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HBB 19 - Damage PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Demarcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Karkamanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Solid Muay Thai
Very confident |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Demarcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicolas Karkamanis!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karkamanis looks to clinch
and Demarcus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Demarcus shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Demarcus was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Demarcus avoids the attempt from Karkamanis to control.
Karkamanis is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Demarcus is staying active.
Demarcus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Karkamanis tries to improve his position but instead Demarcus has taken his back!
Demarcus goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Karkamanis escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Demarcus is trying to stand back up but Karkamanis is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkamanis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Demarcus keeps working.
Karkamanis tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Demarcus.
Karkamanis wants to work for an arm triangle but Demarcus is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Demarcus works his way to full guard. Good work.
Karkamanis tries to free his leg and advance position but Demarcus is retaining full guard.
Karkamanis trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Demarcus manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Karkamanis keeping moving, preventing Demarcus from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Karkamanis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Karkamanis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Demarcus is one step ahead there.
Demarcus looking to pass the guard.
Karkamanis pushes Demarcus off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karkamanis wants to clinch
and Demarcus counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Demarcus preventing the sweep.
Demarcus postures up.
Demarcus is pushing down on Karkamanis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Karkamanis is fighting to maintain full guard but Demarcus has managed to sneak the leg through.
Demarcus trying to control the pace.
Karkamanis wants to control but Demarcus is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Demarcus tries to pass the half guard into mount. Karkamanis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Karkamanis is trying to stand.
Demarcus is working for an americana but Karkamanis has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Demarcus was thinking about the submission.
Demarcus stopping the sweep attempt from Karkamanis.
Karkamanis is working an open guard so Demarcus takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Demarcus dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A head kick by Demarcus misses
and Karkamanis moves into the clinch.
Karkamanis wants to stall.
Karkamanis leaning his opponent against the cage.
Karkamanis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Demarcus will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Demarcus gets tackled into the cage by Karkamanis. Karkamanis maintains the clinch.
Demarcus wants to break free but Karkamanis has control.
Demarcus tries to pull guard but Karkamanis won't allow it.
Karkamanis is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Demarcus is keeping busy.
Demarcus lands a takedown into guard.
Karkamanis trying to control the position.
Demarcus won't allow Karkamanis to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karkamanis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Demarcus controls the pace.
Karkamanis trying to keep a closed guard but Demarcus is proving a slippery customer.
Demarcus in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Demarcus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karkamanis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Karkamanis throws a lazy head kick
so Demarcus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkamanis trying to control the position here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Demarcus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Karkamanis wants to sweep here but Demarcus controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Demarcus being controlled here momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Nicolas Karkamanis was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Demarcus closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Demarcus lands in his opponent's guard.
Demarcus trying to control the position from guard on top but Karkamanis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Karkamanis wants to stand up but Demarcus is controlling him.
Anthony Demarcus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karkamanis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Demarcus manages to get himself to full guard.
Karkamanis trying to control but Demarcus is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karkamanis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Demarcus is trying to control the position but Karkamanis postures up.
Karkamanis wants to control from the top but Demarcus keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Demarcus dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Demarcus shoots in but Karkamanis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Karkamanis tries a head kick but it misses.
Demarcus tries to keep at a distance but Karkamanis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Karkamanis prevents Demarcus from breaking the clinch.
Demarcus tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Karkamanis just stands there and leans against the cage.
Demarcus jumps guard but Karkamanis stands there with Demarcus around his waist. Demarcus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Demarcus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Karkamanis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karkamanis has a couple of punches blocked by Demarcus.
Karkamanis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Karkamanis scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Demarcus is pressed up against the cage. Karkamanis has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Demarcus down to the mat. Demarcus avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Karkamanis gets a clinch.
Karkamanis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karkamanis darts in trying to clinch
so Demarcus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Demarcus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Karkamanis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Karkamanis is on top in guard.
Demarcus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Karkamanis preventing the sweep.
Karkamanis wanted to stand there but Demarcus had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karkamanis trying to control but Demarcus is working from the bottom.
Karkamanis passes Demarcus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Demarcus is trying is best to control the position here.
Karkamanis decides to stand up.
Demarcus shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karkamanis tries to get to full guard but Demarcus has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karkamanis is staying active underneath Demarcus, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Karkamanis trying to get back to full guard but Demarcus takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Karkamanis can't escape the position.
Karkamanis tries to lock up and control but Demarcus gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Demarcus swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Karkamanis is now in Demarcus's guard. A big mistake from Demarcus there, giving up the dominant position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Demarcus keeping moving, preventing Karkamanis from controlling successfully.
Nicolas Karkamanis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Karkamanis tries to stand but Demarcus is controlling from the bottom.
Karkamanis stands up from guard. Let's bang!
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 Anthony Demarcus.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Demarcus, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Demarcus!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Lagutin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Osinski (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 Alex Osinski was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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176 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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Good kicks
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikolai Lagutin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Osinski!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Osinski moves into the clinch.
Osinski pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lagutin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Osinski obliges.
Lagutin jumps guard but Osinski stands there with Lagutin around his waist. Lagutin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lagutin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Osinski just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolai Lagutin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Osinski is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lagutin fails to pull guard.
Osinski crunches a lovely knee into Lagutin's ribcage.
Osinski misses with an elbow strike.
Lagutin fails to pull guard.
Lagutin pulls guard.
Osinski is posturing up here but Lagutin has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Osinski tries to roll out but it's too tight and Osinski has to tap! Slick submission there by Lagutin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nikolai Lagutin!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Maynardo Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Napolitano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greco comes to the cage accompanied by after the slam watch for this.. Napolitano has chosen Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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168 lbs
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168 lbs
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Brawler
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maynardo Greco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dominick Napolitano!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Napolitano lands a nice looking body shot.
Greco misses with a takedown attempt
and Napolitano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Napolitano thuds his right hand into Greco's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Greco has his takedown stuffed
and Napolitano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Napolitano scores with a takedown into Greco's guard.
Napolitano passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Greco is not content to let Napolitano control the position.
Greco managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Napolitano.
Napolitano blocks the strikes from Greco.
Napolitano scoring with punches from side control.
Napolitano wants to lay and pray for a moment but Greco keeps working.
Greco manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Greco lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Napolitano keeping control of the position.
Napolitano makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Napolitano.
Greco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Greco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Greco throwing strikes but missing.
Napolitano wants to get back to his feet but Greco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Greco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Greco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Greco landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greco content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Napolitano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Napolitano manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Greco flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Greco is looking to improve his position but Napolitano isn't that keen on the idea.
Napolitano lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano blocks Greco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Napolitano wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
Greco taking shots to the head.
Napolitano looking to control but Greco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Napolitano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Napolitano tries to control but Greco wriggling away.
Napolitano landing strikes from the mount and Greco is in trouble!
Napolitano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Napolitano pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Greco is trying to escape the mount.
Greco is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Napolitano wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
Napolitano content just to control the position here.
Greco is working to get back to half guard.
Napolitano blocks Greco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greco really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Napolitano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Greco is bucking up trying to escape but Napolitano cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Napolitano wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominick Napolitano dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Greco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Napolitano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Greco backs up against the cage.
Napolitano works Greco's body with a nice hook.
Napolitano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheers as Napolitano lands an impressive looking overhand right. Greco doesn't seem phased though.
Greco shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Greco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Napolitano scores with a decent looking hook.
Napolitano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Greco.
Greco looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Napolitano!
Napolitano bucks Greco off and manages to get back to his feet!
Greco misses with a lunging right hand
and Napolitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab from Napolitano.
Greco misses the body punch
and Napolitano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Napolitano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Greco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Greco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Napolitano counters with a straight right hand.
Napolitano connects with a nice looking jab.
Napolitano catches Greco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Napolitano thuds a left hand into Greco's body.
Greco shoots in but Napolitano avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Greco shoots in looking for a takedown. Napolitano tries to sprawl out of it but Greco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Napolitano manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Greco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Napolitano to score with a decent uppercut.
Napolitano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Greco stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Greco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Napolitano wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Napolitano drives through and clinches with Greco against the cage.
Greco has Napolitano pressed against the cage, preventing Napolitano from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Greco keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Napolitano's efforts to push away.
Napolitano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Napolitano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Napolitano.
Napolitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Greco changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Napolitano fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maynardo Greco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napolitano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Napolitano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Greco takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Napolitano lands a nice looking body shot.
Napolitano comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Napolitano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Greco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Napolitano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Greco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Napolitano getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Greco on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Greco misses with a takedown attempt
and Napolitano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch lands to the side of Greco 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Greco takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano closes the distance and clinches.
Napolitano manages to break the clinch.
Greco takes one on the button.
Napolitano scores with a shot to the body.
Greco has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Napolitano finds it's way round the side to connect with Greco's head.
Maynardo Greco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Napolitano throws a shot to the body.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Napolitano clobbers Greco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Napolitano lands a glancing blow to the side of Greco's head.
Napolitano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Napolitano catches Greco with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Greco misses with a right hand
and Napolitano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dominick Napolitano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Napolitano lands the left hand.
Napolitano lands with an uppercut that bounces Greco off the cage and back into rage.
Napolitano with a nice cross.
Napolitano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Napolitano lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Greco has a takedown stuffed.
Napolitano bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Greco's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano lands with an uppercut that bounces Greco off the cage and back into rage.
Napolitano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the liver by Napolitano. Beautiful body shot.
Napolitano works Greco's body with a nice hook.
Greco looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Greco takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A cross from Napolitano lands.
Napolitano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Greco throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Napolitano's waist but Napolitano gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Greco off to one side.
Napolitano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Greco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Napolitano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Greco scrambles back to his feet.
Greco with a lazy takedown attempt
and Napolitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Greco gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Napolitano.
A left lands for Napolitano.
Napolitano cracks Greco with an open hand slap.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Napolitano lands with a right hand.
Greco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Napolitano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Napolitano scores with a jab. Greco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Greco throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Napolitano to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominick Napolitano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Greco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Napolitano tests Greco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Greco misses with a lunging right hand
and Napolitano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Napolitano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Greco misses with an uppercut
and Napolitano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Napolitano digs a good body shot into Greco's ribs.
Napolitano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Napolitano has Greco pushed against the cage.
Greco tries for a takedown but Napolitano manages to get underhooks.
Greco is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Greco wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maynardo Greco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Napolitano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Napolitano has hold of one of Greco's legs. Greco is fighting the takedown attempt but Napolitano gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dominick Napolitano has got the better of the ground game so far.
Napolitano lands a couple of digs.
Napolitano wants to control from the top but Greco keeps moving.
Greco knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Napolitano on the ground.
Napolitano lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Napolitano not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Napolitano is working Greco 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.
Napolitano trying to control but Greco is working from the bottom.
Greco preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Greco 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.
Napolitano sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Greco's guard.
Greco is in trouble now - Napolitano has advanced to mount!
Napolitano landing strikes from the mount.
Napolitano working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Napolitano breaks from Greco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Napolitano scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Greco?
Greco is looking to improve his position but Napolitano isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano breaks from Greco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Greco can't escape the position.
Napolitano punishing his opponent with strikes.
Napolitano lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Greco hang on?
Napolitano content just to control the position here.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Greco is desperately trying to improve his position but Napolitano has a good base and remains in mount.
Napolitano looking to control but Greco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano blocks Greco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
BOOM! Napolitano connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Napolitano raining down hammerfists from mount.
Napolitano wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
Greco swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Napolitano scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Napolitano blocks Greco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Napolitano with a couple of short strikes.
Greco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Greco is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Greco that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Greco is squirming around, avoiding Napolitano's attempts to control the action.
Greco can't escape the position.
Napolitano dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Napolitano.
Napolitano with the ground and pound from mount.
Napolitano blocks Greco's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The referee warns Greco that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Napolitano lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Greco hang on?
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Napolitano tries to control but Greco wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominick Napolitano really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Napolitano scores with a nice right hand.
A jab lands there for Napolitano.
Greco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Napolitano punishes Greco's body with a nice straight punch.
Napolitano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by Napolitano there.
Napolitano lands a jab.
Napolitano lands with a good body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Napolitano.
Greco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Napolitano manages to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Napolitano.
Napolitano scores with a jab. Greco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Napolitano connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Napolitano does it's job there.
Napolitano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Greco at a distance.
Napolitano digs a good hook to Greco's body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Napolitano scores with a jab to the body.
Greco walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greco throws an off balance right hand
and Napolitano counters with a left to the body.
Napolitano lands with a cross.
Greco misses with a hook
and Napolitano counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greco tries to score a power double leg takedown but Napolitano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Greco somewhat.
Napolitano tests Greco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Napolitano. That snapped Greco's head back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Napolitano.
Greco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Napolitano.
Greco walks into a straight right hand from Napolitano.
Napolitano scores with the left hand. Greco knows he should have avoided that one.
Napolitano moves in looking to clinch but Greco pushes him off.
Napolitano's jab looks to have found its range, popping Greco under the eye.
A nice combination there by Napolitano.
A nice combination there by Napolitano.
Greco shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Greco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Greco tries to move into range but Napolitano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano lands a jab to the head.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a good jab.
Napolitano throws a combination. Greco tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice shot by Napolitano.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a good jab.
Greco misses the body punch
and Napolitano counters with a right hand to the body.
Napolitano scores with a jab. Greco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Napolitano lands with a right hand.
Napolitano lands a nice shot to the body.
Greco takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Napolitano sizes up Greco with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A right-left combo lands from Napolitano.
Nice cross by Napolitano.
Napolitano scores with a body shot.
Napolitano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Napolitano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Napolitano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Napolitano works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jab, jab by Napolitano - just one landing.
Napolitano throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano scores with a nice head shot.
Napolitano scores with a body shot.
Napolitano looks to land a combination. Greco sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Napolitano throws out a powerful jab.
Napolitano scores with a hook to the body. Greco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Napolitano connects with a good right hand that stumbles Greco. Greco circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Greco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Greco gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Greco tries to sprawl but Napolitano drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Greco is refusing to be controlled, as Napolitano sits in half guard.
Napolitano looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Napolitano decides to stand and escape the position.
Greco is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Napolitano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano lands a nice hook to Greco's body. Greco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Napolitano scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good shot there by Napolitano.
Napolitano stalks Greco and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Greco's face. Greco staggers backwards, shaken.
Napolitano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Napolitano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Napolitano lands a jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Napolitano's corner calls for a 1-2. Napolitano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Greco walks into a stiff left hand from Napolitano.
Napolitano connects with the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Napolitano.
Napolitano connects with a looping right hand.
Napolitano works the jab nicely.
Greco looks to score with a jab to the body but Napolitano is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice cross by Napolitano.
Greco on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Napolitano lands a slapping body shot.
Greco walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Napolitano moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominick Napolitano dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Napolitano scores with a crisp jab that stopped Greco in his tracks.
Greco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Napolitano scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Napolitano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Napolitano connects with a crisp jab.
Greco misses with a combination
and Napolitano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Napolitano lands a jab.
Greco dives in and grabs Napolitano's left leg, looking for a takedown. Napolitano pushes down on Greco's head and hops out.
Greco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Napolitano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Greco's head.
Napolitano closes the distance and pushes Greco back into the cage.
Napolitano prevents a takedown attempt there.
Napolitano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greco backwards.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Greco has Napolitano pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Napolitano manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maynardo Greco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Greco has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Napolitano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Napolitano trying to stall but Greco improves his position.
Napolitano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Napolitano scores with a shot to the body.
Greco on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Napolitano throws a combination. Greco tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Napolitano jabs Greco to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Napolitano is looking to clinch.
Napolitano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Napolitano with a jab.
Greco shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Napolitano as he jumps to the side.
Napolitano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Napolitano clobbers Greco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A shot to the liver by Napolitano. Beautiful body shot.
Napolitano scores with a hook to the body. Greco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Napolitano lands with a straight right. Greco didn't see that one coming.
Napolitano dips to his left and cracks Greco with an uppercut!
Napolitano connects with a body shot.
Napolitano stuns Greco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Napolitano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Greco takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Napolitano ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greco takes one on the button.
Napolitano cracks Greco with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A left lands for Napolitano.
Napolitano has managed to clinch.
Greco drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Napolitano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Napolitano dips to his left and cracks Greco with an uppercut!
A jab from Napolitano does it's job there.
Greco gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Greco misses with a lunging right hand
and Napolitano counters with a straight right hand.
Napolitano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Napolitano lands a glancing blow to the side of Greco's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Napolitano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Napolitano scores with a jab. Greco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Greco moves forwards but Napolitano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good exchange - Napolitano coming out on top.
Napolitano shoots in and gets a takedown into Greco's guard.
Napolitano working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Greco's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napolitano working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Greco's head.
Napolitano stands and throws Greco's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Greco misses with a strike from the bottom.
Greco throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Napolitano trying to control the position but Greco is working away.
Napolitano working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Napolitano's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Napolitano working the head with strikes.
Greco trying to remain calm as Napolitano controls from the top position.
Napolitano decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Napolitano shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greco tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Greco throws a strike from the bottom but Napolitano passes into side control!
Napolitano lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dominick Napolitano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Greco tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Napolitano wants to control but Greco is keeping him busy.
Napolitano controlling from side mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greco tries to buck Napolitano off but Napolitano is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dominick Napolitano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Napolitano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 42:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 42:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 42:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominick Napolitano!
Dominick Napolitano is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riel Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Riel Reyes!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters with a stiff right hand.
Lee takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Bruce Lee has been cut.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Jab by Reyes.
Reyes is looking to land body kicks.
Reyes misses with a double jab.
Lee throws a poor cross that misses
and Reyes counters by moving into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reyes.
Reyes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lee up against the cage.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Reyes stalling in the clinch.
Reyes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Reyes lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Reyes controlling the action here for a moment.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lee is trying to break free.
Reyes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Reyes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Reyes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reyes.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
Reyes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Reyes lands a shot to the body.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Reyes working Lee over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Reyes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Lee misses with a hook
and Reyes holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reyes avoiding damage.
Reyes scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Reyes - that landed with a thud.
Reyes landing knees to the body.
Reyes has Lee pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Reyes's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Reyes with a knee to the head.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Reyes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
Reyes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Reyes slows down the pace here.
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Reyes.
A hook to the body from Reyes.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reyes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lee or not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reyes.
Reyes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
Reyes stalls.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Reyes.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Reyes doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
Reyes pushes Lee up against the cage in a clinch.
Reyes has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Reyes stalls.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reyes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Reyes.
Reyes lands a body punch.
Reyes stalling.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
Reyes lands a body punch.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes lands a shoulder strike.
Reyes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the cage.
Reyes digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Reyes.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reyes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reyes misses with a knee to the head.
Lee letting Reyes take a breather here.
Reyes continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Reyes lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riel Reyes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Reyes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reyes.
A combination from Lee does no damage.
Lee throws an off balance right hand
and Reyes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Reyes landing knees to the body.
The referee calls for Reyes to work.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Reyes won't allow it.
Riel Reyes seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Reyes stalling against the cage.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
Reyes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Reyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Reyes lands a hook that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reyes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reyes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Reyes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reyes.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stalling in the clinch from Reyes.
A right hand to the body from Reyes.
Stalling in the clinch from Reyes.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reyes scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
Reyes cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
Reyes stalls.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
Reyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reyes landing knees to the head.
Reyes stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Reyes.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is stalling here.
Nice body punch from Reyes - that landed with a thud.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Reyes.
Reyes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reyes has Lee pushed against the cage.
Reyes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Reyes working Lee over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Reyes.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Reyes.
Reyes keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reyes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Reyes.
Reyes is struggling to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a shot to the body.
Reyes lands with a left to the head.
Reyes presses Lee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reyes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lee up against the cage.
Lee wants to break free but Reyes has control.
Knees to the body from Reyes.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
Reyes scores with a knee to the head.
Reyes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lee tries to circle away but Reyes has him pinned against the cage.
Reyes lands an elbow inside that Lee shrugs off.
Reyes is pushing Lee up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lee tries to break the clinch but Reyes is controlling the position.
Reyes lands with a right to the head.
Lee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reyes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reyes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reyes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Reyes scores with a knee to the head.
Reyes digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reyes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
Reyes digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reyes scores with a knee to the head.
Reyes working Lee over with knees to the body.
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Lee tries to break free but Reyes pushes him back against the cage.
Reyes controlling the action here for a moment.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A short right from Reyes.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Reyes.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
Reyes avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riel Reyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Reyes wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Reyes.
Riel Reyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lee lands a body shot.
Reyes slips under a jab from Lee.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Reyes closes the distance and clinches.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Reyes working Lee over with knees to the body.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reyes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reyes is leaning against Lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Reyes.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reyes lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reyes lands a nice uppercut.
Reyes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reyes presses Lee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short body shot lands from Reyes as the two fighters clinch.
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lee tries to break free but Reyes pushes him back against the cage.
Reyes gets through Lee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Reyes.
Reyes is stalling here.
Reyes receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Reyes is controlling him.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Reyes lands a body punch.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lee's face.
Reyes has Lee pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Reyes - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Reyes lands with a good body shot.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Reyes fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lee checks it well.
Lee misses with a right hand
and Reyes counters by moving into the clinch.
Lee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reyes lands an elbow just above Lee 's eye.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reyes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lee has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Reyes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lee.
Reyes controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reyes pushes Lee back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reyes stalling.
Reyes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Reyes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reyes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reyes presses Lee against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
Reyes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Reyes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A right handed body shot lands from Reyes.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reyes prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Reyes cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
Reyes avoiding damage.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Lee being controlled against the cage.
Reyes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lee backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reyes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Reyes has managed to clinch.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riel Reyes really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Reyes looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Reyes ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Reyes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee throws a looping overhand right but Reyes ducks down to avoid it.
Lee throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Reyes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lee connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Reyes momentarily.
Reyes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reyes has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Lee wants to break free but Reyes has control.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Reyes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Reyes leaning his opponent against the cage.
Reyes digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Reyes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Reyes tries to land a knee to the head but Lee blocks with his arms.
Reyes avoiding damage.
Reyes pushes Lee back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes scores with a shot to the side of Lee's head.
Lee tries to break free but Reyes pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lee takes a knee to the side of the body.
Reyes digs a right hand into Lee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lee's gas tank.
Reyes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Reyes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
Reyes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Reyes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes lands a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reyes.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lee letting Reyes take a breather here.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes lands a left hand.
Lee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Come on Reyes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reyes stalling in the clinch.
Reyes digs a right hand underneath Lee's ribcage. Lee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lee working hard to break the clinch.
The referee calls for Reyes to work.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Reyes won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Reyes.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Reyes has Lee pushed against the cage.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reyes avoiding damage.
Nice elbow from Reyes.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Reyes keeps him there for the moment.
Reyes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Reyes slips under a jab.
Lee is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Reyes moves away and avoids it.
Lee misses with a straight left.
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.
Reyes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reyes stalks Lee and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lee's face. Lee staggers backwards, shaken.
Reyes throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reyes.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Reyes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lee throws a nice looking combination but Reyes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reyes rushes Lee and presses him up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Reyes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Reyes keeps control of Lee as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lee tries to break free but Reyes pushes him back against the cage.
Reyes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lee has had enough of the clinch but Reyes keeps him there for the moment.
A shot in the inside from Reyes.
Reyes lands a shot to the body.
Reyes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lee's face.
Reyes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lee lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reyes lands a nice knee to the body.
Reyes stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riel Reyes dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Lee's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Reyes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the cage.
Reyes stalls.
Reyes tries to land knees in the clinch but Lee avoids the damage to the body.
Reyes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Reyes prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reyes content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Reyes as the two fighters clinch.
Lee is trying to force a seperation but Reyes has the dominant position.
Reyes lands a right hand.
Lee wants to get back to striking at distance but Reyes won't allow it.
Reyes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Reyes scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Reyes.
Reyes just leaning against Lee, taking a breather.
Lee can't break the clinch.
Reyes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Reyes connects with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes lands a good knee to the midsection. Lee won't want to take too many of those.
Lee takes a knee right on the jaw!
Reyes is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reyes obliges.
A short right from Reyes.
Reyes prevents Lee from breaking the clinch.
Reyes taking a breather.
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reyes lands a shot to the body.
Bruce Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Reyes lands a damaging elbow.
Reyes lands a nice elbow.
Reyes is stalling here.
A frustrated look appears on Lee's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Reyes lands a body shot.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Reyes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lee in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Reyes lands a nice shot to the body.
Reyes lands a knee to the head.
Reyes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Reyes lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Reyes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Reyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lee's efforts to push away.
Reyes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reyes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lee is trying to break free.
Reyes stalls.
Lee wants to break the clinch but can't.
Reyes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riel Reyes.
Lee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lee misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee tries to bum rush Reyes with a series of wild strikes but Reyes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Reyes scores with a leg kick.
Reyes tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reyes is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.
Lee gets tackled into the cage by Reyes. Reyes maintains the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Reyes.
Lee is trying to break the clinch but Reyes has him pressed against the cage.
Reyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lee is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reyes.
Reyes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lee is trying to push Reyes away but Reyes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reyes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Reyes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lee looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Reyes effectively controlling the action here.
Lee wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Riel Reyes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reyes has Lee pushed against the cage.
Lee is looking to break free of the clinch but Reyes has double underhooks.
Reyes is leaning against Lee and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Reyes stalling against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Reyes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Riel Reyes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Reyes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 42:50
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 42:50
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 41:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riel Reyes!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dan Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Castile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quinn comes to the cage accompanied by BRANDED by Faces Of Mars. This should be fireworks!
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Quinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Angel Castile!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quinn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quinn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Quinn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Castile is trying to defend but Quinn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Quinn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Castile's head.
Quinn 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.
Quinn seems to be looking for submissions.
Quinn throwing shots but Castile is blocking nicely.
Castile is looking to improve his position.
Quinn thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Castile's head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Quinn seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Castile does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Quinn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Quinn controlling the pace.
Quinn is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Castile has managed to free his arm - good work.
Castile wants to improve his position but Quinn is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinn looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Quinn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Castile keeps working.
Quinn is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Quinn is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Castile is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Quinn!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between CJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shamil Zavurov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Penn comes to the cage accompanied by We are the ocean-waiting room. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, CJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shamil Zavurov!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zavurov bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Zavurov wants to control but Penn is keeping him busy.
Zavurov throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Zavurov trying to control the position but Penn is working away.
Zavurov working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Zavurov wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Penn, who protects the arm well.
Zavurov goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Penn rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Zavurov's guard! Nice work there by Penn!
Penn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zavurov looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Penn puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Penn misses with a head shot. Zavurov uses the momentum to regain guard.
Penn controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Penn sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Zavurov's guard.
Penn is looking to take a break and control but Zavurov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Zavurov is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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.
Zavurov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Penn looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Penn winds up and cracks Zavurov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zavurov is not content to let Penn control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zavurov wants to improve his position but Penn is controlling well.
Penn takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Penn 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.
Zavurov taking some punishment here, with Penn in his half guard.
Penn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Penn throwing shots but Zavurov is blocking nicely.
Zavurov looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penn is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Penn stalling.
Zavurov throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Penn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zavurov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Penn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Penn dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zavurov shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Penn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Zavurov is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Penn trying to keep a closed guard but Zavurov is proving a slippery customer.
Zavurov is looking to work some ground and pound but Penn has wrist control.
Zavurov drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Penn manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Zavurov has Penn in his guard.
Penn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zavurov's head.
Zavurov wants to sweep but no luck.
Zavurov trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Penn with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn postures up in Zavurov's guard and throws a big left but Zavurov blocks it.
Zavurov has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Penn has passed into side control.
Penn working the ground and pound.
Penn trying to control the action but Zavurov is working from the bottom.
Penn is staying tight to Zavurov's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Zavurov taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov is not content to let Penn control the position.
Penn creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Penn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Zavurov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zavurov takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zavurov down.
Penn working the body and head with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn scoring with punches from side control.
Zavurov throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Penn staying calm.
Penn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Penn is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Zavurov's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Zavurov is being controlled here.
Zavurov is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Penn's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Penn working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zavurov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Penn works his foot free and advances to mount.
Zavurov is breathing heavily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Penn is landing with some decent strikes but Zavurov is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Penn dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Zavurov throws a sloppy head kick and Penn moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Zavurov.
A bone on bone clash there as Zavurov blocks the leg kick.
Shamil Zavurov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penn misses with a double jab.
Penn throws a push kick but Zavurov slaps the foot to one side.
Zavurov closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Penn is pressing down on Zavurov's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Penn is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Zavurov drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Penn manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Zavurov has Penn in his guard.
Penn wants to control from the top but Zavurov keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Penn pushes down on Zavurov's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Penn prevents Zavurov from improving his position.
Zavurov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice strikes from Penn there.
Penn seems to be looking for submissions.
Penn lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penn missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Zavurov taking some punishment here, with Penn in his half guard.
Penn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Penn seems content to control.
Penn seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zavurov for as long as he can get away with.
Zavurov gets back to full guard.
Zavurov keeping moving, preventing Penn from controlling successfully.
CJ Penn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Penn throws a strike but Zavurov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Zavurov trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Zavurov drops back looking for a leg! Penn is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Penn manages to kick Zavurov off! Zavurov jumps back into Penn's guard.
Zavurov trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Zavurov might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Penn kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Penn seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Zavurov drops back, looking for a kneebar! Penn looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Penn looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Penn!
Penn connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Zavurov some visible discomfort.
Penn working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
CJ Penn clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Penn tries to sprawl but Zavurov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Penn is doing well to control the position and prevent Zavurov from advancing to side control.
Zavurov is trying to control. Penn wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Penn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zavurov pulls his head out easily.
Zavurov thows a huge punch but Penn dodges it nicely.
Zavurov throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Penn is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Zavurov pulls his head out easily.
Zavurov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zavurov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Penn controlling the position for now.
Zavurov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Zavurov seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zavurov is looking for a kimura here.
Penn gets full guard.
Zavurov trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zavurov tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.
Penn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Zavurov pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Penn is keeping the position for now.
Zavurov drops back, looking for a kneebar! Penn looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Penn looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Penn!
Zavurov takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zavurov striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Penn working the ground and pound.
Zavurov tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Penn working the ground and pound.
Penn is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Zavurov knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Penn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Zavurov down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penn landing a few strikes.
Penn working the body and head with strikes.
Penn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Penn has an Americana. Zavurov didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Penn is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Penn hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). CJ Penn!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gesasi Mougard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryant Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mougard kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sick Puppies - You're going down. Gesasi Mougard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gesasi Mougard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bryant Ward!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ward lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ward pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mougard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mougard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mougard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ward counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mougard thinking.
Mougard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mougard misses with a body shot
and Ward counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ward scores with a sloppy right hand. Mougard should have avoided that one.
It looks like Gesasi Mougard has been cut.
Ward connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ward lands a glancing blow to the side of Mougard's head.
Ward with a nice cross.
Ward has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward throws a hook but Mougard avoids it easily.
Ward lands a slapping body shot.
Bryant Ward is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mougard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ward connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A combination from Ward does no damage.
Mougard misses with a takedown
and Ward connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mougard is breathing heavily.
Ward throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ward misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Ward finds it's way through Mougard's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward scores with a sloppy right hand. Mougard should have avoided that one.
Gesasi Mougard's cut is getting worse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mougard misses with a takedown attempt
and Ward counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gesasi Mougard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ward with a hook.
Ward lands a body shot.
Ward connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mougard momentarily.
Ward lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mougard at a distance.
Ward throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mougard on the side of the head.
Gesasi Mougard's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Ward cracks Mougard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mougard takes one to the side of the head.
Jeez, Gesasi Mougard's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Ward thuds a left hand into Mougard's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Ward does it's job there.
Ward throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gesasi Mougard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bryant Ward!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miyamoto Usagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fox comes into the arena with Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miyamoto Usagi!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Usagi tries a head kick but it misses.
Fox scores with a jab to the jaw.
Usagi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sam Fox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fox misses with a hook
and Usagi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Usagi throws a low kick but Fox avoids it.
Usagi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Usagi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fox swings for the body but Usagi moves out of range.
Usagi misses with a head kick.
Usagi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fox checks a leg kick.
Fox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fox. Usagi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Usagi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Usagi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fox misses the shot to the body.
Fox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Usagi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox throws an off balance right hand
and Usagi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Usagi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fox crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Usagi - the referee stops the clock and Fox gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Usagi. Fox manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fox misses with a body shot.
Fox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Usagi was well out of range. Poor timing from Fox.
Fox lands a body shot.
Fox throws an off balance right hand
and Usagi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good leg kick by Usagi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fox throws a poor cross that misses
and Usagi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Usagi counters with a good low kick that Fox was not able to check.
Fox is breathing heavily.
Usagi misses with a low kick.
Fox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Usagi jabs Fox to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Usagi.
Usagi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Usagi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Usagi.
Usagi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Usagi lands with a kick to the temple. Fox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Usagi throws a nice head kick!
Usagi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Usagi fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fox is out of range.
Usagi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Usagi throws a good cross that connects.
Usagi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Usagi. Fox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Usagi misses with a leg kick.
Usagi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Usagi manages to avoid it.
Fox falls off balance throwing a combination
and Usagi counters with a low kick, right behind Fox 's knee.
Usagi misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fox. Usagi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Fox blocks the leg kick.
Usagi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Usagi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Usagi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fox misses with a right hand
and Usagi counters with a nice body shot.
Fox closes the distance but Usagi moves to the side
and Usagi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fox's knee momentarily.
Fox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Usagi finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Fox checks a leg kick.
Usagi thuds his shin into the meat of Fox's side.
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!
Usagi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Usagi thumps Fox with a low kick.
Usagi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Usagi lands a head kick. Fox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usagi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Usagi tenderised Fox's leg. Fox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Usagi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fox.
Usagi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Usagi scores with a body shot.
Usagi lands a nice shot to the body.
Fox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Usagi.
Fox takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fox throws a left and a right that both miss
and Usagi counters with a leg kick.
Usagi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Usagi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Usagi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Usagi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fox. That did some damage!
Usagi connects with a solid leg kick.
Usagi connects with a leg kick. Fox looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fox checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miyamoto Usagi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fox 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.
Usagi throws a leg kick but Fox moved away.
Fox throws a lazy uppercut
and Usagi counters with a stiff right hand.
Fox checks a low kick from Usagi.
Fox swings widly with a right hand
and Usagi counters with a left to the body.
Usagi throws a nice head kick!
Fox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Usagi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Miyamoto Usagi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
An inside leg kick lands from Usagi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Usagi.
Usagi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fox rather than just go for the knockout.
Usagi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fox checks it well.
Fox throws a right hand that misses
and Usagi counters with an outside leg kick.
Usagi lunges at Fox with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fox's hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fox 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fox checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Usagi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Usagi connects with a leg kick. Fox looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Usagi throws a sloppy head kick and Fox moves out of range easily.
Fox blocks a head kick by Usagi.
Usagi misses with a leg kick.
Fox throws a predictable looking body shot
and Usagi counters with a big head kick but Fox shrugs it off.
That kick from Usagi tenderised Fox's leg. Fox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Usagi throws a head kick but Fox moves out of range.
Usagi throws a leg kick but Fox sees it coming and moves out of range.
Usagi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Usagi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fox takes a swing at Usagi's ribcage but misses.
Fox misses with a series of wild punches.
Fox looks to land a combination but Usagi avoids it well.
Usagi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Usagi. Usagi obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox falls off balance throwing a combination
and Usagi counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fox is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Usagi throws a sloppy head kick and Fox moves out of range easily.
Fox swings widly with a right hand
and Usagi counters with a head kick that drops Fox!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Usagi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Usagi passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Usagi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Usagi is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usagi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fox down.
Fox is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Usagi has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Usagi is staying tight to Fox's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fox is trying to control Usagi's posture but Usagi avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Usagi controlling from side mount.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Miyamoto Usagi wasn't active enough on the ground.
Usagi takes a swing at Fox's ribcage but misses.
Fox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A leg kick checked by Fox.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox misses with a two punch combination.
Usagi feints and then cracks Fox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fox down.
Usagi tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miyamoto Usagi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Fox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Usagi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fox's knee momentarily.
Fox tries to clinch but Usagi moves out of range.
Usagi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Usagi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Usagi throws a head kick but Fox moves out of range.
Fox scores with a hook to the body. Usagi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fox looks to land a right hand but Usagi moved out of range.
Fox missing with a left hand there. Usagi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Usagi cracks the inside of Fox's front leg.
Fox checks a low kick from Usagi.
Fox scores with a nice head shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Fox checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fox punishes Usagi's body with a nice straight punch.
Usagi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fox cracks Usagi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fox cracks Usagi with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox closes the distance looking to clinch
and Usagi makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fox scores with a three punch combo!
Fox connects with a crisp jab.
Fox throws a hook but Usagi blocks it.
Fox misses with a wild body shot.
Usagi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fox on the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Usagi.
Fox loads up on a big right hand but Usagi slips the punch.
Fox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Usagi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fox.
Usagi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fox. That did some damage!
Fox looks to land a combination but Usagi avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Usagi scores with a leg kick.
Fox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Usagi counters with a big head kick but Fox shrugs it off.
A swing and a miss from Fox.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Usagi 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.
Fox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Usagi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fox throws an off balance right hand
and Usagi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fox misses with a hook to the body
and Usagi counters with a good low kick that Fox was not able to check.
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!
Usagi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fox misses with a body shot.
Usagi thows a body shot but no joy.
Fox moves out of range as Usagi throws a body kick.
A shot to the liver by Fox. Beautiful body shot.
Fox misses with a body punch
and Usagi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fox's knee momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Usagi, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox misses with a hook to the body
and Usagi counters with a big head kick but Fox shrugs it off.
Usagi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fox throws a poor cross that misses
and Usagi counters with a thumping low kick.
Usagi punishes Fox's body with a nice straight punch.
Usagi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Usagi under the eye.
Fox jabs Usagi to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fox misses with a body shot
and Usagi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fox misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fox misses with a left hand
and Usagi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Fox misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Usagi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fox's knee momentarily.
Fox swinging wildly here.
Usagi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fox.
Sam Fox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Usagi.
Fox takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Usagi.
Usagi throws a leg kick but Fox checks it.
Fox misses with a shot to the body
and Usagi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Usagi lands with a slapping head kick.
Fox 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.
Usagi stuns Fox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fox looks to land a combination but Usagi avoids it well.
Fox throws a right hand that misses
and Usagi counters with a leg kick.
Usagi is looking to chop away at Fox's legs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox checks a low kick from Usagi.
Fox misses with a combination
and Fox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Usagi lands a leg kick that knocks Fox off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Miyamoto Usagi.
Well Usagi 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyamoto Usagi!
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