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UFF 3 - SlaughterHouse PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Elam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Shepard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Remedy. This should be a great matchup!
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202 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rick Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Keith Elam!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elam on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shepard. Shepard obviously looking to wear him down.
Elam tries to score a power double leg takedown but Shepard sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Elam somewhat.
Shepard avoids the head kick by Elam.
Elam shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Elam tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepard displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Elam.
Rick Shepard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keith Elam.
Elam fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Shepard avoids it really well and circles away.
Rick Shepard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard stuffs the takedown.
Shepard with a poor takedown
and Elam counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Shepard wants to sweep but no luck.
Elam chips away with some ground and pound.
Elam scoring with punches to the head and body.
Elam looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Let's hope that Elam has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Elam looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elam works over Shepard with some ground and pound from guard.
Elam cracks Shepard with a solid left hand.
Elam showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Elam forces his way into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shepard pushes Elam off looking to stand but Elam dives back in and keeps control.
Elam is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Shepard has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elam is trying to control the action in half guard but Shepard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elam 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.
Elam performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elam tries to pass to full mount but Shepard defends it.
Shepard is not content to let Elam control the position.
Elam is nestled in close to Shepard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Elam is working for a submission of some sort.
Ground and pound from Elam.
Elam looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nice strikes from Elam there.
Elam working Shepard over with strikes.
Elam is taking a breather. Shepard says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Shepard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Elam on the ground.
Shepard taking some punishment here, with Elam in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keith Elam dominated that round.
That's time! Shepard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Elam has his takedown stuffed
and Shepard counters with a nice double leg into side control. Elam won't be happy with that.
You can see the frustration on Elam's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Elam regains half guard.
Elam striking from the bottom.
Elam moves into full guard.
Elam had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Shepard defends it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elam looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shepard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Elam has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Shepard has managed to get both his arms back between Elam's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elam striking off his back but it's not causing Shepard any problems.
Elam is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shepard is aware though and is defending well.
Elam is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Elam is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shepard is aware though and is defending well.
Elam looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shepard has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Elam to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Shepard is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Elam pulls down on the head and he's put Shepard to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Keith Elam!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pleas Honeywood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Marks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honeywood comes to the cage accompanied by Soul by the Pound. Pleas Honeywood could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tim Marks's chin.
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150 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pleas Honeywood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Marks!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Honeywood or perhaps it was just good defense by Marks which made him look bad.
Honeywood shoots in for a double leg but Marks sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Honeywood swinging wilding here.
Marks misses with a two punch combination.
Marks has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Honeywood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Honeywood.
Pleas Honeywood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honeywood goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Honeywood throws a series of punches but Marks avoids them all with ease.
Marks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Honeywood.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A left and a right from Honeywood both land. Nice combination.
Honeywood works the jab nicely.
Marks moves out of range of the body kick from Honeywood.
Honeywood dives in and grabs Marks's left leg, looking for a takedown. Marks pushes down on Honeywood's head and hops out.
Honeywood swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marks closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marks has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Honeywood avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Honeywood tries to break free but Marks pushes him back against the cage.
Honeywood is trying to break free.
Honeywood tries to break the clinch but Marks is controlling the position.
Honeywood tries to break the clinch but Marks is controlling the position.
Marks has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Honeywood is trying to keep an underhook but Marks manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Honeywood manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Honeywood drives through with a takedown into guard.
Honeywood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Honeywood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marks wants to stand but Honeywood is controlling the position.
Honeywood postures up in Marks's guard and throws a big left but Marks blocks it.
Marks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honeywood.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honeywood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marks working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Honeywood.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marks takes one to the chin there.
Marks is trying hard to land a takedown here. Honeywood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Marks is looking to clinch but Honeywood is avoiding it.
Marks has a takedown stuffed.
Honeywood throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marks's head.
Honeywood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Honeywood lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Marks backs up against the cage.
Honeywood shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Marks's guard.
Honeywood stands and steps away. Marks gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Honeywood.
Honeywood throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marks counters with a takedown into side control.
Marks is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Honeywood wants to control but Marks postures up.
Marks postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Honeywood is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Marks has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Honeywood is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Honeywood 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.
Marks is pressing down on Honeywood's thigh, looking to free his foot. Honeywood is holding on for now.
Marks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Marks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marks thows a huge punch but Honeywood dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood is trying to maintain the position but Marks is very close to passing his half guard.
Marks throwing shots but Honeywood is blocking nicely.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Honeywood throws a quick inside leg kick.
Honeywood doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Marks counters with a single leg into guard. Honeywood didn't expect that.
Honeywood is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Honeywood is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Honeywood wriggles free and stands up.
Honeywood shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Honeywood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pleas Honeywood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Honeywood with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marks counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Honeywood's guard now.
Honeywood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marks throwing strikes but missing.
Marks postures up in Honeywood's guard and throws a big left but Honeywood blocks it.
Honeywood escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marks gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marks wants to stand but Honeywood has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Honeywood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marks.
Marks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Honeywood keeping moving, preventing Marks from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Honeywood scores with a jab.
Marks moves forwards but Honeywood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Honeywood to score an easy takedown into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honeywood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marks can do anything to dispel that myth.
Honeywood working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Honeywood is looking to work some ground and pound but Marks has wrist control.
Honeywood decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Marks, up you get!
Honeywood tries to bum rush Marks with a series of wild strikes but Marks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Honeywood drives through with a takedown into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Honeywood wants to control from the top but Marks keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood looking to pass the guard.
Honeywood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Honeywood in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Honeywood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honeywood accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marks has his feet on Honeywood's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Left hook, right uppercut from Honeywood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marks counters with a single leg into guard. Honeywood didn't expect that.
Marks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honeywood will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Marks postures up in Honeywood's guard and throws a big left but Honeywood blocks it.
Marks throws a big right hand that misses.
Marks trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marks controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Honeywood is trying to keep Marks in close.
Tim Marks has got the better of the ground game so far.
Honeywood is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Marks is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marks throws a head kick but Honeywood moves out of range.
Honeywood stalks Marks and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Marks's face. Marks staggers backwards, shaken.
Honeywood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Honeywood tries to bum rush Marks with a series of wild strikes but Marks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honeywood fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Honeywood has his takedown stuffed
and Marks decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Honeywood's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pleas Honeywood. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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!
Honeywood keeping moving, preventing Marks from controlling successfully.
Honeywood trying to control the position.
Marks trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Honeywood keeping moving, preventing Marks from controlling successfully.
Marks must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marks trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Honeywood is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Marks frees his head nicely. Oh but Honeywood has switched to an armbar! Marks is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Pleas Honeywood!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between murray mintz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Mikkelsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). mintz comes to the cage accompanied by Smack My Bitch Up- The Prodigy. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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141 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, murray mintz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lars Mikkelsen!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mintz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mikkelsen is looking to land body kicks.
mintz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mikkelsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
mintz lands a knee to the body.
mintz landing knees to the head.
mintz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mikkelsen's efforts to push away.
Mikkelsen tries to break free but mintz pushes him back against the cage.
Mikkelsen tries to circle away but mintz has him pinned against the cage.
mintz lands a knee to the head.
mintz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mikkelsen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mikkelsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by mintz. mintz obviously looking to wear him down.
mintz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mikkelsen's sensitive parts.
Mikkelsen throws a sloppy head kick
and mintz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
mintz throws a head kick that misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
mintz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mintz tries a knee to the head but Mikkelsen blocks it.
Mikkelsen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A frustrated look appears on Mikkelsen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
mintz landing knees to the head.
mintz lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from mintz.
Mikkelsen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
mintz blocks the elbow strike.
Mikkelsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
mintz lands a knee to the head.
mintz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
mintz scores with a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen tries to break the clinch but mintz is controlling the position.
mintz lands a nice knee to the body.
Mikkelsen wants to stall.
Mikkelsen is looking to break free of the clinch but mintz has double underhooks.
mintz keeps control of Mikkelsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
mintz breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsen avoids the head kick by mintz.
mintz tries to clinch but Mikkelsen moves out of range.
mintz wants to clinch.
Mikkelsen keeps the fight on the outside.
A good leg kick by mintz.
Mikkelsen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mikkelsen throws a body kick the misses
and mintz counters with a nice leg kick.
Mikkelsen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mikkelsen looks to throw a body kick
and mintz counters with a low kick, right behind Mikkelsen 's knee.
mintz closes the distance and clinches.
mintz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. mintz obliges.
A bit of stalling here from mintz.
mintz gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mikkelsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mikkelsen can't break the clinch.
mintz managing to block the knees to the body from Mikkelsen.
mintz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
mintz lands a nice knee to the body.
Mikkelsen looks gassed!
mintz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
mintz moves into the clinch.
mintz connects with a knee to the head.
mintz manages to break the clinch.
mintz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
mintz throws a head kick but Mikkelsen moves out of range.
mintz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mikkelsen throws a leg kick that is checked
and mintz counters with a head kick. That will keep Mikkelsen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mikkelsen pushes mintz up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsen is trying to break free.
mintz stalling against the cage.
mintz breaks from the clinch.
mintz has managed to clinch.
mintz looking to throw knees to the head but Mikkelsen is blocking nicely.
mintz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
mintz keeps control of Mikkelsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
mintz tries to land a knee to the head but Mikkelsen blocks with his arms.
Mikkelsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from mintz.
Mikkelsen has had enough of the clinch but mintz keeps him there for the moment.
mintz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mikkelsen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
mintz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
mintz throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as mintz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
mintz has Mikkelsen pressed against the cage, preventing Mikkelsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
mintz breaks from the clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from mintz - that will leave a mark!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
murray mintz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
mintz avoids the body shot from Mikkelsen.
mintz is looking to clinch.
mintz lands a front kick.
Mikkelsen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mikkelsen misses with a low kick.
mintz tries to clinch up but Mikkelsen circles away and keeps his distance.
mintz is looking to clinch but Mikkelsen is avoiding it.
mintz forces Mikkelsen back against the cage and clinches.
Mikkelsen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as mintz walks away with a smile on his face. Mikkelsen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mikkelsen throws a head kick that misses.
Mikkelsen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by mintz. mintz obviously looking to wear him down.
Mikkelsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
mintz takes the fight into the clinch.
Mikkelsen is looking to break free of the clinch but mintz has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mikkelsen is looking to control mintz's arms but mintz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mikkelsen has his back to the cage.
mintz has Mikkelsen pressed against the cage, preventing Mikkelsen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mikkelsen is breathing heavily.
Mikkelsen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mikkelsen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but mintz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
mintz breaks from the clinch.
mintz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
mintz throws a quick inside leg kick.
mintz scores with a head kick.
mintz tries to clinch up.
mintz rushes Mikkelsen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
mintz lands a knee to the body.
mintz lands a good knee to the midsection. Mikkelsen won't want to take too many of those.
mintz lands a good knee to the midsection. Mikkelsen won't want to take too many of those.
mintz keeps control of Mikkelsen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on mintz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
mintz breaks from the clinch.
mintz instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
mintz connects with a knee to the head.
mintz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
mintz scores a nice knee to the body.
mintz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
mintz working Mikkelsen over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is keeping an eye on mintz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
mintz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mikkelsen's efforts to push away.
mintz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
mintz lands a high kick!
mintz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mikkelsen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
mintz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mikkelsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mikkelsen throws a leg kick but mintz checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsen gets off balance looking for a body kick
and mintz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
mintz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mikkelsen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
mintz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mikkelsen's efforts to push away.
mintz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
murray mintz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for mintz.
mintz manages to break the clinch.
Mikkelsen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and mintz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mikkelsen is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mikkelsen takes a kick to the side of the head.
mintz lands with a slapping head kick.
Mikkelsen walks into a jab.
mintz moves into the clinch.
Mikkelsen takes a knee right on the jaw!
mintz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mikkelsen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mikkelsen tries to land a knee to the head but mintz blocks with his arms.
mintz lands a good knee to the midsection. Mikkelsen won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mikkelsen working hard to break the clinch.
mintz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mikkelsen can do to turn this around?
Mikkelsen tries to break free but mintz pushes him back against the cage.
Mikkelsen is trying to break the clinch but mintz is controlling him.
mintz with a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen has had enough of the clinch but mintz keeps him there for the moment.
mintz landing knees to the head.
Mikkelsen is rocked!
mintz with a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen is still on wobbly legs! Can mintz finish him?
mintz lands a knee to the head.
mintz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
mintz with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mikkelsen wants to get back to striking at distance but mintz won't allow it.
mintz landing knees to the head.
mintz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mikkelsen blocks a head kick by mintz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
mintz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mikkelsen's calf.
Mikkelsen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mikkelsen throws a sloppy head kick
and mintz moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
murray mintz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
mintz lands a head kick. Mikkelsen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mikkelsen tries to clinch but fails miserably
and mintz counters by moving into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mikkelsen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mikkelsen seems to have recovered his senses.
mintz prevents Mikkelsen from breaking the clinch.
Mikkelsen tries to break free but mintz pushes him back against the cage.
mintz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mikkelsen's face.
mintz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mikkelsen swats away the attempt to clinch by mintz.
mintz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Mikkelsen counters with a leg kick.
Mikkelsen avoids the head kick by mintz.
mintz is looking to slow Mikkelsen down with leg kicks.
A head kick misses from mintz.
mintz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Mikkelsen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
mintz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mikkelsen pinned against the cage. Mikkelsen gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
mintz fails with an attempt to clinch.
murray mintz is winning the standup battle so far.
Mikkelsen is looking to clinch.
Mikkelsen walks forward, straight into a front kick from mintz.
Mikkelsen misses with a kick to the body
and mintz counters by moving into the clinch.
Mikkelsen can't break the clinch.
Mikkelsen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and mintz avoids it.
mintz connects with a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen tries to break free but mintz pushes him back against the cage.
mintz lands a good knee to the midsection. Mikkelsen won't want to take too many of those.
Mikkelsen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
mintz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! mintz slams his shin into Mikkelsen's torso.
Mikkelsen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
mintz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mikkelsen's head.
murray mintz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - mintz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mikkelsen throws a lazy head kick
and mintz counters with a head kick.
Mikkelsen circles away from the clinch attempt.
mintz has Mikkelsen up against the cage in a clinch.
mintz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mikkelsen tries to break the clinch but mintz is controlling the position.
mintz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
mintz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
mintz moves out of range as Mikkelsen throws a body kick.
mintz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
mintz stalling against the cage.
mintz scores with a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
mintz lands a knee to the head.
mintz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mikkelsen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mikkelsen trying to land knees to the body.
Mikkelsen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from mintz.
mintz manages to break the clinch.
mintz fails with an attempt to clinch.
mintz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mikkelsen can pounce on him.
Mikkelsen blocks a head kick by mintz.
Mikkelsen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and mintz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by mintz.
Mikkelsen is trying to break free.
Lars Mikkelsen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mikkelsen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
mintz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen wants to get back to striking at distance but mintz won't allow it.
Mikkelsen tries to circle away but mintz has him pinned against the cage.
Mikkelsen wants a takedown.
mintz avoiding damage.
mintz manages to break the clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for mintz.
mintz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mikkelsen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
mintz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mikkelsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A lazy body kick from Mikkelsen
and mintz moves into the clinch.
mintz lands a knee to the head.
Mikkelsen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
murray mintz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mikkelsen tries a knee to the head but mintz blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
murray mintz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well mintz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... murray mintz!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Night Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes into the arena with War blaring out of the sound system. Shepard is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by We Wont Back Down. On his way into the cage it seems that Night Hall has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Night Hall seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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22
175 lbs
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21
167 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Night Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Shepard!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch but Shepard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hall is looking to clinch.
Hall closes the distance and pushes Shepard back into the cage.
Hall stops a takedown attempt from Shepard.
Shepard wants to break free but Hall has control.
Shepard manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Hall trying to stand up but can't free himself from Shepard's guard.
Hall throws and elbow that misses. Shepard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hall's guard. Nice move by Shepard!
Hall wants to get back to his feet but Shepard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shepard looking to sit in guard and control but Hall gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hall throwing strikes but missing.
Hall wants to control from the top but Shepard keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall lands a couple of digs.
Hall working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hall works over Shepard with some ground and pound from guard.
Hall throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall is stalling in the full guard.
Hall drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Shepard manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hall has Shepard in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shepard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shepard advances position into side control!
Hall is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Shepard has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall can't do much from the bottom here.
Shepard landing strikes.
Shepard looks gassed!
Hall wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Shepard swings around for an armbar but Hall sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Shepard's guard.
Hall postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Shepard is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Hall, into his guard.
Hall uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hall is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A shot in the inside from Hall.
Hall pulls Shepard into guard.
Hall manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shepard manages to get himself to full guard.
Hall makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shepard avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hall throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shepard works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Shepard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall wants to pass the guard but Shepard is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Night Hall dominated that round.
That's time! Hall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shepard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall throws a head kick that misses.
Hall shoots for a double leg takedown but Shepard sprawls well. He's pushed Hall's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shepard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall pushes Shepard up against the cage in a clinch.
Hall prevents the takedown attempt.
Shepard is trying to stall.
Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hall smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
It looks like Ryan Shepard has been cut.
Hall wants to clinch up but Shepard keeps it at a distance.
Hall misses with a body kick.
Hall throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall clinches up against the cage.
Shepard is breathing heavily.
Shepard being controlled against the cage.
Hall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall tries to clinch up but Shepard circles away and keeps his distance.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shepard.
Hall closes the distance and pushes Shepard back into the cage.
Hall presses Shepard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shepard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Night Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danga de danga de dang - Hall scores with a four punch combination!
Hall gets the takedown into side control.
Hall working the ground and pound from side control.
Shepard is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hall connects with a decent elbow.
Hall lands an elbow.
Shepard takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall is working Shepard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hall is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Shepard has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hall working the ground and pound.
Hall is working Shepard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hall is looking to take a break and control but Shepard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hall tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hall has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shepard on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hall connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Shepard some visible discomfort.
Hall wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shepard, who protects the arm well.
Hall looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
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.
Hall scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shepard to see if he's OK.
Shepard is not content to let Hall control the position.
Hall working the head and body with strikes.
Hall working the head with strikes.
Hall is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Shepard has escaped the position, nice work there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hall working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Night Hall dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Shepard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hall lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hall, as that shot connected.
That has opened up Ryan Shepard's cut even more.
Shepard throws a leg kick but Hall checks it.
Hall pushes Shepard up against the cage in a clinch.
Shepard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hall has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Shepard uses from the top position.
Hall manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hall rushes Shepard and presses him up against the cage.
Hall has Shepard pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Shepard manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Shepard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shepard jumps guard but Hall stands there with Shepard around his waist. Shepard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shepard takes an elbow to the temple.
Hall gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Shepard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hall is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hall postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shepard wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Hall landing some decent shots from guard.
Hall forces his way into half guard.
Hall wants to stand up but Shepard has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall working Shepard over with strikes.
Shepard is not content to let Hall control the position.
Hall 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.
Hall is trying to work for a kimura but Shepard is defending well.
Nice strikes from Hall there.
Night Hall overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shepard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hall working Shepard over with strikes.
Hall wants to work for an arm triangle but Shepard is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hall missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hall landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hall throwing shots but Shepard is blocking nicely.
Ryan Shepard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hall seems to be working for a kimura but Shepard defends the submission attempt.
Hall landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hall passes to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepard is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hall advances to mount.
Shepard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Shepard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shepard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hall with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall dominating with strikes here.
Hall scoring with strikes but Shepard is staying in there.
Night Hall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hall fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that's the end of the fight!
Night Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hall has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Night Hall!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Bush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Driscoll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21
162 lbs
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165 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonny Bush!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Driscoll!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bush walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Driscoll tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bush swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Driscoll misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bush looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Driscoll clinches.
Driscoll pushes Bush back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bush is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Driscoll gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Driscoll escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Driscoll darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Driscoll darts in and clinches Bush up against the cage.
Bush has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Driscoll avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonny Bush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Driscoll's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Driscoll clinches up against the cage.
Driscoll manages to break the clinch.
Bush shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Driscoll as he jumps to the side.
Bush fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driscoll scores with a jab to the body.
Bush takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Driscoll thuds his right hand into Bush's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bush shoots for a double leg takedown but Driscoll sprawls well. He's pushed Bush's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Driscoll lands a jab to Bush's midsection.
Driscoll shoots in and bounces Bush off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Driscoll tries to stand but Bush is controlling from the bottom.
Bush controlling Driscoll's posture.
Driscoll trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bush's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Driscoll trying to control but Bush is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bush is on top in guard.
Bush works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bush wants to control but Driscoll is keeping him busy.
Bush thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bush is trying to control the action in half guard but Driscoll is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bush is thwarting Driscoll's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Driscoll is trying to stand back up but Bush is controlling him
Bush thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bush is trying to control. Driscoll wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Driscoll misses with a body shot.
Driscoll rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bush moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Driscoll throws a nice looking combination but Bush bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bush shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Driscoll counters with a single leg into guard. Bush didn't expect that.
Bush manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bush cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driscoll wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
BOOM! Bush connects with a massive shot to the dome!
A nice elbow there by Bush.
Bush avoids the attempt from Driscoll to control.
Bush is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Driscoll to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Driscoll shrugs it off.
Driscoll squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bush looking to finish Driscoll with some ground and pound. This is bad for Driscoll!
Bush misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Driscoll dominated that round.
That's time! Bush's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Driscoll fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bush looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Driscoll closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Driscoll working away.
Driscoll decides to stand back up.
Driscoll throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Driscoll shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bush tries to roll over but Driscoll keeps him under control.
Bush gets full guard.
Bush is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Driscoll avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bush looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Driscoll wants to pass the guard but Bush is keeping the position.
Bush is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Driscoll defends well.
Driscoll wants to get up but he can't break Bush's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bush 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.
Bush is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Driscoll is aware though and is defending well.
Driscoll missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bush has his foot on Driscoll's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Driscoll works his way back into a safe position though.
Jonny Bush overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Driscoll won't allow Bush to sweep him here.
Driscoll wants to stand but Bush is controlling his posture from full guard.
Driscoll sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Driscoll really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bush. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Driscoll wants to stand but Bush is controlling his posture from full guard.
Driscoll stands up and waves to Bush to follow him.
Driscoll shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Bush is trying to defend but Driscoll finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Driscoll is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bush is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Driscoll is tapping! Great win for Bush!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jonny Bush!
Jonny Bush is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roycio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roycio Gracie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roycio Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Tate!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tate blocks the strikes from Gracie.
Tate tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gracie.
Tate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tate trying to control the pace.
Gracie missing with punches from the bottom.
Gracie trying to control from the bottom.
Gracie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Tate there.
Tate seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Tate slips a nice elbow through Gracie's hands, connecting with Gracie's forehead.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tate is trying to control the action in half guard but Gracie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Tate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tate working the head and body with strikes.
Tate wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Tate looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gracie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tate passes to side control.
Gracie 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.
Gracie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Tate working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
Tate working the head with strikes.
Gracie taking punishment in the form of punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate working the body and head with strikes.
Tate working the head and body with strikes.
Gracie is trying to improve his position.
Tate scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tate wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Tate looks up at the clock and then as Gracie takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Tate smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tate stands up.
Tate bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tate is working Gracie over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Tate's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate lands a few punches from side control.
Tate working the ground and pound.
Tate connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Gracie some visible discomfort.
Gracie prevents Tate from improving position.
Tate decides to stand up, so the ref orders Gracie to his feet.
Tate closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tate lands in his opponent's guard.
Tate chips away with some ground and pound.
Tate slips nicely into half guard.
Nice strikes from Tate there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Gracie taking some punishment here, with Tate in his half guard.
Tate prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Tate is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tate slips a nice elbow through Gracie's hands, connecting with Gracie's forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tate content to control rather than advance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tate's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Tate dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Tate.
Tate gets a clinch.
Gracie prevents the takedown attempt.
Tate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Tate lands a takedown into guard.
Tate works over Gracie with some ground and pound from guard.
Tate scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Tate sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gracie's guard.
Tate stops Gracie from getting back to his feet.
Tate wants to free his trapped foot but Gracie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate working Gracie over with strikes.
Tate takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tate lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate wants to work for an arm triangle but Gracie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie wants to improve his position but Tate is controlling well.
Gracie is looking to control Tate's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
Tate drops an elbow to the side of Gracie's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Tate.
Tate passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Gracie!
A nice elbow there by Tate.
Tate looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
Tate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tate fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Tate with a couple of short strikes.
Tate landing punches.
Tate tries to control but Gracie wriggling away.
Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Gracie hang on?
Gracie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie is working to get back to half guard.
Tate postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
Tate pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gracie is rocked!
Tate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie tries to lock up and control but Tate gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
Tate lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate with a couple of short strikes.
Tate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tate lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tate with a couple of short strikes.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. Tate smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gracie is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tate looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tate cracks Gracie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tate postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Gracie is out cold - huge knockout for Tate!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rob Tate!
Rob Tate is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between vladimir putin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay hustus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). hustus has chosen its a fight as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, vladimir putin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay hustus!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
putin closes the distance and clinches.
hustus drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
hustus manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
putin thows a big elbow that misses.
putin trying to control the position from guard on top but hustus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
hustus seems keen to control putin's posture.
putin drops back looking for a leg! hustus is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and hustus manages to kick putin off! putin jumps back into hustus's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
hustus tries to strike from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hustus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
putin trying to control the position from guard on top but hustus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
hustus controls putin momentarily but putin frees himself.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice takedown defense from putin. No joy for hustus on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
putin feints and as hustus raises his hands in defense, putin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
hustus looks gassed!
hustus is looking to stand up but putin isn't so interested in that idea.
putin slips nicely into half guard.
putin is looking to advance position but hustus won't allow it.
putin is trying to control. hustus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
putin wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
putin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but hustus does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
hustus is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
hustus clinches.
putin tries for a takedown. No joy.
putin prevents hustus from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
putin scores with a nice hook to the head.
hustus fails to pull guard.
vladimir putin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay hustus.
putin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
putin shoots in and drives through. hustus sprawls well.
putin fails with a takedown attempt.
hustus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and putin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
hustus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
putin clinches but hustus breaks the clinch
and hustus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by hustus.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
putin has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed hustus clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
putin is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
vladimir putin 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.
putin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
putin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
putin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
putin throwing strikes but missing.
putin looking to sit in guard and control but hustus gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
hustus is breathing heavily.
putin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
hustus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
hustus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. putin is keeping the position for now.
putin is looking to stand up but hustus isn't so interested in that idea.
hustus is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! putin is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! putin has escaped and now he's on top!
putin sitting in guard here, content to control.
putin trying to control but hustus is working from the bottom.
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.
putin looking to pass the guard.
hustus keeping moving, preventing putin from controlling successfully.
hustus keeping full guard, as putin tries to pass.
putin has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
putin wants to control from the top but hustus keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
putin wants to pass the guard but hustus is keeping the position.
putin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
putin throws a right hand that hustus ducks under and follows up with a left that hustus also avoids with ease.
putin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
putin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
putin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. hustus is keeping the position for now.
putin trying to control the position from guard on top but hustus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
putin controls from within his opponent's guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
vladimir putin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
putin gets a takedown into half guard.
putin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
putin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
putin controlling the action here.
hustus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
hustus is not content to let putin control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
putin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
putin is looking to stall here but hustus recovers full guard.
hustus keeping moving, preventing putin from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee stands the fighters back up. vladimir putin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
hustus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
hustus with a lazy takedown attempt
and putin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by putin.
putin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
putin trying to control but hustus is working from the bottom.
hustus can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as putin controls the pace.
putin passes hustus's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
putin drops an elbow to the side of hustus's head.
putin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
putin is keen to just control but hustus is a slippery customer.
putin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
putin wants to take a breather but hustus is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
hustus actively working from the bottom here.
putin throwing shots but hustus is blocking nicely.
putin controlling the action here.
putin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but hustus does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
vladimir putin clearly takes 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.
putin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
putin is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
vladimir putin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
putin stands and steps away. hustus gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
hustus gets caught flat footed, as putin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
hustus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from putin.
putin wants to control from the top but hustus keeps moving.
hustus is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
putin is fighting to break hustus's control of his arms but hustus is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
putin tries to free his leg and advance position but hustus is retaining full guard.
putin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
hustus keeping moving, preventing putin from controlling successfully.
putin distracts hustus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
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.
putin trying to control but hustus is working from the bottom.
The referee stands the fighters back up. vladimir putin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
putin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
putin trying to control but hustus is having none of it.
putin throwing strikes here but hustus is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
putin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
putin tries to control but hustus wriggling away.
putin scoring with strikes but hustus is staying in there.
putin controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
putin tries to control but hustus wriggling away.
A nice elbow there by putin.
putin punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
vladimir putin had his way with Jay hustus in 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. This is the final round!
putin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
putin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear hustus down.
putin moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
putin grinds an elbow into hustus's temple.
putin is looking to take a break and control but hustus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The strikes coming from putin are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
hustus is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
putin wants to control but hustus is keeping him busy.
putin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because hustus is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee stands the fighters back up. vladimir putin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
putin lands a front kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - putin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
putin drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
hustus keeping moving, preventing putin from controlling successfully.
putin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
putin passes into half guard.
putin trying to pass the guard but hustus defending well.
hustus blocking the ground and pound attempt from putin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
putin is pressing down on hustus's thigh, looking to free his foot. hustus is holding on for now.
putin seems to be looking for submissions.
putin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
putin is looking to take a break and control but hustus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
vladimir putin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
putin takes the fight into the clinch.
putin can't get the takedown.
hustus prevents the takedown attempt.
Jay hustus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
hustus tries to score a body lock takedown but putin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
putin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
hustus throws a leg kick that is checked
and putin counters with a nice double leg into side control. hustus won't be happy with that.
And that's the end of the fight!
vladimir putin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well putin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 50:45
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 50:45
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... vladimir putin!
vladimir putin is the new light heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Billy Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Sesnak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Curry comes to the cage accompanied by Billy the Mountain. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Curry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Sesnak!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sesnak changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Curry tries to avoid it but Sesnak manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Curry to the ground. Curry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sesnak throws a right and a left that both miss.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Curry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sesnak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sesnak is looking to clinch.
Curry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown by Sesnak or perhaps it was just good defense by Curry which made him look bad.
Billy Curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sesnak.
Curry misses with a hook.
Sesnak takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry throws a head kick but Sesnak moves out of range.
Sesnak blocks a head kick by Curry.
Curry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sesnak throws a head kick but Curry moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sesnak moves out of range of the body kick from Curry.
Curry throws a head kick that half lands.
Sesnak avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sesnak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A cross from Curry lands.
Curry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Curry throws a head kick but Sesnak moves out of range.
Curry keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sesnak wants to clinch up but Curry keeps it at a distance.
Sesnak moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sesnak has a takedown stuffed.
Nice sprawl there from Curry as Sesnak shoots in.
Billy Curry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sesnak looks gassed!
Sesnak shoots in but Curry avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Curry misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses with a head kick.
Curry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sesnak managing to block the knees to the body from Curry.
Curry landing knees to the head.
Sesnak managing to block the knees to the body from Curry.
Sesnak avoids the elbow strike from Curry, against the cage.
Curry throws a knee to the head but misses.
Curry trying to land knees to the body.
Curry prevents the takedown attempt.
Sesnak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Curry smiles and moves away.
Curry displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Curry clinches.
Curry trying to land knees to the body.
Sesnak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Curry smiles and moves away.
Sesnak avoids the head kick by Curry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sesnak shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Curry as he avoids it easily.
Curry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sesnak shoots for a takedown but Curry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sesnak takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Curry tries a head kick but it misses.
Curry scores with a one two! Sesnak had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Curry clinches with his opponent.
Curry gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Curry misses with an elbow strike.
Curry tries to land knees in the clinch but Sesnak avoids the damage to the body.
Curry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sesnak avoids it.
Sesnak looking to stall.
Sesnak tries to pull guard but Curry won't allow it.
Sesnak taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Curry lands a good knee to the midsection. Sesnak won't want to take too many of those.
Sesnak fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sesnak fails to pull guard.
Curry manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sesnak is working for takedown but Curry is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sesnak takes an elbow to the temple.
Sesnak tries to pull guard but Curry holds him up against the cage and eventually Sesnak drops back down to his feet.
Sesnak blocks an elbow strike.
Curry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sesnak is defending well for now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Curry tries to land knees in the clinch but Sesnak avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Curry.
Sesnak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Curry smiles and moves away.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry throws a sloppy head kick and Sesnak moves out of range easily.
Curry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Curry dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Curry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sesnak's hands.
No luck for Sesnak with that takedown attempt.
A head kick by Curry misses
and Sesnak counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Curry!
Curry is working to get back to half guard.
Sesnak avoids the attempt from Curry to control.
Sesnak controlling from mount.
Sesnak wants to control but Curry has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Curry is not content to let Sesnak control the position.
Sesnak is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sesnak wants to get back to his feet.
Curry is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Curry throws out a powerful jab.
Curry smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Curry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sesnak closes the distance and clinches up with Curry, looking for a takedown. Sesnak pushes Curry against the cage but Curry circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Curry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Curry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
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.
Curry throws a head kick that misses.
Curry moves into the clinch successfully.
Sesnak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Curry throws a sloppy head kick and Sesnak moves out of range easily.
Sesnak misses with a kick to the body.
Billy Curry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sesnak tries to clinch
and Curry counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sesnak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curry is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sesnak is defending well for now.
Curry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sesnak blocks it with crossed arms.
Sesnak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sesnak wants a takedown.
Billy Curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sesnak.
Curry missing with knees to the body.
Curry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Curry tries to land knees in the clinch but Sesnak avoids the damage to the body.
Sesnak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Curry gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Curry tries a knee to the head but Sesnak blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sesnak tries to land knees in the clinch but Curry avoids the damage to the body.
Curry breaks the clinch.
Sesnak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Curry misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curry.
Sesnak is looking to clinch.
Sesnak tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Curry counters with a head kick.
Curry tries to clinch but Sesnak is having none of it.
Curry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sesnak shoots in for a takedown but Curry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Curry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sesnak clinches but Curry breaks the clinch
and Curry counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Curry using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sesnak has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Curry trying to land knees to the body.
Sesnak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sesnak blocks an elbow strike from Curry.
Curry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sesnak avoids it.
Curry landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sesnak tries for a takedown. No joy.
Sesnak tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Curry just stands there and leans against the cage.
Sesnak tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Curry smiles and moves away.
Sesnak shoots in for a takedown but Curry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Curry scores with a leg kick.
Billy Curry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Curry throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sesnak's head.
Curry wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Curry dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry misses with a low kick.
Sesnak shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Curry napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sesnak remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Curry knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sesnak on the ground.
Sesnak wants to stand but Curry has his arm trapped.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sesnak trying to control the action but Curry is working from the bottom.
Curry is looking for a sweep.
Sesnak takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry is not content to let Sesnak control the position.
You can see the frustration on Curry's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Curry is looking for a sweep.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Curry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sesnak misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sesnak avoids the head kick by Curry.
Sesnak changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Curry tries to avoid it but Sesnak manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Curry to the ground. Curry escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Curry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Curry misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sesnak is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Curry.
Curry comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sesnak shoots for a takedown but Curry saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Billy Curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Sesnak.
Curry throws a head kick but Sesnak moves out of range.
Sesnak blocks a low kick nicely.
Sesnak swinging wilding here.
Sesnak avoids the head kick by Curry.
Curry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Curry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sesnak, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Curry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sesnak avoids the head kick by Curry.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry takes a swing at Sesnak's ribcage but misses.
Curry has managed to clinch.
Sesnak managing to block the knees to the body from Curry.
Curry avoiding damage as Sesnak throws knees to the body.
Curry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sesnak avoids it.
Sesnak managing to block the knees to the body from Curry.
Sesnak has Curry pressed against the cage, preventing Curry from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Curry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Curry stalling the fight.
Sesnak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Curry trying to land knees to the body.
Curry pressing his opponent against the cage.
Daniel Sesnak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Curry breaks the clinch.
Sesnak doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Curry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Billy Curry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Curry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sesnak moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Curry misses with a double jab.
Sesnak shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Curry sprawls well. Curry wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sesnak gets slowly back to his feet.
Curry lands a nice shot that snaps Sesnak's head back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Curry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Curry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Curry, 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Curry!
Billy Curry is the new welterweight champion!
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