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IoM 17: La Fiesta PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damian Dupont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen McGrady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Dupont has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damian Dupont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Owen McGrady!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Dupont. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Dupont, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McGrady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dupont moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dupont misses with a double jab.
Dupont throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McGrady.
McGrady with a nice cross.
A nice combination there by Dupont.
McGrady misses with a straight left.
McGrady tries to bum rush Dupont with a series of wild strikes but Dupont uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McGrady shoots in looking for a takedown but Dupont manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McGrady's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Damian Dupont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dupont moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dupont misses with a few strikes there.
Dupont moves into the clinch.
Dupont dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dupont is trying to push McGrady away but McGrady has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dupont breaks the clinch.
Dupont ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Dupont does no damage.
McGrady fails with the takedown.
Dupont shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McGrady tries to hold on but Dupont pushes him away.
Dupont won't let McGrady get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Dupont working the ground and pound effectively.
Dupont dominating with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupont misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McGrady avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dupont.
Dupont lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dupont punching from mount but McGrady doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dupont looking to finish with strikes here!
Dupont punching from mount but McGrady doing a good job of avoiding damage.
BOOM! Dupont connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dupont thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Dupont looking to finish with strikes here!
McGrady wants to hold on but Dupont pushes him away.
McGrady looks gassed!
Dupont throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
McGrady wants to hold on but Dupont pushes him away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupont throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for McGrady because Dupont loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dupont with the ground and pound from mount.
Dupont landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dupont working the ground and pound effectively.
McGrady is looking to improve his position but Dupont isn't that keen on the idea.
Dupont landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dupont landing strikes from the mount.
Dupont controlling his opponent.
McGrady holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Dupont tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Dupont scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish McGrady?
Dupont scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupont throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Dupont landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dupont throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for McGrady because Dupont loaded up on that one.
McGrady is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dupont is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Dupont connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns McGrady that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dupont lands a big shot there that rocks McGrady but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dupont sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Dupont knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McGrady on the ground.
McGrady is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dupont with a couple of short strikes.
McGrady avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dupont.
McGrady is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dupont unloads with some shots from mount but McGrady bucks and avoids them well.
BOOM! Dupont connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dupont raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrady is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Dupont throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dupont in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dupont putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dupont fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dupont looking to finish McGrady with some ground and pound. This is bad for McGrady!
Dupont landing shots from mount.
Dupont fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dupont throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
McGrady blocking the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dupont throws some wild stikes that McGrady manages to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dupont scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dupont throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
McGrady taking shots to the head.
Dupont looking to ground and pound but McGrady is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Dupont dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dupont lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch lands to the side of McGrady 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dupont lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A combination from Dupont does no damage.
Dupont fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging McGrady to the ground. Dupont is now in McGrady's guard.
Dupont in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McGrady working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dupont.
Dupont throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McGrady works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dupont with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dupont looking to pass the guard.
Dupont postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dupont has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dupont loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dupont trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McGrady is breathing heavily.
Dupont stands and throws McGrady's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dupont misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupont working the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Dupont.
Dupont misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dupont postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dupont throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dupont in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dupont cracks McGrady with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dupont just content to control the position.
McGrady dodges the ground and pound from Dupont.
Dupont misses with the ground and pound.
Dupont lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
An elbow from Dupont crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McGrady seems a little lost for a moment, as Dupont dominates the positioning.
Dupont misses with the ground and pound.
Dupont looking to punish the body of his opponent here but McGrady is avoiding damage well.
Dupont misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
McGrady parries the strikes from Dupont easily there. Dupont is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable McGrady to escape.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
McGrady is trying to escape the position but Dupont is controlling the position.
Dupont working the head and body with strikes.
Dupont tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dupont lands a few punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Dupont.
Dupont creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McGrady sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
McGrady is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGrady dodges the ground and pound from Dupont.
Dupont landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dupont tries to score with some ground and pound. McGrady controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Dupont working the head with strikes.
Dupont working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
McGrady is being controlled here.
Dupont misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
You can see the frustration on McGrady's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
An elbow from Dupont crashes against the mat.
Dupont controls the position.
Dupont in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dupont controls the position.
Dupont wants to lay and pray for a moment but McGrady keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGrady dodges the ground and pound from Dupont.
The ground and pound from Dupont seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Damian Dupont overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dupont taking a breather here.
Dupont creates some space and throws a big elbow, but McGrady sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dupont misses with the ground and pound.
Dupont misses with the ground and pound.
Dupont tries to advance to mount but McGrady denies him.
Dupont misses with the ground and pound.
The referee asks Dupont politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dupont prefers to stall for the moment though.
Dupont tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
McGrady takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Dupont dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Dupont pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces McGrady back to the cage. Dupont follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dupont uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McGrady.
McGrady takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McGrady looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dupont displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A combination from Dupont does no damage.
Dupont connects with a nice looking jab.
McGrady clobbers Dupont with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McGrady is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dupont.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dupont lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dupont.
Dupont connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice cross by Dupont.
Dupont throws a right hand that McGrady ducks under and follows up with a left that McGrady also avoids with ease.
Dupont scores with a three punch combo!
Dupont lands with a straight right. McGrady didn't see that one coming.
Dupont scores with a one two! McGrady had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dupont slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dupont connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dupont scores with a sloppy right hand. McGrady should have avoided that one.
Damian Dupont is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dupont scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Dupont lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McGrady backs up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Dupont.
McGrady gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dupont loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dupont trying to control but McGrady is working from the bottom.
Dupont postures up.
Dupont throwing strikes from guard but McGrady blocks nicely.
Dupont works over McGrady with some ground and pound from guard.
McGrady looking to control.
Dupont with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dupont with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dupont thows a big elbow that misses.
Dupont throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupont with a flurry of punches that miss.
McGrady wants to stand but Dupont is controlling the position.
Dupont is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGrady can do to turn this around?
McGrady striking off his back but it's not causing Dupont any problems.
Dupont throwing strikes but missing.
Dupont is looking to work some ground and pound but McGrady has wrist control.
McGrady working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dupont.
Dupont throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McGrady works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dupont is looking to work some ground and pound but McGrady has wrist control.
Dupont scoring with some ground and pound.
McGrady preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dupont is working McGrady over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dupont trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupont in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dupont stands up and waves to McGrady to follow him.
Dupont drives through and clinches with McGrady against the cage.
Dupont pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGrady pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dupont ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dupont gets a takedown into half guard.
Dupont 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.
Dupont trying to control from half guard but McGrady is working away.
Dupont sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McGrady defending well though.
Dupont scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Damian Dupont is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Dupont seems content to control.
Dupont thows a huge punch but McGrady dodges it nicely.
Dupont seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dupont has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Dupont thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McGrady's head.
Dupont stands up from half guard.
Dupont digs a good body shot into McGrady's ribs.
McGrady ducks right into an uppercut from Dupont.
Dupont lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dupont darts in and clinches McGrady up against the cage.
Owen McGrady has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McGrady misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Dupont showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dupont 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Dupont!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gron Hellscream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gron Hellscream has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Richard Wellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gron Hellscream!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hellscream tries to clinch up
and Wellington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wellington.
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wellington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hellscream backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Still in the clinch, Wellington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hellscream breaks from the clinch.
Jab, jab by Wellington - just one landing.
Hellscream tries to clinch
and Wellington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hellscream dodges the punch combination from Wellington.
Hellscream scores with a decent looking hook.
Wellington lands the left hand.
Wellington throws a right hand that misses
and Hellscream counters with a nice uppercut.
Wellington misses with an uppercut.
Hellscream moves out of range of the strikes.
Wellington closes the distance and pushes Hellscream back into the cage.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.
Wellington lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wellington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Hellscream is trying to force a seperation but Wellington has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Wellington - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from Wellington.
Still in the clinch, Wellington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wellington lands a nice shot to the body.
Hellscream looks gassed!
Wellington pushes Hellscream back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wellington keeps control of Hellscream as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
Wellington digs a right hand into Hellscream's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hellscream's gas tank.
Wellington gets through Hellscream's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Wellington on the inside.
Wellington lands an uppercut.
Hellscream breaks the clinch.
Wellington misses with a right hand
and Hellscream counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sloppy strikes from Wellington. Those never looked like landing.
Hellscream closes the distance but Wellington moves to the side
and Wellington counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington swings widly with a right hand
and Hellscream counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wellington counters with a nice uppercut.
Hellscream darts in trying to clinch
and Wellington counters with a stiff right hand.
Hellscream tries to clinch up
and Wellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wellington misses with a straight left.
Hellscream scores with a punch to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Hellscream there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellscream fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hellscream throws a series of punches but Wellington avoids them all with ease.
Hellscream moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wellington misses with a hook
and Hellscream counters with a one-two to the body.
Wellington throws an off balance right hand
and Hellscream counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hellscream uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wellington.
Wellington throws an off balance right hand
and Hellscream counters with a nice uppercut.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wellington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wellington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hellscream scores with a jab. Wellington acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hellscream throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wellington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wellington throws an overhand right that lands on Hellscream's shoulder, as Hellscream tries to avoid the shot.
Wellington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hellscream is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Wellington had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wellington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wellington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wellington misses with a double jab
and Hellscream counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hellscream with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Danga de danga de dang - Hellscream scores with a four punch combination!
Hellscream tries to clinch
and Wellington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hellscream tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wellington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wellington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hellscream wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Wellington dominated that round.
That's time! Wellington's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wellington swats away the attempt to clinch by Hellscream.
Wellington throws a lazy uppercut
and Hellscream counters with a stiff right hand.
Hellscream closes the distance but Wellington moves to the side
and Hellscream takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wellington throws a poor cross that misses
and Hellscream cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wellington is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wellington thows a body shot but no joy.
Wellington goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hellscream darts in trying to clinch
and Wellington counters by moving into the clinch.
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Hellscream avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Hellscream trying to control the position but instead, Wellington has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hellscream into the cage.
Wellington has Hellscream pressed against the cage, preventing Hellscream from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wellington has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellscream breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hellscream lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hellscream.
Hellscream will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wellington looks to land a combination but Hellscream avoids it well.
Wellington misses with a combination
and Hellscream counters with a series of strikes. Wellington will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hellscream throws a right hand that Wellington ducks under and follows up with a left that Wellington also avoids with ease.
Hellscream throws a good cross that connects.
Hellscream scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wellington swings for the body but Hellscream moves out of range.
Wellington throws a lazy uppercut
and Hellscream counters with a one-two to the body.
Hellscream clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington lands a right hand.
Wellington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hellscream is trying to force a seperation but Wellington has the dominant position.
Wellington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wellington cracks Hellscream with a nice body shot.
Wellington lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Wellington.
Wellington digs a right hand underneath Hellscream's ribcage. Hellscream let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wellington makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Hellscream's head.
Wellington pushes Hellscream back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hellscream has had enough of the clinch but Wellington keeps him there for the moment.
A hook to the body from Wellington.
A body shot lands from Wellington.
Nice body punch from Wellington - that landed with a thud.
Wellington scores with a hook to the body.
Wellington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wellington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Wellington.
Wellington lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Wellington.
Wellington wants to break free but Hellscream has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Hellscream uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hellscream breaks the clinch.
Gron Hellscream seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wellington with a hook.
Wellington tries to clinch but Hellscream is having none of it.
Hellscream punishes Wellington's body with a nice straight punch.
Gron Hellscream is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hellscream throws a combination that misses
and Wellington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hellscream closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wellington counters with a nice uppercut.
Wellington lands a lovely overhand right.
Wellington keeps the fight on the outside.
Hellscream connects with a body shot.
Hellscream tries to clinch but Wellington moves away
and Wellington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wellington lands a jab to the head.
A big left from Wellington misses.
Wellington circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wellington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hellscream sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hellscream moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hellscream moves to clinch but Wellington breaks away
and Wellington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hellscream comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hellscream ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wellington. Hellscream does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body punch from Hellscream.
Hellscream connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gron Hellscream showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Wellington throws a jab when Hellscream was well out of range.
Wellington lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wellington.
Wellington thuds a left hand into Hellscream's body.
Wellington lands a nice shot that snaps Hellscream's head back.
Hellscream tries to clinch but Wellington moves away
and Wellington counters by clinching up.
Wellington looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A frustrated look appears on Hellscream's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hellscream blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wellington lands a body shot.
Wellington misses with the head strike.
Wellington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wellington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hellscream is trying to maintain a safe position but Wellington gets an underhook and turns Hellscream into the cage.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Hellscream avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Hellscream has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wellington misses with the head strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hellscream lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wellington backwards.
Hellscream looking to stall.
Hellscream pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hellscream tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wellington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gron Hellscream seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hellscream tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wellington counters with a straight right hand.
Hellscream tries to clinch
and Wellington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wellington throws a right hand that misses
and Hellscream counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hellscream needs to keep his hands up - Wellington had a free shot at his head there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wellington. Hellscream does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wellington on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hellscream closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wellington counters with a one-two to the body.
Hellscream lands a really nice looking cross but Wellington seems unphased.
Wellington scores with a one two! Hellscream had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hellscream.
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.
Hellscream uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wellington.
Wellington throws a good cross that connects.
Hellscream lands a nice hook to Wellington's body. Wellington takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hellscream tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wellington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wellington scores with a shoulder strike.
Wellington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wellington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hellscream stalling the fight.
Wellington misses with the head strike.
A frustrated look appears on Hellscream's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wellington.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wellington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wellington lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hellscream breaks the clinch.
Hellscream closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wellington counters with a stiff right hand.
Wellington throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hellscream counters by clinching up.
Wellington misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.
Wellington throws a head punch that misses.
Hellscream tries to stall but Wellington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hellscream is looking to break free of the clinch but Wellington has double underhooks.
Wellington is working Hellscream over against the cage.
Hellscream tries to break free but Wellington pushes him back against the cage.
Hellscream wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wellington working aggressively here.
Hellscream is trying to break the clinch but Wellington is controlling him.
Hellscream trying to stall but Wellington improves his position.
Hellscream lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wellington backwards.
Hellscream takes a shot to the head.
Hellscream can't break the clinch.
Hellscream has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
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.
Hellscream has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wellington lands with a short shot to the head.
Wellington lands a shoulder strike.
Hellscream stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wellington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hellscream backwards.
Wellington digs a right hand into Hellscream's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hellscream's gas tank.
Wellington lands with a right to the head.
Hellscream wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wellington has him pressed against the cage.
Wellington is leaning against Hellscream and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Wellington.
Wellington lands an uppercut.
Wellington pushes Hellscream back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hellscream is trying to break the clinch but Wellington has him pressed against the cage.
Hellscream is trying to break the clinch but Wellington has him pressed against the cage.
Wellington pushes Hellscream back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wellington working aggressively here.
Wellington lands with a right to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wellington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington misses with a punch on the inside.
Wellington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hellscream backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wellington.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Wellington showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wellington has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Wellington!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thor Axxe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Funky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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21
183 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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26
184 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Axxe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Funky!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funky closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Funky throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Funky is trying to get an arm triangle but Axxe is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Axxe parries the strikes from Funky easily there. Funky is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Axxe to escape.
Funky postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Funky is looking to take a break and control but Axxe is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Axxe managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Funky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funky throws an elbow but Axxe slips to the side and avoids it well.
Funky tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Funky scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Axxe to see if he's OK.
Funky tries for a kimura but Axxe is defending well.
Axxe wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funky postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Check out the look on Funky's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Axxe wants to get back to his feet.
Axxe avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Funky.
Funky tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funky working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Funky creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Axxe sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Axxe wants to get back to his feet.
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.
Funky misses with the ground and pound.
Funky misses with the ground and pound.
Funky is trying to ground and pound but Axxe uses the momentary lack of control by Funky to regain half guard.
Funky thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Funky wants to control but Axxe is keeping him busy.
Funky prevents Axxe from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Funky dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Axxe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Funky takes one to the side of the head.
Funky drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Funky slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Axxe prevents Funky from moving into mount.
Funky throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Funky has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Axxe is not content to let Funky control the position.
Funky in side control, throwing shots but Axxe defends.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funky misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Funky throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Axxe taking a bit of punishment here - Funky scoring with strikes.
Funky trying to control the action but Axxe is working from the bottom.
Funky works to advance to full mount. Axxe defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Funky working Axxe over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funky raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funky unloads with some shots from mount but Axxe bucks and avoids them well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Funky throwing strikes here but Axxe is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ben Funky has got the better of the ground game so far.
Funky lands with some strikes.
Funky tries to control but Axxe wriggling away.
Funky postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Axxe looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funky cracks Axxe with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Funky!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon E Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Olav Mazged (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
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278 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon E Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Olav Mazged!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walker darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mazged gets full guard.
Walker working some strikes from top position.
Walkeris looking to pass into half guard but Mazged pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Mazged is in guard.
Mazged wants to control from the top but Walker keeps moving.
Mazged scoring with some ground and pound.
Walker has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mazged can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Walker escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Mazged gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Walker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mazged.
Mazged is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazged has gone for a leg lock! Walker slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mazged's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazged manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Walker manages to get himself to full guard.
Mazged landing some decent shots from guard.
Walker pulls Mazged in to control the position.
Walker is trying to keep Mazged in close.
Mazged missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mazged trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mazged is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Walker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mazged with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mazged keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Walker's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mazged defends well.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mazged in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mazged throws a big right hand that misses.
Walker looking to control.
Mazged trying to control but Walker is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Walker holds on and takes a little breather.
Mazged really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Walker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jon E Walker.
Walker gets a double leg takedown into Mazged's guard.
Mazged punching to the body, from the bottom.
Walker wants to control from the top but Mazged keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker prevents Mazged from getting back to his feet.
Mazged keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mazged is trying to hold Walker in close to prevent damage but Walker has managed to pass into half guard.
Mazged blocking the ground and pound attempt from Walker.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Walker lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Walker passes the guard and advances to mount!
Mazged in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Walker scoring with strikes but Mazged is staying in there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazged takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Mazged tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walker wants to control the pace but Mazged is squirming around nicely.
Walker landing punches.
Walker working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The referee warns Mazged that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Walker landing punches.
Mazged is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mazged looks gassed!
Mazged is bucking up trying to escape but Walker cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Walker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker breaks from Mazged's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mazged wants to control but Walker is having none of it.
Walker is landing with some decent strikes but Mazged is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon E Walker dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Walker scores a takedown into full mount!
Mazged tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Walker lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mazged in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mazged is in all sorts of trouble here.
Walker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Walker fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Walker lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mazged hang on?
Walker landing strikes from the mount and Mazged is in trouble!
Walker looking to isolate an arm here. Mazged doesn't see it coming and as Walker extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Walker!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jon E Walker!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Mcpeeny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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207 lbs
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215 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chuck Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Mcpeeny!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddell fails with the takedown
and Mcpeeny counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mcpeeny pushes off an throws an elbow but Liddell leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mcpeeny lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mcpeeny scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Chuck Liddell has been cut.
Mcpeeny throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mcpeeny working the clinch nicely. Liddell is working for position but Mcpeeny cracks him with a big knee to the head! Liddell crumples up against the cage and Mcpeeny lands two more shots before the ref can save Liddell! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). James Mcpeeny!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tuisamoa Alailefaleula (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Emmagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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22
213 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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27
210 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tuisamoa Alailefaleula !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Emmagan!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emmagan wants to clinch up but Alailefaleula keeps it at a distance.
Alailefaleula circles away from the clinch attempt
and Alailefaleula counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Alailefaleula .
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alailefaleula preventing the sweep.
Alailefaleula stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Emmagan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Emmagan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Emmagan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alailefaleula 's guard.
Emmagan with a flurry of punches that miss.
Emmagan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Emmagan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alailefaleula manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Emmagan manages to get himself to full guard.
Emmagan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Emmagan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Alailefaleula can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Emmagan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alailefaleula wants to pass the guard but Emmagan is keeping the position.
Alailefaleula forces his way into half guard.
Alailefaleula prevents Emmagan from improving his position.
Alailefaleula is trying to control. Emmagan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alailefaleula looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Emmagan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Emmagan punching from the bottom.
Emmagan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Emmagan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emmagan is on top in guard.
Alailefaleula has Emmagan pulled in close to control his posture.
Emmagan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Emmagan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Emmagan being controlled here momentarily.
Emmagan postures up in Alailefaleula 's guard and throws a big left but Alailefaleula blocks it.
Emmagan drops back, looking for a kneebar! Alailefaleula looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Alailefaleula looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Alailefaleula !
Alailefaleula tries to move into full mount but can't pass Emmagan's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emmagan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Alailefaleula is looking to take a break and control but Emmagan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alailefaleula tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Alailefaleula has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alailefaleula trying to control the action but Emmagan is working from the bottom.
Emmagan is trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Alailefaleula just content to control the position.
Emmagan stops Alailefaleula from passing to mount.
Emmagan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Emmagan tries to get to full guard but Alailefaleula has control of the leg.
Emmagan taking some punishment here, with Alailefaleula in his half guard.
Alailefaleula lands with a punch from half guard.
Emmagan makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Emmagan.
Alailefaleula pushing down on Emmagan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tuisamoa Alailefaleula dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Emmagan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Alailefaleula manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alailefaleula moves into range and clinches up with Emmagan.
Emmagan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alailefaleula 's face.
It looks like Tuisamoa Alailefaleula has been cut.
Alailefaleula throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emmagans head.
Emmagan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Alailefaleula walks away with a smile on his face. Emmagan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Emmagan is looking to clinch.
Alailefaleula changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emmagan tries to avoid it but Alailefaleula manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emmagan to the ground. Emmagan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Alailefaleula looks for a takedown but Emmagan sprawls well.
Emmagan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Alailefaleula looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Emmagan is fending him off so far but Alailefaleula persists. Nope, Emmagan circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tuisamoa Alailefaleula . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Emmagan misses with a jab to the body
and Alailefaleula counters with a nice double leg into side control. Emmagan won't be happy with that.
Emmagan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Emmagan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emmagan wants to pass to mount but Alailefaleula is defending the position.
Tuisamoa Alailefaleula overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alailefaleula wants to get back to full guard.
Emmagan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Alailefaleula trying to control here.
Alailefaleula is trying to get back to full guard.
Emmagan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Alailefaleula 's head.
Emmagan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Emmagan passes the guard and advances to mount!
Alailefaleula wants to control but Emmagan is having none of it.
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.
Alailefaleula keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alailefaleula blocking the ground and pound.
Emmagan dominating with strikes here.
Alailefaleula regains half guard.
Emmagan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alailefaleula defending well though.
Emmagan prevents Alailefaleula from improving his position.
Emmagan tries to pass to full mount but Alailefaleula defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alailefaleula is doing well to control the position and prevent Emmagan from advancing to side control.
Emmagan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alailefaleula defending well though.
Emmagan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Emmagan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Alailefaleula wants to control but Emmagan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Alailefaleula taking some punishment here, with Emmagan in his half guard.
Emmagan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Emmagan looks to land a strike but Alailefaleula avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Emmagan throwing strikes from guard but Alailefaleula blocks nicely.
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.
Emmagan thows a big elbow that misses.
Emmagan preventing the sweep.
Emmagan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alailefaleula utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alailefaleula bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Emmagan's guard.
Alailefaleula content to stall in guard here.
Emmagan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Emmagan is on top in guard.
Emmagan advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tuisamoa Alailefaleula will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tuisamoa Alailefaleula 's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Emmagan tries to clinch
and Alailefaleula counters with a shoot takedown. Emmagan fights it but they end up in guard.
Emmagan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Alailefaleula makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Alailefaleula won't allow Emmagan to sweep him here.
Emmagan keeping moving, preventing Alailefaleula from controlling successfully.
Alailefaleula passes into half guard.
Emmagan tries to roll over but Alailefaleula keeps him under control.
Alailefaleula wants to take a breather but Emmagan is having none of it.
Emmagan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emmagan has hold of Alailefaleula 's hands but Alailefaleula slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Emmagan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Emmagan wants to get back to full guard.
Emmagan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Emmagan trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Emmagan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Alailefaleula has passed into side control.
Alailefaleula taking a breather here.
Alailefaleula looks up at the clock and then as Emmagan takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Alailefaleula smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Emmagan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Alailefaleula seems content to control.
Nice strikes from Alailefaleula there.
Emmagan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alailefaleula is looking to advance position but Emmagan won't allow it.
Alailefaleula is trying to control. Emmagan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alailefaleula lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Alailefaleula wants to control but Emmagan is keeping him busy.
Emmagan tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Emmagan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alailefaleula prevents Emmagan from improving his position.
Alailefaleula controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emmagan is looking for a sweep. Alailefaleula is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alailefaleula looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Emmagan is not content to let Alailefaleula control the position.
Alailefaleula wants to pass to mount but Emmagan is defending the position.
Tuisamoa Alailefaleula has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Alailefaleula shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Emmagan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alailefaleula swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emmagan moves in looking to clinch but Alailefaleula pushes him off.
Alailefaleula shoots in for a takedown but Emmagan shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Emmagan misses with a body shot.
Emmagan tries to close the distance and clinch but Alailefaleula swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Emmagan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alailefaleula counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Emmagan's guard now.
Emmagan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Alailefaleula tries to hold on but Emmagan pushes him away.
John Emmagan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alailefaleula blocking the ground and pound.
Alailefaleula tries to reverse the position but Emmagan maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emmagan looking to ground and pound but Alailefaleula is blocking nicely.
Emmagan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Alailefaleula because Emmagan loaded up on that one.
Emmagan punching from mount but Alailefaleula doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tuisamoa Alailefaleula showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Alailefaleula , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuisamoa Alailefaleula !
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jc Sprout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alamimo Haulani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sprout comes to the cage accompanied by Diggi Dis - Bad Dudes - Forced Enlightenment. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jc Sprout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alamimo Haulani!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Sprout.
Haulani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sprout clobbers Haulani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Haulani looks to land a combination but Sprout avoids it well.
Haulani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haulani fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sprout looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Haulani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sprout throws a hook but Haulani avoids it easily.
Sprout with a hook.
Haulani takes a swing at Sprout's ribcage but misses.
Sprout takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haulani lands with a good body shot.
Sprout throws a right hand that Haulani ducks under and follows up with a left that Haulani also avoids with ease.
Haulani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haulani shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Haulani jabs at Sprout's body.
Sprout has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haulani.
No joy there for Haulani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Haulani misses.
The fighters circling - Haulani throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Haulani does it's job there.
Haulani takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sprout fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sprout scores with a crisp jab that stopped Haulani in his tracks.
Sprout tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haulani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprout swings widly with a right hand
and Haulani counters with a straight right hand.
Haulani throws an off balance right hand
and Haulani takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Haulani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani moves out of range as Sprout strikes.
Haulani works Sprout's body with a nice hook.
Haulani's corner calls for a 1-2. Haulani obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Haulani.
Sprout gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sprout misses with a hook.
Haulani throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sprout chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Haulani can pounce on him.
Haulani is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sprout rather than just go for the knockout.
Haulani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haulani jabs at Sprout's body.
Haulani connects with a looping right hand.
Haulani displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sprout has managed to clinch.
Haulani throws an elbow but it misses.
Sprout has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sprout is trying to break the clinch but Haulani has him pressed against the cage.
Sprout dodges an elbow strike from Haulani.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haulani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sprout's brow.
Sprout tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haulani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sprout's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
Sprout blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sprout managing to block the knees to the body from Haulani.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike.
Sprout is trying to break the clinch but Haulani is controlling him.
Haulani throws an elbow that misses.
Haulani creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haulani throws an elbow that misses.
Haulani gets underhooks to prevent Sprout's takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
Sprout tries to circle away but Haulani has him pinned against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haulani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sprout's brow.
Haulani taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Haulani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Sprout.
Sprout letting Haulani take a breather here.
Haulani landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sprout avoids the elbow strike from Haulani, against the cage.
Sprout working aggressively here.
Sprout misses with a punch on the inside.
Haulani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sprout tries a body shot but Haulani blocks it.
Haulani trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
Haulani looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sprout wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sprout has had enough of the clinch but Haulani keeps him there for the moment.
Haulani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right hand to the body from Sprout.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike from Haulani.
Sprout blocks the elbow strike.
Haulani blocks an uppercut.
Haulani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sprout avoids the elbow strike from Haulani, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haulani tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sprout avoids it.
Haulani pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Haulani prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jc Sprout. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Haulani keeps control of Sprout as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Haulani working Sprout over with knees to the body.
Sprout is breathing heavily.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
Haulani throws an elbow but it misses.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haulani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sprout's brow.
Haulani lands a good knee to the midsection. Sprout won't want to take too many of those.
Haulani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sprout wants to break free but Haulani has control.
Haulani throws an elbow but it misses.
Haulani comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Haulani throws an elbow but misses.
Haulani throws an elbow that misses.
Haulani throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haulani is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sprout is defending well for now.
Sprout on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haulani just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sprout's brow.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike.
Haulani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sprout in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sprout dodges an elbow strike from Haulani.
Sprout avoids the elbow strike from Haulani, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Haulani.
Sprout dodges an elbow strike from Haulani.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike from Haulani.
Haulani pushes off an throws an elbow but Sprout leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Haulani throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haulani lands a nice uppercut.
Haulani throws an elbow but it misses.
Sprout blocks an elbow strike from Haulani.
Sprout misses with a punch on the inside.
Sprout doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sprout goes for a takedown in the clinch but Haulani prevents it.
Sprout managing to block the knees to the body from Haulani.
Sprout fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Haulani creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sprout dodges an elbow strike from Haulani.
Haulani blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haulani misses with an elbow strike.
Haulani pushes off an throws an elbow but Sprout leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sprout wants to break free but Haulani has control.
Sprout blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sprout is looking to break free of the clinch but Haulani has double underhooks.
Haulani keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sprout's efforts to push away.
Sprout struggles to land a body shot inside as Haulani controls his hands.
Sprout looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haulani throws an elbow but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Haulani prevents a body shot from Sprout.
Sprout is trying to break free.
Sprout lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Haulani throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sprout blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alamimo Haulani dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Haulani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sprout was well out of range. Poor timing from Haulani.
Sprout tries to clinch there but Haulani circles away.
Nice jab there from Haulani.
Sprout lands with a straight right. Haulani didn't see that one coming.
Haulani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sprout throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haulani misses with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sprout takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Haulani shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Haulani must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Haulani stopping the sweep attempt from Sprout.
Sprout manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sprout with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haulani trying desperately to get to his feet.
Haulani is squirming around, avoiding Sprout's attempts to control the action.
Haulani is trying to escape the mount.
Sprout trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sprout is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Haulani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slow jab from Haulani misses its intended target.
Jab by Sprout.
Haulani takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Haulani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sprout.
Alamimo Haulani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Haulani connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sprout throws a nice looking combination but Haulani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haulani throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sprout on the side of the head.
Sprout ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Haulani moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Haulani.
Haulani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haulani's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sprout connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Haulani scrambles back to his feet.
Sprout throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Haulani tries to work over Sprout's front leg with a kick but Sprout checks it.
Sprout misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Haulani misses.
Haulani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sprout steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haulani.
Sprout tries to clinch but Haulani is having none of it.
Good standup being displayed there by Sprout as he connects with a hook.
Sprout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sprout is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Haulani.
Sprout swings for the body but Haulani moves out of range.
Haulani throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sprout is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sprout misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sprout tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haulani was well out of range. Poor timing from Sprout.
Sprout misses with a few strikes there.
Sprout lands a nice shot to the body.
Sprout looks to throw the jab but Haulani is out of range.
A big left from Sprout misses.
Haulani scores with a hook.
Sprout throws a hook to the side of Haulani's head but Haulani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sprout is looking to clinch but Haulani is avoiding it.
Haulani swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haulani lands a nice shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Haulani.
A right-left combo lands from Haulani.
Sprout will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani sizes up Sprout with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Haulani throws a combination. Sprout tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haulani pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Haulani misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sprout.
Haulani scores with a jab. Sprout acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sprout staying out of range there.
Sprout avoids the body shot from Haulani.
Haulani throws an off balance right hand
and Sprout counters with a stiff right hand.
Sprout scores with a hook.
Haulani lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sprout backs up against the cage.
Sprout ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Haulani blocks a jab.
Sprout takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alamimo Haulani seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Haulani changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Haulani throws a nice looking combination but Sprout bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A good leg kick by Haulani.
Haulani lands a jab to Sprout's midsection.
Sprout connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haulani moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Haulani.
Sprout is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Haulani misses with a double jab
and Sprout counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Haulani connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alamimo Haulani showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Haulani swats away the attempt to clinch by Sprout.
Sprout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haulani.
Sprout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Haulani.
Sprout misses with a left hand
and Haulani counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sprout will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haulani cracks the inside of Sprout's front leg.
Haulani gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sprout.
Haulani keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sprout fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haulani lands with an overhand left.
Sprout tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haulani swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sprout misses with an uppercut.
Haulani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sprout.
Sprout displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haulani throws out the jab.
Haulani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sprout throws out the jab.
Sprout misses with a looping left.
Haulani connects with a right hand. Sprout shakes it off.
Haulani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sprout.
Sprout rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Haulani counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haulani throws a hook to the side of Sprout's head but Sprout sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sprout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A big left from Haulani misses.
Sprout wants to clinch.
Sprout looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sprout scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Haulani dodges the punch combination from Sprout.
Haulani scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sprout lands a slapping body shot.
Haulani connects with a body shot.
Haulani lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sprout at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sprout takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Haulani circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haulani lands a really nice looking cross but Sprout seems unphased.
Haulani jabs Sprout to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Haulani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Haulani scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sprout in his tracks.
Haulani swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sprout counters with a nice body shot.
Haulani throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sprout counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Haulani finds it's way through Sprout's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haulani misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab from Sprout finds it's way through Haulani's defenses.
Sprout loads up on a big right hand but Haulani slips the punch.
Sprout ducks right into an uppercut from Haulani.
Sprout throws a jab but it's blocked by Haulani.
Sprout closes the distance but Haulani moves to the side
and Haulani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haulani comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Haulani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haulani smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Haulani has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Haulani scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sprout in his tracks.
Haulani looks to land a right hand but Sprout moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Sprout misses the target.
No joy there for Haulani, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haulani feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sprouts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Haulani misses with a looping right.
Haulani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Haulani lands an overhand right.
Haulani chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Haulani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sprout doesn't seem bothered though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haulani comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sprout throws a lazy right hand but Haulani sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sprout closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sprout misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Haulani misses.
Haulani jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Haulani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani scores with a jab. Sprout acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Haulani connects with a looping right hand.
Haulani cracks Sprout with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Haulani as he connects with a hook.
Sprout looks to score with a jab to the body but Haulani is just out of range.
Sprout throws an overhand right that lands on Haulani's shoulder, as Haulani tries to avoid the shot.
Haulani misses with a lunging right hand
and Sprout counters with a right hand to the body.
Haulani avoids the body shot from Sprout.
Haulani scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sprout in his tracks.
A combination from Sprout does no damage.
Sprout tries to clinch there but Haulani circles away.
Haulani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haulani darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haulani misses with an uppercut. Sprout saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Haulani, right into the meat.
Sprout has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sprout there as he acknowledges the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sprout is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Haulani.
Haulani misses with a body shot.
Haulani cracks Sprout with a good jab.
Sprout avoids the body shot from Haulani.
Haulani moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sprout misses with a lunging right hand
and Haulani makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Haulani ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sprout throws a right hand that Haulani ducks under and follows up with a left that Haulani also avoids with ease.
Haulani slips under a jab from Sprout.
Haulani lands with an overhand left.
Sprout scores with a body shot.
Sprout tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Haulani as he connects with a hook.
Sprout lands a head shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sprout misses with a wild combination.
Haulani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haulani cracks the inside of Sprout's front leg.
Haulani lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alamimo Haulani really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Haulani lands a nice shot to the body.
Haulani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sprout.
Haulani with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sprout takes one to the side of the head.
Haulani bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sprout's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Haulani.
Haulani connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Haulani lands a nice looking body shot.
Haulani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Haulani misses with the combination.
Sprout takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab lands there for Haulani.
Sprout misses with an uppercut
and Haulani counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Haulani lands a jab.
Haulani lands a nice hook to Sprout's body. Sprout takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haulani scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Sprout prevents Haulani from improving position.
Sprout takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprout is not content to let Haulani control the position.
Sprout sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Haulani slows the pace down in half guard.
Sprout is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sprout has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Haulani is working away from the top position though.
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.
Sprout tries to roll over but Haulani keeps him under control.
Haulani wants to stand up but Sprout is controlling the position.
Sprout trying to control here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Haulani thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sprout slips a straight right by Haulani.
Haulani lands a nice hook to Sprout's body. Sprout takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sprout is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sprout takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sprout misses with a looping left.
Haulani defending well as Sprout loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haulani misses with an uppercut
and Sprout counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Haulani misses the shot to the body.
Haulani throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sprout counters with a straight right hand.
Sprout tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haulani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Haulani. Sprout does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sprout has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Haulani.
Haulani feints and then cracks Sprout's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sprout down.
Sprout listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sprout on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sprout avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haulani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sprout takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Haulani decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sprout gets full guard.
Sprout wants to stand up but Haulani is controlling him.
Sprout looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sprout keeping moving, preventing Haulani from controlling successfully.
Sprout looking to hit a scissor sweep but Haulani is one step ahead there.
Haulani's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Haulani wants to get up but he can't break Sprout's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alamimo Haulani wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sprout throws a series of punches but Haulani moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haulani misses with a two punch combination.
Haulani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sprout.
Sprout misses with a looping right.
Haulani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alamimo Haulani dominated that fourth 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!
Sprout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sprout throws an overhand right that lands on Haulani's shoulder, as Haulani tries to avoid the shot.
Haulani jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Haulani misses with a wild body shot.
Haulani throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sprout throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Haulani on the side of the head.
Haulani throws the left hand but Sprout avoids the punch easily.
Sprout lands a jab.
Haulani throws out a loose jab but Sprout uses good head movement to avoid it.
Haulani misses with a series of wild punches.
Sprout stuns Haulani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Haulani fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haulani throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Sprout to counter with a crisp jab.
Sprout uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haulani.
Haulani will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haulani lands a nice hook to Sprout's body. Sprout takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Haulani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sprout was well out of range. Poor timing from Haulani.
Sprout scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haulani scores with a jab to the body.
Haulani showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sprout.
Sprout keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sprout misses with a looping right.
Sprout has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Haulani finds it's way round the side to connect with Sprout's head.
Sprout throws a shot from downtown. Haulani moves away and avoids it.
Haulani misses with the combination.
Sprout uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haulani.
Haulani is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Haulani lands a right hook to the body.
Sprout takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Haulani lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Haulani with a nice cross.
Haulani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sprout. That did some damage!
Sprout looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Haulani ducks under a wild hook from Sprout.
Haulani throws a leg kick which misses Sprout's front leg but catches the back leg as Sprout tries to avoid it.
Sprout is looking to clinch but Haulani is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haulani's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sprout under the eye.
Haulani misses with a straight right.
Sprout has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sprout takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Haulani throws a big shot that misses.
Haulani shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sprout eats them both and turns towards Haulani to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sprout takes a jab right on the kisser.
Haulani connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sprout's hands.
Haulani feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sprout's calf.
Haulani throws a shot from downtown. Sprout moves away and avoids it.
Haulani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sprout manages to avoid it.
Haulani swings for the body but Sprout moves out of range.
Sprout walks into a left hand.
Haulani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sprout doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haulani lands a glancing blow to the side of Sprout's head.
Haulani misses with a wild combination.
Sprout just misses with a punch to the body.
Sprout misses with a right hand
and Haulani cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haulani scores with a sloppy right hand. Sprout should have avoided that one.
Sprout throws a looping overhand right but Haulani ducks down to avoid it.
Haulani scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Haulani slips under a jab from Sprout.
Sprout shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haulani misses with a straight left.
Sprout's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haulani connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sprout scrambles back to his feet.
Haulani thows a body shot but no joy.
A chopping leg kick lands by Haulani.
Sprout tries to clinch there but Haulani circles away.
Jc Sprout has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haulani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Haulani connects with a body shot that sends Sprout's belly button to the back.
Haulani lands a jab to Sprout's midsection.
Haulani throws a leg kick which misses Sprout's front leg but catches the back leg as Sprout tries to avoid it.
Haulani connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sprout momentarily.
A big left from Haulani misses.
Haulani fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haulani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sprout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haulani throws a one two combo.
Sprout takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Sprout is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haulani wobbles Sprout with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Haulani dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Sprout to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alamimo Haulani!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Imran Shaah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Stryker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaah comes into the arena with Time to Say Goodbye blaring out of the sound system. Stryker has chosen Die Motherfucker Die as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Imran Shaah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Stryker!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaah misses with a takedown attempt
and Stryker counters with a right hand to the body.
Shaah takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shaah misses with a takedown
and Stryker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stryker delivers a nice body kick.
Stryker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stryker lands a high kick!
Shaah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stryker counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shaah thinking.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imran Shaah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaah is breathing heavily.
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!
Stryker cracks Shaah with a good jab.
Shaah doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Stryker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stryker connects with a high kick.
It looks like Imran Shaah has been cut.
Shaah takes one to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Stryker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker moves into the clinch.
Shaah avoiding damage as Stryker throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Stryker.
Stryker lands an elbow inside that Shaah shrugs off.
Shaah is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stryker pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Stryker.
A short right from Stryker.
Shaah blocks an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stryker.
Shaah takes a shot to the head.
Stryker scores with a shot to the side of Shaah's head.
Stryker lands with a right to the head.
Stryker scores with a shoulder strike.
Stryker digs a right hand underneath Shaah's ribcage. Shaah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Shaah. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A hook to the body from Stryker.
Stryker is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stryker lands a body shot.
Stryker lands an uppercut.
Stryker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stryker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stryker gets through Shaah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stryker lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stryker.
Stryker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stryker throws an elbow but misses.
Stryker content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Stryker is working Shaah over against the cage.
Stryker lands a body punch.
Stryker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stryker scores with a knee to the head.
Stryker working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Stryker.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stryker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Stryker gets underhooks to prevent Shaah's takedown attempt.
Stryker lands with a short shot to the head.
Stryker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Stryker fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shaah.
A right handed body shot lands from Stryker.
A short uppercut from Stryker.
Stryker lands an elbow just above Shaah 's eye.
Stryker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker lands a nice knee to the body.
Stryker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stryker is leaning against Shaah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stryker lands a hook that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Good body shot from Stryker.
Stryker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stryker.
Stryker scores with a shoulder strike.
Stryker lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Stryker.
Shaah tries for a takedown. No joy.
Stryker is working Shaah over against the cage.
Stryker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shaah's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stryker lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Stryker.
Shaah works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Stryker controlling the position.
Shaah might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaah drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Stryker dives on top into guard.
Shaah working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stryker doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stryker manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stryker is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stryker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shaah is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shaah working for a triangle but Stryker defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stryker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Stryker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Imran Shaah's cut.
That's time! Shaah's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shaah has his takedown stuffed
and Stryker counters with a nice body kick.
Shaah shoots and misses
and Stryker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stryker.
Stryker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Charles Stryker seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stryker tries to land knees in the clinch but Shaah avoids the damage to the body.
Shaah tries for a takedown but Stryker manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imran Shaah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stryker digs a right hand underneath Shaah's ribcage. Shaah let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stryker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stryker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
A body shot lands from Stryker.
Stryker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stryker lands a nice uppercut.
Stryker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Shaah has Stryker pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Stryker manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stryker scores with a hook to the body.
Stryker lands a nice shot to the body.
Stryker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker pushes Shaah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stryker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker pushes Shaah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Stryker.
A body shot lands from Stryker.
Stryker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stryker lands a nice shot to the body.
Stryker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shaah or not.
Stryker lands with a light punch inside.
Stryker connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stryker.
Stryker lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Stryker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stryker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker effectively controlling the action here.
Stryker lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Stryker.
Stryker is pressed up against the cage. Shaah has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stryker down to the mat. Stryker avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shaah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shaah takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stryker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shaah's sensitive parts.
Stryker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shaah at a distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Shaah.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shaah swings around for an armbar but Stryker sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Shaah's guard.
Shaah keeping moving, preventing Stryker from controlling successfully.
Shaah throws his legs up looking for a submission but Stryker uses it to pass to side control.
Stryker landing a few strikes.
Stryker tries for a kimura but Shaah is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker wants to control but Shaah is keeping him busy.
Shaah is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stryker's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Stryker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Shaah actively working from the bottom here.
Shaah is looking to improve his position.
Stryker trying to control the action but Shaah is working from the bottom.
Shaah tries to get to full guard but Stryker has control of the leg.
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.
Stryker is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Shaah is staying active underneath Stryker, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Shaah is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Stryker pulls his head out easily.
Shaah is not content to let Stryker control the position.
Shaah looking for submissions off his back.
Stryker prevents Shaah from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stryker missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Stryker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Imran Shaah's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Stryker scores with a decent looking hook.
A lazy left from Stryker finds it's target.
Shaah with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stryker counters with a right hand to the body.
Stryker digs a good hook to Shaah's body.
Shaah has his takedown stuffed
and Stryker counters with a straight right hand.
Stryker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shaah gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Stryker counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Imran Shaah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shaah tries to keep at a distance but Stryker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shaah blocks a body shot from Stryker.
A nice left hand lands by Stryker.
Stryker throws an elbow but it misses.
Stryker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stryker misses with an elbow over the top.
Stryker throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stryker.
Shaah tries for a takedown but Stryker manages to get underhooks.
Stryker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stryker lands with a left to the head.
Stryker pushes Shaah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Stryker.
Stryker presses Shaah against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stryker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees to the body from Stryker.
Stryker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shaah.
Stryker lands a body punch.
Stryker lands a hook that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Nice elbow from Stryker.
Stryker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A nice left hand lands by Stryker.
Stryker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stryker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stryker stalling against the cage.
Imran Shaah has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stryker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stryker lands a nice shot to the body.
Shaah is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stryker unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shaah lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stryker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shaah in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stryker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shaah.
Shaah dodges an elbow strike from Stryker.
Stryker stalling.
Shaah wants a takedown but no success here.
Stryker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Stryker.
Shaah has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Stryker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stryker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stryker lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Shaah drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stryker crunches a lovely knee into Shaah's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker landing knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Stryker.
Stryker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stryker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shaah or not.
Stryker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Shaah has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Stryker avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Stryker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stryker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shaah or not.
Shaah wants a takedown but no success here.
Stryker lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Stryker as the two fighters clinch.
Stryker pushes Shaah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stryker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stryker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shaah backwards.
Stryker is leaning against Shaah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stryker pushes Shaah back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Stryker swings wildly with an uppercut but Shaah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stryker lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaah prevents a body shot from Stryker.
Stryker is leaning against Shaah and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stryker tries a knee to the head but Shaah blocks it.
Stryker stops a takedown attempt from Shaah.
Stryker tries to work over Shaah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stryker lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stryker lands a nice uppercut.
Shaah is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Shaah blocks an elbow strike.
Stryker has a couple of punches blocked by Shaah.
Shaah drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A left hand lands to the body for Stryker.
Stryker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stryker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shaah goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stryker prevents it.
Stryker lands a body punch.
Stryker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Shaah.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Stryker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Stryker winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Stryker!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tantric Yogi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lime White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lime White has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tantric Yogi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lime White!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Yogi throws a low kick, looking for White's leg but White calmly moves out of range.
Yogi is looking to score with low kicks.
White throws a leg kick but Yogi checks it.
White throws a leg kick that is checked
so Yogi counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
White looking to control.
Yogi is looking to work some ground and pound but White has wrist control.
Yogi wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Yogi wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Yogi throwing strikes but missing.
Yogi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to sweep but no luck.
Yogi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White keeping moving, preventing Yogi from controlling successfully.
Yogi throws a strike but White rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
White trying to control but Yogi is working from the bottom.
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.
Yogi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. White stacks Yogi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by White!
White trying to control the action but Yogi is working from the bottom.
Yogi regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to control. Yogi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Yogi wants to get back to full guard but White has passed into side control.
Yogi regains half guard there - taking advantage of White's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
White is trying to control. Yogi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Yogi is trying to get back to full guard.
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.
White trying to control the action but Yogi is working from the bottom.
White with the ground and pound but Yogi uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Yogi looking to control.
Yogi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as White controls the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lime White has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
White walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Yogi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A nice combination there by Yogi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tantric Yogi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A low kick from White misses
and Yogi counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.
Yogi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed White momentarily.
Yogi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick from White misses.
A slow jab from Yogi misses its intended target.
A low kick from White misses
and Yogi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yogi throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Yogi throws a leg kick
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
Yogi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before White can pounce on him.
White throws a hook to the side of Yogi's head but Yogi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yogi shoots for a double leg takedown but White sprawls well. He's pushed Yogi's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Yogi misses with a hook
and White counters with an outside leg kick.
White throws a head kick that misses
and Yogi counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White is looking to land body kicks.
Yogi throws a head kick that misses.
Yogi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
White tries to land a leg kick but Yogi saw it coming and moves away.
Yogi scores with a kick to the midsection.
White misses with a head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yogi.
White fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Yogi is out of range.
White throws a lazy head kick
and Yogi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White tries a head kick but it misses.
White finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
White misses with a leg kick
and Yogi counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yogi feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Whites jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yogi looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
A low kick from White is predictable there
and Yogi counters with a good low kick that White was not able to check.
White throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yogi moves out of range of the leg kick from White.
Yogi throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Yogi avoids the head kick by White.
Lime White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yogi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping White at a distance.
Yogi looks to land a body kick but White moved away.
Yogi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Yogi.
White attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yogi bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
White taking punishment in the form of punches.
White wants to control but Yogi postures up.
Yogi postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Yogi wants to lay and pray for a moment but White keeps working.
White managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Yogi.
Yogi tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Yogi scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at White to see if he's OK.
White is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Yogi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White is looking for a sweep. Yogi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yogi winds up and cracks White with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
White is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
White is not content to let Yogi control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Yogi in particular looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tantric Yogi dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Good work by Yogi as he checks the leg kick.
A low kick from Yogi misses
and White counters with a thumping low kick.
Yogi walks forward, straight into a front kick from White.
White misses with a leg kick
and Yogi counters with a single leg into guard. White didn't expect that.
White keeping moving, preventing Yogi from controlling successfully.
Yogi forces his way into half guard.
White is looking to improve his position.
White is trying to maintain the position but Yogi is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yogi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
White has hold of Yogi's hands but Yogi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
White really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yogi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yogi is nestled in close to White, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Yogi trying to control the action but White is working from the bottom.
Yogi passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yogi lands a nice shot to the head.
Yogi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lime White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yogi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Yogi unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yogi working the ground and pound effectively.
Yogi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
White wants to hold on but Yogi pushes him away.
Yogi trying to control but White is having none of it.
Yogi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yogi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can White hang on?
Tantric Yogi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yogi controlling from mount.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Yogi 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.
Yogi controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tantric Yogi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yogi 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tantric Yogi!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rabesandratana Randreanaivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Inocencio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Randreanaivo comes to the cage accompanied by Insane Clown Posse - Another Love Song. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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216 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rabesandratana Randreanaivo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Inocencio!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Randreanaivo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Inocencio tries to kick Randreanaivo off but Randreanaivo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Randreanaivo trying to control the pace.
Randreanaivo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Inocencio won't allow Randreanaivo to pass to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randreanaivo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Inocencio looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Randreanaivo passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Inocencio!
Randreanaivo wants to control the pace but Inocencio is squirming around nicely.
Inocencio is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
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.
Randreanaivo jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Inocencio is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Inocencio and Randreanaivo has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Randreanaivo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Inocencio is being controlled here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randreanaivo wants to control but Inocencio is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Randreanaivo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Randreanaivo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Inocencio keeps working.
Randreanaivo is trying to get an arm triangle but Inocencio is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Randreanaivo throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Inocencio works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
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.
Still in half guard, Randreanaivo seems content to control.
Randreanaivo decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Randreanaivo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Randreanaivo swats away the attempt to clinch by Inocencio.
Randreanaivo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Inocencio's half guard.
Randreanaivo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rabesandratana Randreanaivo 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.
Inocencio misses with a hook
and Randreanaivo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Inocencio wants a takedown but no success here.
Inocencio tries to break free but Randreanaivo pushes him back against the cage.
Randreanaivo wants the takedown. Inocencio is fighting it off but Randreanaivo persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Inocencio's guard against the cage.
Randreanaivo pushing down on Inocencio's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Randreanaivo passes to side control.
Randreanaivo content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Randreanaivo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Randreanaivo slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randreanaivo is trying to get an arm triangle but Inocencio is defending well.
Randreanaivo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Randreanaivo in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Randreanaivo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Inocencio has escaped the position, nice work there.
Randreanaivo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Inocencio dodges the ground and pound from Randreanaivo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inocencio is not content to let Randreanaivo control the position.
Randreanaivo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Inocencio rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Randreanaivo's guard! Nice work there by Inocencio!
Inocencio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Inocencio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Randreanaivo seems keen to control Inocencio's posture.
Randreanaivo wants to sweep here but Inocencio controlling him for the moment.
Randreanaivo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Randreanaivo swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Inocencio is now in Randreanaivo's guard. A big mistake from Randreanaivo there, giving up the dominant position!
Inocencio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rabesandratana Randreanaivo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Inocencio gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Randreanaivo to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Randreanaivo looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Randreanaivo passes Inocencio's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Randreanaivo seems to be working for a kimura but Inocencio defends the submission attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randreanaivo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Randreanaivo controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Randreanaivo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Inocencio defends it well.
Inocencio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Randreanaivo.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Randreanaivo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Randreanaivo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Randreanaivo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Inocencio turns into him and now he's in Randreanaivo's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Inocencio being controlled here momentarily.
Randreanaivo is trying to control the position but Inocencio postures up.
Randreanaivo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Randreanaivo goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Inocencio turns into him and now he's in Randreanaivo's guard.
Jason Inocencio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randreanaivo pushes Inocencio off and gets back to his feet.
Rabesandratana Randreanaivo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Randreanaivo drives through with a takedown into Inocencio's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Randreanaivo looking to pass the guard.
Inocencio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Randreanaivo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Inocencio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rabesandratana Randreanaivo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Randreanaivo 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rabesandratana Randreanaivo!
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