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VFC MW Champ vs. CoV MW Champ PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Story (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Bee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Story's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Suckage. Bee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by RUMBLE-BEE. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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235 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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275 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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Brawler
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Decent knees
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Story!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Bee!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bee is looking to clinch but Story is avoiding it.
Story misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bee throws a series of punches but Story avoids them all with ease.
Bee gets caught flat footed, as Story shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bee 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.
Bee keeping moving, preventing Story from controlling successfully.
Story gets to his feet - Bee follows without any prompting.
Story lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like James Bee has been cut.
Bee doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bee clinches up against the cage.
Bee looks gassed!
Bee looking to throw knees to the head but Story is blocking nicely.
Bee keeps control of Story as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bee blocks the elbow strike.
Bee lands a knee to the body.
Story misses with a hook to the ribs.
Story creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Story is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee landing knees to the head.
Story's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Story cracks Bee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Story throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bee counters by clinching up.
Story drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Story. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Story creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Story looking to stall.
Bee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Story has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Story's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Story is trying to drag Bee to the mat but Bee just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Story throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Story is looking to break free of the clinch but Bee has double underhooks.
Story is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bee tries to land a knee to the head but Story blocks with his arms.
Story drags the fight down to the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Story is on top in guard.
Story is looking to stand up but Bee won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Story trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Story stands up from Bee's guard - Story perhaps looking for a knockout.
Bee wants to clinch up but Story keeps it at a distance.
Story is looking to clinch but Bee is avoiding it.
Bee keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bee moves out of range as Story strikes.
Bee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Horrible takedown by Story or perhaps it was just good defense by Bee which made him look bad.
Good shot there by Story.
Story on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bee. Bee obviously looking to wear him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bee scores with a nice right hand.
Bee clinches up against the cage.
Bee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bee crunches a lovely knee into Story's ribcage.
Bee landing knees to the head.
Bee lands a knee to the head.
Story looking for a takedown.
Story misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bee.
Story wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bee lands a nice knee to the body.
Story trying to stall but Bee improves his position.
Bee tries to land a knee to the head but Story blocks with his arms.
Story wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bee has him pressed against the cage.
Bee landing knees to the body.
Story wants to break free but Bee has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Story misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bee.
Bee manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Story on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bee prevents Story from breaking the clinch.
Story throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Story wants to break free but Bee has control.
Story just leaning against Bee, taking a breather.
Story is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bee avoiding damage as Story throws knees to the body.
Bee softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bee scores with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Story.
Story tries to land knees in the clinch but Bee avoids the damage to the body.
Story can't break the clinch.
Story missing with knees to the body.
Bee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bee on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Story pushes off an throws an elbow but Bee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Story tries to stall but Bee uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Story wants to get back to striking at distance but Bee won't allow it.
Bee connects with a knee to the head.
Bee swings wildly with an uppercut but Story uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Story just leaning against Bee, taking a breather.
Bee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Story's face.
Story lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Story lands a shoulder strike.
Bee misses with a knee to the head.
Story has had enough of the clinch but Bee keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Story dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Bee'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.
Story scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Story works over Bee's head and body with a nice combination.
A swing and a miss from Story.
Bee stalks Story and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Story's face. Story staggers backwards, shaken.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Story here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Story shoots in looking for a takedown. Bee tries to sprawl out of it but Story keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Story is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bee is keeping busy.
Bee crunches a lovely knee into Story's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Story's face.
A knee to the head by Bee.
Bee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bee with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Story tries to break the clinch but Bee is controlling the position.
Story tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Story pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Story can't break the clinch.
Story is looking to break free of the clinch but Bee has double underhooks.
Story is trying to drag Bee to the mat but Bee just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee landing knees to the body.
Story takes an elbow to the temple.
Story tries to break the clinch but Bee is controlling the position.
Story is trying to break free.
Story lands a left hand.
Bee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bee misses with a knee strike.
Bee keeps control of Story as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Story managing to block the knees to the body from Bee.
Story lands a body shot.
Story tries a knee to the head but Bee blocks it.
Bee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Story throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bee lands a knee to the head.
Story tries to break the clinch but Bee is controlling the position.
Story misses with an elbow over the top.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bee as Story tries to tie him up.
Story taking a breather.
Bee with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bee misses with a knee to the head.
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.
Bee avoiding damage as Story throws knees to the body.
Bee misses with a knee strike.
Story has Bee pushed against the cage.
Story tries to land knees in the clinch but Bee avoids the damage to the body.
Bee landing knees to the head.
Story throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Story lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Story holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bee is looking to control Story's arms but Story gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bee has his back to the cage.
Story pushes off an throws an elbow but Bee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bee.
Story tries to break the clinch but Bee is controlling the position.
Story is trying to maintain a safe position but Bee gets an underhook and turns Story into the cage.
Story misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bee.
Bee tries to land a knee to the head but Story blocks with his arms.
Story has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bee is trying to keep an underhook but Story manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bee is staying active underneath Story, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Story trying to advance position but Bee counters by regaining guard.
Story won't allow Bee to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Story decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Story gets the takedown into side control.
Story tries for a kimura but Bee is defending well.
Story stands up and beckons Bee to his feet.
Bee works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bee swats away the attempt to clinch by Story.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Story misses with a double jab
enabling Bee to counter with a crisp jab.
Story swats away the attempt to clinch by Bee.
Phil Story seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Story thows a left - swing and a miss!
Story avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Story throws a series of punches but Bee avoids them all with ease.
Story with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Story moves forwards but Bee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Story misses with a combination
and Bee counters by moving into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bee gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Story.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Story. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bee misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Story tries to land knees in the clinch but Bee avoids the damage to the body.
Bee crunches a lovely knee into Story's ribcage.
Bee connects with a nasty looking knee right to Story's face.
Story lands a body punch in the clinch.
Story is trying to break the clinch but Bee has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Bee will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on James Bee'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. This is the final round!
Bee tries to close the distance and clinch but Story swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Story misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bee connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Bee does it's job there.
Story doesn't manage to clinch there - Bee circles away.
Bee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Story jumps guard and drags Bee to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Story manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bee manages to get himself to full guard.
Story decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Bee, up you get!
Bee wants to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Bee does no damage.
Bee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Story fails with a takedown attempt.
Bee tries to clinch but Story is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bee gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Story closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bee moves away from the strike by Story.
Story tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bee swivels and escapes.
Bee has closed the distance and engaged Story in a clinch.
Bee scores with a knee to the head.
Story turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Story wants to control but Bee is keeping him busy.
Story throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Story misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Story wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bee, who protects the arm well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Story swings around for an armbar but Bee sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Story's guard.
Bee won't allow Story to get back to his feet.
Bee slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Story is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Story is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bee's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Story slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bee is looking to advance position but Story has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Story tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant 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.
Story throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bee because Story loaded up on that one.
Bee is looking to improve his position but Story isn't that keen on the idea.
Phil Story overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Story lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bee hang on?
Story trying to control but Bee is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bee can do anything to dispel that myth.
Story dominating with strikes here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Story showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Story 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Story!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Armageddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trey Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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218 lbs
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199 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Brawler
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alistair Armageddon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Stout!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jonathan Paton and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Armageddon looks to land a combination but Stout avoids it well.
Trey Stout seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armageddon misses with a low kick.
Armageddon swats away the attempt to clinch by Stout.
Armageddon misses with a series of wild punches.
Armageddon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Armageddon throws a big shot that misses.
Stout takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stout misses with the combination.
Armageddon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Armageddon swats away the attempt to clinch by Stout.
Armageddon shoots in for a takedown but Stout shows good takedown defense.
Stout tries to clinch but Armageddon moves out of range.
Armageddon shoots in and drives through. Stout sprawls well.
Armageddon shoots in looking for a takedown. Stout tries to sprawl out of it but Armageddon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stout manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alistair Armageddon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Armageddon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stout, pushing him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armageddon taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Armageddon goes for a takedown attempt but Stout pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Armageddon shoots in but no luck this time.
Armageddon is breathing heavily.
Armageddon shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stout as he avoids it easily.
Stout misses with a double jab.
Armageddon throws a leg kick but Stout moved away.
Armageddon waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Stout.
Armageddon throws a leg kick but Stout sees it coming and checks it nicely.
No luck for Armageddon with that takedown attempt.
Stout tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Armageddon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Stout is trying to stand.
Stout pushes Armageddon off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stout works the jab nicely.
Stout fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stout stops a takedown attempt from Armageddon.
Stout breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Trey Stout is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stout tries to close the distance and clinch up but Armageddon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stout tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armageddon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armageddon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stout avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stout throws a series of punches but Armageddon moves out of range.
Stout misses with a jab, cross combination.
Armageddon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stout tries to clinch there but Armageddon circles away.
Stout tries to clinch but Armageddon is having none of it.
Stout tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armageddon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armageddon misses with an uppercut. Stout saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stout tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armageddon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Armageddon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stout tries to clinch but Armageddon moves out of range.
Armageddon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stout misses with the combination.
Armageddon throws a right and a left that Stout avoids nicely.
Armageddon looks to clinch
and Stout counters with a two punch combo.
Stout looks to clinch
and Armageddon counters with a low kick, right behind Stout 's knee.
Armageddon doesn't manage to clinch there - Stout circles away.
Armageddon looks for a takedown but Stout sprawls well.
Stout scores with a three punch combo!
Stout looks to land a combination but Armageddon avoids it well.
Stout throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stout moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Stout wants to clinch.
Armageddon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stout circles away quickly and effectively.
Stout closes the distance looking to clinch
and Armageddon counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stout rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armageddon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for Armageddon with that takedown attempt.
Stout wants to clinch
and Armageddon counters with a stiff right hand.
Stout has closed the distance and engaged Armageddon in a clinch.
Stout lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Armageddon.
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 Alistair Armageddon will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Armageddon wants to clinch
and Stout counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stout.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stout's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armageddon breaks from the clinch.
Stout moves out of range of the strikes.
Armageddon misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armageddon fails to land the takedown.
Stout looks to clinch
and Armageddon counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armageddon keeps the fight on the outside.
Stout tries to clinch up
and Armageddon counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Stout tries to kick Armageddon off but Armageddon keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armageddon looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stout with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Armageddon 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.
Armageddon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Stout!
Armageddon landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armageddon lands a big shot there that rocks Stout but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stout is trying to stand up.
Armageddon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armageddon lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stout hang on?
Armageddon controlling from mount.
Stout is trying to stand.
Armageddon controlling from mount.
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.
Armageddon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Armageddon scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stout?
Armageddon controlling from mount.
Armageddon has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Alistair Armageddon just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Armageddon tries to clinch but Stout moves away
and Stout counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Armageddon unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stout lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stout tries to break the clinch but Armageddon is controlling the position.
Armageddon lands with a left to the head.
Armageddon is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alistair Armageddon dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Armageddon lands a jab.
It looks like Trey Stout has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Stout.
Alistair Armageddon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Armageddon has a takedown stuffed.
Stout tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Armageddon counters with a nice kick to the body.
Stout tries to clinch up
and Armageddon counters with a takedown into side control.
Armageddon landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Armageddon moves into full mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Armageddon looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Alistair Armageddon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armageddon tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Armageddon seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Stout for as long as he can get away with.
Armageddon working Stout over with strikes here.
Armageddon lands a nice shot to the head.
That's two 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.
Armageddon with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stout is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Armageddon with shots to the head and body - Stout looks very uncomfortable down there.
Armageddon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Stout is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armageddon controlling the position easily from mount.
Stout wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Armageddon controlling from mount.
Armageddon cracks Stout with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stout squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Armageddon with good strikes from the mount here!
Armageddon content just to control the position here.
Stout is in a horrible position here. Armageddon smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Armageddon is going olschool here, as he tries to force Stout to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Stout shrugs it off.
Alistair Armageddon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stout trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alistair Armageddon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Armageddon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alistair Armageddon!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TUPAC WESTsideKING (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). WESTsideKING comes to the cage accompanied by knocking nizzas on their asses with this HEAT. The key to victory for TUPAC WESTsideKING has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, TUPAC WESTsideKING!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
WESTsideKING tries to clinch but Daniels moves out of range.
WESTsideKING tries a head kick but it misses.
Daniels is looking to slow WESTsideKING down with leg kicks.
Daniels drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
WESTsideKING wants to sweep but no luck.
WESTsideKING trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Daniels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. WESTsideKING is keeping the position for now.
WESTsideKING throwing short punches from the bottom.
Daniels looking to pass the guard.
WESTsideKING trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels trying to control the position from guard on top but WESTsideKING is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
WESTsideKING utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
WESTsideKING tries to close the distance and clinch up but Daniels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
WESTsideKING instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by WESTsideKING.
Daniels avoids the elbow strike from WESTsideKING, against the cage.
Daniels displaying some good clinch control by pressing WESTsideKING up against the cage.
Daniels lands a knee to the body.
WESTsideKING pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
WESTsideKING misses with an elbow strike.
WESTsideKING pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Daniels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Daniels blocks the elbow strike.
WESTsideKING can't get the takedown.
Daniels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
WESTsideKING tries to clinch but Daniels is having none of it.
Daniels lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Daniels throws a quick inside leg kick.
Daniels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daniels circles away from the clinch attempt.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from WESTsideKING.
WESTsideKING takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Daniels blocks a jab.
WESTsideKING is breathing heavily.
Daniels scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Daniels is working WESTsideKING over with some ground and pound from side control.
WESTsideKING is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Daniels is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Daniels.
WESTsideKING has given up his back.
Daniels has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. WESTsideKING is defending well but eventually Daniels manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! WESTsideKING has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Daniel Daniels!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Charles Brock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minitauro Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minitauro Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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260 lbs
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Charles Brock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Minitauro Silva!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brock fails to land the takedown.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Brock tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Edward Charles Brock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Brock on that attempt.
Horrible takedown by Brock or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Brock fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Brock persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brock is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Brock pulls his head out easily.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Brock.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Brock is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Brock's back instead.
Silva patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Silva is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Brock knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Brock for a finish.
Brock breaks Silva's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Brock drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Brock off! Brock jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Brock passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brock seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Silva is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Edward Charles Brock!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Murder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Fantastico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Murder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roberto Fantastico!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murder takes a swing at Fantastico's ribcage but misses.
Fantastico closes the distance and clinches up with Murder, looking for a takedown. Fantastico pushes Murder against the cage but Murder circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Murder does no damage.
Murder changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murder tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Murder.
Murder throws a head kick that misses.
Murder goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Roberto Fantastico has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Horrible takedown by Fantastico or perhaps it was just good defense by Murder which made him look bad.
Fantastico takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fantastico looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murder connects with a crisp jab.
Murder knocks Fantastico to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Murder decides to stand back up. Murder steps back and let's Fantastico get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murder lands the left hand.
That has opened up Roberto Fantastico's cut even more.
Fantastico is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Murder doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Fantastico crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Fantastico's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frank Murder!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan Kensing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Riley comes to the cage accompanied by Get Up. Kensing has chosen Rock You Like a Hurricane as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Logan Kensing!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kensing slips a jab and a cross from Riley.
Kensing bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Riley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kensing throws a left and a right that both miss
and Riley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kensing with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Riley to score with a decent uppercut.
Riley moves out of range of the strikes.
Riley tries for a takedown but Kensing sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Riley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Riley tries to land a front kick but Kensing steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kensing throws a lazy right hand but Riley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kensing buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kensing moves away.
Kensing lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Riley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Logan Kensing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kensing scores with a crisp jab that stopped Riley in his tracks.
Nice cross by Kensing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kensing counters with a three punch combo that has Riley backing up. Riley nods at Kensing to acknowledge the strikes.
Riley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Riley throws a combination that misses
and Kensing counters with an outside leg kick.
Riley is breathing heavily.
Riley swinging wilding here.
A head kick by Riley misses
and Kensing counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kensing lands with a nice body kick.
Logan Kensing is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Riley is rocked!
Kensing closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Riley out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Logan Kensing!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve McGinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Felix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Steve McGinness has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Steve McGinness seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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220 lbs
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve McGinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Felix!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felix doesn't manage to clinch there - McGinness circles away.
Felix tries to close the distance and clinch but McGinness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Felix misses with an uppercut. McGinness saw that one coming.
Felix misses with a hook.
Felix throws a looping overhand right but McGinness ducks down to avoid it.
Felix thows a body shot but no joy.
Felix connects with a crisp jab.
McGinness steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Felix.
Felix throws a jab when McGinness was well out of range.
Felix fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McGinness manages to avoid it.
Felix looks to score with a jab to the body but McGinness is just out of range.
Felix misses with a hook.
Junior Felix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGinness ducks under a wild hook from Felix.
Felix misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGinness takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Felix tries for a takedown but McGinness sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Felix drops McGinness with a left right combo! Felix follows him down to the ground into side control.
McGinness is rocked!
Felix content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Oh McGinness is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Felix lands a strong strike to the head of McGinness. That's dazed him! Felix looking to finish here. McGinness is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Felix lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Felix!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Prime's choice of entrance music: The Last Prime. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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282 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Balboa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Optimus Prime!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balboa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Prime.
Prime throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Balboa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Prime throws a lazy right hand but Balboa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Balboa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prime swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Optimus Prime seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prime misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch lands to the side of Prime 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Balboa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Prime sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Balboa could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Balboa moves out of range as Prime strikes.
A slow jab from Balboa misses its intended target.
Prime thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Prime knocks Balboa out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Optimus Prime!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexi Taiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stoneface McGillicutty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taiga comes to the cage accompanied by Bukkake Tsunami by Cattle Decapitation. McGillicutty has chosen "I'm Shipping Up To Boston" by The Dropkick Murphys as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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266 lbs
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255 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Alexi Taiga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stoneface McGillicutty!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Franklyn Lucas and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from McGillicutty. No joy for Taiga on that attempt.
Horrible takedown by Taiga or perhaps it was just good defense by McGillicutty which made him look bad.
Taiga tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McGillicutty swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexi Taiga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Taiga lands an elbow that stopped McGillicutty in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Stoneface McGillicutty has been cut.
McGillicutty is trying to drag Taiga to the mat but Taiga just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
McGillicutty is trying to break free.
Taiga lands with a left to the head.
Taiga drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McGillicutty gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Taiga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McGillicutty gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Taiga has hold of one of McGillicutty's legs. McGillicutty is fighting the takedown attempt but Taiga gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
McGillicutty is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Taiga is controlling him.
McGillicutty wants to sweep here but Taiga controlling him for the moment.
Taiga in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taiga advances to half guard.
Taiga 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.
Taiga passes to full mount!
McGillicutty tries to reverse the position but Taiga maintains control.
Taiga goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now McGillicutty is on top in guard.
Taiga wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taiga thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Taiga bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in McGillicutty's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taiga makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taiga makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Taiga won't allow McGillicutty to sweep him here.
Taiga with a flurry of punches that miss.
McGillicutty working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Taiga.
Taiga passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Check out the look on Taiga's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Taiga lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear McGillicutty down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taiga throws an elbow but McGillicutty slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taiga has control of an arm but McGillicutty manages to advance to Taiga's back!
McGillicutty is keeping busy.
Taiga lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Taiga connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for McGillicutty to escape the position.
Taiga has McGillicutty flattened out and is raining down punches.
McGillicutty turns into Taiga and is now in his guard.
Taiga looking to control.
Taiga has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but McGillicutty can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taiga looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Taiga is breathing heavily.
Taiga trying to keep a closed guard but McGillicutty is proving a slippery customer.
McGillicutty stopping the sweep attempt from Taiga.
Taiga throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexi Taiga dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stoneface McGillicutty's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McGillicutty is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Taiga lands an elbow inside.
Taiga comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McGillicutty wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Taiga wants a takedown.
McGillicutty is pressed up against the cage. Taiga has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McGillicutty down to the mat. McGillicutty avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Taiga misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexi Taiga. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taiga closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Taiga lands a few punches from side control.
McGillicutty takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Alexi Taiga overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Taiga working the ground and pound but McGillicutty is defending the strikes.
Taiga trying to control the action but McGillicutty is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taiga working the head and body with strikes.
McGillicutty sneaks back into half guard.
Taiga is trying to control. McGillicutty wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Taiga throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McGillicutty wants to control but Taiga is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taiga is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for McGillicutty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taiga scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McGillicutty?
McGillicutty is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Taiga cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Taiga pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Taiga looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taiga lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taiga trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Taiga putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McGillicutty is trying desperately to improve position.
Taiga unloading with bombs!
Taiga is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McGillicutty can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Taiga is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McGillicutty can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taiga looking to finish McGillicutty with some ground and pound. This is bad for McGillicutty!
McGillicutty is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taiga postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt McGillicutty bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Taiga and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexi Taiga!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bancroft Rothschild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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193 lbs
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Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bancroft Rothschild!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Jones!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothschild moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rothschild misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rothschild moves out of range of the strikes.
Rothschild is looking to clinch.
Rothschild is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Rothschild fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Bancroft Rothschild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rothschild is looking to clinch.
Jones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rothschild's head.
Rothschild takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rothschild takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good leg kick by Rothschild there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rothschild looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rothschild jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rothschild tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones takes a swing at Rothschild's ribcage but misses.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones moves out of range as Rothschild throws a body kick.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rothschild counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rothschild tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rothschild avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Rothschild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with a body shot
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones swings for the body but Rothschild moves out of range.
Rothschild takes one to the chin there.
Jones misses with a hook. Rothschild ducked under it nicely.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rothschild takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rothschild misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rothschild makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jones really felt that one!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rothschild throws a sloppy head kick
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rothschild is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rothschild takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rothschild ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Rothschild misses the body punch
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Rothschild swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rothschild thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Rothschild is looking to score with low kicks.
Rothschild throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Rothschild had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rothschild moves away from the strike by Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Rothschild's defenses.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rothschild tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rothschild tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Rothschild misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rothschild steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Rothschild misses with a body kick.
Rothschild darts in trying to clinch
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jones lands with a hook. Rothschild tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rothschild looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Rothschild slips under a jab from Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothschild tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rothschild moves forwards but Jones connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones blocks a jab.
Rothschild misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rothschild.
Rothschild moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Jones as he connects with a hook.
Rothschild takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones throws a left that rocks Rothschild and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Jones dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Rothschild regain composure!
Rothschild is rocked!
Jones passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Rothschild!
Oh Rothschild is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones controlling the pace for now.
Rothschild seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rothschild really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rothschild is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones controlling from the full mount.
Rothschild tries to lock up and control but Jones gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rothschild is looking to get to half guard.
Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jones prevents Rothschild from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones avoids the attempt from Rothschild to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rothschild throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Rothschild throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Rothschild misses.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Rothschild moves away and avoids it.
Rothschild moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Rothschild throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Rothschild.
Rothschild pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Rothschild settles back down.
A head kick misses from Rothschild.
Rothschild misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Rothschild pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rothschild throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones slips under a jab from Rothschild.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rothschild closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Rothschild looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rothschild misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones misses the body punch
and Rothschild makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Adam Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Rothschild throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones throws a hook but Rothschild avoids it easily.
Jones misses the jab.
Rothschild displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Rothschild slips a straight right by Jones.
Rothschild scores with a jab to the body.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Rothschild moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Rothschild tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rothschild looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Rothschild takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones misses with a straight right.
A big left from Jones misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rothschild looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rothschild connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rothschild closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Rothschild misses with a few strikes there.
Jones with a hook.
Rothschild clinches but Jones breaks the clinch
and Jones counters with a left right combination that sends Rothschild crashing to the mat - Jones wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Rothschild out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Jones!
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