Rising 6 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Saxon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesse James has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Saxon
vs
James

183 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Saxon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jesse James!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James is looking to clinch but Saxon is avoiding it.

Saxon closes the distance and pushes James back into the ropes.
Saxon is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the ropes.

Saxon pulls James into guard.
Saxon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Saxon is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Saxon keeping full guard, as James tries to pass.

Saxon escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. James gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Saxon wants to sweep but no luck.
Saxon keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
James throws and elbow that misses. Saxon uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in James's guard. Nice move by Saxon!

That's one minute gone in the round.
James wants to get back to his feet but Saxon is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Saxon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Saxon forces his way into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

James actively working from the bottom here.
Saxon wants to stand up but James is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saxon is controlling the pace.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Saxon moves nicely into side control.
Saxon is putting a hurting on James here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James tries to improve position but can't.

Saxon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Saxon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Saxon stands up and beckons James to his feet.

Saxon takes the fight into the clinch.

Saxon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saxon shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Saxon trying to control the action but James is working from the bottom.

Saxon is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Saxon trying to control from half guard but James is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Saxon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Saxon closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Saxon lands in his opponent's guard.
James is trying to keep Saxon in close.
James is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Saxon trying to control here.
James is looking to stall here but Saxon recovers full guard.
Saxon keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saxon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
James looking to sit in guard and control but Saxon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Saxon's corner is telling him to maintain position.
James keeping moving, preventing Saxon from controlling successfully.

Saxon gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saxon dives in and grabs James's left leg, looking for a takedown. James pushes down on Saxon's head and hops out.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from James.

Saxon gets a takedown into half guard.
James looks like he's trying to stand up.
Saxon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Saxon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saxon throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Saxon content to control rather than advance.
Saxon is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James wants to control but Saxon is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Saxon controlling the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Randy Saxon just wasn't active enough.
James is looking to clinch.
Saxon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. James tries to avoid it but Saxon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag James to the ground. James escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
James slaps away a takedown attempt from Saxon, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Saxon. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Saxon gets a double leg takedown into James's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saxon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
James throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Saxon dominated that second 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!

James fails with the takedown
and Saxon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Saxon.
Good standup being displayed there by James as he connects with a hook.
James tries to clinch up.
James throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
James lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Saxon circles away quickly and effectively.

Saxon closes the distance and clinches.

Saxon breaks from the clinch.
James scores with a one two! Saxon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Randy Saxon has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saxon keeps the fight on the outside.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Saxon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saxon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James swinging wildly here.
Randy Saxon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

James gets tackled into the ropes by Saxon. Saxon maintains the clinch.

Saxon breaks the clinch.
James throws a left and a right that both miss
and Saxon makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
James throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Saxon drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saxon seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Saxon got a little sloppy there for a moment and James has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Saxon has managed to get both his arms back between James's legs - danger averted.
Saxon stands and throws James's legs to the side, diving into side control.
James can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saxon happy to just control the position for now.
James manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
James not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Saxon kicks James off and gets back to his feet.

Saxon moves into range and clinches up with James.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Saxon gets control of James's arms and successfully pulls guard. Saxon will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Saxon striking off his back but it's not causing James any problems.
James tries to stand but Saxon is controlling from the bottom.
James wants to control from the top but Saxon keeps moving.
Saxon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Saxon is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James trying to control the position from guard on top but Saxon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Saxon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Saxon tries to get out of the position.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jesse James hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Saxon scores a takedown into full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Saxon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Saxon, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Saxon!
Randy Saxon thanked the fans post fight for their support.

C
A

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
45%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lae Praye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Praye comes to the ring accompanied by Carry That Weight. Brent Carter will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Praye
vs
Carter

157 cm
31
163 lbs
13 - 16 - 0

168 cm
30
164 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lae Praye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brent Carter!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Praye lands with a hook. Carter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Praye tries a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Carter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Praye finds it's way round the side to connect with Carter's head.
A jab from Praye does it's job there.
Praye scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Brent Carter has been cut.
Praye throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Praye misses the shot to the body.
Carter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Praye momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter slips under a jab from Praye.
Praye pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Praye lands with an overhand left.
Praye slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Praye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Praye.
Praye falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carter counters with a low kick, right behind Praye 's knee.
Praye misses with a straight left.
Praye steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Carter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Praye misses with a body shot.
Praye throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Praye getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Praye lands with a kick to the temple. Carter shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter slips a jab from Praye.
A right-left combo lands from Praye.

Carter is rocked!
Carter moves away from the strike by Praye.
Praye jabs Carter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Praye swinging wildly here.
Carter punishes Praye's body with a nice straight punch.
Praye misses with a leg kick
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Praye misses.

Carter clinches with his opponent.
Praye tries to break the clinch but Carter is controlling the position.
Carter taking a breather.
Praye is working Carter over against the ropes.
Praye stalling in the clinch.
Praye can't break the clinch.

Carter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Praye just misses with a punch to the body.
Praye misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praye lands a lovely overhand right.
Praye really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Praye scores with a punch to the head.
Praye misses with a low kick.
Praye throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter avoids the body shot from Praye.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Praye checks a leg kick nicely.
Praye is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Praye fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Praye lands a nice hook to Carter's body. Carter takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Praye throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lae Praye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brent Carter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Praye misses with a left hand
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Nice shot lands for Praye.
Carter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Praye throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carter lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Praye takes one on the button.
Praye throws a right hand that misses
and Carter counters with a three punch combo that has Praye backing up. Praye nods at Carter to acknowledge the strikes.
Praye throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Praye walks into a left hand.
Praye cracks a nice hook into Carter's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter avoids the body shot from Praye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Praye.
Lae Praye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Praye takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Carter slips a jab and a cross from Praye.
Carter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Carter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Praye looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Praye connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Praye falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Praye lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Praye misses with a low kick.
Carter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carter moves away from the strike by Praye.
Praye throws a combination that misses
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
Praye swinging wildly here.
Praye throws a sloppy head kick
and Carter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praye scores with a jab to the head.
Lae Praye is winning the standup battle so far.
Carter scores with a nice right hand.
A big right from Praye misses.
Praye misses with an uppercut
and Carter counters with an inside leg kick.
Carter defending well as Praye loads up on a big left hand.
Carter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Carter rushes Praye and presses him up against the ropes.
Carter just leaning against Praye, taking a breather.

Praye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Praye closes the distance and lands a one-two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Praye misses the target.
Praye misses with the combination.
Praye scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Carter wants to clinch up but Praye keeps it at a distance.
Lae Praye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Praye scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Carter doesn't seem bothered though.
Carter moves away from the strike by Praye.
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 Lae Praye will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brent Carter's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Carter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Praye misses with a looping right.
Praye works Carter's body with a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Praye.
Praye misses with a few strikes there.
Praye attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Praye moves out of range of the strikes.
Praye misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Praye connects with a single shot there.
Praye digs a good body shot into Carter's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Praye throws a body kick the misses
and Carter counters with a head kick.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Praye bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Praye throws the kick towards the body but Carter avoids it.
Praye throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Praye is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carter.
Praye takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A head kick by Praye misses
and Carter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Praye thinking.
Praye takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Praye misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Praye misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
A combination from Praye does no damage.
Carter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carter is looking to clinch but Praye is avoiding it.
Praye throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Praye works over Carter's head and body with a nice combination.
Carter scores with a jab to the head.

Praye is rocked!
Carter closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Praye! Carter dives in looking to finish! Praye is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brent Carter!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aron Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Ricard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricard has chosen Frank The Tank as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Aron Rogers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rogers
vs
Ricard

192 cm
29
285 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

191 cm
28
267 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aron Rogers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Ricard!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ricard moves into the clinch.
Ricard is trying to break the clinch but Rogers has him pressed against the ropes.
Ricard has had enough of the clinch but Rogers keeps him there for the moment.
Ricard avoiding damage as Rogers throws knees to the body.
Ricard tries to break the clinch but Rogers is controlling the position.
Rogers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rogers has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ricard avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rogers gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Frank Ricard has been cut.
Rogers keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ricard's efforts to push away.
Ricard tries to circle away but Rogers has him pinned against the ropes.

Ricard breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ricard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ricard throws a hook but Rogers blocks it.
Rogers shoots in looking for a takedown but Ricard manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rogers's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rogers tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Ricard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rogers tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ricard swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aron Rogers. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers misses with a takedown attempt - Ricard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rogers misses with a low kick.
Ricard is looking to chop away at Rogers's legs.
Ricard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ricard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Ricard fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Rogers sprawls well initially but Ricard persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ricard sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rogers defending well though.
Rogers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ricard.
Rogers pushes Ricard off looking to stand but Ricard dives back in and keeps control.
Ricard is looking to take a break and control but Rogers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ricard tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Ricard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ricard winds up and cracks Rogers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ricard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ricard lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rogers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ricard.
Rogers is breathing heavily.
Ricard keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ricard.
Ricard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Ricard stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ricard fails to land the takedown.
Ricard throws a series of punches but Rogers avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ricard is defended easily by Rogers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ricard as he jumps to the side.
Rogers moves out of range of the strikes.
Ricard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Ricard lands with a straight right. Rogers didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A clash of legs there as Ricard blocks the low kick.
Rogers circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ricard throws a left that rocks Rogers and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ricard dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Rogers regain composure!

It looks like Aron Rogers has been cut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ricard in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ricard scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Ricard dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ricard misses with a double jab.
Rogers lands a glancing blow to the side of Ricard's head.
Rogers throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ricard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Frank Ricard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ricard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ricard misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers slips a jab and a cross from Ricard.
Ricard shoots in looking for a takedown. Rogers tries to sprawl out of it but Ricard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Rogers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ricard throws a head kick that misses.
Ricard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ricard fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers scores with a shot to the body.
Ricard is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Rogers. No joy for Ricard on that attempt.

Rogers feints and as Ricard raises his hands in defense, Rogers changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ricard looking to control.
Ricard is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Ricard looking for a guillotine here but Rogers defends easily.
Rogers is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ricard throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rogers throwing strikes from guard but Ricard blocks nicely.
Rogers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rogers landing with the ground and pound.
Rogers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ricard 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.
Rogers won't allow Ricard to get back to his feet.
Ricard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Ricard kicks Rogers off and gets to his feet.

Rogers gets the takedown into side control.
Ricard is looking to regain half guard here but Rogers keeps moving and retains side control.
Ricard taking a bit of punishment here - Rogers scoring with strikes.
Ricard is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Rogers cracks Ricard with a big right hand but Ricard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Ricard is rocked!

That has opened up Frank Ricard's cut even more.
Rogers is chipping away with strikes.
Ricard is still in real trouble! Can Rogers finish him?
Ricard misses with a strike from the bottom.
Rogers lands a strong strike to the head of Ricard. That's dazed him! Rogers looking to finish here. Ricard is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Rogers lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aron Rogers!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
86%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Sawyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Martin
vs
Sawyer

182 cm
26
185 lbs
10 - 14 - 0

191 cm
26
199 lbs
8 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Sawyer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sawyer scores with a takedown into Martin's guard.
Martin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sawyer is one step ahead there.
Sawyer prevents Martin from getting back to his feet.
Sawyer looking to pass the guard.
Sawyer stops Martin from standing up.
Sawyer tries to free his leg and advance position but Martin is retaining full guard.
Sawyer trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sawyer.
Martin wants to sweep here but Sawyer controlling him for the moment.

Sawyer drops back looking for a leg! Martin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Martin manages to kick Sawyer off! Sawyer jumps back into Martin's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin wants to stand and escape but Sawyer is having none of it.
Sawyer connects with a couple of short punches.
Martin wants to get back to his feet but Sawyer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Martin looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sawyer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Sawyer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Sawyer maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Martin could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Sawyer has cracked it and Martin is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Sawyer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tom Sawyer!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wally Wechsel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Strong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wechsel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Faith No More - The Morning After. 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?

Wechsel
vs
Strong

184 cm
28
201 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

185 cm
27
192 lbs
10 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wally Wechsel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Strong!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wechsel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wechsel.
Wechsel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Strong is looking to clinch but Wechsel is avoiding it.
Wechsel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wechsel pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wechsel lands with a slapping head kick.
Strong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wechsel loads up on a big right hand but Strong slips the punch.
Strong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Strong shoots in and bounces Wechsel off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Strong is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wechsel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Wechsel tries to get out of the position.
Strong trying to control the position from guard on top but Wechsel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strong stops Wechsel from standing up.
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!
Strong landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Strong manages to pass to side control.
Wechsel looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Strong looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wechsel with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Strong looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Strong is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Strong is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Wechsel is just riding it out for now. Strong eventually gives up the hold.
Wechsel is staying active underneath Strong, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel is trying to stand.
Wechsel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Strong scores with a couple of nice shots.
Strong is looking to take a break and control but Wechsel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Strong takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Strong passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Strong cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strong landing shots from mount.

Strong is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Strong has managed to clinch.
Wechsel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wechsel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Strong tries for a takedown but Wechsel circles away easily
and Wechsel counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Wechsel finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wechsel slaps away a takedown attempt from Strong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wechsel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wechsel wants it to stay on the feet.
Wally Wechsel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Wechsel.
Wechsel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Strong is looking to land body kicks.

Wechsel clinches with his opponent.
Wechsel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Strong's defenses.

It looks like Jack Strong has been cut.
Wechsel trying to land knees to the body.
Wechsel prevents a takedown attempt there.
Strong fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wechsel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wechsel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wally Wechsel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wechsel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Strong throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wechsel's waist but Wechsel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Strong off to one side.

Wechsel has Strong up against the ropes in a clinch.

Wechsel manages to break the clinch.
Wechsel scoring well with a low kick there.
Wechsel connects with a high kick.
Wechsel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Strong.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wechsel throws a head kick that misses.
Strong connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wechsel. Wechsel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Strong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wechsel.
Strong falls off balance throwing a combination
and Wechsel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jack Strong will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jack Strong's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Strong fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Strong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wechsel lands a head kick. Strong smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Strong tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Wechsel swivels and escapes.
Wechsel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wechsel misses with a body kick.
Strong tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wechsel sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Strong somewhat.
Wally Wechsel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Strong.
Strong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Wechsel moves into the clinch.
Wechsel lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Wechsel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wechsel.
Wechsel lands a head kick!

Wechsel forces Strong back against the ropes and clinches.
Wechsel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Wechsel.
Wechsel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wechsel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wechsel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Strong gets control of Wechsel's arms and successfully pulls guard. Strong will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Strong has a closed guard, preventing Wechsel from standing up.
Strong bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wechsel's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strong sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Wechsel's guard.

Wechsel is defending against the submission attempts here by Strong.
Strong stops Wechsel from getting back to his feet.
Strong has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
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!
Strong working over Wechsel with some ground and pound. Wechsel looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wechsel is trying to stand back up but Strong is controlling him
Strong trying to mount his opponent but Wechsel defends it.
Wechsel is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wechsel is defending against the submission attempts here by Strong.

Strong is working for a kimura but Wechsel is defending it quite comfortably.
Wechsel is trying to stand.
Jack Strong has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Strong scores with a couple of nice shots.
Strong trying to control the pace.
Strong wants to stand up but Wechsel has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Strong is looking for a kimura here.
Wechsel wants to get back to his feet.
Strong throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong passes to full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wechsel tries to buck Strong off but he can't manage it.
Strong raining down hammerfists from mount.

Strong working for a guillotine from mount but Wechsel is in no mood to give up.

Strong throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Wechsel has his hands clasped together but Strong breaks the hold and Wechsel is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Strong!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jack Strong!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
51%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wiz Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Khalifa
vs
Gracie

190 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
218 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wiz Khalifa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Gracie!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khalifa gets a clinch.
Gracie tries to circle away but Khalifa has him pinned against the ropes.
Khalifa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Khalifa is struggling to control the position.
Khalifa lands a good knee to the midsection. Gracie won't want to take too many of those.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Gracie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Khalifa effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifa prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Khalifa misses with some punches.
Khalifa tries a body shot but Gracie blocks it.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Khalifa.
Gracie managing to block the knees to the body from Khalifa.
Khalifa working aggressively here.
Khalifa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Khalifa tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Khalifa back against the ropes.
Khalifa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Khalifa on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie avoiding damage as Khalifa throws knees to the body.
Khalifa stalling against the ropes.
Khalifa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gracie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khalifa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie avoids the elbow strike from Khalifa, against the ropes.
Gracie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Khalifa is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie avoiding damage as Khalifa throws knees to the body.
Khalifa holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Khalifa misses with a hook to the ribs.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Khalifa seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Khalifa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Khalifa trying to stall but Gracie improves his position.
Gracie is trying to push Khalifa away but Khalifa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Wiz Khalifa.

Khalifa clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Khalifa.
Gracie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Khalifa slows down the pace here.
Khalifa trying to control the position but instead, Gracie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khalifa into the ropes.
Gracie drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Khalifa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wiz Khalifa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Khalifa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Khalifa shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Khalifa is looking to clinch.
Khalifa misses with a takedown attempt
and Gracie counters with a two punch combo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wiz Khalifa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie misses with an uppercut. Khalifa saw that one coming.

Gracie steps into range and cracks Khalifa with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Khalifa flops backwards and Gracie dives into his guard looking to finish!

Khalifa is rocked!

It looks like Wiz Khalifa has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Oh Khalifa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gracie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Khalifa seems to have got his legs back now.
Khalifa is not content to let Gracie control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifa takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Gracie tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Gracie scoring with punches from side control.

Wiz Khalifa's cut is getting worse.

Gracie in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Khalifa is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miguel Gracie!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
42%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bob Bunkers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bob Bunkers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bunkers
vs
Smith

190 cm
25
186 lbs
12 - 8 - 1

182 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob Bunkers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Smith!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith with a hook.
Bunkers thumps Smith with a low kick.
Bunkers defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bunkers to the mat! Bunkers manages to get full guard.

Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bunkers keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Bunkers working a defensive guard here.
Smith is stalling in the full guard.
Smith preventing the sweep.
Bunkers working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Bunkers is trying to keep Smith in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunkers can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Smith controls the pace.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Bunkers fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Smith to the ground. Bunkers is now in Smith's guard.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bunkers.
Bunkers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bunkers throwing strikes but missing.
Bunkers throws and elbow that misses. Smith uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bunkers's guard. Nice move by Smith!
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith trying to control but Bunkers is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bunkers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Bunkers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Bunkers pulls Smith in close to prevent any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunkers is trying to keep Smith in close.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Bob Bunkers just wasn't active enough.
Smith catches Bunkers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Bunkers has Smith up against the ropes in a clinch.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Bunkers takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunkers is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Bunkers into the ropes.
Bunkers working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bunkers is trying to stall.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunkers controls his hands.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Bunkers controls his hands.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Bunkers's ribcage. Bunkers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short uppercut from Smith.
A short uppercut from Bunkers.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Bunkers avoids it by throwing Smith back against the ropes.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Bunkers tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Bunkers.
Bunkers blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith avoiding damage as Bunkers throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bunkers tightens his grip and picks Smith up, before dumping him to the ground. Smith manages to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bunkers wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Bunkers looking to pass the guard.
Smith lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bunkers!
Smith dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bunkers?
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Bunkers is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Smith trying to control but Bunkers is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Bunkers tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bunkers!
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Smith! Bunkers is hurt baaadly! Smith is firing away with more strikes - Bunkers is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Smith!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Garrido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

James
vs
Garrido

187 cm
27
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
275 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Javier Garrido!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

James manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Garrido on his heels. He'll look to pass Garrido's guard now, I'm sure.
James wants to control from the top but Garrido keeps moving.

Garrido looking for a triangle here. James is fighting it but it looks tight! Garrido pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, James is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Javier Garrido!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
53%

Main event

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ettore Masiero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khaled Khaled (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khaled has chosen DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin' as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Masiero
vs
Khaled

200 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
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 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ettore Masiero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Khaled Khaled!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Khaled.
Masiero misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khaled throws a wild body kick that Masiero sees coming a mile off.
Masiero lands with a kick to the temple. Khaled shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping leg kick lands for Masiero.
Masiero with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Masiero scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khaled takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Khaled checks a leg kick.
Masiero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Khaled's hands.
Masiero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khaled throws a leg kick but Masiero sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Masiero throws out a leg kick but Khaled moves out of range and Masiero only half commits.
Khaled throws out a leg kick but Masiero moves out of range and Khaled only half commits.
Masiero looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Khaled lunges at Masiero with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Masiero's hand.

It looks like Ettore Masiero has been cut.
Khaled is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Masiero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khaled moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Masiero throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khaled tries to clinch but Masiero moves away
and Masiero counters with a nice body shot.
Khaled lands with a kick to the temple. Masiero shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Masiero misses with a two punch combination.
Khaled tries to clinch there but Masiero circles away.
Masiero feints and then cracks Khaled's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khaled down.
Masiero pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Khaled gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Masiero takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masiero lands an elbow inside.
Khaled throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masiero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khaled is defending well for now.
Masiero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khaled stalls.
Masiero is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khaled is defending well for now.
Khaled on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Masiero lands an elbow inside.
Masiero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Masiero throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Masiero blocks it.
Khaled trying to control the position but instead, Masiero has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khaled into the ropes.
Masiero lands an elbow inside that Khaled shrugs off.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Masiero throws an elbow but misses.
Khaled misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masiero lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khaled tries a knee to the head but Masiero blocks it.
Masiero throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Masiero lands a damaging elbow.
Masiero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khaled backwards.

Khaled is rocked!
Masiero pushes Khaled against the ropes. Masiero is working some dirty boxing. Masiero pushes off with a quick right hook! Khaled goes down! Khaled tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Masiero moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ettore Masiero!
Ettore Masiero really struggled to get his t-shirt was on before his hand was raised. Making sure that •‡• LION Clothing •‡• [CBK] logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.