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NFC 23: Bonds vs Brugnolo PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Spliffington Bongsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pistol Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Spliffington Bongsworth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Pistol Robinson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bongsworth throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice takedown defense from Bongsworth. No joy for Robinson on that attempt.
Robinson swinging wilding here.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bongsworth is breathing heavily.
Bongsworth is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson shoots in but Bongsworth avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Robinson scores with a takedown into Bongsworth's guard.
Robinson stands and steps away. Bongsworth gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Robinson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bongsworth's waist but Bongsworth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Robinson off to one side.
Spliffington Bongsworth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pistol Robinson.
Good leg kick by Robinson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Robinson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Robinson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bongsworth is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Robinson lunges at Bongsworth with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bongsworth's hand.
Oh Bongsworth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crack! A monster head kick from Robinson and Bongsworth falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Robinson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Pistol Robinson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamish MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Chzov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Boris Chzov was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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205 lbs
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223 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Hamish MacDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Boris Chzov!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chzov rushes MacDonald and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Chzov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chzov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but MacDonald blocks it with crossed arms.
MacDonald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
MacDonald taking a breather.
Chzov lands a knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Chzov is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chzov drops MacDonald with a big knee straight up the middle! MacDonald is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
It looks like Hamish MacDonald has been cut.
MacDonald is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chzov moves into the clinch.
Chzov avoids the elbow strike from MacDonald, against the cage.
MacDonald is trying to break the clinch but Chzov is controlling him.
Chzov controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Boris Chzov!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nemanja Vidic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus McGrufus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nemanja Vidic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rufus McGrufus!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vidic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McGrufus tries to land a front kick but Vidic steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McGrufus lands a big head kick that sends Vidic tumbling to the mat! McGrufus takes a step backwards and waves Vidic back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Vidic is rocked!
It looks like Nemanja Vidic has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McGrufus connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Vidic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vidic is breathing heavily.
McGrufus feints a jab and as Vidic dips his head, McGrufus unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Vidic right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Vidic falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! McGrufus smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rufus McGrufus!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Steinburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Parker Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steinburger comes to the cage accompanied by Throw the Jew down the well. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Steinburger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Parker Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinburger feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Steinburger sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Steinburger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Steinburger stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Smith prevents Steinburger from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Steinburger, who protects the arm well.
Steinburger is trying to control Smith's posture but Smith avoids it.
Smith in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Steinburger is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Parker Smith!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dick Fatsack Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and fabio jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jones has chosen yes as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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161 lbs
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Fatsack Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, fabio jones!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fatsack Jr tries to clinch but jones moves out of range.
Fatsack Jr takes the fight into the clinch.
Fatsack Jr lands a left hand.
Fatsack Jr tries a body shot but jones blocks it.
Fatsack Jr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite jones's efforts to push away.
jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fatsack Jr throws a combination. jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fatsack Jr clinches.
A right hand to the body from Fatsack Jr.
jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fatsack Jr stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fatsack Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with jones's elbow.
jones lands a takedown into guard.
Fatsack Jr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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!
Fatsack Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
jones works over Fatsack Jr with some ground and pound from guard.
jones is working Fatsack Jr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
jones preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fatsack Jr manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fatsack Jr fails to move to back control.
jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fatsack Jr jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle
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jones is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by jones and Fatsack Jr has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
jones manages to get back to half guard.
Fatsack Jr works his way into side control.
jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fatsack Jr working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on jones's thigh. jones counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Fatsack Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but jones is retaining full guard.
Fatsack Jr is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! jones is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! jones has escaped and now he's on top!
Fatsack Jr is breathing heavily.
jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fatsack Jr's head.
jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
jones preventing the sweep.
jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
jones cracks Fatsack Jr with a solid left hand.
jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
jones trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Fatsack Jr's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fatsack Jr wants to improve his position but jones is controlling well.
jones is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fatsack Jr is just riding it out for now. jones eventually gives up the hold.
Fatsack Jr wants to get back to full guard.
Fatsack Jr looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fatsack Jr is trying to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. jones connects with a nice short shot to Fatsack Jr's temple.
jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fatsack Jr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fatsack Jr actively working from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
jones seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Fatsack Jr is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). fabio jones!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hoo Doo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and spankda yank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). yank is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by do it. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hoo Doo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, spankda yank!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Doo throws a series of punches but yank avoids them all with ease.
yank connects with a jab.
yank looks to land a right hand but Doo moved out of range.
Doo misses with a few strikes there.
Doo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
yank listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
yank throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
yank is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Doo's half guard.
Doo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but yank pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doo looking for submissions off his back.
yank passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Doo!
Doo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doo is bucking up trying to escape but yank cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Doo tries to lock up and control but yank gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Doo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Doo is rocked!
yank punishing his opponent with strikes.
Oh Doo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Doo throwing hammer fists to the chest of yank. What's that going to do exactly?
yank is landing with some decent strikes but Doo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
yank prevents Doo from getting the reversal.
Doo wants to control but yank is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by yank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
yank postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Doo in real trouble here! The ref calls for Doo to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). spankda yank!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Dawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and john jan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). jan has chosen Judgment night by Biohazard&Onyx as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Dawkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, john jan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dawkins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dawkins swinging wilding here.
Dawkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but jan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dawkins looks to land a combination but jan avoids it well.
Dawkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dawkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dawkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by jan.
jan instigates a clinch.
jan missing with knees to the body.
Dawkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Tim Dawkins has been cut.
jan tries to land knees in the clinch but Dawkins avoids the damage to the body.
jan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dawkins is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
jan gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Dawkins regains guard.
Dawkins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from jan.
jan landing with the ground and pound.
Dawkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
jan passes Dawkins's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
jan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dawkins's head.
Dawkins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dawkins has hold of jan's hands but jan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from jan.
Dawkins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
jan takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
jan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
jan working Dawkins over with strikes.
jan 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.
jan working Dawkins over with strikes.
Dawkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from jan.
jan 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.
jan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
jan lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
jan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
jan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
jan working over Dawkins with some ground and pound. Dawkins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
jan working the head and body with strikes.
jan scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
jan is nestled in close to Dawkins, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
jan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dawkins has hold of jan's hands but jan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dawkins has hold of jan's hands but jan slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
jan lands with a punch from half guard.
jan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dawkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from jan.
jan throwing shots but Dawkins is blocking nicely.
jan winds up and cracks Dawkins with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dawkins has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. jan is working away from the top position though.
jan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dawkins misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dawkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent jan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
jan moves into range and clinches up with Dawkins.
Dawkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
jan lands a body shot in the clinch.
jan can't get the takedown.
jan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dawkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
jan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dawkins backwards.
Dawkins stalls.
jan lands an elbow inside.
Dawkins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dawkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
jan wants to clinch.
Dawkins swings and misses with a shot to the body
and jan counters with a body kick that stops Dawkins in his tracks momentarily.
A combination from Dawkins does no damage.
jan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
jan clinches up against the cage.
jan tightens his grip and picks Dawkins up, before dumping him to the ground. Dawkins manages to land in guard.
jan with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
jan throwing strikes from guard but Dawkins blocks nicely.
jan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
jan landing some decent shots from guard.
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!
jan distracts Dawkins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dawkins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from jan.
Dawkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
jan landing with the ground and pound.
jan is in close to Dawkins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
jan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dawkins's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dawkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dawkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
jan stopping the sweep attempt from Dawkins.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
john jan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Dawkins's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dawkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
jan tries to clinch there but Dawkins circles away.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for jan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dawkins. jan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dawkins throws a leg kick
and jan moves into the clinch.
jan tries to score a body lock takedown but Dawkins shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
jan has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Dawkins clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
jan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
jan lands a shot to the head.
Dawkins covers up after that shot from jan.
jan lands punches and elbows.
Tim Dawkins's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
jan is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. jan gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. jan gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. jan apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jeez, Tim Dawkins's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tim Dawkins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). john jan!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Brugnolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Bonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brugnolo comes into the arena with Culture club - Do you really want to hurt me? blaring out of the sound system. Bonds is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Live And Let Die. Kevin Brugnolo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Brugnolo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Bonds!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonds shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brugnolo defends it nicely.
Brugnolo ducks right into an uppercut from Bonds.
Bonds scores with a leg kick.
Bonds tries to clinch up.
Bonds swings for the body but Brugnolo moves out of range.
Bonds feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brugnolo's calf.
Oooh a lovely combination from Brugnolo sends Bonds down but not out. Brugnolo dives into side control looking to finish.
Bonds is rocked!
Brugnolo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bonds is still in real trouble! Can Brugnolo finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Bonds's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bonds seems to have recovered his senses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brugnolo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bonds is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bonds is looking for a sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonds can't do much from the bottom here.
Brugnolo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bonds keeps working.
Brugnolo is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bonds knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Brugnolo goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bonds has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Brugnolo but great work by Bonds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bonds swings around for an armbar but Brugnolo sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Bonds's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Brugnolo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Brugnolo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Brugnolo has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Brugnolo unloads with some shots from mount but Bonds bucks and avoids them well.
Brugnolo goes for an armbar but Bonds turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Bonds.
Bonds trying to control the position from guard on top but Brugnolo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bonds really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Brugnolo raining down shots from the mount!
Bonds is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brugnolo lands with some strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brugnolo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brugnolo swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Bonds is now in Brugnolo's guard. A big mistake from Brugnolo there, giving up the dominant position!
Bonds throws a strike but Brugnolo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bonds wants to stand up but Brugnolo is controlling him.
Brugnolo drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bonds manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Brugnolo has Bonds in his guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bonds postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Brugnolo 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.
Bonds fakes the leg kick and cracks Brugnolo in the body.
Bonds misses with a head kick.
Billy Bonds seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brugnolo throws a big shot that misses.
Brugnolo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bonds moves away from the strike by Brugnolo.
Bonds ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bonds bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Brugnolo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brugnolo misses with a double jab.
Brugnolo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bonds on the side of the head.
Brugnolo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonds was well out of range. Poor timing from Brugnolo.
Bonds tries to clinch there but Brugnolo circles away.
Brugnolo cracks Bonds with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Bonds tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Brugnolo pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Bonds is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Brugnolo!
Kevin Brugnolo is the new middleweight champion!
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