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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Foster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Kendall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Foster had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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179 lbs
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173 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Foster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Kendall!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kendall tries to clinch there but Foster circles away.
Kendall is looking to clinch.
Foster really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Kendall rushes Foster and presses him up against the cage.
Kendall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kendall lands with a left to the head.
Foster is trying to stall.
Kendall lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kendall lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Kendall on the inside.
Foster is rocked!
Kendall pushes Foster back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Foster is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Kendall scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kendall creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Foster's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Foster drops to his knees and Kendall pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Kendall!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stone Gossard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gossard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to A Daley BEAT DOWN - NWA. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Stone Gossard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Evans!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gossard misses with a takedown attempt
and Evans cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stone Gossard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gossard takes one to the chin there.
Gossard has his takedown stuffed
and Evans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Evans prevents Gossard from standing back up.
Evans decides to stand up.
Gossard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Evans.
Gossard lands a nice hook to Evans's body. Evans takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evans throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gossard shoots and misses
and Evans counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Gossard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans throws a strike but Gossard avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gossard keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
Gossard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Evans on the ground.
Gossard wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position.
Evans is working Gossard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Evans blocks a head kick by Gossard.
Gossard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Evans closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Evans throws a hook but Gossard avoids it easily.
Gossard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Evans counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Evans throws a series of punches but Gossard avoids them all with ease.
Gossard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Evans counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Gossard's guard now.
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gossard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Evans keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Gossard's head.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Gossard has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans throwing strikes from guard but Gossard blocks nicely.
Evans is in close to Gossard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Evans loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Evans works over Gossard with some ground and pound from guard.
Gossard preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Evans trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Evans working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gossard's head.
Evans looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans stands and steps away. Gossard gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Gossard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gossard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Evans avoids the head kick by Gossard.
Gossard throws a head kick that half lands.
Gossard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gossard lands with a kick to the temple. Evans shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Evans takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Gossard lands a nice looking body shot.
Gossard shoots in and gets a takedown into Evans's guard.
Gossard throws a strike but Evans rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Evans drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Evans jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Gossard is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Evans is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Gossard is looking to stand up but Evans isn't so interested in that idea.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
Evans throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans thows a big elbow that misses.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gossard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Gossard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Evans dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gossard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Evans shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gossard is looking to stand up but Evans isn't so interested in that idea.
Evans makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Evans with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Gossard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gossard seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Evans does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Evans manages to escape and get back to his feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gossard delivers a nice body kick.
Gossard gets tackled into the cage by Evans. Evans maintains the clinch.
Evans has clasped his hands together around Gossard's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Gossard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Evans working the ground and pound but Gossard is defending the strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gossard manages to work his way to half guard, despite Evans's best efforts.
Evans with the ground and pound but Gossard uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Gossard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Evans is controlling him.
Evans trying to control the position from guard on top but Gossard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evans passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gossard is trying to maintain the position but Evans is very close to passing his half guard.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
Evans throwing shots but Gossard is blocking nicely.
Gossard looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Evans gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Paul Evans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans avoids a kick to the body.
Gossard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gossard throws a head kick that Evans semi-blocks.
Gossard tries to clinch
and Evans counters with a single leg into guard. Gossard didn't expect that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gossard looking to control but Evans passes into half guard.
Evans decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Gossard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gossard shoots and misses
and Evans counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gossard won't be happy with that.
Evans has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Evans swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Paul Evans!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thaddeus Manos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Bobby Moore was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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199 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thaddeus Manos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Moore!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Manos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Moore swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moore misses with an uppercut. Manos saw that one coming.
Moore defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Manos.
Moore circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Manos counters with a single leg into guard. Moore didn't expect that.
Moore wants to get back to his feet but Manos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Moore controls Manos momentarily but Manos frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manos stopping the sweep attempt from Moore.
Manos passes Moore's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Moore is looking to escape.
Manos is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Moore reverses the position - he's now on top in Manos's guard.
Manos is pulling down on Moore's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thaddeus Manos.
Manos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Moore throws out the jab.
Manos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Moore quickly recovers to half guard.
Manos wants to pass to mount but Moore is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is trying to stand back up but Manos is controlling him
Manos is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Moore has managed to free his arm - good work.
Manos is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Moore still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Moore has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Manos wants to control but Moore postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Moore tries to stand but Manos is controlling his head.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Manos tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Moore presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Moore tries to stand up but Manos had a hold of his arm and he's managed to perform a nice reversal, into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Manos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Moore swinging wildly here.
Manos is looking to clinch but Moore is avoiding it.
Moore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Moore throws a big shot that misses.
Bobby Moore 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.
Moore fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Moore.
Manos fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore scores with a three punch combo!
Manos shoots in and drives through. Moore sprawls well.
Moore misses with a combination
and Manos counters with a one-two to the body.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manos circles away quickly and effectively.
Manos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Moore as he jumps to the side.
Manos looks to land a combination but Moore avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manos doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Manos is just out of range.
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
Manos takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Moore misses with an uppercut.
Moore throws a poor cross that misses
and Manos moves into the clinch.
Manos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manos tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moore misses with a double jab
and Manos counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Moore's guard now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Manos from controlling successfully.
Manos prevents Moore from getting back to his feet.
Manos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Manos trying to control but Moore is working from the bottom.
Manos pushing down on Moore's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manos tries to pass to full mount but Moore defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Manos is looking for a kimura but Moore is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Manos to get the leverage.
Moore is trying to stand back up but Manos is controlling him
Manos wants to control but Moore is keeping him busy.
Manos is really struggling to control Moore but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Moore pushes Manos off and gets back to his feet.
Manos wants to clinch up but Moore keeps it at a distance.
Thaddeus Manos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Manos doesn't manage to clinch there - Moore circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thaddeus Manos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Moore keeps the fight on the outside.
Moore lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Manos circles away quickly and effectively.
Moore thuds a left hand into Manos's body.
Moore falls off balance throwing a combination
and Manos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Moore's guard.
Manos throwing strikes from guard but Moore blocks nicely.
Manos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Moore wants to stand and escape but Manos is having none of it.
Manos throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore keeping moving, preventing Manos from controlling successfully.
Manos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Moore swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Manos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Thaddeus Manos just wasn't active enough.
Manos fails in his attempt to clinch.
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.
Moore looks to land a combination but Manos avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Moore. No joy for Manos on that attempt.
Moore lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Moore pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moore swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Manos counters with a single leg into guard. Moore didn't expect that.
Moore can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Manos controls the pace.
Moore is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Manos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Thaddeus Manos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore is not content to let Manos control the position.
Manos slows the pace down.
Manos goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Moore rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Manos's guard! Nice work there by Moore!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Moore would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Thaddeus Manos.
Manos tries to close the distance and clinch but Moore swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manos misses with a takedown
enabling Moore to counter with a crisp jab.
Manos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Moore tries to avoid it but Manos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Moore to the ground. Moore escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bobby Moore has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thaddeus Manos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moore thuds a left hand into Manos's body.
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 Thaddeus Manos.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Manos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thaddeus Manos!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jussi Kyronviita (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Monty Redblack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redblack is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lumberjack Song. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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196 lbs
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190 lbs
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Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Solid chin |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jussi Kyronviita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Monty Redblack!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redblack throws a sloppy head kick and Kyronviita moves out of range easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Redblack misses with some punches.
Redblack trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Redblack.
Kyronviita stalling in the clinch but Redblack improves position.
Redblack working aggressively here.
Redblack working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Redblack scores a nice knee to the body.
Redblack being controlled against the cage.
Kyronviita is trying to break the clinch but Redblack has him pressed against the cage.
Redblack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redblack.
Kyronviita swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kyronviita lands a left hand that snaps the head of Redblack backwards.
It looks like Monty Redblack has been cut.
Kyronviita is looking to break free of the clinch but Redblack has double underhooks.
Kyronviita trying to stall but Redblack improves his position.
Kyronviita's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyronviita misses with some punches.
Redblack blocks an uppercut.
Kyronviita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Redblack closes the distance and pushes Kyronviita back into the cage.
Kyronviita stalls.
Redblack throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kyronviitas head.
Kyronviita changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Redblack fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kyronviita throws a right hand that misses
and Redblack counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kyronviita thinking.
Kyronviita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Redblack counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Redblack.
Kyronviita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redblack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kyronviita has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Redblack avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kyronviita tries to break the clinch but Redblack is controlling the position.
Kyronviita misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kyronviita misses with a body punch.
Redblack pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kyronviita is trying to drag Redblack to the mat but Redblack just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jussi Kyronviita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Redblack.
Kyronviita blocks the elbow strike.
Redblack has a couple of punches blocked by Kyronviita.
Kyronviita avoids a wild elbow strike from Redblack.
Kyronviita is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kyronviita drops down looking for an ankle pick but Redblack pulls his leg out and moves away.
Redblack moves out of range of the body kick from Kyronviita.
Kyronviita throws a combination that misses
and Redblack counters with an outside leg kick.
Kyronviita throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Redblack counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kyronviita is breathing heavily.
Kyronviita takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kyronviita pushes Redblack up against the cage in a clinch.
Kyronviita tries to break free but Redblack pushes him back against the cage.
Kyronviita looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyronviita tries to break free but Redblack pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kyronviita is trying to break the clinch but Redblack is controlling him.
Kyronviita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Redblack gets through Kyronviita's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kyronviita working aggressively here.
Kyronviita stalling.
Kyronviita is trying to force a seperation but Redblack has the dominant position.
Redblack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kyronviita backwards.
Kyronviita wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Redblack has him pressed against the cage.
Kyronviita has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Redblack avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kyronviita looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kyronviita stalling in the clinch but Redblack improves position.
Redblack lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kyronviita backwards.
Redblack misses with the head strike.
Redblack lands an elbow just above Kyronviita 's eye.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Redblack.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyronviita trying to stall but Redblack improves his position.
Redblack scores with a hook to the body.
Kyronviita is trying to drag Redblack to the mat but Redblack just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Redblack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kyronviita has Redblack pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Redblack manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
With the fighters up against the cage, Redblack throws an elbow but misses.
Kyronviita takes an elbow to the temple.
Kyronviita taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Redblack missing with knees to the body.
Kyronviita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Redblack as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redblack lands a body shot.
Redblack throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kyronviita misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Redblack.
Redblack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Redblack prevents the takedown attempt.
Redblack lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monty Redblack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Monty Redblack's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A left lands for Redblack.
Redblack scores with a nice strike.
Kyronviita takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A bone on bone clash there as Redblack blocks the leg kick.
Redblack scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kyronviita in his tracks.
Redblack lands with a shot to the body.
A big right from Kyronviita misses.
Redblack swings and misses with a shot to the body
so Kyronviita counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kyronviita controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Redblack is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Redblack can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kyronviita wants to control from the top but Redblack keeps moving.
Kyronviita throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyronviita throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Redblack works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kyronviita is looking to work some ground and pound but Redblack has wrist control.
Kyronviita trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kyronviita thows a big elbow that misses.
Kyronviita tries to free his leg and advance position but Redblack is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redblack keeping moving, preventing Kyronviita from controlling successfully.
Kyronviita postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Kyronviita looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kyronviita is looking to work some ground and pound but Redblack has wrist control.
Kyronviita controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Kyronviita 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jussi Kyronviita.
Kyronviita closes the distance and clinches.
Kyronviita has a couple of punches blocked by Redblack.
Kyronviita creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Redblack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redblack scores with a shoulder strike.
Kyronviita is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Redblack.
Kyronviita changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Redblack fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kyronviita misses with an uppercut. Redblack saw that one coming.
Kyronviita dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Redblack is looking to chop away at Kyronviita's legs.
Jussi Kyronviita is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kyronviita goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jussi Kyronviita seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kyronviita rushes Redblack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Redblack.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Redblack.
A nice right hand lands inside from Redblack.
Monty Redblack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kyronviita has Redblack pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Redblack manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kyronviita tries to score a body lock takedown but Redblack shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jussi Kyronviita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyronviita wants a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee calls for Kyronviita to work.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short left from Redblack.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kyronviita tries for a takedown. No joy.
Redblack lands with a light punch inside.
Redblack lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Redblack misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Redblack.
Redblack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redblack gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Kyronviita.
Redblack tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyronviita avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Redblack keeps control of Kyronviita as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Redblack lands an uppercut.
Redblack tries to land knees in the clinch but Kyronviita avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monty Redblack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Monty Redblack's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kyronviita throws a sloppy head kick
and Redblack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kyronviita swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Redblack counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kyronviita thinking.
Kyronviita doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kyronviita instigates a clinch.
Redblack is leaning against Kyronviita and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Redblack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Redblack lands a body punch in the clinch.
Redblack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kyronviita has a couple of punches blocked by Redblack.
Redblack cracks Kyronviita with a nice body shot.
Redblack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyronviita.
Redblack pushes off an throws an elbow but Kyronviita leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Redblack.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Redblack.
Redblack lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short body shot lands from Redblack as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Redblack works on Kyronviita's body with a couple of short punches.
Kyronviita is trying to drag Redblack to the mat but Redblack just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kyronviita swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redblack tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyronviita avoids it.
Kyronviita goes for a takedown in the clinch but Redblack prevents it.
Kyronviita dodges an elbow strike from Redblack.
Kyronviita takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kyronviita misses with an elbow over the top.
Kyronviita stalling in the clinch but Redblack improves position.
A short right from Redblack on the inside.
Redblack blocks an elbow strike from Kyronviita.
Kyronviita throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kyronviita is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Redblack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Redblack is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kyronviita is defending well for now.
Redblack lands with a right to the head.
A hook to the body from Redblack.
Kyronviita misses with a punch to the body.
Redblack lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redblack works on Kyronviita's body with a couple of short punches.
Redblack looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Redblack.
Redblack lands a nice uppercut.
Redblack misses with an elbow strike.
Redblack missing with knees to the body.
Redblack trying to land knees to the body.
Redblack is pressed up against the cage. Kyronviita has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Redblack down to the mat. Redblack avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jussi Kyronviita. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Redblack ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redblack scores with a head kick. Kyronviita tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kyronviita closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kyronviita sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Redblack scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kyronviita doesn't seem bothered though.
Redblack has Kyronviita up against the cage in a clinch.
Redblack is pressed up against the cage. Kyronviita has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Redblack down to the mat. Redblack avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Redblack forces Kyronviita back against the cage and clinches.
Jussi Kyronviita has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyronviita drops down looking for an ankle pick but Redblack pulls his leg out and moves away.
Redblack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kyronviita manages to avoid it.
Redblack misses with a body kick.
Redblack moves into the clinch.
Redblack lands a shot to the body.
Kyronviita tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redblack lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redblack just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kyronviita's brow.
Redblack scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Redblack lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kyronviita is working Redblack over against the cage.
A body shot lands from Redblack.
A right handed body shot lands from Redblack.
Redblack lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kyronviita creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Redblack is working Kyronviita over against the cage.
Monty Redblack is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redblack stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kyronviita can't break the clinch.
Kyronviita goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kyronviita goes for a takedown in the clinch but Redblack prevents it.
Redblack lands with a light punch inside.
Kyronviita swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Redblack has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kyronviita blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kyronviita throws a head punch that misses.
Kyronviita is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maybe Kyronviita would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kyronviita seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Redblack is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Kyronviita is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Monty Redblack comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Redblack winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monty Redblack!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tayeb Taheri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Lai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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180 lbs
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173 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tayeb Taheri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiago Lai!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lai looks to clinch
and Taheri counters with a stiff right hand.
Lai tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Taheri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taheri bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lai manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Taheri is pressing down on Lai's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Lai wants to control from the top but Taheri keeps moving.
Lai really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Taheri. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Taheri has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taheri wants to stand up but Lai is controlling him.
Taheri looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Taheri swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taheri trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taheri is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Taheri throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lai forces his way into half guard.
Taheri trying to control from the bottom.
Lai trying to control the pace.
Taheri is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taheri gets back to full guard.
Lai postures up.
Taheri throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Taheri wants to sweep but no luck.
Lai trying to move into half guard but instead Taheri has managed to sweep!
Taheri passes Lai's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lai is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Taheri has latched onto it... Big trouble! Taheri pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Lai is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Taheri!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tayeb Taheri!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between G I Jiggawhat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pawel Tokarczuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). G I Jiggawhat has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, G I Jiggawhat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pawel Tokarczuk!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tokarczuk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jiggawhat throws a right hand that Tokarczuk ducks under and follows up with a left that Tokarczuk also avoids with ease.
Tokarczuk gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jiggawhat.
Jiggawhat moves out of range of the leg kick from Tokarczuk.
Jiggawhat connects with a single shot there.
Jiggawhat throws a series of punches but Tokarczuk avoids them all with ease.
Tokarczuk lands a leg kick that knocks Jiggawhat off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tokarczuk. That's going to slow Jiggawhat down.
Tokarczuk fakes the leg kick and cracks Jiggawhat in the body.
Tokarczuk feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jiggawhat's calf.
Tokarczuk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tokarczuk connects with a solid leg kick.
Jiggawhat throws a body punch but Tokarczuk moves out of range.
Jiggawhat throws a series of punches but Tokarczuk avoids them all with ease.
Jiggawhat lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice inside leg kick there by Tokarczuk. That's going to slow Jiggawhat down.
G I Jiggawhat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tokarczuk darts in and clinches Jiggawhat up against the cage.
Tokarczuk stalling the fight.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokarczuk with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk has Jiggawhat pushed against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the body.
Jiggawhat is breathing heavily.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Tokarczuk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tokarczuk prevents Jiggawhat from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
It looks like G I Jiggawhat has been cut.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jiggawhat is trying to push Tokarczuk away but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tokarczuk is pushing Jiggawhat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Jiggawhat is blocking nicely.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jiggawhat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Tokarczuk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jiggawhat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jiggawhat tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat can't break the clinch.
Jiggawhat trying to stall but Tokarczuk improves his position.
Jiggawhat struggles to land a body shot inside as Tokarczuk controls his hands.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but Jiggawhat blocks with his arms.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Jiggawhat is blocking nicely.
Jiggawhat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jiggawhat has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Jiggawhat blocks it.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Jiggawhat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Tokarczuk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tokarczuk with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jiggawhat blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiggawhat tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tokarczuk.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Tokarczuk is stalling here.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Jiggawhat blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tokarczuk as Jiggawhat tries to tie him up.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat tries to stall but Tokarczuk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jiggawhat's efforts to push away.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the head.
Jiggawhat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Jiggawhat tries to break free but Tokarczuk pushes him back against the cage.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Tokarczuk is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Jiggawhat is blocking nicely.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Tokarczuk is pushing Jiggawhat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jiggawhat misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Jiggawhat blocks it.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jiggawhat has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokarczuk lands a good knee to the midsection. Jiggawhat won't want to take too many of those.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Jiggawhat is trying to maintain a safe position but Tokarczuk gets an underhook and turns Jiggawhat into the cage.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tokarczuk has Jiggawhat pressed against the cage, preventing Jiggawhat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jiggawhat working hard to break the clinch.
Jiggawhat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jiggawhat's efforts to push away.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tokarczuk displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jiggawhat up against the cage.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tokarczuk working Jiggawhat over with knees to the body.
Tokarczuk is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pawel Tokarczuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on G I Jiggawhat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jiggawhat scores with a jab. Tokarczuk acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jiggawhat takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jiggawhat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tokarczuk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tokarczuk connects with an inside leg kick.
Jiggawhat misses with a combination
and Tokarczuk counters with a body kick that stops Jiggawhat in his tracks momentarily.
A combination from Jiggawhat does no damage.
Jiggawhat lands a really nice looking cross but Tokarczuk seems unphased.
Jiggawhat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tokarczuk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk keeps control of Jiggawhat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk is pushing Jiggawhat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jiggawhat wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jiggawhat looking to slow down the pace here.
Tokarczuk just leaning against Jiggawhat, taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jiggawhat blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiggawhat tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
Jiggawhat is trying to force a seperation but Tokarczuk has the dominant position.
Jiggawhat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tokarczuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jiggawhat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jiggawhat's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jiggawhat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Jiggawhat wants to stall.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jiggawhat's face.
Tokarczuk keeps control of Jiggawhat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jiggawhat blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Jiggawhat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jiggawhat misses with a punch on the inside.
Tokarczuk tries a knee to the head but Jiggawhat blocks it.
Jiggawhat is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jiggawhat trying to control the position but instead, Tokarczuk has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jiggawhat into the cage.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jiggawhat blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiggawhat is trying to push Tokarczuk away but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good body shot from Jiggawhat.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jiggawhat can't break the clinch.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jiggawhat's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tokarczuk keeps control of Jiggawhat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tokarczuk is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tokarczuk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jiggawhat blocks it with crossed arms.
Jiggawhat is looking to control Tokarczuk's arms but Tokarczuk gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jiggawhat has his back to the cage.
Tokarczuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jiggawhat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jiggawhat is trying to break free.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Tokarczuk holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jiggawhat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tokarczuk displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jiggawhat up against the cage.
Jiggawhat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jiggawhat throws an off balance right hand
and Tokarczuk counters with a stiff right hand.
Jiggawhat looks to score with a jab to the body but Tokarczuk is just out of range.
Tokarczuk throws a nice head kick!
Tokarczuk lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk throws a leg kick which misses Jiggawhat's front leg but catches the back leg as Jiggawhat tries to avoid it.
Jiggawhat throws a nice looking combination but Tokarczuk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tokarczuk is looking to slow Jiggawhat down with leg kicks.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tokarczuk in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
An inside leg kick lands from Tokarczuk.
Jiggawhat walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tokarczuk.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tokarczuk.
Some wild striking there from Jiggawhat.
Jiggawhat throws a big shot that misses.
Tokarczuk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tokarczuk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jiggawhat misses with a double jab
and Tokarczuk counters with a thumping low kick.
Tokarczuk moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jiggawhat as Tokarczuk tries to tie him up.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jiggawhat is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Tokarczuk lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tokarczuk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tokarczuk looking to throw knees to the head but Jiggawhat is blocking nicely.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jiggawhat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jiggawhat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jiggawhat is trying to push Tokarczuk away but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jiggawhat is trying to break free.
Jiggawhat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tokarczuk misses with a knee strike.
Pawel Tokarczuk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tokarczuk keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jiggawhat's efforts to push away.
Tokarczuk just leaning against Jiggawhat, taking a breather.
Jiggawhat tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
Jiggawhat has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jiggawhat wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tokarczuk trying to stall but Jiggawhat improves his position.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Come on Tokarczuk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jiggawhat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pawel Tokarczuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on G I Jiggawhat's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Jiggawhat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tokarczuk counters with a nice kick to the body.
A punch combination from Jiggawhat misses.
Jiggawhat falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tokarczuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tokarczuk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jiggawhat checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Some wild striking there from Jiggawhat.
Jiggawhat throws a series of punches but Tokarczuk moves out of range.
Tokarczuk cracks the inside of Jiggawhat's front leg.
Jiggawhat ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tokarczuk moves away.
Jiggawhat misses with a wild combination.
Jiggawhat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Jiggawhat.
Jiggawhat throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tokarczuk counters with a thumping low kick.
Jiggawhat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tokarczuk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tokarczuk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jiggawhat paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jiggawhat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tokarczuk throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jiggawhat throws a combination that misses
and Tokarczuk counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jiggawhat chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tokarczuk can pounce on him.
Jiggawhat throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tokarczuk counters with a good low kick that Jiggawhat was not able to check.
Tokarczuk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jiggawhat throws a nice looking combination but Tokarczuk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tokarczuk connects with a leg kick. Jiggawhat looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tokarczuk.
Jiggawhat thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tokarczuk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tokarczuk rushes Jiggawhat and presses him up against the cage.
Jiggawhat has had enough of the clinch but Tokarczuk keeps him there for the moment.
Tokarczuk has Jiggawhat pressed against the cage, preventing Jiggawhat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tokarczuk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk has Jiggawhat pressed against the cage, preventing Jiggawhat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jiggawhat's face.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jiggawhat's face.
Tokarczuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tokarczuk prevents Jiggawhat from breaking the clinch.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Tokarczuk stalling in the clinch.
Jiggawhat tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Jiggawhat takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk misses with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jiggawhat takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jiggawhat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tokarczuk wants to stall.
Jiggawhat is trying to break free.
Jiggawhat tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Jiggawhat being controlled against the cage.
Tokarczuk trying to stall but Jiggawhat improves his position.
Jiggawhat tries to circle away but Tokarczuk has him pinned against the cage.
Tokarczuk manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tokarczuk unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Jiggawhat working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Jiggawhat is trying to force a seperation but Tokarczuk has the dominant position.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokarczuk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Tokarczuk.
Tokarczuk keeps control of Jiggawhat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tokarczuk obliges.
Tokarczuk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jiggawhat's face.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tokarczuk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tokarczuk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jiggawhat is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tokarczuk is keeping busy.
Jiggawhat tries to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling the position.
Tokarczuk scores with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tokarczuk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tokarczuk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jiggawhat has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jiggawhat is looking to break free of the clinch but Tokarczuk has double underhooks.
Jiggawhat wants to break free but Tokarczuk has control.
Tokarczuk working Jiggawhat over with knees to the body.
Jiggawhat wants to get back to striking at distance but Tokarczuk won't allow it.
Tokarczuk crunches a lovely knee into Jiggawhat's ribcage.
Jiggawhat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pawel Tokarczuk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tokarczuk prevents Jiggawhat from breaking the clinch.
Jiggawhat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jiggawhat is trying to break the clinch but Tokarczuk is controlling him.
Jiggawhat misses with a punch on the inside.
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Jiggawhat's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jiggawhat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
G I Jiggawhat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tokarczuk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tokarczuk connects with a knee to the head.
Jiggawhat is trying to maintain a safe position but Tokarczuk gets an underhook and turns Jiggawhat into the cage.
Tokarczuk landing knees to the head.
Jiggawhat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tokarczuk has him pressed against the cage.
Jiggawhat is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pawel Tokarczuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tokarczuk 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pawel Tokarczuk!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kosh Joscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kuba Rozpruwacz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kuba Rozpruwacz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kosh Joscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kuba Rozpruwacz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rozpruwacz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Joscheck tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rozpruwacz is in Joscheck's guard.
Rozpruwacz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rozpruwacz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Joscheck looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Joscheck keeping moving, preventing Rozpruwacz from controlling successfully.
Joscheck looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Joscheck had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rozpruwacz defends it easily.
Joscheck is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Joscheck throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rozpruwacz drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Rozpruwacz as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Joscheck screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Rozpruwacz! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Kuba Rozpruwacz!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hoppsan Barley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elite Pete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pete is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Gansta Party. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hoppsan Barley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Elite Pete!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barley drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pete wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pete is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Barley throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pete on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pete is not content to let Barley control the position.
Barley lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barley trying to control the action but Pete is working from the bottom.
Barley working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Barley politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Barley prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barley decides to stand back up.
Barley misses with an uppercut
and Pete counters with a nice uppercut.
Barley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pete misses with a jab, cross combination.
Barley misses with a body kick.
Barley falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pete counters with a series of strikes. Barley will be more careful next time no doubt.
Barley shoots in looking for a takedown. Pete tries to sprawl out of it but Barley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pete manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barley throws a head kick that half lands.
Pete scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barley walks into a jab.
Pete blocks a head kick by Barley.
Elite Pete is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Pete misses.
Pete scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pete scores with a jab to the head.
Pete lands with a right hand.
Pete swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Barley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pete throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barley.
Hoppsan Barley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Pete there.
Barley shoots in for a takedown but Pete shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Barley wants to clinch but Pete slips to the side
letting Pete counter with a right hand.
Pete stalks Barley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barley's face. Barley staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barley throws a combination that misses
and Pete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Pete counter with a right hand.
Pete fails to land with a series of punches.
Barley with a poor takedown
and Pete counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppsan Barley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barley misses with a combination
and Barley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barley throws a lazy uppercut
and Pete connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Barley shoots in for a takedown but Pete shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Barley is breathing heavily.
Pete lands a jab-cross combination.
Pete fails to land with a series of punches.
Pete jabs Barley right on the nose. Barley blinks but takes it well.
Pete fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Barley looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pete throws a nice looking combination but Barley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pete listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pete defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pete scores with a hook to the body. Barley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pete changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barley misses with a right hand
and Pete counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barley throws a poor cross that misses
and Pete counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pete is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barley shoots in for a takedown but Pete shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pete stuns Barley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice jab there from Pete.
Barley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pete goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pete is working the combinations to good effect here.
Barley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Pete. No joy for Barley on that attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pete changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Barley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pete.
Barley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elite Pete dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pete throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barley tries to clinch but Pete moves out of range.
Barley throws a sloppy head kick and Pete moves out of range easily.
Barley looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pete swinging wildly here.
Barley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pete pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barley back to the cage. Pete follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pete connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pete listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Barley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Elite Pete seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pete counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Barley swings widly with a right hand
and Pete counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barley closes the distance and clinches up with Pete, looking for a takedown. Barley pushes Pete against the cage but Pete circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pete counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppsan Barley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pete uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A right-left combo lands from Pete.
Barley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pete lands a jab to the nose.
Barley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pete.
Pete takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Barley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pete lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barley misses with a jab to the body
and Pete counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pete misses with a two punch combination.
Barley tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pete swivels and escapes.
Barley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pete's waist but Pete gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barley off to one side.
Barley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Barley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pete manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pete stalks Barley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barley's face. Barley staggers backwards, shaken.
Pete shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barley eats them both and turns towards Pete to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pete works Barley's body with a nice hook.
Barley shoots in and drives through. Pete sprawls well.
Pete works over Barley's head and body with a nice combination.
Barley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pete stalks Barley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barley's face. Barley staggers backwards, shaken.
Pete scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pete lands an overhand right.
Pete will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pete falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pete takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pete scores with a hook to the body. Barley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pete lands a nice hook to Barley's body. Barley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pete lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barley doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pete throws a right hand that Barley ducks under and follows up with a left that Barley also avoids with ease.
Hoppsan Barley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pete fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barley on the side of the head.
Pete lands with a straight right. Barley didn't see that one coming.
Pete uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barley has time to react.
Pete swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barley counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Pete's guard now.
Pete manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Barley manages to get himself to full guard.
Pete is looking to stand up but Barley won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pete can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Barley fails with the takedown.
Pete blocks a head kick by Barley.
Barley takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barley misses with a left hand
letting Pete counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barley misses with a double jab
and Pete cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pete catches Barley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pete scores with a sloppy right hand. Barley should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elite Pete showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Pete misses with a body punch
and Barley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pete connects with a nice looking jab.
Barley throws a lazy uppercut
and Pete makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Barley throws a series of punches but Pete moves out of range.
Barley looks to score with a jab to the body but Pete is just out of range.
Barley throws a head kick but Pete moves out of range.
Pete connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barley's hands.
Barley shoots in but no luck this time.
Barley misses with a head kick.
Pete defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barley.
Pete moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pete wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab by Pete.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A combination from Pete does no damage.
Pete displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barley lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Barley jabs Pete right on the nose. Pete blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from Barley.
Nice takedown defense from Pete. No joy for Barley on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hoppsan Barley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pete scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barley doesn't seem bothered though.
Pete has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pete fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pete lands with a nice combination. Barley backs away looking to recover.
Barley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pete blocks a head kick by Barley.
Barley tries to clinch up
and Pete counters with a left and a right that stings Barley.
Pete lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barley circles away quickly and effectively.
Barley misses with a head kick.
Barley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoppsan Barley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Pete. Those never looked like landing.
Pete moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Barley needs to keep his hands up - Pete had a free shot at his head there.
Pete stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pete wants it to stay on the feet.
Pete tries to bum rush Barley with a series of wild strikes but Barley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pete scores with a body shot.
Pete lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Pete counter with a right hand.
Pete scores with a body shot.
Barley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pete counters with a left and a right that stings Barley.
Barley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Barley shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Pete counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pete lands with a right hand.
Barley misses with a takedown attempt
and Pete counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pete lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Barley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pete misses with a two punch combination.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pete, as that shot connected.
Barley fails with the takedown
and Pete counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pete throws a right and a left that both miss.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Barley is defended easily by Pete.
Pete lands a nice shot that snaps Barley's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pete lands with a nice combination. Barley backs away looking to recover.
Pete lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pete lands a jab to Barley's midsection.
Elite Pete is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barley misses with a hook
and Pete counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Barley thinking.
Barley fails with the takedown
and Pete counters with a two punch combo.
Barley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pete counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No luck for Barley with that takedown attempt.
Barley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pete scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barley throws a head kick but Pete moves out of range.
Pete connects with a crisp jab.
Barley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barley throws a head kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elite Pete comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pete winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elite Pete!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Little Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by Pants On tha Ground. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rashad Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Little Girl!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson rushes Girl and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Jackson.
Girl blocking some punches.
Girl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson lands with a right to the head.
Girl is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jackson works on Girl's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
Girl cracks Jackson with a nice body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jackson.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Girl lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Jackson.
Girl looks gassed!
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Jackson lands a body shot.
Jackson cracks Girl with a nice body shot.
Jackson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jackson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Girl backwards.
A short right from Jackson on the inside.
Jackson working aggressively here.
Girl tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jackson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jackson scores with a shot to the side of Girl's head.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Girl backwards.
Jackson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Girl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Girl blocking some punches.
Girl blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Girl fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Girl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Girl misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson lands with a short shot to the head.
Jackson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jackson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Jackson.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jackson.
Jackson is working Girl over against the cage.
Jackson presses Girl against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jackson gets through Girl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Jackson.
Jackson gets through Girl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Girl takes a shot to the head.
Girl is rocked!
Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Girl is still on wobbly legs! Can Jackson finish him?
Jackson connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Girl covering up! Jackson comes in with a big uppercut and Girl goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rashad Jackson!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pterion Sinistra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pterion Sinistra!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sinistra if he has to take too many more of those.
Sinistra misses the jab.
Pterion Sinistra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinistra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sinistra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Sinistra misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a head kick. That will keep Sinistra thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sinistra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Brophy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses.
Brophy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brophy there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brophy throws the kick towards the body but Sinistra avoids it.
Sinistra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sinistra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Sinistra moves out of range of the body kick from Brophy.
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinistra.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brophy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sinistra scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brophy slips under a jab.
Brophy throws a head kick but Sinistra moves out of range.
No joy there for Brophy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brophy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sinistra counters with a left to the body.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sinistra.
Sinistra lands a nice shot to the body.
Sinistra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but Sinistra moved away.
Good standup being displayed there by Sinistra as he connects with a hook.
Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sinistra has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sinistra moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sinistra looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Sinistra looks to land a combination. Brophy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinistra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brophy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sinistra scores with a three punch combo!
Brophy pushes Sinistra away with a front kick.
Brophy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Sinistra.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sinistra connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Sinistra on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Brophy looks to clinch
letting Sinistra counter with a right hand.
Sinistra throws a combination that misses
and Brophy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinistra throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.
Sinistra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinistra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinistra with a jab.
Sinistra moves out of range of the body kick.
Brophy throws the kick towards the body but Sinistra avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sinistra misses the target.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Sinistra misses with a combination
and Brophy counters by moving into the clinch.
Brophy pulls guard successfully.
Sinistra wants to control from the top but Brophy keeps moving.
Brophy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinistra is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy is working hard here to advance position.
Brophy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brophy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Brophy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brophy has Sinistra up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Sinistra.
Brophy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brophy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sinistra counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sinistra scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sinistra scores with a body shot.
A combination from Sinistra does no damage.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sinistra scores with a sloppy right hand. Brophy should have avoided that one.
Sinistra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a body kick that stops Sinistra in his tracks momentarily.
Sinistra cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy walks into a left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brophy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sinistra throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Sinistra fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Sinistra finds it's way through Brophy's defenses.
Sinistra scores with a jab.
Sinistra lands with a shot to the body.
Sinistra blocks a head kick by Brophy.
Sinistra throws a right and a left that Brophy avoids nicely.
Brophy throws a head kick but Sinistra moves out of range.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sinistra ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sinistra lands with a good body shot.
A lazy left from Sinistra finds it's target.
Sinistra lands a jab.
Sinistra cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinistra scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sinistra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brophy circles away quickly and effectively.
Sinistra scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Brophy needs to keep his hands up - Sinistra had a free shot at his head there.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Sinistra misses with the combination.
Sinistra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brophy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sinistra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brophy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.
Sinistra misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Sinistra thuds a left hand into Brophy's body.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brophy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A jab lands there for Sinistra.
Sinistra paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sinistra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Sinistra swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy tries to clinch up but Sinistra circles away and keeps his distance.
Sinistra dips to his left and cracks Brophy with an uppercut!
Pterion Sinistra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinistra gets tackled into the cage by Brophy. Brophy maintains the clinch.
Brophy stalling in the clinch.
Brophy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sinistra avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
Brophy looking to throw knees to the head but Sinistra is blocking nicely.
Brophy tries a body shot but Sinistra blocks it.
Brophy pulls guard successfully.
Brophy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sinistra would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy wants to sweep here but Sinistra controlling him for the moment.
Brophy trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinistra wanted to stand there but Brophy had control of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinistra postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pterion Sinistra 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. And we move into the final round!
Brophy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sinistra scores with a three punch combo!
Sinistra scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Sinistra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Sinistra looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely.
Sinistra throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy wants to clinch up but Sinistra keeps it at a distance.
Sinistra misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a solid body kick.
Sinistra throws a lazy uppercut
and Brophy counters with a body kick that stops Sinistra in his tracks momentarily.
Brophy drives through and clinches with Sinistra against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brophy manages to pull guard.
Brophy controlling Sinistra's posture.
Sinistra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brophy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinistra is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy is pulling down on Sinistra's head to control his posture.
Brophy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sinistra!
Brophy wants to control the pace but Sinistra is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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.
Brophy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brophy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Brophy looking to control but Sinistra is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinistra regains half guard.
Sinistra trying to control here.
Sinistra is trying to stand up here but Brophy is controlling him well.
Brophy is trying to control the action in half guard but Sinistra is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brophy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
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.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Brophy is keen to just control but Sinistra is a slippery customer.
Brophy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Grant Brophy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Brophy closes the distance but Sinistra moves to the side
and Sinistra counters with a right hand to the body.
Brophy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sinistra jabs Brophy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brophy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brophy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinistra.
Brophy throws a sloppy head kick and Sinistra moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Brophy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brophy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Brophy!
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