has mulvihill up against the cage in a clinch.
mulvihill is trying to drag Chavez to the mat but Chavez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Chavez lands a right hand.
Chavez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of mulvihills head.
Chavez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chavez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Chavez.
Chavez lands a hook that snaps the head of mulvihill backwards.
mulvihill is rocked!
Chavez throws a big uppercut that drops mulvihill! More strikes from Chavez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! mulvihill lies dazed against the cage as Chavez celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Chavez!
Ricardo Chavez is the new light heavyweight champion!
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