THC 2- Bong Hitters Brawl PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Kane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kane comes to the cage accompanied by Gang of Four - I love a Man in Uniform. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hughes's choice of entrance music: beer on the table. Tommy Kane has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Kane
vs
Hughes

190 cm
22
196 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

TKO Vegas
PowerCore Labs

[JMFC] Bulk Nutrition

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Kane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Matt Hughes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes tries to clinch there but Kane circles away.
Hughes looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kane throws a hook but Hughes blocks it.

Kane shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hughes has momentary wrist control but Kane slips an elbow through the middle.
Kane controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kane pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hughes is keeping the position for now.
Kane connects with a couple of short punches.
Hughes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kane trying to control but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Kane 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.
Kane landing some decent shots from guard.
Kane working some strikes from top position.
Kane with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kane is pushing down on Hughes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hughes is fighting to maintain full guard but Kane has managed to sneak the leg through.
Kane looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kane passes to full mount!

Kane looking to secure an arm triangle but Hughes defends it well.

Kane has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Hughes is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Kane!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
56%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tralley Babel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Johnson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Johnson
vs
Babel

200 cm
20
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

196 cm
21
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tralley Babel!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Tralley Babel has been cut.
Babel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Babel drives through with a takedown into guard.
Johnson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Johnson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Babel isn't so interested in that idea.
Babel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing Babel from standing up.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Babel controls the pace.

Johnson had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Babel is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Johnson Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Babel's back instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Babel holding both Johnson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Johnson thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

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.
Babel covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Babel wants to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johnson trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Babel trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Babel manages to reverse the position and now he's in Johnson's guard. Nice work there by Babel.

Babel gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babel throws a sloppy head kick and Johnson moves out of range easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babel moves away.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Babel pushes him off.
Babel closes the distance but Johnson moves to the side
and Johnson counters with a nice uppercut.
Babel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Johnson looks to land a combination but Babel avoids it well.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Babel saw that one coming.
Babel tries to clinch but Johnson moves out of range.

Johnson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Babel flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babel is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Johnson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Johnson's back!
I would not like to be Johnson right now.

Babel working for a choke but Johnson is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that James Johnson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tralley Babel'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.

Babel avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Babel tries a head kick but it misses.
Johnson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Babel shoots in but no luck this time.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Babel moves away.
Babel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Babel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Babel is taking a breather. Johnson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johnson is looking for a sweep. Babel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Babel is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Johnson!
Babel content just to control the position here.
Johnson tries to reverse the position but Babel maintains control.
Johnson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Johnson tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Johnson is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Babel locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Johnson is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tralley Babel!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

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

Jacket
vs
Stucco

179 cm
22
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Comedy Fight Club Clothing [new stock]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cunt Jacket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trey Stucco!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stucco swats away the attempt to clinch by Jacket.

Jacket feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Stucco tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Stucco looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jacket passes into side control.
You can see the frustration on Stucco's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jacket advances nicely into full mount.
Stucco is squirming around, avoiding Jacket's attempts to control the action.
Jacket takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacket wants to control the pace but Stucco is squirming around nicely.
Jacket takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stucco is squirming around, avoiding Jacket's attempts to control the action.
Jacket sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Cunt Jacket just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jacket misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stucco with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jacket counters with a body kick.
Stucco looks gassed!
Stucco stuffs the takedown.
Jacket moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jacket keeps Stucco at a distance using the push kick.
Stucco walks into a jab.

Jacket bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Jacket decides to stand up, so the ref orders Stucco to his feet.
Stucco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacket throws a sloppy head kick and Stucco moves out of range easily.
Jacket tries to clinch but Stucco is having none of it.
Jacket tries to clinch up but Stucco circles away and keeps his distance.
Jacket fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stucco wants to clinch
and Jacket counters with a nice body kick.
Jacket shoots for a takedown but Stucco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Stucco tries a head kick but it misses.
Jacket misses with a two punch combination.
Jacket tries for a takedown but Stucco sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cunt Jacket. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stucco throws a sloppy head kick
and Jacket counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stucco's knee momentarily.
Jacket will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacket looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stucco is fending him off so far but Jacket persists. Nope, Stucco circles away and we're back to standing.
Stucco shoots in but Jacket avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacket tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Stucco counters with a shoot takedown. Jacket fights it but they end up in guard.
Jacket is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stucco not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jacket manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stucco manages to get himself to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jacket tries to free his leg and advance position but Stucco is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cunt Jacket dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Stucco tries to clinch
and Jacket counters with a head kick.
Stucco gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jacket counters with a three punch combo that has Stucco backing up. Stucco nods at Jacket to acknowledge the strikes.
Stucco has his takedown stuffed
and Jacket connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice body kick from Jacket.
Jacket moves in looking to clinch but Stucco pushes him off.

Jacket scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacket has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jacket looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacket lands with some strikes.
Stucco tries to reverse the position but Jacket maintains control.
Stucco is squirming around, avoiding Jacket's attempts to control the action.
Stucco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jacket. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jacket is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Stucco blocks a head kick by Jacket.

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.

Jacket closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jacket lands in his opponent's guard.
Jacket advances position into side control!
Jacket is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Stucco can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacket wants to lay and pray for a moment but Stucco keeps working.
Stucco gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jacket trying to control but Stucco is having none of it.

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.
Jacket is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stucco can do to turn this around?

Jacket get's back to his feet.
Stucco closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jacket counters with a series of strikes. Stucco will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stucco avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cunt Jacket 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jacket throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jacket takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stucco doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Jacket counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stucco trying his best to control but Jacket has mounted him.
Stucco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Jacket stands up from mount. Strange move.
Jacket swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Stucco counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacket pulls Stucco in close to prevent any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stucco looking to sit in guard and control but Jacket gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jacket gets to his feet - Stucco follows without any prompting.
Jacket misses with a double jab.
Jacket misses with a double jab

and Stucco counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jacket won't be happy with that.
Stucco laying and praying for a moment but Jacket takes advantage and regains half guard.
Jacket pushes Stucco off looking to stand but Stucco dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jacket manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jacket not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Stucco won't allow Jacket to sweep him here.
Stucco must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jacket wants to stand and escape but Stucco is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacket being controlled here, momentarily.
Jacket managing to control the position.
Jacket manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cunt Jacket is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Stucco working to try and regain half guard.
Jacket controlling the position easily from mount.
Jacket has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cunt Jacket.
Well Jacket 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cunt Jacket!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
61%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Horwood Jnr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reilly
vs
Horwood Jnr

190 cm
18
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Red Light Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ignatius Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Horwood Jnr!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horwood Jnr shoots in for a double leg but Reilly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Horwood Jnr stuffs the takedown attempt from Reilly. Reilly gets slowly back to his feet.
Horwood Jnr bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Reilly clinches.
Reilly landing knees to the head.
Horwood Jnr jumps guard but Reilly stands there with Horwood Jnr around his waist. Horwood Jnr gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Horwood Jnr dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reilly.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Reilly just misses with a elbow thrown towards Horwood Jnr's brow.
Reilly prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Horwood Jnr.
Horwood Jnr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reilly prevents Horwood Jnr from breaking the clinch.
Horwood Jnr tries for a takedown. No joy.
Horwood Jnr tries to pull guard but Reilly holds him up against the cage and eventually Horwood Jnr drops back down to his feet.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horwood Jnr.
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Horwood Jnr's face.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Horwood Jnr goes for a takedown attempt but Reilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reilly tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horwood Jnr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horwood Jnr closes the distance and clinches up with Reilly, looking for a takedown. Horwood Jnr pushes Reilly against the cage but Reilly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Horrible takedown by Horwood Jnr or perhaps it was just good defense by Reilly which made him look bad.
Horwood Jnr looks gassed!
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Horwood Jnr checks the leg kick nicely there.
Horwood Jnr keeps the fight on the outside.
Horwood Jnr defending well as Reilly loads up on a big left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Reilly.
Reilly is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reilly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Reilly takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
Reilly moves out of range as Horwood Jnr throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Horwood Jnr pushes him off.

Horwood Jnr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Horwood Jnr wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Reilly, who protects the arm well.

Horwood Jnr looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Reilly wants to get back to his feet.
Reilly is looking for a sweep.

Horwood Jnr is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Reilly knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Reilly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Reilly wants to get back to his feet.
Reilly tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reilly tries a low kick but Horwood Jnr avoids it.

Horwood Jnr moves into the clinch.
Horwood Jnr dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Horwood Jnr takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Horwood Jnr drops down looking for an ankle pick but Reilly pulls his leg out and moves away.

Reilly closes the distance and pushes Horwood Jnr back into the cage.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Horwood Jnr shrugs off.
Reilly trying to land knees to the body.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Reilly crunches a lovely knee into Horwood Jnr's ribcage.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Horwood Jnr 's eye.
Reilly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Horwood Jnr 's eye.
Reilly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reilly comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reilly lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Horwood Jnr 's eye.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Horwood Jnr 's eye.
Reilly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Horwood Jnr avoids a wild elbow strike from Reilly.
Horwood Jnr goes for a takedown attempt but Reilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Horwood Jnr dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Horwood Jnr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Horwood Jnr throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reilly.

It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
Horwood Jnr wants to clinch up but Reilly keeps it at a distance.
Horwood Jnr closes the distance and clinches up with Reilly, looking for a takedown. Horwood Jnr pushes Reilly against the cage but Reilly circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reilly thuds his shin into the meat of Horwood Jnr's side.
Reilly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Horwood Jnr.
Horwood Jnr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Reilly throws a body punch but Horwood Jnr moves out of range.
Horwood Jnr shoots in but Reilly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Horwood Jnr.
Horwood Jnr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reilly tries a head kick but it misses.
Reilly dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Horwood Jnr. That did some damage!
Reilly tries to clinch

and Horwood Jnr counters by clinching up.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Horwood Jnr shrugs off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Reilly.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Horwood Jnr's defenses.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Horwood Jnr shrugs off.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Horwood Jnr goes for a takedown attempt but Reilly pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Horwood Jnr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Reilly misses.
Reilly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Horwood Jnr closes this distance looking for a takedown but Reilly circles away.
Reilly avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly throws a leg kick which misses Horwood Jnr's front leg but catches the back leg as Horwood Jnr tries to avoid it.
Horwood Jnr shoots in for a double leg but Reilly sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

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.
Horwood Jnr avoids the head kick by Reilly.
Horwood Jnr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reilly counters with a good, hard body kick but Horwood Jnr shrugs it off.
Reilly moves in looking to clinch but Horwood Jnr pushes him off.
Horwood Jnr shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Reilly moves into the clinch.
Horwood Jnr takes an elbow to the temple.
Reilly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reilly lands an elbow inside.
Horwood Jnr has Reilly pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Reilly manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Horwood Jnr jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Reilly walks away with a smile on his face. Horwood Jnr gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Reilly has closed the distance and engaged Horwood Jnr in a clinch.
Horwood Jnr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Reilly is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reilly tries to land knees in the clinch but Horwood Jnr avoids the damage to the body.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Reilly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Horwood Jnr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Horwood Jnr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Reilly avoiding damage as Horwood Jnr throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly misses with an elbow over the top.
Horwood Jnr is working for takedown but Reilly is calmly controlling the position for now.
Reilly lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reilly crunches a lovely knee into Horwood Jnr's ribcage.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Horwood Jnr fails to pull guard.
Horwood Jnr is looking to break free of the clinch but Reilly has double underhooks.
Reilly lands a knee to the body.
Horwood Jnr is trying to break free.
Horwood Jnr takes an elbow to the temple.

Horwood Jnr jumps guard and drags Reilly to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horwood Jnr is trying to control the position but Reilly postures up.

Horwood Jnr is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Reilly controlling from the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly wants to stand but Horwood Jnr has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Horwood Jnr controls Reilly momentarily but Reilly frees himself.

Horwood Jnr looking for a guillotine here but Reilly defends easily.

Reilly gets to his feet - Horwood Jnr follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ignatius Reilly dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Horwood Jnr's defenses.
Reilly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Horwood Jnr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Horwood Jnr's defenses.
Reilly lands an elbow just above Horwood Jnr 's eye.
Reilly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Horwood Jnr jumps guard but Reilly stands there with Horwood Jnr around his waist. Horwood Jnr gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Reilly lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly landing knees to the body.
Reilly lands a damaging elbow.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Horwood Jnr shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the cage, Reilly throws an elbow but misses.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horwood Jnr.
Reilly connects with a nasty looking knee right to Horwood Jnr's face.
Reilly lands an elbow that stopped Horwood Jnr in his tracks for a moment.
Reilly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Horwood Jnr wants a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Horwood Jnr throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reilly blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horwood Jnr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horwood Jnr.
Horwood Jnr blocks an elbow strike.
Horwood Jnr blocks an elbow strike.
Reilly lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Horwood Jnr fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ignatius Reilly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Horwood Jnr.
Reilly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horwood Jnr.

Horwood Jnr jumps guard and drags Reilly to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Horwood Jnr working for a triangle but Reilly defends it easily.
Horwood Jnr manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Horwood Jnr has hold of Reilly's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Reilly manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horwood Jnr misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Reilly tries to hold on but Horwood Jnr postures up.
Reilly knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Horwood Jnr on the ground.
Horwood Jnr throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Horwood Jnr goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Reilly turns into him and now he's in Horwood Jnr's guard.
Reilly's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horwood Jnr is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reilly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Horwood Jnr 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.
Reilly stays in close to Horwood Jnr's body and controls the position.

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.

Horwood Jnr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reilly's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reilly wants to pass the guard but Horwood Jnr is keeping the position.
Reilly is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Horwood Jnr working for a triangle but Reilly defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ignatius Reilly showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Reilly has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ignatius Reilly!

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C
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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Pochettino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zack Galagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pochettino
vs
Galagher

182 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 Amsterdam, Matt Pochettino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zack Galagher!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Galagher. No joy for Pochettino on that attempt.
Pochettino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pochettino throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Galagher's waist but Galagher gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pochettino off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Pochettino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Galagher throws a head kick that misses.
Pochettino changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Galagher tries to avoid it but Pochettino manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Galagher to the ground. Galagher escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Galagher tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pochettino misses with the combination.
Pochettino shoots in but no luck this time.
Pochettino keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Galagher.
Pochettino shoots for a takedown but Galagher saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pochettino misses with a takedown attempt - Galagher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pochettino shoots in but no luck this time.
Pochettino's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pochettino duly obliges.
Pochettino is breathing heavily.

Galagher pushes Pochettino up against the cage in a clinch.
Galagher drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pochettino pulls his leg out and moves away.

Pochettino fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Galagher sprawls well initially but Pochettino persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Galagher regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galagher is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Pochettino drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pochettino jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Galagher can do anything to dispel that myth.
Galagher manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pochettino is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Galagher lands a big shot there that rocks Pochettino but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pochettino is wriggling around trying to escape.
Galagher lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pochettino hang on?
Galagher unloading with bombs!
Pochettino really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pochettino is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galagher breaks from Pochettino's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pochettino throwing hammer fists to the chest of Galagher. What's that going to do exactly?
Galagher landing shots from mount.
Galagher avoids the attempt from Pochettino to control.
Galagher with shots to the head and body - Pochettino looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pochettino gets back to half guard.
Galagher wants to get back to his feet.
Galagher throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pochettino makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Pochettino.
Pochettino is trying to keep Galagher in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galagher wants to stand but Pochettino has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Galagher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pochettino. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Galagher wants to stand and escape but instead Pochettino has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Pochettino sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Galagher's guard.
Pochettino wants to control but Galagher is keeping him busy.
Galagher wants to improve his position but Pochettino is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Galagher is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pochettino frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Galagher is squirming around, avoiding Pochettino's attempts to control the action.

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.
Galagher is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pochettino controlling the position easily from mount.
Galagher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pochettino breaks from Galagher's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Galagher defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pochettino.
Galagher tries to hold on but Pochettino postures up.
Pochettino tries to control but Galagher wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Pochettino will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Galagher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pochettino looks for a takedown but Galagher sprawls well.
Pochettino takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pochettino dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pochettino will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pochettino scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

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

Pochettino stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Galagher has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pochettino is trying to break free.

Pochettino has Galagher pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pochettino pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Galagher tumbling to the mat - Pochettino dives into Galagher's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Galagher looking for a sweep. Not yet Galagher, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pochettino wants to pass the guard but Galagher is keeping the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Galagher throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Galagher looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pochettino is one step ahead there.
Pochettino trying to control the position from guard on top but Galagher is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pochettino shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Galagher but Galagher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Pochettino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Galagher goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A nice combination there by Pochettino.
Pochettino stuffs the takedown attempt from Galagher. Galagher gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Galagher scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Galagher is trying to move to mount but Pochettino reverses beautifully and ends up in Galagher's guard.
Galagher wants to sweep but no luck.
Galagher is looking to stand up but Pochettino isn't so interested in that idea.
Galagher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Galagher looking for a sweep. Not yet Galagher, not yet.
Pochettino stands and throws Galagher's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pochettino looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Galagher throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Pochettino has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Galagher.
Pochettino lands an overhand right.
Galagher misses with a double jab.
Pochettino doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Galagher decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pochettino's guard.
Galagher postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pochettino manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Galagher manages to get himself to full guard.
Galagher wants to stand up but Pochettino is controlling him.

Pochettino drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Pochettino jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pochettino thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Galagher wants to get back to his feet but Pochettino passes into half guard.

Pochettino is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Galagher doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pochettino.
Galagher missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pochettino passes to full mount!

Pochettino is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Galagher is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Pochettino!

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C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
39%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between George Hampton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerson Ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jerson Ruas 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!

Hampton
vs
Ruas

165 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Combat Pro Design

Cobra Kai Nutrition
Crashforce Voodoo Lab

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Hampton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerson Ruas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hampton scores a takedown into full mount!
Ruas tries to hold on but Hampton postures up.
Ruas regains half guard.
Ruas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ruas.
Hampton 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.
Ruas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hampton postures up in Ruas's guard and throws a big left but Ruas blocks it.
Hampton postures up in Ruas's guard and throws a big left but Ruas blocks it.

Ruas working for a triangle but Hampton defends it easily.
Ruas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ruas looking to control.

Hampton avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ruas looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruas keeping full guard, as Hampton tries to pass.
Hampton is working hard here to advance position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Ruas is on top in guard.
Hampton wants to sweep here but Ruas controlling him for the moment.
Hampton striking off his back but it's not causing Ruas any problems.
Hampton looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ruas is one step ahead there.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ruas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hampton is looking for a sweep. Ruas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ruas blocks the strikes from Hampton.
Hampton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hampton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hampton tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hampton lands an overhand right.
Hampton misses with a body shot.

Hampton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hampton working the ground and pound from side control.
Hampton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ruas keeps working.
Ruas is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton wants to control but Ruas is keeping him busy.
Hampton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ruas is pressing down on Hampton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ruas has momentary wrist control but Hampton slips an elbow through the middle.
Ruas is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hampton misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hampton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hampton trying to control from the bottom.
Ruas moves into full mount! Hampton won't be happy about that!
Hampton working to try and regain half guard.
Hampton slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hampton is staying active underneath Ruas, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Ruas seems to be looking for submissions.
Hampton is looking for a sweep. Ruas is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hampton misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hampton is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ruas's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ruas's back!
Hampton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ruas on the ground.
Hampton is working the ground and pound. Can Ruas escape?
Ruas wants to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hampton. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Ruas prevents Hampton from getting a body triangle.
Ruas is really stuck here.
Ruas trying to control the hands but Hampton won't let him.
Ruas tries to break free.
Hampton controlling from the back.
Ruas tries to break free.
Hampton loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Ruas hold on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jerson Ruas will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hampton lands a lovely overhand right.
Ruas misses with a takedown
and Ruas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hampton scores a takedown into full mount!
Hampton prevents Ruas from getting the reversal.
Ruas is in a horrible position here. Hampton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ruas taking shots to the head.
Ruas is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hampton looking to finish Ruas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ruas!
Ruas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ruas is squirming around, avoiding Hampton's attempts to control the action.
Ruas is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hampton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hampton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ruas hang on?
Hampton wants to control the pace but Ruas is squirming around nicely.
Hampton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ruas?
Hampton trying to control but Ruas is having none of it.
Ruas is bucking up trying to escape but Hampton cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ruas tries to reverse the position but Hampton maintains control.

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.
Hampton is landing with some decent strikes but Ruas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hampton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hampton landing strikes from the mount and Ruas is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Hampton.
Ruas is looking to improve his position but Hampton isn't that keen on the idea.
Hampton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ruas?
A nice elbow there by Hampton.
Hampton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hampton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hampton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ruas taking shots to the head.
Hampton unloading with bombs!
Ruas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hampton landing shots from mount.
Hampton wants to control the pace but Ruas is squirming around nicely.
Ruas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hampton scoring with strikes but Ruas is staying in there.
Ruas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hampton punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ruas can't escape the position.
Hampton lands a heavy elbow.
Hampton avoids the attempt from Ruas to control.
Hampton is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ruas can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
BOOM! Hampton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hampton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Hampton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ruas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hampton controlling the pace for now.

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.
Hampton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hampton lands a heavy elbow.
Ruas tries to hold on but Hampton pushes him away.
Hampton lands a nice shot to the head.
Ruas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hampton keeping moving, preventing Ruas from controlling successfully.
Ruas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hampton is keeping the position for now.
Hampton is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hampton trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Hampton dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Ruas shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hampton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Hampton looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ruas!
Hampton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hampton is landing with some decent strikes but Ruas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ruas is looking to get to half guard.
Hampton scoring with strikes but Ruas is staying in there.
Ruas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hampton cracks Ruas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The referee warns Ruas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hampton landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hampton cracks Ruas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ruas is trying to escape the mount.
Hampton lands a big shot there that rocks Ruas but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hampton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ruas's face.
Ruas sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Hampton is nestled in close to Ruas, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
George Hampton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hampton is thwarting Ruas's attempts to control the position.
Hampton lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hampton prevents Ruas from improving his position.
Ground and pound from Hampton.
Ruas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hampton lands a nice short elbow.

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.
Hampton trying to pass the guard but Ruas defending well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hampton drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hampton working the ground and pound.
Hampton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ruas to see if he's OK.
Hampton working the ground and pound from side control.
Hampton happy to just control the position for now.
Ruas can't do much from the bottom here.
Hampton scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruas is trying to get back to half guard.
Hampton lands a decent elbow from side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hampton scores with a shot to the body.
Ruas tries for a takedown but Hampton circles away easily

and Hampton counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hampton winds up and cracks Ruas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hampton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ruas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ruas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hampton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ruas's head.

Ruas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hampton is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Ruas has his foot on Hampton's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hampton works his way back into a safe position though.
Hampton is in close to Ruas's body, working some short punches and elbows.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hampton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ruas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hampton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
George Hampton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jerson Ruas.
Hampton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Hampton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hampton 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Hampton!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
36%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Shade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shade
vs
Smith

175 cm
21
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Combat Pro Design

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabe Shade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mister Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Smith showed some decent athleticism there.

Smith is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are battling for position here. Shade manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Shade wants to sweep but no luck.
Shade trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Shade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shade 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.

Shade 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.

Shade is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Smith has his hands clasped together but Shade extends an breaks Smith's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Shade.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gabe Shade!