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CoV 54: Griffin vs Wiggs PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Joe Shadow has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Joe Shadow seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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135 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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140 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Shadow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edgar Poe!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shadow leaves Poe with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shadow with a jab.
Shadow rushes Poe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shadow is trying to break the clinch but Poe is controlling him.
Shadow stalls.
Shadow tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Poe jumps guard but Shadow stands there with Poe around his waist. Poe gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Poe tries a knee to the head but Shadow blocks it.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shadow moves in looking to clinch but Poe pushes him off.
Shadow tries to clinch there but Poe circles away.
Poe shoots in looking for a takedown. Shadow tries to sprawl out of it but Poe keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Shadow manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Joe Shadow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edgar Poe.
Shadow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Poe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shadow stuffs the takedown attempt from Poe. Poe gets slowly back to his feet.
Shadow scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Shadow there.
Poe is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shadow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poe keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow drops Poe with a left right combo! Shadow follows him down to the ground into side control.
Poe is rocked!
Shadow looks up at the clock and then as Poe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shadow smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Poe is still in real trouble! Can Shadow finish him?
Poe taking punishment in the form of punches.
Shadow working the ground and pound from side control.
Poe seems to have recovered his senses.
Poe looks gassed!
Poe wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Shadow wants to lay and pray for a moment but Poe keeps working.
Shadow cracks Poe with a big elbow.
Poe is not content to let Shadow control the position.
Shadow works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Shadow trying to control the position but Poe is working away.
Shadow is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Poe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Poe, who protects the arm well.
Shadow creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lull in the action here as Shadow stalls from top position.
Shadow wants to control but Poe is keeping him busy.
Shadow lands some shots froms side control.
Shadow lands some shots froms side control.
Shadow looks up at the clock and then as Poe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Shadow smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadow working the ground and pound from side control.
Shadow lands an elbow.
Shadow working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Shadow working the head with strikes.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Shadow works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Poe prevents Shadow from moving into mount.
Shadow passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Poe!
Shadow 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.
Shadow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shadow looking to finish Poe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Poe!
Poe tries to hold on but Shadow postures up.
The referee warns Poe that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shadow raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Poe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shadow lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Shadow is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Poe has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shadow working for a submission but Poe is keeping him at bay.
Poe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Poe is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Shadow.
Shadow has control of Poe's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Poe regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Shadow dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shadow cracks a nice hook into Poe's ribs.
Poe shoots in looking for a takedown. Shadow tries to sprawl out of it but Poe keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Shadow manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Poe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shadow throws a sloppy head kick and Poe moves out of range easily.
Shadow forces Poe back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Shadow on the inside.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shadow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shadow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Poe is breathing heavily.
Shadow closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shadow working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shadow manages to break the clinch.
Shadow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Shadow.
Shadow gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shadow breaks the clinch.
Shadow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shadow pushes Poe up against the cage in a clinch.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Poe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shadow scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Shadow darts in and clinches Poe up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Shadow as the two fighters clinch.
Shadow breaks the clinch.
Joe Shadow is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Poe blocks the leg kick.
Shadow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Poe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shadow lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Poe backs up against the cage.
Shadow throws out a leg kick but Poe moves out of range and Shadow only half commits.
Shadow has Poe up against the cage in a clinch.
Shadow tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shadow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow tries to clinch up.
Shadow throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shadow closes the distance and pushes Poe back into the cage.
Shadow breaks from the clinch.
Shadow is working the combinations to good effect here.
Poe takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Shadow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poe, pushing him back against the cage.
Shadow stalls.
Shadow breaks from the clinch.
Shadow closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shadow darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Shadow works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shadow moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shadow lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A left and a right from Shadow both land. Nice combination.
Shadow drives through and clinches with Poe against the cage.
Shadow manages to break the clinch.
Shadow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadow clinches up with Poe and pushes him back against the cage.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Joe Shadow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shadow tries to clinch up but Poe circles away and keeps his distance.
Shadow's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shadow duly obliges.
Poe swats away the attempt to clinch by Shadow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shadow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shadow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shadow clinches.
Shadow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shadow goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shadow throws a one two combo.
Shadow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shadow clinches with his opponent.
Shadow just leaning against Poe, taking a breather.
Shadow lands a hook that snaps the head of Poe backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Shadow.
Shadow breaks the clinch.
Shadow throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Poe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shadow lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shadow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Poe takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shadow scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Shadow with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shadow moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shadow lands a jab-cross combination.
Shadow works over Poe's head and body with a nice combination.
Shadow scores with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shadow displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shadow lands a two punch combo.
Poe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shadow has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Shadow dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Shadow tries to clinch there but Poe circles away.
Shadow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shadow's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shadow duly obliges.
Poe slips a jab and a cross from Shadow.
Shadow scores with a nice head shot.
Poe tries to clinch there but Shadow circles away.
Shadow throws a nice looking combination but Poe bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shadow lands a nice looking body shot.
Shadow throws a one two combo.
Poe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shadow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shadow darts in and clinches Poe up against the cage.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shadow digs a good hook to Poe's body.
Shadow is looking to score with low kicks.
Shadow scores with a one two! Poe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shadow connects with a right hand. Poe shakes it off.
Shadow throws a head kick but Poe moves out of range.
Shadow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poe, pushing him back against the cage.
Shadow is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Poe being controlled against the cage.
Shadow breaks the clinch.
Shadow moves in looking to clinch but Poe pushes him off.
A right-left combo lands from Shadow.
Poe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A nice combination there by Shadow.
Shadow fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Poe, pushing him back against the cage.
Shadow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poe has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shadow stalks Poe and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Poe's face. Poe staggers backwards, shaken.
Shadow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poe can do to turn this around?
Shadow has Poe up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shadow.
Shadow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shadow swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shadow clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow is struggling to control the position.
Shadow manages to break the clinch.
Shadow lands a really nice looking cross but Poe seems unphased.
Shadow lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Shadow.
Shadow shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Poe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shadow lands a nice forearm strike.
Poe is looking for a sweep.
Shadow controlling the position from side mount.
Shadow working the body and head with strikes.
Poe tries to buck Shadow off but Shadow is having none of it.
Shadow scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shadow trying to control the action but Poe is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadow working the body and head with strikes.
Shadow lands an elbow.
Shadow in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Shadow lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Shadow taking a breather here.
Shadow connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Poe some visible discomfort.
Edgar Poe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Shadow working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Poe is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Shadow moves into full mount!
Poe tries to reverse the position but Shadow maintains control.
Shadow pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shadow landing shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shadow controlling his opponent.
Shadow working for a guillotine from mount but Poe is in no mood to give up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Shadow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shadow 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Joe Shadow!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Joe Shadow!
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Joe Shadow!
Joe Shadow wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Yemo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Fleek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fleek's choice of entrance music: Joker & The Thief by Wolfmother. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Excellent boxer
Tends to cut |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Yemo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Fleek!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yemo tries to close the distance and clinch but Fleek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fleek lands a slapping body shot.
Yemo tries to clinch up.
Yemo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fleek circles away.
Yemo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yemo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fleek smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good shot there by Fleek.
A left lands for Fleek.
Good exchange - Fleek coming out on top.
Fleek has managed to clinch.
Yemo tries to pull guard but Fleek holds him up against the cage and eventually Yemo drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Yemo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yemo can't get the takedown.
Fleek's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yemo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fleek counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yemo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fleek counters with a one-two to the body.
Yemo misses with a takedown
enabling Fleek to counter with a crisp jab.
Yemo closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Fleek counter with a right hand.
Yemo scores a takedown into full mount!
Fleek swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Fleek regains half guard.
Fleek flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Yemo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fleek sees it coming and defends easily.
Fleek lands a couple of sideways elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yemo blocks the strikes from Fleek.
Fleek gets full guard.
Fleek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Yemo throws and elbow that misses. Fleek uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yemo's guard. Nice move by Fleek!
Fleek throws a big right hand that misses.
Yemo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yemo is breathing heavily.
Fleek slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Yemo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleek landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fleek lands a nice short elbow.
Yemo trying to control here.
Fleek lands strikes from half guard.
Yemo pushes Fleek off and gets back to his feet.
Fleek lands with an uppercut that bounces Yemo off the cage and back into rage.
Fleek scores with a one two! Yemo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fleek swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Yemo.
Yemo ducks right into an uppercut from Fleek.
Fleek scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Yemo doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleek closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Yemo shoots and misses
and Fleek connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fleek lands an overhand right.
Fleek moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Yemo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Fleek counters with a series of strikes. Yemo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yemo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Yemo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yemo ducks right into an uppercut from Fleek.
Yemo takes one on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yemo tries to clinch up
and Fleek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fleek moves out of range as Yemo strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Fleek dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fleek throws a series of strikes that have Yemo backpedaling.
Yemo takes one to the side of the head.
Yemo tries to clinch
and Fleek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yemo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fleek.
Yemo tries to clinch up
and Fleek counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fleek lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fleek bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Yemo's head backwards.
Phil Fleek seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yemo closes the distance but Fleek moves to the side
and Fleek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fleek clinches.
Yemo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fleek clinches with his opponent.
Fleek blocks an uppercut.
Yemo can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yemo struggles to land a body shot inside as Fleek controls his hands.
Fleek manages to break the clinch.
Fleek lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yemo circles away quickly and effectively.
Phil Fleek is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yemo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fleek counters with a series of strikes. Yemo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yemo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fleek cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Yemo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yemo looks to clinch
and Fleek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A right-left combo lands from Fleek.
Fleek fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yemo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fleek!
Fleek closes the distance and pushes Yemo back into the cage.
Fleek wants to get back to striking at distance but Yemo won't allow it.
Yemo looking for a takedown.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fleek.
Fleek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fleek is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleek is trying to break free.
Fleek tries to circle away but Yemo has him pinned against the cage.
Fleek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fleek digs a good hook to Yemo's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fleek cracks Yemo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yemo wants to clinch but Fleek slips to the side
and Fleek counters with a two punch combo.
Fleek uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yemo has time to react.
Fleek scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yemo in his tracks.
Fleek connects with a nice looking jab.
Fleek lands a right hook to the body.
Fleek might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fleek connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Yemo momentarily.
Yemo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fleek moves into the clinch.
Fleek prevents Yemo from breaking the clinch.
Fleek prevents the takedown attempt.
Yemo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fleek is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fleek is trying to break the clinch but Yemo is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleek is trying to break the clinch but Yemo has him pressed against the cage.
Fleek working hard to break the clinch.
Fleek wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Yemo has him pressed against the cage.
Yemo keeps control of Fleek as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yemo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Fleek gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Fleek tries to break the clinch but Yemo is controlling the position.
Fleek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fleek comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fleek lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fleek!
Fleek jabs Yemo right on the nose. Yemo blinks but takes it well.
A nice combination there by Fleek.
Fleek lands a nice shot that snaps Yemo's head back.
Yemo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yemo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fleek closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleek scores with a jab to the body.
Fleek connects with a jab.
Fleek lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fleek lands a jab to Yemo's midsection.
Fleek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A lazy left from Fleek finds it's target.
Fleek stuns Yemo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fleek clinches.
Fleek is trying to force a seperation but Yemo has the dominant position.
Fleek working hard to break the clinch.
Fleek looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yemo manages to pull guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fleek postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Yemo looking for a sweep. Not yet Yemo, not yet.
Fleek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Yemo's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Fleek showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Fleek jabs Yemo right on the nose. Yemo blinks but takes it well.
Yemo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Yemo misses with a takedown attempt
and Fleek counters with a straight right hand.
Yemo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fleek counters with a three punch combo that has Yemo backing up. Yemo nods at Fleek to acknowledge the strikes.
Fleek stalks Yemo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yemo's face. Yemo staggers backwards, shaken.
Fleek scores with a three punch combo!
Yemo darts in trying to clinch
and Fleek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yemo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yemo wants to clinch
and Fleek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yemo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fleek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bill Yemo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yemo tries to clinch but Fleek moves away
and Yemo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yemo darts in trying to clinch
and Fleek counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Fleek as he connects with a hook.
Fleek lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Yemo backs up against the cage.
Fleek has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice defenses there by Fleek.
Fleek scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Yemo tries to clinch up
and Fleek cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fleek closes the distance and clinches.
Yemo jumps guard but Fleek stands there with Yemo around his waist. Yemo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Yemo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fleek tries to break free but Yemo pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleek wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fleek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Yemo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleek's efforts to push away.
Fleek gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Yemo.
Fleek is looking to break free of the clinch but Yemo has double underhooks.
Yemo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fleek smiles and moves away.
Yemo looks to clinch
and Yemo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yemo tries to clinch
and Fleek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bill Yemo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fleek scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fleek moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fleek moves into the clinch successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleek stops a takedown attempt from Yemo.
Fleek is trying to break free.
Yemo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Fleek just stands there and leans against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Yemo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fleek tries to circle away but Yemo has him pinned against the cage.
Yemo jumps guard but Fleek stands there with Yemo around his waist. Yemo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Yemo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Fleek prevents it.
Yemo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fleek is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Yemo is keeping busy.
Yemo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleek's efforts to push away.
Yemo throws a head punch that misses.
Yemo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleek's efforts to push away.
Yemo throws an elbow that misses.
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.
Yemo tries for a takedown but Fleek manages to get underhooks.
Yemo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fleek is trying to break free.
Yemo has a couple of punches blocked by Fleek.
A frustrated look appears on Fleek's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yemo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phil Fleek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Yemo looks to clinch
and Fleek counters with a two punch combo.
Fleek connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fleek connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fleek clinches up against the cage.
Yemo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Yemo tries to pull guard but Fleek won't allow it.
Fleek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fleek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yemo lands a hook that snaps the head of Fleek backwards.
Yemo tries to circle away but Fleek has him pinned against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phil Fleek comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Fleek 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight for Phil Fleek!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Phil Fleek!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Phil Fleek!
Phil Fleek wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincenzo Calliente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Knapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knapp is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Chevelle - The Red. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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23
172 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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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
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincenzo Calliente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Knapp!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Lou da Vinci and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Calliente with that takedown attempt.
Calliente changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Knapp tries to avoid it but Calliente manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Knapp to the ground. Knapp escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Knapp blocks a head kick by Calliente.
Calliente shoots in and drives through. Knapp sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincenzo Calliente. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knapp throws a shot from downtown. Calliente moves away and avoids it.
Calliente fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vincenzo Calliente seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calliente shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Knapp defends it nicely.
Knapp lands a big uppercut and Calliente crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Calliente looks OK. Knapp waves Calliente back to his feet!
Calliente is rocked!
It looks like Vincenzo Calliente has been cut.
Are you kidding me?! Knapp ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Calliente clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Peter Knapp!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darrian Ashoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAngelo Dunlop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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195 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darrian Ashoka!
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, DeAngelo Dunlop!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunlop stalks Ashoka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ashoka's face. Ashoka staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Darrian Ashoka has been cut.
Ashoka waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Dunlop.
Dunlop swinging wilding here.
Dunlop lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ashoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dunlop was well out of range. Poor timing from Ashoka.
Dunlop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ashoka circles away quickly and effectively.
Dunlop slips a jab from Ashoka.
Dunlop misses with a body shot.
Ashoka fails to land the takedown.
Ashoka tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dunlop sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ashoka somewhat.
Dunlop lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashoka takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dunlop scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ashoka throws a sloppy body shot
and Dunlop counters with a left right combination that sends Ashoka crashing to the mat - Dunlop wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Ashoka out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeAngelo Dunlop!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Jax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hushing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hushing comes into a darkened arena with his song building. PAUL VAN DYK "For An Angel" kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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184 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyson Jax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Hushing!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Hushing throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hushing misses with a looping left.
Hushing throws a shot from downtown. Jax moves away and avoids it.
Jax shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jax is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hushing has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Hushing really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jax is going olschool here, as he tries to force Hushing to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hushing shrugs it off.
Hushing can't escape the position.
Hushing gets back to half guard.
Jax is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Hushing still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Hushing has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Hushing is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jax has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hushing throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Jax works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hushing is pressing down on Jax's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jax is holding on for now.
Hushing is trying to control. Jax wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hushing wants to free his trapped foot but Jax is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jax looking for submissions off his back.
Jax blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hushing.
Hushing not doing much here.
Hushing is looking to take a break and control but Jax is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hushing looks to land a right hand but Jax moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jax fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hushing throws an overhand right that lands on Jax's shoulder, as Jax tries to avoid the shot.
Hushing misses with a hook. Jax ducked under it nicely.
Hushing lands the left hand.
Hushing gets caught flat footed, as Jax shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jax is breathing heavily.
Jax makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jax thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hushing keeping moving, preventing Jax from controlling successfully.
Hushing has his hands on Jax's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hushing wants to sweep but no luck.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hushing is on top in guard.
Hushing got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jax has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hushing has managed to get both his arms back between Jax's legs - danger averted.
Jax keeping moving, preventing Hushing from controlling successfully.
Hushing is pushing down on Jax's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jax is fighting to maintain full guard but Hushing has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hushing moves into full mount! Jax won't be happy about that!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hushing looking to secure an arm triangle but Jax defends it well.
Hushing lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jax tries to hold on but Hushing pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hushing has isolated one of Jax's arms. Jax looking to fight him off but Hushing twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matt Hushing!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard Evans will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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265 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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270 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Evans!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Marcus Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers shoots in but Evans avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rogers cracks Evans with a right hand to the side of the head.
Evans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rogers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rogers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Evans. No joy for Rogers on that attempt.
Rogers slips a straight right by Evans.
Evans is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rogers takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogers is defended easily by Evans.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans misses with a wild combination.
Rogers closes this distance looking for a takedown but Evans circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rogers is defended easily by Evans.
Evans keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans lands with a straight right. Rogers didn't see that one coming.
It looks like Marcus Rogers has been cut.
Evans clobbers Rogers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Richard Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans steps into range and cracks Rogers with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Rogers flops backwards and Evans dives into his guard looking to finish!
Rogers is rocked!
Evans stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Oh Rogers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans digs a good body shot into Rogers's ribs.
Rogers seems to have got his legs back now.
Rogers circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Evans. Rogers falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Evans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richard Evans!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johan Giles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Pederson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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24
163 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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20
160 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Giles!
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, Jeremy Pederson!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giles throws a body punch but Pederson moves out of range.
Giles tests Pederson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pederson wants to clinch up but Giles keeps it at a distance.
Pederson wants to clinch up but Giles keeps it at a distance.
Pederson throws a series of punches but Giles moves out of range.
Giles staying out of range there.
Giles takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pederson misses with a wild combination.
Pederson is looking to clinch but Giles is avoiding it.
Pederson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Giles swats away the attempt to clinch by Pederson.
Pederson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles punishes Pederson's body with a nice straight punch.
Pederson missing with a left hand there. Giles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pederson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Giles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pederson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Giles rushes Pederson with punches - Pederson moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Pederson goes down! Giles follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johan Giles!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacoby Wilcox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kingston's entrance music is Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos. A fine choice. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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24
217 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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19
218 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacoby Wilcox!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wilcox to the mat! Wilcox manages to get full guard.
Kingston preventing the sweep.
Kingston wants to pass the guard but Wilcox is keeping the position.
Kingston stopping the sweep attempt from Wilcox.
Wilcox is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kingston in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wilcox is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wilcox has his hands on Kingston's head, controlling the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kingston throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilcox with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kingston counters with a stiff right hand.
Kingston looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice sprawl there from Kingston as Wilcox shoots in.
Kingston looks to land a body kick but Wilcox moved away.
Kingston misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Kingston does no damage.
Wilcox misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Eddie Kingston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacoby Wilcox.
Wilcox checks a leg kick.
Wilcox tries a low kick but Kingston avoids it.
Wilcox shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kingston but Kingston pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kingston works Wilcox's body with a nice hook.
Wilcox looks gassed!
Kingston throws a body punch but Wilcox moves out of range.
Kingston lands with a shot to the body.
Kingston connects with a jab.
Kingston closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wilcox did well to prevent Kingston getting side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kingston is nestled in close to Wilcox, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kingston thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wilcox is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kingston scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kingston throwing shots but Wilcox is blocking nicely.
Kingston working over Wilcox with some ground and pound. Wilcox looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kingston is nestled in close to Wilcox, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
It looks like Jacoby Wilcox has been cut.
Wilcox is pressing down on Kingston's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Kingston postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wilcox avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wilcox tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wilcox preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kingston postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kingston 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.
Wilcox is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wilcox is keen to just control but Kingston is a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Wilcox. Oh but Kingston has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Wilcox goes limp - he's gone! Kingston jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Eddie Kingston!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vrajesh Ponnaganti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Jeremy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya. Ron Jeremy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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157 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ron Jeremy!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeremy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ponnaganti moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy misses with a series of wild punches.
Jeremy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ponnaganti pinned against the cage. Ponnaganti gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ponnaganti lands with a slapping head kick.
Ponnaganti wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
A big left from Jeremy misses.
Ponnaganti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeremy throws out the jab.
Ponnaganti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ponnaganti prevents a body shot from Jeremy.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy looks gassed!
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Ponnaganti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Ponnaganti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeremy tries a body shot but Ponnaganti blocks it.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Ponnaganti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jeremy.
Ponnaganti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.
Jeremy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands with a right to the head.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is working Ponnaganti over against the cage.
Jeremy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow that stopped Jeremy in his tracks for a moment.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a shot to the body.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.
Ponnaganti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks with his arms.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jeremy blocks it with crossed arms.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ponnaganti backwards.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a nice uppercut.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti stops a takedown attempt from Jeremy.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jeremy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ponnaganti was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti moves out of range of the strikes.
Ponnaganti moves into the clinch successfully.
A knee to the head by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
A short left from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jeremy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jeremy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jeremy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ponnaganti was well out of range. Poor timing from Jeremy.
Ron Jeremy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ponnaganti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ponnaganti connects with a body shot.
Ponnaganti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a nice body kick.
Ponnaganti throws a head kick that Jeremy semi-blocks.
Ponnaganti tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ponnaganti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti blocks a body shot from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Jeremy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ponnaganti's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jeremy avoids the elbow strike from Ponnaganti, against the cage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jeremy misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks with his arms.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow.
Ponnaganti throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy avoiding damage as Ponnaganti throws knees to the body.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the head.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Jeremy.
Jeremy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ponnaganti misses with a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ponnaganti scores with a shoulder strike.
A knee to the head by Ponnaganti.
Jeremy tries to score a body lock takedown but Ponnaganti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
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.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ponnaganti lands a nice shot to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy blocks an uppercut.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jeremy's face.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right from Ponnaganti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ponnaganti.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Still in the clinch, Jeremy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy struggles to land a body shot inside as Ponnaganti controls his hands.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ponnaganti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jeremy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ponnaganti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ponnaganti rushes Jeremy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Jeremy digs a right hand underneath Ponnaganti's ribcage. Ponnaganti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jeremy is trying to break free.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ponnaganti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jeremy avoids the damage to the body.
Jeremy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jeremy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ponnaganti counters with an outside leg kick.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jeremy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ponnaganti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeremy lands a nice hook to Ponnaganti's body. Ponnaganti takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ponnaganti clinches up against the cage.
Jeremy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ponnaganti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ponnaganti throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jeremy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ponnaganti rather than just go for the knockout.
Jeremy looks to score with a jab to the body but Ponnaganti is just out of range.
A head kick from Ponnaganti lands but Jeremy takes it in his stride.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Jeremy misses the target.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.
Jeremy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ponnaganti moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ponnaganti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ponnaganti lands a head kick!
Ponnaganti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jeremy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ponnaganti counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ponnaganti forces Jeremy back against the cage and clinches.
A hook to the body from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Ponnaganti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ponnaganti wants to stand and escape but instead Jeremy has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ponnaganti wants to stand and escape but Jeremy is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jeremy won't allow Ponnaganti to sweep him here.
Jeremy won't allow Ponnaganti to get back to his feet.
Ponnaganti wants to get back to his feet but Jeremy passes into half guard.
Jeremy decides to return to a standing position.
Ponnaganti moves out of range as Jeremy strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jeremy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jeremy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ponnaganti counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jeremy scores with a shot to the side of Ponnaganti's head.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Ponnaganti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti lands a shoulder strike.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ponnaganti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jeremy's face.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ponnaganti tries to land knees in the clinch but Jeremy avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Vrajesh Ponnaganti did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ponnaganti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jeremy.
Ponnaganti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jeremy throws out the jab.
Jeremy throws a lazy right hand but Ponnaganti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jeremy misses with a body shot.
Ponnaganti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti tests Jeremy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jeremy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ponnaganti manages to avoid it.
Ponnaganti drives through and clinches with Jeremy against the cage.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ponnaganti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ponnaganti putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jeremy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ponnaganti obliges.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy fails to pull guard.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
Jeremy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jeremy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ponnaganti pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jeremy is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti trying to land knees to the body.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling him.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Jeremy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jeremy gets control of Ponnaganti's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jeremy will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Ponnaganti wanted to stand there but Jeremy had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ponnaganti gets to his feet - Jeremy follows without any prompting.
Ponnaganti pushes Jeremy up against the cage in a clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jeremy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti pushes off an throws an elbow but Jeremy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ponnaganti.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy fails to pull guard.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Jeremy.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti connects with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Jeremy misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ponnaganti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ponnaganti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy lands a shot to the body.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Jeremy working hard to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti prevents Jeremy from breaking the clinch.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Ponnaganti crunches a lovely knee into Jeremy's ribcage.
Ponnaganti misses with a knee strike.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A hook to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti working Jeremy over with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Ponnaganti 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.
Vrajesh Ponnaganti had his way with Ron Jeremy in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jeremy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti presses Jeremy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy is looking to break free of the clinch but Ponnaganti has double underhooks.
Ponnaganti creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jeremy's defenses.
Ponnaganti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ponnaganti lands with a short shot to the head.
Jeremy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ponnaganti scores with a hook to the body.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jeremy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ponnaganti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside that Jeremy shrugs off.
Jeremy wants to break free but Ponnaganti has control.
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.
Ponnaganti lands a damaging elbow.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow inside.
Ponnaganti lands a right hand.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ponnaganti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti lands an elbow just above Jeremy 's eye.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Ponnaganti keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jeremy's efforts to push away.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy blocks an elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ponnaganti throws an elbow but misses.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti keeps control of Jeremy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
A left hand lands to the body for Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the body.
Ponnaganti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jeremy manages to break the clinch.
Jeremy misses with a series of wild punches.
Ponnaganti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ron Jeremy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ponnaganti connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ponnaganti tries to clinch but Jeremy is having none of it.
Ponnaganti takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jeremy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy misses with a shot to the body
and Ponnaganti counters with a nice leg kick.
Jeremy misses the shot to the body.
Ponnaganti throws a leg kick which misses Jeremy's front leg but catches the back leg as Jeremy tries to avoid it.
Jeremy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ponnaganti's head backwards.
Jeremy throws a big shot that misses.
Ponnaganti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy tries to break the clinch but Ponnaganti is controlling the position.
Ponnaganti lands a good knee to the midsection. Jeremy won't want to take too many of those.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a knee to the head.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jeremy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jeremy is trying to force a seperation but Ponnaganti has the dominant position.
Ponnaganti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jeremy.
A short left from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti scores with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti tries a knee to the head but Jeremy blocks it.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Jeremy.
Ponnaganti with a knee to the head.
Ponnaganti looking to throw knees to the head but Jeremy is blocking nicely.
Jeremy wants to get back to striking at distance but Ponnaganti won't allow it.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ponnaganti missing with knees to the body.
Ponnaganti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jeremy avoids it.
Ponnaganti has Jeremy pressed against the cage, preventing Jeremy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ponnaganti misses with a knee to the head.
Jeremy tries to break free but Ponnaganti pushes him back against the cage.
Jeremy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Ponnaganti.
Ponnaganti lands a nice knee to the body.
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.
Jeremy is trying to break the clinch but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Ponnaganti lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jeremy or not.
Jeremy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ponnaganti has him pressed against the cage.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeremy takes an elbow to the temple.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
Ponnaganti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeremy manages to break the clinch.
Ponnaganti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeremy misses with a looping right.
Ponnaganti drives through and clinches with Jeremy against the cage.
Ponnaganti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jeremy can't break the clinch.
Jeremy tries to circle away but Ponnaganti has him pinned against the cage.
Knees to the body from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy has had enough of the clinch but Ponnaganti keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jeremy dodges an elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy blocks an elbow strike.
Jeremy tries a body shot but Ponnaganti blocks it.
Jeremy avoids a wild elbow strike from Ponnaganti.
Jeremy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jeremy misses with the head strike.
Jeremy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ponnaganti, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Vrajesh Ponnaganti!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti wins by unanimous decision!
Vrajesh Ponnaganti retains his featherweight title!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chris Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wiggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chris Griffin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wiggs!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Griffin does no damage.
Griffin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Wiggs.
Griffin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wiggs throws a shot from downtown. Griffin moves away and avoids it.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiggs.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Griffin tries to score with a low kick but Wiggs moves his leg out of the way.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Griffin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wiggs backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiggs throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griffin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wiggs moves away.
Griffin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
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.
Griffin lands with a slapping head kick.
Griffin defending well as Wiggs loads up on a big left hand.
Griffin lands a two punch combo.
Griffin swings for the body but Wiggs moves out of range.
Wiggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
A bone on bone clash there as Wiggs blocks the leg kick.
Griffin misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs throws a hook but Griffin blocks it.
Wiggs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Wiggs.
Griffin throws out a loose jab but Wiggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiggs looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Griffin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Griffin throws a head kick but Wiggs moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a right hand. Wiggs shakes it off.
Wiggs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griffin lands with an overhand left.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wiggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griffin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wiggs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wiggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Griffin moves away.
Wiggs misses with a few strikes there.
Wiggs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Griffin throws a lazy head kick
and Wiggs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Griffin thinking.
Griffin throws a looping overhand right but Wiggs ducks down to avoid it.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Wiggs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Wiggs moves out of range easily.
Griffin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wiggs misses with an uppercut. Griffin saw that one coming.
Griffin connects with a jab.
Griffin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Chris Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wiggs tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin throws a series of punches but Wiggs moves out of range.
Griffin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Wiggs makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheers as Griffin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wiggs doesn't seem phased though.
Griffin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wiggs connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Chris Griffin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wiggs misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Wiggs misses.
A good leg kick by Griffin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Griffin.
Griffin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wiggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Griffin slips under a jab from Wiggs.
Wiggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griffin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wiggs is breathing heavily.
Griffin lands a nice shot that snaps Wiggs's head back.
Chris Griffin is winning the standup battle so far.
Wiggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A head kick misses from Griffin.
Griffin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Wiggs on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
A jab from Wiggs misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Griffin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wiggs looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jab by Griffin.
Wiggs tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chris Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wiggs lands a two punch combo.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Wiggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A right-left combo lands from Griffin.
Griffin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wiggs's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Wiggs avoids them all with ease.
Wiggs misses with a head kick.
Griffin cracks the inside of Wiggs's front leg.
Griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danga de danga de dang - Griffin scores with a four punch combination!
Wiggs lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Griffin throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Wiggs to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Wiggs misses
and Griffin counters with a leg kick.
Griffin throws out a powerful jab.
Griffin connects with a nice looking jab.
Wiggs avoids the body shot from Griffin.
Griffin throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Wiggs to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick by Griffin misses
and Wiggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Griffin, right into the meat.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wiggs.
Wiggs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.
Wiggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin thows a leg kick but Wiggs checks it
and Wiggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Griffin.
Griffin connects with a high kick.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wiggs throws a head kick but Griffin moves out of range.
A head kick by Wiggs misses
and Griffin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Griffin misses with a hook to the body
and Wiggs counters with a straight right hand.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin's cut.
That's time! Griffin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wiggs blocks a head kick by Griffin.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Wiggs might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Griffin has got the better of the exchanges.
Griffin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wiggs. That did some damage!
Griffin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Griffin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Wiggs counters with a right hand to the body.
Wiggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Wiggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin loads up on a big right hand but Wiggs slips the punch.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Wiggs avoids them all with ease.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Wiggs counter with a right hand.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Wiggs.
Wiggs's corner calls for a 1-2. Wiggs obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Griffin scores with the left hand. Wiggs knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggs throws a big shot that misses.
Wiggs misses the jab.
Wiggs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griffin throws a leg kick but Wiggs moved away.
Wiggs uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Griffin.
Wiggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griffin.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wiggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Griffin misses with a head kick.
Wiggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Griffin.
Wiggs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wiggs slips a jab and a cross from Griffin.
Good leg kick by Griffin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Griffin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Griffin takes a swing at Wiggs's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Jab from Griffin.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Griffin misses.
A right-left combo lands from Griffin.
Wiggs throws a hook to the side of Griffin's head but Griffin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Griffin had his way with John Wiggs in that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Griffin'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!
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wiggs takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Wiggs.
Wiggs has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wiggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Griffin is just out of range.
A shot to the body from Griffin misses
and Griffin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wiggs looks to land a left hand but Griffin moved out of range nicely.
Wiggs fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggs missing with a left hand there. Griffin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffin moves out of range as Wiggs strikes.
Wiggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin connects with a single shot there.
Griffin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Griffin throws a head kick but Wiggs moves out of range.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Wiggs moves out of range.
Wiggs might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Griffin throws a jab when Wiggs was well out of range.
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.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Wiggs moves away and avoids it.
Wiggs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Griffin.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Griffin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Wiggs counters with a straight right hand.
Wiggs misses the shot to the body.
Wiggs swings for the body but Griffin moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Wiggs.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Wiggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Wiggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
John Wiggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wiggs.
Wiggs takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Griffin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Wiggs avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wiggs misses with a looping right.
Griffin misses with an uppercut. Wiggs saw that one coming.
Griffin lands a jab to the head.
Chris Griffin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wiggs takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big left from Griffin misses.
Griffin misses with a combination
letting Wiggs counter with a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Griffin.
Well Griffin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight for Chris Griffin!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Chris Griffin!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Chris Griffin!
Chris Griffin wins by unanimous decision!
Chris Griffin retains his lightweight title!
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