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ICON 8 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peterson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rising' by Stuck Mojo. The key to victory for Curtis Peterson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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275 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Little!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little looks for a takedown but Peterson sprawls well.
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Peterson moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Peterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Ryan Little has been cut.
Peterson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Peterson misses.
Peterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peterson tries to clinch but Little moves out of range.
Peterson looks to land a combination but Little avoids it well.
Little throws a lazy right hand but Peterson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Peterson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Little shoots in for a double leg but Peterson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Peterson stuffs the takedown attempt from Little. Little gets slowly back to his feet.
Curtis Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Little.
No joy there for Peterson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Curtis Peterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Little misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Little looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Peterson cracks Little with a solid left hand.
Peterson is pushing down on Little's leg trying to pass to half guard. Little is fighting to maintain full guard but Peterson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Peterson throwing shots but Little is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peterson drops an elbow to the side of Little's head.
Peterson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Peterson thows a huge punch but Little dodges it nicely.
Little is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Little tries to roll over but Peterson keeps him under control.
Little is looking to control Peterson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Little avoid being mounted?
Little is not content to let Peterson control the position.
Little is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Peterson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Little on the ground.
Peterson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson wants to free his trapped foot but Little is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Little looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Peterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peterson fails to land with a series of punches.
Peterson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Little fails with the takedown
and Peterson counters with a left and a right that stings Little.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Little keeps the fight on the outside.
Little misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peterson misses with a double jab.
Peterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is looking to clinch but Little is avoiding it.
Little avoids a punch combination nicely.
Little has his takedown stuffed
and Peterson counters with a left and a right that stings Little.
Little misses with a takedown attempt
and Peterson counters with a shoot takedown. Little fights it but they end up in guard.
Little working for a triangle but Peterson defends it easily.
Peterson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Peterson wants to stand but Little has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Peterson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Peterson with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peterson tries to free his leg and advance position but Little is retaining full guard.
Peterson is in close to Little's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Peterson trying to control but Little is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Little pulls Peterson in close to prevent any damage.
Little bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Peterson's guard.
Peterson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Little manages to get himself to full guard.
Little tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peterson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Little wants to sweep but no luck.
Little is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Little keeping moving, preventing Peterson from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Peterson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Little's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Little misses with a takedown attempt
and Peterson counters with a good low kick that Little was not able to check.
Little misses with a takedown
and Peterson counters with a leg kick.
Little slips a jab and a cross from Peterson.
Peterson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peterson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Little, pushing him back against the cage.
Little tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Peterson just stands there and leans against the cage.
Curtis Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Little.
Little fails to pull guard.
Peterson pushes Little back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Peterson manages to break the clinch.
Peterson forces Little back against the cage and clinches.
Peterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peterson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Little takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Peterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Little.
Peterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Little circles away quickly and effectively.
Peterson misses the jab.
Little pushes Peterson away with a front kick.
Peterson walks into a left hand.
Peterson throws a right and a left that Little avoids nicely.
Little fails with the takedown
and Peterson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Little dodges the punch combination from Peterson.
Little uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peterson.
Little decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson wants to control but Little is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Peterson wants to get back to full guard.
Little trying to control the action but Peterson is working from the bottom.
Peterson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Little blocks the strikes from Peterson.
Little looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Little stops Peterson from getting back to his feet.
Peterson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Little pulls his head out easily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Little shoots in for a takedown but Peterson shows good takedown defense.
Peterson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peterson looks to land a combination but Little avoids it well.
Little jabs Peterson right on the nose. Peterson blinks but takes it well.
Peterson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Peterson misses with a double jab.
Little has his takedown stuffed
and Peterson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Peterson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Curtis Peterson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Little shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Peterson but Peterson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Peterson doesn't manage to clinch there - Little circles away.
Little defending well as Peterson loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Peterson tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance.
Peterson shoots in for a takedown but Little shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Little with that takedown attempt.
Peterson needs to keep his hands up - Little had a free shot at his head there.
Little swats away the attempt to clinch by Peterson.
Little showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Peterson.
Little misses with a jab, cross combination.
Little needs to keep his hands up - Peterson had a free shot at his head there.
Peterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Peterson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Little's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Peterson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Peterson tries to bum rush Little with a series of wild strikes but Little uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Little drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Little preventing the sweep.
Little slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Peterson tries to improve position but can't.
Little is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Little thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Peterson manages to work his way to half guard, despite Little's best efforts.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Peterson is looking to escape.
Peterson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peterson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Little is pressing down on Peterson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Peterson is holding on for now.
Little is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Peterson scores with a few weak punches.
Peterson is trying to get back to full guard.
Little wants to pass to mount but Peterson is defending the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Peterson misses with a double jab.
Little changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Peterson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peterson is looking for a sweep.
Little passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Peterson!
Peterson is looking to improve his position but Little isn't that keen on the idea.
Peterson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Peterson can't escape the position.
Little jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Peterson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Peterson throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Little trying to control the position but Peterson is working away.
Peterson tries to buck Little off but Little is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Peterson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Little shoots and misses
and Peterson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Peterson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Little moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Peterson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Little counter with a right hand.
Little 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.
Little gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Peterson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Peterson misses with a hook.
Peterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Little gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Peterson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Curtis Peterson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Little.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but Peterson is one step ahead there.
Peterson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Little working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peterson.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Peterson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Peterson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Little is keeping the position for now.
Little lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Little utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ryan Little has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Little wants to sweep here but Peterson controlling him for the moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Peterson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Curtis Peterson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Little misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ryan Little.
Well Peterson 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Peterson!
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Undercard bout
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Blower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Carwin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Better Think Again. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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240 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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272 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Blower!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carwin scores with the left hand. Blower knows he should have avoided that one.
Carwin lands with a nice combination. Blower backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Dean Blower has been cut.
Carwin misses with a wild combination.
Carwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blower keeps the fight on the outside.
Blower fails with a takedown attempt.
Carwin moves into range and clinches up with Blower.
Blower has Carwin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carwin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Blower has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carwin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Chris Carwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Blower.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carwin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blower drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Carwin is trying to keep Blower in close.
Blower stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carwin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Carwin is trying to keep Blower in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blower trying to control but Carwin is working from the bottom.
Carwin 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.
Blower loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Blower trying to control the position from guard on top but Carwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carwin tries to work over Blower's front leg with a kick but Blower checks it.
Carwin is looking to clinch.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blower throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carwin.
Blower looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Carwin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carwin is looking to clinch but Blower is avoiding it.
Carwin tries to clinch but Blower is having none of it.
Carwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Blower circles away.
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.
Carwin has closed the distance and engaged Blower in a clinch.
Carwin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blower closes the distance and clinches up with Carwin, looking for a takedown. Blower pushes Carwin against the cage but Carwin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Carwin tries to clinch but Blower moves out of range.
Carwin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blower slips a jab and a cross from Carwin.
Carwin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blower on the side of the head.
Blower throws a right and a left that Carwin avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Blower.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carwin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blower tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carwin clinches but Blower breaks the clinch
and Blower holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blower tries a body shot but Carwin blocks it.
Carwin misses with a knee to the head.
Carwin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blower paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carwin is looking to clinch but Blower is avoiding it.
Carwin wants to clinch
and Blower counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Carwin's guard now.
Carwin is looking to stand up but Blower isn't so interested in that idea.
Carwin controls Blower momentarily but Blower frees himself.
Carwin throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Carwin working a defensive guard here.
Carwin is really struggling to control Blower but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Blower sitting in guard here, content to control.
Carwin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blower passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin can't do much from the bottom here.
Carwin wants to get back to his feet.
Carwin regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Blower lands a nice short elbow.
Blower missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carwin regains full guard. Nicely done.
Blower postures up in Carwin's guard and throws a big left but Carwin blocks it.
Carwin looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blower is in close to Carwin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carwin pulls Blower in close to prevent any damage.
Blower postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Carwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Blower's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Blower misses with a series of wild punches.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carwin.
Nice defenses there by Carwin.
Carwin tries to clinch
and Carwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carwin tries to clinch
and Blower moves into the clinch.
Blower is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carwin.
Carwin lands a knee to the body.
Carwin breaks the clinch.
Carwin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blower looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Blower circles away from the clinch attempt
and Blower counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Carwin is looking to clinch.
Chris Carwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blower throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carwin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blower.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carwin forces Blower back against the cage and clinches.
Blower is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carwin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Carwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blower has him pressed against the cage.
Carwin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Blower lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blower takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carwin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chris Carwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Blower.
Carwin wants to break free but Blower has control.
Blower stalling in the clinch.
Carwin looking to throw knees to the head but Blower is blocking nicely.
Blower changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carwin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carwin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Blower circles away.
Blower showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carwin.
Blower throws a right hand that Carwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Carwin also avoids with ease.
Blower tries to clinch there but Carwin circles away.
Carwin wants to clinch.
Carwin tries to clinch up but Blower circles away and keeps his distance.
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.
Carwin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blower moves into the clinch.
Carwin trying to land knees to the body.
Carwin cracks Blower with a nice body shot.
Carwin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blower lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Carwin or not.
Blower pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carwin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Blower counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Blower.
Carwin looking to throw knees to the head but Blower is blocking nicely.
Carwin has had enough of the clinch but Blower keeps him there for the moment.
Blower is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carwin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blower prevents Carwin from breaking the clinch.
Blower is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Carwin can't fight it off and eventually Blower manages to take the fight to the floor. Carwin looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blower trying to control but Carwin is working from the bottom.
Blower postures up in Carwin's guard and throws a big left but Carwin blocks it.
Blower in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Blower prevents Carwin from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blower is pushing down on Carwin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Carwin is fighting to maintain full guard but Blower has managed to sneak the leg through.
Blower lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Carwin manages to get to full guard.
Blower is fighting to break Carwin's control of his arms but Carwin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Carwin wants to stand but Blower is controlling the position.
Blower stands and throws Carwin's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Blower working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blower looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Blower prevents Carwin from escaping the position.
Carwin is looking to get back to his feet here but Blower is keeping cool and he's managed to take Carwin's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carwin trying to control but not successfully.
Blower throwing damaging strikes from the back! Carwin could be in trouble here!
Carwin has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Blower tries to get the hooks in deep but Carwin pushed the leg off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Blower showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dean Blower'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. This is the final round!
Carwin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carwin has had enough of the clinch but Blower keeps him there for the moment.
Blower blocks an elbow strike from Carwin.
Carwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carwin crunches a lovely knee into Blower's ribcage.
Blower's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chris Carwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carwin takes the fight into the clinch.
Carwin works on Blower's body with a couple of short punches.
Carwin gets underhooks to prevent Blower's takedown attempt.
Carwin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blower is working for takedown but Carwin is calmly controlling the position for now.
A body shot lands from Carwin.
Carwin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chris Carwin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Blower.
Blower is trying to break free.
Carwin scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Carwin.
Blower looking for a takedown.
Carwin landing knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blower.
Blower takes a shot to the head.
Blower has Carwin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carwin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blower breaks the clinch.
Blower tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Blower.
Carwin misses with a few strikes there.
Carwin clinches but Blower breaks the clinch
and Blower counters with a nice double leg into side control. Carwin won't be happy with that.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Blower working the ground and pound.
Blower decides to stand back up.
Blower tries to keep at a distance but Carwin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Blower drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carwin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blower has him pressed against the cage.
Blower blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blower tries for a takedown. No joy.
Carwin is pressed up against the cage. Blower has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Carwin down to the mat. Carwin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Carwin moves into the clinch successfully.
Carwin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Blower has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Blower.
Carwin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carwin lands an elbow inside that Blower shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin tries to land a knee to the head but Blower blocks with his arms.
Blower has Carwin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Carwin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Blower tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Blower is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carwin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blower breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carwin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carwin.
Carwin gets through Blower's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Blower uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blower tries for a takedown. No joy.
Carwin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Blower.
Blower drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carwin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Carwin darts in trying to clinch
and Blower counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Carwin trying to hold on to Blower's head to control him but Blower postures up.
Blower has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Carwin defend it? Blower steps over the head and cranks it - Carwin is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Blower!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dean Blower!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Swick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dempsey comes into the arena with On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks blaring out of the sound system. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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210 lbs
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215 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Dempsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Swick!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dempsey lands a big uppercut and Swick crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Swick looks OK. Dempsey waves Swick back to his feet!
Swick is rocked!
It looks like Mike Swick has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swick slips under a jab.
Swick is still on wobbly legs! Can Dempsey finish him?
Swick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dempsey connects with a superb combination that knocks Swick out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Dempsey before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Swick!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jack Dempsey!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Soprano's choice of entrance music: Got yourself a Gun. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Santos!
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, Anthony Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Soprano's waist but Soprano gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Soprano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soprano tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Soprano fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soprano lands a high kick to the side of Santos's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Soprano dives into guard, looking to finish.
It looks like John Santos has been cut.
Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Soprano is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soprano trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Soprano sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano trying to stand up but can't free himself from Santos's guard.
Santos tries to strike from the bottom.
Soprano seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Soprano is stalling in the full guard.
Santos throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Soprano escapes and throws Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos tries to buck Soprano off but Soprano is having none of it.
Soprano is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Santos will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Soprano connects with a decent elbow.
Soprano in side control lands a decent elbow.
Soprano decides to stand up, so the ref orders Santos to his feet.
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano wants to clinch.
Soprano misses with a body kick.
Soprano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Soprano is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, Soprano circles away and we're back to standing.
Santos shoots in but Soprano avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Soprano tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Santos.
I wouldn't like to be where Soprano is right now.
Soprano struggling a bit here.
Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Soprano has escaped the position, nice work there.
Soprano is not content to let Santos control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Soprano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Santos's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Soprano throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Soprano circles away.
Soprano wants to clinch.
Santos throws and low kick but Soprano moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soprano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Soprano is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Soprano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Soprano is fending him off so far but Santos persists. Nope, Soprano circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Soprano misses with a head kick.
Soprano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
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.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Soprano but Soprano pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Soprano, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Soprano against the cage but Soprano circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Soprano tries to clinch up.
Soprano is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Soprano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Soprano misses with an uppercut.
Soprano tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano throws a sloppy head kick and Santos moves out of range easily.
Soprano misses with a head kick.
Soprano tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Soprano as he avoids it easily.
Soprano moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Soprano moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
The crowd cheers as Santos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Soprano doesn't seem phased though.
Soprano wants to clinch.
Soprano closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Soprano misses with a knee to the head.
Santos is trying to drag Soprano to the mat but Soprano just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Soprano stalling the fight.
A short body shot lands from Soprano as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soprano stops a takedown attempt from Santos.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Soprano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Soprano.
Soprano with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Soprano.
Soprano comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Soprano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Soprano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soprano throws a body punch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Soprano as Santos shoots in.
Soprano wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos gets the takedown into side control.
Soprano wants to control but Santos postures up.
Soprano wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano wants to control but Santos postures up.
Soprano is trying to get back to half guard.
Santos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Soprano knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Soprano's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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.
Soprano tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Soprano's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Soprano tries to lock up and control but Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The referee warns Soprano that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Soprano really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos blocks Soprano's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Soprano is bucking up trying to escape but Santos cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Soprano tries to lock up and control but Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Soprano is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos working for a submission but Soprano is keeping him at bay.
Soprano tries to lock up and control but Santos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Santos prevents Soprano from getting the reversal.
Soprano 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.
Soprano is trying to control but Santos passes into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Soprano has escaped the position, nice work there.
Anthony Soprano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soprano is trying to control Santos's posture but Santos avoids it.
I wouldn't like to be where Soprano is right now.
Soprano is trying to control Santos's posture but Santos avoids it.
John Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos working the ground and pound but Soprano is defending the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Soprano has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Soprano!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Micah Slovavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Jar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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268 lbs
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280 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micah Slovavich!
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, Ralph Jar!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slovavich shoots in and drives through. Jar sprawls well.
Jar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Slovavich takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jar instigates a clinch.
Jar stops a takedown attempt from Slovavich.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Micah Slovavich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slovavich tries to score a body lock takedown but Jar shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jar has Slovavich pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jar pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Slovavich tumbling to the mat - Jar dives into Slovavich's guard.
Jar tries to free his leg and advance position but Slovavich is retaining full guard.
Jar stands up over Slovavich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slovavich striking off his back but it's not causing Jar any problems.
Slovavich throws a couple of heel strikes.
Jar connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slovavich thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jar landing with the ground and pound.
Slovavich has momentary wrist control but Jar slips an elbow through the middle.
Slovavich trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slovavich is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slovavich is breathing heavily.
Jar scoring with some ground and pound.
Jar working some strikes from top position.
Jar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Slovavich will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jar with a nice head shot there.
Jar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jar wants to pass the guard but Slovavich is keeping the position.
Jar landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jar stands and throws Slovavich's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Slovavich takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jar working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slovavich wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Slovavich throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Jar in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jar lands an elbow.
Jar scores with punches from side control.
Slovavich takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Slovavich taking punishment in the form of punches.
Slovavich is looking for a sweep.
Slovavich sneaks back into half guard.
Jar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Slovavich tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jar lands strikes from half guard.
Slovavich throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Jar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Slovavich tries to roll over but Jar keeps him under control.
Jar working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Slovavich is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Jar pulls his head out easily.
Jar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jar working the head and body with strikes.
Slovavich is pressing down on Jar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Slovavich striking off his back but it's not causing Jar any problems.
Jar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Slovavich swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Slovavich throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jar stands up over Slovavich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Slovavich striking off his back but it's not causing Jar any problems.
Jar cracks Slovavich with a solid left hand.
Slovavich working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jar doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jar manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.
Jar chips away with some ground and pound.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jar scores with a body shot.
Jar pushes Slovavich up against the cage in a clinch.
Jar prevents the takedown attempt.
Jar has Slovavich pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jar pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Slovavich tumbling to the mat - Jar dives into Slovavich's guard.
Slovavich trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Slovavich had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jar is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Slovavich Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jar's back instead.
Jar manages to reverse the position and now he's in Slovavich's guard. Nice work there by Jar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slovavich throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jar stands up over Slovavich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Jar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jar.
Slovavich lands an elbow from the bottom.
Slovavich throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Slovavich gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jar working Slovavich over with strikes.
Slovavich makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Slovavich.
Slovavich keeping full guard, as Jar tries to pass.
Slovavich wants to stand and escape but Jar is having none of it.
Jar working some strikes from top position.
Jar landing some decent shots from guard.
Jar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Slovavich. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Slovavich manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jar manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slovavich postures up in Jar's guard and throws a big left but Jar blocks it.
Jar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Slovavich thows a big elbow that misses.
Jar trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jar wants to sweep here but Slovavich controlling him for the moment.
Jar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Slovavich is looking to improve his position but Jar isn't that keen on the idea.
Jar dominating with strikes here.
Jar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ralph Jar has got the better of the ground game so far.
BOOM! Jar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Slovavich flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slovavich sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Slovavich looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jar lands a nice short elbow.
Slovavich punching from the bottom.
Jar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Slovavich throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Jar winds up and cracks Slovavich with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Slovavich defending well though.
Jar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Slovavich fails with the takedown.
Jar blocks a head kick by Slovavich.
Jar lands a with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jar closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Slovavich to the mat! Slovavich manages to get full guard.
Slovavich thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Jar tries to free his leg and advance position but Slovavich is retaining full guard.
Jar chips away with some ground and pound.
Slovavich manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Slovavich looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Slovavich throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Slovavich throwing strikes here but Jar is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jar gets back to half guard.
Jar is looking for a sweep. Slovavich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slovavich winds up and cracks Jar with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jar is looking for a sweep. Slovavich is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slovavich thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jar's head.
Jar tries to roll over but Slovavich keeps him under control.
Jar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Slovavich is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jar scores a takedown into full mount!
Slovavich working to try and regain half guard.
Slovavich throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jar. What's that going to do exactly?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jar landing strikes, looking to finish!
Slovavich 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.
Jar landing shots from mount.
Slovavich is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jar cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ralph Jar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jar.
Slovavich manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jar's best efforts.
Slovavich wants to improve his position but Jar is controlling well.
Jar lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Jar.
Jar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Slovavich is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Jar pulls his head out easily.
Slovavich missing with punches from the bottom.
Jar working over Slovavich with some ground and pound. Slovavich looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jar drops an elbow to the side of Slovavich's head.
Slovavich tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Jar takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slovavich flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Slovavich fails with the takedown
and Jar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Slovavich is looking for a sweep. Jar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Slovavich is looking to improve his position.
Slovavich moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Slovavich is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jar is working Slovavich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Slovavich is on top in guard.
Slovavich connects with a couple of short punches.
Micah Slovavich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jar striking from his own guard.
Slovavich works over Jar with some ground and pound from guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jar throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Slovavich with a nice head shot there.
Slovavich is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jar throwing short punches from the bottom.
Jar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Slovavich misses with a takedown
and Jar counters with a takedown into side control.
Jar works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Jar in side control, throwing shots but Slovavich defends.
Jar landing a few strikes.
Jar tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Slovavich manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jar's best efforts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Jar there.
Jar lands with a punch from half guard.
Slovavich is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Slovavich slips a jab from Jar.
Jar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Slovavich gets full guard.
Jar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Slovavich doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Slovavich lands a decent shot there.
Slovavich throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Slovavich wants to sweep but no luck.
Jar is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Slovavich feints and as Jar raises his hands in defense, Slovavich changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Slovavich content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Slovavich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ralph Jar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slovavich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Slovavich postures up in Jar's guard and throws a big left but Jar blocks it.
Jar strikes from his own guard.
Jar tries to strike from the bottom.
Jar punching from the bottom - just letting Slovavich know he's still in a fight.
Jar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Slovavich is one step ahead there.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Slovavich defending well as Jar loads up on a big left hand.
Jar scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jar working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Slovavich throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Slovavich punching from the bottom.
Slovavich is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Jar pulls his head out easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ralph Jar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ralph Jar!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Dent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Boyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harvey Dent!
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, Lance Boyle!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyle tries to keep at a distance but Dent has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dent.
Dent breaks from the clinch.
Dent moves into the clinch.
Dent is pressed up against the cage. Boyle has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dent down to the mat. Dent avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dent scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dent slows the pace down in half guard.
Boyle keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Boyle is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Dent pulls his head out easily.
Well, if Dent is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Boyle is looking to improve his position.
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.
Boyle blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dent.
Dent performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Harvey Dent just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Boyle shoots and misses
and Dent counters by clinching up.
Dent creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boyle tries for a takedown but Dent manages to get underhooks.
Harvey Dent has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Boyle.
Dent breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boyle shoots in for a takedown but Dent shows good takedown defense.
Boyle lands with a shot to the body.
Dent shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyle wants to get back to full guard.
Dent is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dent wants to stand up but Boyle is controlling the position.
Dent controlling the pace.
Boyle wants to control but Dent is keeping busy.
Dent wants to free his trapped foot but Boyle is holding on for dear life with his legs.
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.
Boyle is trying to maintain the position but Dent is very close to passing his half guard.
Dent working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dent perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dent has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dent looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Boyle is in trouble now - Dent has advanced to mount!
Dent controlling the pace for now.
Boyle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Dent dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No luck for Boyle with that takedown attempt.
Dent fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Boyle keeps the fight on the outside.
Dent shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dent was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dent tries to control but Boyle wriggling away.
Dent looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boyle keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dent content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dent controlling the pace for now.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Harvey Dent just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Boyle tries to clinch but Dent moves out of range.
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.
Dent shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dent slows the pace down in half guard.
Dent frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Dent controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boyle is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dent sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyle is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dent is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Boyle is surviving well by controlling Dent's body position as best he can.
Boyle is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dent content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dent is working for a guillotine from mount but Boyle frees his head quite easily.
A nice elbow there by Dent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Boyle wants to control but Dent is having none of it.
Boyle is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Dent tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harvey Dent dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Dent forces Boyle back against the cage and clinches.
Dent works on Boyle's body with a couple of short punches.
Dent lands a takedown into guard.
Dent cracks Boyle with a solid left hand.
Dent looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dent stops Boyle from standing up.
Boyle is working an open guard so Dent takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Dent tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Boyle swivels and escapes.
Boyle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boyle misses with a takedown attempt
and Dent counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dent decides to stand and escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dent drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dent is staying tight to Boyle's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Dent has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Boyle!
Dent looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Harvey Dent just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Dent shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dent showed some decent athleticism there.
Dent tries to pass the half guard into mount. Boyle knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyle tries to get to full guard but Dent has control of the leg.
Dent performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dent works his way into full mount!
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.
Dent looking to control and managing it successfully.
Boyle really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dent is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boyle can do to turn this around?
Dent controlling from mount.
Harvey Dent is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harvey Dent showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dent, 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 30:26
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harvey Dent!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Gram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stacey Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gram comes to the cage accompanied by For Whom The Bell Tolls. Johnny Gram could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Stacey Taylor's chin.
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20
179 lbs
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179 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Gram!
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, Stacey Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor works Gram's body with a nice hook.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Gram is just out of range.
Taylor tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gram swivels and escapes.
Taylor throws an overhand right that lands on Gram's shoulder, as Gram tries to avoid the shot.
Gram pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Gram creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Taylor.
Taylor lands a left hand.
Gram lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Stacey Taylor has been cut.
Gram missing with knees to the body.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike from Gram.
Taylor trying to stall but Gram improves his position.
Taylor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gram lands an elbow inside.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gram.
Gram has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Taylor finds it's way round the side to connect with Gram's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gram circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gram counters by moving into the clinch.
Gram throws an elbow but it misses.
Taylor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taylor looks to land a combination. Gram sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taylor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gram counters with a thumping low kick.
Taylor throws a jab when Gram was well out of range.
Taylor rushes Gram and presses him up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gram throws an elbow but it misses.
Taylor presses Gram against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gram misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gram.
Gram creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Taylor's defenses.
Gram stalling.
Taylor is pushing Gram up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gram misses with an elbow strike.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike from Gram.
Taylor is trying to stall.
Taylor has Gram pushed against the cage.
Gram tries to land a knee to the head but Taylor blocks with his arms.
Taylor blocks the elbow strike.
Taylor gets through Gram's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Taylor.
Gram stalling.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Taylor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gram has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands with an overhand left.
Taylor looks to clinch
and Gram holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gram throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gram keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gram throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Taylor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Gram tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Taylor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gram has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gram backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gram tries to land knees in the clinch but Taylor avoids the damage to the body.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from Gram.
Taylor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor dodges an elbow strike from Gram.
Gram letting Taylor take a breather here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gram creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gram throws an elbow that misses.
Gram trying to stall but Taylor improves his position.
Come on Taylor - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Taylor has had enough of the clinch but Gram keeps him there for the moment.
Gram keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gram is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Taylor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Taylor jumps into guard, dragging Gram to the mat.
Taylor bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gram's guard.
Gram looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
Gram is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gram keeping moving, preventing Taylor from controlling successfully.
Gram lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Taylor!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stacey Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stacey Taylor's cut.
That's time! Gram's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Gram darts in trying to clinch
and Taylor counters with a nice leg kick.
Taylor shoots in and bounces Gram off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Gram wants to improve his position but instead Taylor has moved into half guard.
Taylor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gram is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taylor lands with a punch from half guard.
Taylor winds up and cracks Gram with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gram is trying to get back to full guard.
Gram taking some punishment here, with Taylor in his half guard.
Taylor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Taylor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gram trying to get back to full guard but Taylor takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Gram really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gram wants to control but Taylor is having none of it.
Gram really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Taylor working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gram throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Taylor prevents Gram from getting the reversal.
Taylor pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Taylor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Taylor controlling from the full mount.
Gram regains half guard.
Taylor controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gram is looking to control Taylor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gram avoid being mounted?
Taylor working Gram over with strikes.
Gram is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Taylor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Taylor's back!
Taylor breaks Gram's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Gram looking for a sweep. Not yet Gram, not yet.
Taylor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gram wants to sweep but no luck.
Taylor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gram throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
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.
Taylor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gram is keeping the position for now.
Gram looking to hit a scissor sweep but Taylor is one step ahead there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch combination from Taylor misses.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Gram counters by clinching up.
Gram misses with an elbow over the top.
Gram is looking to control Taylor's arms but Taylor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gram has his back to the cage.
Gram creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gram pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gram content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stacey Taylor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stacey Taylor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A right-left combo lands from Taylor.
Taylor throws a combination that misses
and Gram counters by clinching up.
Taylor blocks an elbow strike from Gram.
Gram misses with a knee to the head.
Gram throws an elbow that misses.
Taylor avoiding damage as Gram throws knees to the body.
Gram pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gram stalling in the clinch but Taylor improves position.
Taylor managing to block the knees to the body from Gram.
Taylor pushes Gram back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taylor has Gram pressed against the cage.
Gram throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Taylor.
Gram throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taylor lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gram backwards.
Nice elbow from Taylor.
Gram throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Gram closes the distance but Taylor moves to the side
and Taylor counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor drives through and clinches with Gram against the cage.
Taylor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gram tries to clinch up
and Gram takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taylor scores with a one two! Gram had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Gram keeps the fight on the outside.
Horrible takedown by Taylor or perhaps it was just good defense by Gram which made him look bad.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Taylor throws a one two combo.
Taylor has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gram misses with a knee strike.
Gram missing with knees to the body.
Gram tries to stall but Taylor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taylor is trying to break the clinch but Gram has him pressed against the cage.
Gram misses with an elbow over the top.
Taylor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gram tries to keep at a distance but Taylor has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gram misses with an elbow strike.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the body.
Taylor is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gram.
Taylor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gram or not.
Taylor wants to stall.
Stacey Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gram just misses with a elbow thrown towards Taylor's brow.
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from Gram.
Taylor wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gram lands an elbow inside that Taylor shrugs off.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Taylor as Gram tries to tie him up.
Taylor blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gram crunches a lovely knee into Taylor's ribcage.
Gram keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor taking a breather.
Taylor breaks from the clinch.
Taylor tries to clinch
and Gram counters by moving into the clinch.
Taylor avoids the elbow strike from Gram, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taylor.
Gram misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Taylor.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taylor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Johnny Gram has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gram looks to clinch
enabling Taylor to counter with a crisp jab.
Taylor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gram, pushing him back against the cage.
Taylor is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gram throws an elbow but it misses.
Taylor avoids a wild elbow strike from Gram.
Gram pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Taylor manages to break the clinch.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gram moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gram throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stacey Taylor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Taylor has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stacey Taylor!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill McBrody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Murder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McBrody comes to the cage accompanied by Get Back. The crowd seem to be enjoying Murder's choice of entrance music: God Save the Queen. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill McBrody!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jack Murder!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murder swinging wilding here.
Murder moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murder scores with a jab to the head.
Murder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murder lands a with a good body shot.
A big left from McBrody misses.
Murder lands a nice shot to the body.
McBrody avoids the body shot from Murder.
Murder tries to bum rush McBrody with a series of wild strikes but McBrody uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murder misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murder fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murder throws a hook but McBrody avoids it easily.
Murder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McBrody manages to avoid it.
Murder rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McBrody moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McBrody uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murder.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murder throws a series of punches but McBrody moves out of range.
McBrody scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A swing and a miss from McBrody.
McBrody throws a right and a left that both miss.
McBrody steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murder.
Murder throws a good cross that connects.
Murder uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McBrody.
Murder drops McBrody with a nice combination! Murder dives into McBrody's guard, looking to finish!
McBrody is rocked!
It looks like Bill McBrody has been cut.
Murder controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Oh McBrody is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
McBrody wants to sweep but no luck.
McBrody seems to have got his legs back now.
Murder showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
McBrody is trying to keep Murder in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murder stands up from McBrody's guard - Murder perhaps looking for a knockout.
McBrody drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McBrody swinging wilding here.
McBrody keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murder lunges at McBrody with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McBrody's hand.
Murder tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McBrody paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murder misses with an uppercut. McBrody saw that one coming.
Murder scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McBrody doesn't seem bothered though.
McBrody is breathing heavily.
Murder misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Murder.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBrody gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murder.
Murder scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murder scores with a hook.
Murder grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! McBrody takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Murder cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jack Murder!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Serra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Serra!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, KJ Dempsey!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dempsey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Serra circles away quickly and effectively.
Dempsey throws a hook to the side of Serra's head but Serra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Serra takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Serra closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dempsey circles away.
Serra closes the distance and clinches up with Dempsey, looking for a takedown. Serra pushes Dempsey against the cage but Dempsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Serra shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dempsey as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Serra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dempsey swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matt Serra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dempsey scores with a shot to the body.
Serra is breathing heavily.
Serra gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like Matt Serra has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Dempsey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Serra shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dempsey as he avoids it easily.
Serra showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dempsey.
Nice cross by Dempsey.
Dempsey cracks Serra with a big right hand and Serra goes down!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dempsey trying to control but Serra is working from the bottom.
Dempsey with a nice head shot there.
Dempsey scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dempsey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dempsey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Serra's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dempsey lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dempsey working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount and Serra is in trouble!
Dempsey is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Serra can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dempsey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Serra taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dempsey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Serra?
Dempsey unloading with bombs!
Dempsey lands a heavy elbow.
The referee warns Serra that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dempsey tries to control but Serra wriggling away.
Dempsey breaks from Serra's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Serra that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dempsey is landing with some decent strikes but Serra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Serra is trying to escape the mount.
Dempsey scoring with strikes but Serra is staying in there.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount and Serra is in trouble!
Dempsey landing punches.
Dempsey lands with some strikes.
Dempsey lands a heavy elbow.
Dempsey lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dempsey working Serra over with strikes here.
Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dempsey with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey with a couple of short strikes.
Dempsey lands a heavy elbow.
Dempsey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Serra hang on?
Dempsey lands a big elbow.
Dempsey with shots to the head and body - Serra looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dempsey trying to control but Serra is having none of it.
Serra is looking to improve his position but Dempsey isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Dempsey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Serra is trying desperately to improve position.
Dempsey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Serra is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Dempsey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Serra wants to control but Dempsey is having none of it.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount and Serra is in trouble!
Dempsey lands a big shot there that rocks Serra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Dempsey.
Dempsey unloading with bombs!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serra taking shots to the head.
Dempsey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dempsey with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dempsey lands a big elbow.
Serra in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dempsey landing strikes, looking to finish!
Serra is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KJ Dempsey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Serra's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dempsey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Serra avoids them all with ease.
Serra gets a takedown into half guard.
Dempsey connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Serra throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Serra passes into side control, despite Dempsey's attempt to control the position.
Serra is putting a hurting on Dempsey here, landing some big shots from side control.
Serra fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dempsey is not content to let Serra control the position.
Dempsey is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Serra off and has taken his back!
KJ Dempsey has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dempsey wants to control but Serra is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey scores with punches and elbows.
Serra tries to roll but Dempsey sticks to his back.
Dempsey tries to get the hooks in deep but Serra pushed the leg off.
Dempsey lands shots from the back.
Dempsey looking to break Serra's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Serra remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Dempsey will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Serra trying to control the position but Dempsey manages to sink in the hooks.
Dempsey lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Serra hold on?!
Dempsey just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Dempsey is landing with strikes from the back.
Serra grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Dempsey lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Serra.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey is not going to allow Serra to sit and survive in this position.
Serra is really stuck here.
Dempsey lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Serra tries to break free.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Dempsey.
Dempsey lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Serra.
Dempsey lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Serra tries to escape the position.
Dempsey lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey struggling to keep hold of the position.
Dempsey connects with a big shot to the side of Serra's head.
Serra is covering up but some of the strikes from Dempsey are getting through and doing damage.
Dempsey lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Dempsey scores with punches to the body.
Can Serra hold on?! Dempsey is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Can Serra hold on?! Dempsey is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Serra is trapped and Dempsey is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Serra trying to control but not successfully.
Serra takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Dempsey patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Dempsey is striking from the back but Serra escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Dempsey is pressing down on Serra's thigh, looking to free his foot. Serra is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey thows a huge punch but Serra dodges it nicely.
Dempsey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Serra makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Serra.
Serra looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dempsey is one step ahead there.
Serra tries to strike from the bottom.
Dempsey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dempsey not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Serra keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KJ Dempsey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Serra's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice body punch from Dempsey.
Dempsey throws a jab but it's blocked by Serra.
Dempsey looks to land a left hand but Serra moved out of range nicely.
Serra closes the distance and clinches up with Dempsey, looking for a takedown. Serra pushes Dempsey against the cage but Dempsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Serra dodges the punch combination from Dempsey.
Dempsey lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dempsey throws an overhand right that lands on Serra's shoulder, as Serra tries to avoid the shot.
Serra has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dempsey finds it's way round the side to connect with Serra's head.
KJ Dempsey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good standup being displayed there by Dempsey as he connects with a hook.
Serra defending well as Dempsey loads up on a big left hand.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Serra avoids them all with ease.
Dempsey looks to land a left hand but Serra moved out of range nicely.
Serra closes the distance and clinches up with Dempsey, looking for a takedown. Serra pushes Dempsey against the cage but Dempsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Serra drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dempsey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Serra looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Serra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A cross from Dempsey lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serra fails with a takedown attempt.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that both miss.
Serra slips under a jab from Dempsey.
KJ Dempsey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Serra tries to clinch but Dempsey is having none of it.
The crowd cheers as Dempsey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Serra doesn't seem phased though.
Dempsey misses the shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Serra.
Serra grinds an elbow into Dempsey's temple.
Serra grinds an elbow into Dempsey's temple.
Dempsey is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Serra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dempsey throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Serra on the side of the head.
Dempsey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dempsey.
Serra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Serra.
Dempsey tries to buck Serra off but Serra is having none of it.
Dempsey tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Serra presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey working to try and regain half guard.
Serra working Dempsey over with strikes here.
Serra thowing shots but they're missing.
Dempsey is looking to improve his position but Serra isn't that keen on the idea.
Serra jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Dempsey is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Dempsey and Serra has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Dempsey tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Serra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
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.
Dempsey struggling a bit here.
Dempsey manages to work his way to half guard, despite Serra's best efforts.
Dempsey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dempsey working a defensive guard here.
Dempsey wants to sweep here but Serra controlling him for the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Serra's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dempsey wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KJ Dempsey really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Serra's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Serra closes the distance and clinches up with Dempsey, looking for a takedown. Serra pushes Dempsey against the cage but Dempsey circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dempsey throws a right and a left that Serra avoids nicely.
Serra takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Serra moves out of range.
Serra has a takedown stuffed.
Serra 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.
Serra landing some decent shots from guard.
Dempsey lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Serra!
Dempsey with shots to the head and body - Serra looks very uncomfortable down there.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Serra takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Dempsey is landing with some decent strikes but Serra is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Dempsey lands a big shot there that rocks Serra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serra holds on for dear life.
Serra tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dempsey landing punches.
Dempsey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Serra really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
BOOM! Dempsey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount.
Dempsey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Serra looks a forlorn figure.
Dempsey lands a big shot there that rocks Serra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey with the ground and pound from mount.
Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Serra is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Dempsey.
A nice elbow there by Dempsey.
Serra in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dempsey working the ground and pound effectively.
Serra taking shots to the head.
Dempsey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Serra tries to reverse the position but Dempsey maintains control.
Dempsey trying to control but Serra is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Dempsey.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount.
Dempsey avoids the attempt from Serra to control.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount.
Dempsey with shots to the head and body - Serra looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dempsey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Serra really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dempsey breaks from Serra's wrist control and lands an elbow.
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.
Dempsey cracks Serra with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dempsey working Serra over with strikes here.
Serra is desperately trying to improve his position but Dempsey has a good base and remains in mount.
Dempsey cracks Serra with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Serra really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dempsey looking to finish Serra with some ground and pound. This is bad for Serra!
Serra tries to reverse the position but Dempsey maintains control.
Dempsey landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dempsey lands a big shot there that rocks Serra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dempsey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dempsey landing strikes from the mount.
Dempsey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KJ Dempsey dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Matt Serra's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
No luck for Serra with that takedown attempt.
Dempsey lands with a hook. Serra tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dempsey scores with a jab.
Dempsey misses with a straight left.
Dempsey connects with a nice looking jab.
Dempsey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Serra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dempsey.
Dempsey forces Serra back against the cage and clinches.
Serra tries to score a body lock takedown but Dempsey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Serra jumps guard but Dempsey stands there with Serra around his waist. Serra gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Serra. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dempsey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dempsey controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Dempsey.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Serra takes a shot to the head.
Serra goes for a takedown attempt but Dempsey pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dempsey lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Serra gets a takedown into half guard.
Serra seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dempsey is trying to stand.
Serra is working for a submission of some sort.
Dempsey moves into full guard.
Dempsey is looking to stand up but Serra isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Serra is one step ahead there.
Serra works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Serra working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dempsey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Serra preventing the sweep.
Dempsey has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Serra can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Serra trying to control but Dempsey is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey wants to sweep here but Serra controlling him for the moment.
Serra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dempsey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Serra's guard.
Dempsey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dempsey is working Serra over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dempsey postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dempsey throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Serra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dempsey avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Serra looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dempsey puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dempsey working the head and body with strikes.
Serra is looking for a sweep. Dempsey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dempsey passes the guard and advances to mount!
Dempsey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Matt Serra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dempsey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Serra is in a horrible position here. Dempsey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dempsey lands a big shot there that rocks Serra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Serra gets back to half guard.
KJ Dempsey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Serra is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
KJ Dempsey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dempsey has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 44:50
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 44:50
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 44:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KJ Dempsey!
KJ Dempsey is the new light heavyweight champion!
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