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LFNC 102 - Quinn v Kokin II PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Caffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor Caffey will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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164 lbs
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Good chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brandon Marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Caffey!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Marsden.
Caffey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marsden throws an off balance right hand
and Caffey makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marsden is trying hard to land a takedown here. Caffey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Marsden misses with a hook. Caffey ducked under it nicely.
Caffey feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marsden's calf.
Caffey circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Marsden drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Caffey follows Marsden to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Caffey!
After the big win, Victor Caffey made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bomani El Hazad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilson Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bomani El Hazad looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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167 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Bomani El Hazad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Wilson Waters!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waters slaps away a takedown attempt from El Hazad, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Waters shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. El Hazad manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
El Hazad controlling Waters's posture.
El Hazad keeping moving, preventing Waters from controlling successfully.
Waters postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Waters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Waters landing some decent shots from guard.
Waters lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Waters postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Waters engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
El Hazad is controlling Waters's posture.
Waters working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Hazad trying to control the position here.
Waters looking to pass the guard.
Waters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as El Hazad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Waters sitting in guard here, content to control.
El Hazad is trying to control the position but Waters postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Bomani El Hazad wasn't doing enough on the ground.
El Hazad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from El Hazad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Waters tries to bum rush El Hazad with a series of wild strikes but El Hazad uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Hazad walks into a straight right hand from Waters.
El Hazad looks to land a combination but Waters avoids it well.
Waters looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
El Hazad is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Waters is nestled in close to El Hazad, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters works his foot free and advances to mount.
Waters controlling the pace for now.
Waters landing strikes, looking to finish!
El Hazad is trying desperately to improve position.
Waters with the ground and pound from mount.
El Hazad is rocked!
Waters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Waters landing strikes from the mount and El Hazad is in trouble!
Oh El Hazad is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have El Hazad scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Waters land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Waters stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wilson Waters!
Wilson Waters really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kai Diao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otto von Goldstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diao comes to the cage accompanied by 半斤八兩. von Goldstein comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heut ist mein tag kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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159 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
14 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Kai Diao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Otto von Goldstein!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diao throws a low kick but von Goldstein moves out of range easily.
Diao feints and then cracks von Goldstein's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow von Goldstein down.
Diao slips a straight right by von Goldstein.
Diao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
von Goldstein scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diao doesn't seem bothered though.
Diao sizes up von Goldstein with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
von Goldstein scores with a jab. Diao acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by von Goldstein.
von Goldstein shoots in looking for a takedown but Diao manages to keep the fight standing, pushing von Goldstein's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Diao thumps von Goldstein with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diao throws a leg kick that misses.
von Goldstein misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A slow jab from von Goldstein misses its intended target.
Diao defending well as von Goldstein loads up on a big left hand.
von Goldstein jabs Diao right on the nose. Diao blinks but takes it well.
Diao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Otto von Goldstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diao tries to land a leg kick but von Goldstein saw it coming and moves away.
von Goldstein ducks under a wild hook from Diao.
Diao scores with a body shot.
Diao looks to land a combination but von Goldstein avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
von Goldstein throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diao's waist but Diao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing von Goldstein off to one side.
von Goldstein's corner calls for a 1-2. von Goldstein obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diao wants to clinch.
Diao lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diao lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diao throws a leg kick that misses.
Diao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diao throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Diao misses.
Nice defenses there by Diao.
Diao slips a straight right by von Goldstein.
Diao throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to von Goldstein's calf.
von Goldstein throws a lazy uppercut
and Diao counters with a nice body shot.
Diao's jab looks to have found its range, popping von Goldstein under the eye.
Diao thows a leg kick but von Goldstein checks it
and von Goldstein counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Diao is looking for a sweep. von Goldstein is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
von Goldstein winds up and cracks Diao with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
von Goldstein is looking for a kimura but Diao is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for von Goldstein to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from von Goldstein.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
von Goldstein is thwarting Diao's attempts to control the position.
Diao tries to roll over but von Goldstein keeps him under control.
von Goldstein has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diao punching from the bottom.
Diao wants to get back to full guard.
Diao trying to control but von Goldstein postures up.
von Goldstein missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diao manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
von Goldstein stopping the sweep attempt from Diao.
Diao wants to get back to his feet but von Goldstein is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kai Diao will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
von Goldstein thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed von Goldstein momentarily.
von Goldstein's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
von Goldstein shoots in but no luck this time.
Diao throws a leg kick that misses.
von Goldstein closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Diao actively working from the bottom here.
Diao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for von Goldstein on the ground.
von Goldstein works his way into full mount!
Diao can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
von Goldstein lands a big elbow.
von Goldstein is in the full mount, landing strikes.
von Goldstein cracks Diao with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Diao on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diao tries to get out of the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, von Goldstein cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Diao is rocked!
von Goldstein pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Diao is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
von Goldstein raining down hammerfists from mount.
von Goldstein postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Diao badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of von Goldstein around the waist but von Goldstein pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! von Goldstein is the winner by TKO! von Goldstein jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otto von Goldstein!
Otto von Goldstein was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Tibbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diaz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Invincible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Tibbs!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tibbs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tibbs.
Tibbs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Tibbs checks it.
Diaz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Diaz lands in his opponent's guard.
Diaz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Diaz pushes down on Tibbs's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tibbs really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Diaz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Tibbs pushes Diaz off, looking to escape but Diaz dives into side control. He's locked up a kimura now - that was fast! He's cranking on it and Tibbs is forced to tap! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nick Diaz!
After the big win, Nick Diaz made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors The Nutritionists (O.R.G) »Q155 only $49!« and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Berry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dean's choice of entrance music: Eminem - Till I Collapse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, John Berry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Eddie Dean!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dean throwing shots but Berry is blocking nicely.
Berry has hold of Dean's hands but Dean slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dean has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dean seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dean takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dean thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Berry's head.
Berry wants to get back to his feet.
Berry blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dean.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dean is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dean scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Berry?
Dean controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Berry that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Berry tries to hold on but Dean pushes him away.
Dean pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dean landing strikes from the mount and Berry is in trouble!
Dean lands a big shot there that rocks Berry but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Berry is rocked!
Dean won't let Berry get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Dean can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Berry is looking to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dean breaks from Berry's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Oh Berry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dean raining down hammerfists from mount.
Dean postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Berry out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Dean goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Eddie Dean!
A victorious Eddie Dean thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Hollace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Melartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hollace's entrance music is Outside by Staind. A fine choice. Melartin has chosen Pennywise- Homesick as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronan Hollace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Rafael Melartin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melartin misses with a body shot.
Melartin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Melartin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hollace manages to avoid it.
Hollace misses with a hook.
Melartin throws an overhand right that lands on Hollace's shoulder, as Hollace tries to avoid the shot.
Melartin tries to bum rush Hollace with a series of wild strikes but Hollace uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hollace slips under a jab.
Melartin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hollace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Hollace misses.
Hollace wants to clinch but Melartin slips to the side
and Hollace takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Melartin throws a right hand that misses
and Hollace counters with a straight right hand.
Melartin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Melartin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Hollace.
Hollace throws out a loose jab but Melartin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melartin swings for the body but Hollace moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hollace looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Melartin misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melartin swats away the attempt to clinch by Hollace.
Melartin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Melartin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Melartin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Melartin lands a head shot.
Hollace clinches up with Melartin and pushes him back against the cage.
Melartin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Melartin lands with a cross.
Melartin misses with a body shot.
A jab from Melartin finds it's way through Hollace's defenses.
Hollace tries to close the distance and clinch but Melartin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Melartin scores with a shot to the body.
Melartin throws a jab but it's blocked by Hollace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hollace throws a looping overhand right but Melartin ducks down to avoid it.
Melartin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Melartin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace lands with a nice body punch.
Hollace staying out of range there.
Hollace takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice takedown defense from Melartin. No joy for Hollace on that attempt.
Melartin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hollace waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Melartin.
A telegraphed right hand from Melartin misses the target.
Melartin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hollace under the eye.
Sloppy strikes from Melartin. Those never looked like landing.
Hollace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melartin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hollace.
Melartin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hollace lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hollace.
Hollace lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Hollace misses.
Melartin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Melartin looks to land a left hand but Hollace moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melartin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hollace takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hollace misses with a few strikes there.
Hollace avoids the body shot from Melartin.
Melartin looks to score with a jab to the body but Hollace is just out of range.
Hollace tries to clinch but Melartin moves out of range.
Melartin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hollace lands with a kick to the temple. Melartin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hollace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Melartin sprawls well. Melartin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hollace gets slowly back to his feet.
Hollace dodges the punch combination from Melartin.
Melartin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Melartin throws the left hand but Hollace avoids the punch easily.
Melartin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hollace had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Melartin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hollace shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Melartin but Melartin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronan Hollace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollace scores with a sloppy right hand. Melartin should have avoided that one.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Melartin.
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!
Melartin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hollace on the side of the head.
Melartin moves out of range as Hollace strikes.
Melartin blocks a head kick by Hollace.
Melartin misses with a body shot.
Hollace thuds a left hand into Melartin's body.
Melartin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hollace closes the distance and pushes Melartin back into the cage.
Hollace struggles to land a body shot inside as Melartin controls his hands.
Hollace throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hollace goes for a takedown in the clinch but Melartin prevents it.
Melartin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Melartin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hollace fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Melartin slips a straight right by Hollace.
Hollace shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Melartin as he avoids it easily.
Melartin scores with a jab to the body.
Melartin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Melartin misses the target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hollace blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Melartin - just one landing.
Melartin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Melartin misses its intended target.
Rafael Melartin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hollace slips a jab from Melartin.
Hollace misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronan Hollace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Melartin fails to land with a series of punches.
Melartin cracks Hollace with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hollace. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Melartin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hollace's head.
No joy there for Hollace, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hollace misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melartin misses with a series of wild punches.
Melartin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hollace takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Melartin misses with a hook. Hollace ducked under it nicely.
Melartin throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Hollace to counter with a crisp jab.
Melartin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hollace manages to avoid it.
Melartin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hollace throws out the jab.
Hollace shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Melartin gets full guard.
Melartin wants to stand up but Hollace is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Melartin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hollace controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Hollace trying to control but Melartin is working from the bottom.
Hollace throwing strikes from guard but Melartin blocks nicely.
Hollace stopping the sweep attempt from Melartin.
Melartin keeping moving, preventing Hollace from controlling successfully.
Hollace tries to free his leg and advance position but Melartin is retaining full guard.
Hollace wants to control from the top but Melartin keeps moving.
Hollace throwing strikes from guard but Melartin blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melartin wants to get back to his feet but Hollace is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hollace throwing strikes but missing.
Hollace prevents Melartin from getting back to his feet.
Melartin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Melartin trying to keep a closed guard but Hollace is proving a slippery customer.
Hollace looking to sit in guard and control but Melartin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Melartin trying to control but Hollace is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Melartin gets to his feet. Hollace looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Hollace drops his hands momentarily and Melartin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Melartin misses with a looping right.
Hollace darts in and clinches Melartin up against the cage.
Hollace lands a right hand.
Hollace is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Melartin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hollace misses with a punch on the inside.
Melartin is looking to break free of the clinch but Hollace has double underhooks.
Hollace looks to throw an elbow but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hollace stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Melartin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rafael Melartin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hollace slips a jab from Melartin.
Hollace uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melartin.
Melartin misses with a looping right.
Hollace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hollace fails with an attempt to clinch.
Melartin lands a right hook to the body.
Rafael Melartin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Melartin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melartin works over Hollace's head and body with a nice combination.
Hollace slips a jab and a cross from Melartin.
Hollace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollace. Melartin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Melartin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hollace tries to move into range but Melartin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Melartin. Hollace does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollace wants to clinch.
Melartin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hollace's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Melartin ducks right into an uppercut from Hollace.
Hollace throws a shot to the body.
Melartin throws a lazy right hand but Hollace sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Melartin.
Hollace shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Melartin eats them both and turns towards Hollace to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hollace lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Melartin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hollace has time to react.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hollace. Melartin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hollace throws a sloppy head kick
and Melartin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hollace looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hollace fails with the takedown.
Melartin misses with a wild body shot.
Hollace feints and then cracks Melartin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Melartin down.
Hollace buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollace takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hollace throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Melartin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hollace tests Melartin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hollace scores with a jab.
Hollace looks to score with a jab to the body but Melartin is just out of range.
Melartin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Melartin misses the shot to the body.
Hollace pushes Melartin up against the cage in a clinch.
Melartin stops a takedown attempt from Hollace.
Melartin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Hollace catches Melartin right on the button with a cross.
Hollace ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Melartin throws a jab when Hollace was well out of range.
Melartin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollace shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Melartin as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronan Hollace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hollace gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Melartin as he connects with a hook.
Melartin cracks Hollace with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Melartin walks into a left hand.
Melartin throws an overhand right that lands on Hollace's shoulder, as Hollace tries to avoid the shot.
Melartin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Melartin misses with a wild body shot.
Melartin looks to land a right hand but Hollace moved out of range.
Melartin misses with a body shot.
Melartin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Melartin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hollace.
Hollace throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Melartin misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hollace throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Melartin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hollace misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hollace misses with a head kick.
Melartin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melartin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hollace counters with a nice uppercut.
Hollace throws a nice looking combination but Melartin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Melartin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rafael Melartin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Melartin dips to his left and cracks Hollace with an uppercut!
Melartin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Hollace swings widly with a right hand
and Melartin counters with a straight right hand.
Melartin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hollace.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Hollace finds it's way through Melartin's defenses.
Hollace throws a jab when Melartin was well out of range.
Melartin throws an overhand right that lands on Hollace's shoulder, as Hollace tries to avoid the shot.
Ronan Hollace has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Melartin cracks Hollace with a good jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Melartin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Melartin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Melartin!
A victorious Rafael Melartin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chad Nazareth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basil Lundeby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lundeby has chosen Casino Royal 007 Theme as his entrance music. Basil Lundeby acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Chad Nazareth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Basil Lundeby!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazareth misses with a series of wild punches.
Nazareth stuffs the takedown.
Nazareth throws a looping overhand right but Lundeby ducks down to avoid it.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lundeby.
Nazareth lands with a kick to the temple. Lundeby shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nazareth motions for Lundeby to come forward. Nazareth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nazareth swings for the body but Lundeby moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lundeby lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nazareth has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nazareth and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lundeby is defended easily by Nazareth.
Nazareth jabs at Lundeby's body.
Nazareth looks to throw the jab but Lundeby is out of range.
Lundeby tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nazareth is able to avoid easily.
Lundeby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Nazareth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazareth scores a takedown into full mount!
Lundeby in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Lundeby tries to lock up and control but Nazareth gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lundeby tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nazareth trying to control but Lundeby is having none of it.
Lundeby is in all sorts of trouble here.
Nazareth looking to finish Lundeby with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lundeby!
Nazareth avoids the attempt from Lundeby to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Nazareth connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nazareth breaks from Lundeby's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lundeby can't escape the position.
Nazareth lands with some strikes.
Lundeby taking shots to the head.
Lundeby is desperately trying to improve his position but Nazareth has a good base and remains in mount.
Lundeby tries to hold on but Nazareth postures up.
Nazareth landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nazareth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nazareth pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lundeby is rocked!
Lundeby is looking to improve his position but Nazareth isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazareth lands a big shot to the head and Lundeby winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chad Nazareth!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Jayme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Vymiatajec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keith Jayme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Vymiatajec!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jayme throws a right hand that Vymiatajec ducks under and follows up with a left that Vymiatajec also avoids with ease.
Vymiatajec ducks under a wild hook from Jayme.
Vymiatajec lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vymiatajec throws a nice head kick!
Vymiatajec with a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Jayme.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jayme slips a jab and a cross from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec thows a body kick. Jayme tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Jayme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vymiatajec manages to avoid it.
Vymiatajec throws out a powerful jab.
Vymiatajec lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Vymiatajec getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vymiatajec scores with a push kick.
Jayme on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jayme works the jab nicely.
Jayme takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jayme is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Vymiatajec.
Jayme on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jayme has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vymiatajec finds it's way round the side to connect with Jayme's head.
Vymiatajec with a nice cross.
Vymiatajec lands a left and a right that send Jayme crashing to the mat, dazed. Vymiatajec thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Jayme is rocked!
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!
Vymiatajec throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Oh Jayme is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A solid leg kick lands there for Vymiatajec.
Jayme seems to have got his legs back now.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vymiatajec.
Jayme has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vymiatajec.
A nice combination there by Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec lands a right hook to the body.
Vymiatajec feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jayme's calf.
Vymiatajec thuds a left hand into Jayme's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jayme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec fakes the leg kick and cracks Jayme in the body.
Vymiatajec cracks Jayme with a right hand to the side of the head.
Vymiatajec lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jayme stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec throws a nice head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Vymiatajec finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Vymiatajec lands a jab to the head.
Vymiatajec scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vymiatajec throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Vymiatajec lands with a good body shot.
Jayme shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vymiatajec lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vymiatajec moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vymiatajec scoring well with a low kick there.
Vymiatajec fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vymiatajec lands with a shot to the body.
Vymiatajec is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jayme had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Vymiatajec feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Jayme sprawling to the canvas! Jayme rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Vymiatajec finish him?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick from Vymiatajec.
Vymiatajec connects with a superb combination that knocks Jayme out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Vymiatajec before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Jayme!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Adam Vymiatajec!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Life Goes On. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlton Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Fabio Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Robinson's defenses.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Robinson tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Robinson to the ground. Robinson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Robinson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Robinson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Robinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Carlton Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Robinson misses the jab.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.
Robinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Robinson.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Robinson.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones slips under a jab from Robinson.
Robinson throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Robinson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robinson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a series of punches but Robinson avoids them all with ease.
Jones misses the jab.
A jab from Robinson misses.
Robinson moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Jones takes a swing at Robinson's ribcage but misses.
Robinson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jones's head.
Carlton Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
A swing and a miss from Robinson.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Robinson misses with an uppercut.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Robinson is just out of range.
Robinson swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Robinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robinson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Robinson works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Robinson on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robinson scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Robinson scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Robinson throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Robinson throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jones misses with a hook. Robinson ducked under it nicely.
Jones takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson swings widly with a right hand
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones dips to his left and cracks Robinson with an uppercut!
Robinson lands a right hook to the body.
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robinson scores with a nice head shot.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
A big left from Robinson misses.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Robinson slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Carlton Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabio Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Robinson.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Robinson moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Robinson.
Jones throws a body punch but Robinson moves out of range.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Robinson just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robinson cracks Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Robinson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Jones looks to land a combination. Robinson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fabio Jones will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Robinson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Robinson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Robinson sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Robinson throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
Robinson walks into a left hand.
Robinson missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robinson swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Robinson throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robinson throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Robinson is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Jones manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Robinson on his heels. He'll look to pass Robinson's guard now, I'm sure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Robinson kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Robinson is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabio Jones has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Robinson lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Robinson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Robinson throws out a powerful jab.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robinson.
Robinson dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Robinson scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robinson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Robinson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
Robinson misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Robinson - just one landing.
Carlton Robinson is winning the standup battle so far.
Robinson throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Robinson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big left from Jones misses.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jones defending well as Robinson loads up on a big left hand.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robinson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Robinson moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Jones misses.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robinson.
Robinson misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jones steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Robinson.
Jones 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.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson walks into a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Robinson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jones.
Robinson misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robinson loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Robinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones slips under a jab from Robinson.
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 Carlton Robinson will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Robinson looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jones misses with a straight left.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones defending well as Robinson loads up on a big left hand.
Robinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones's jab looks to have found its range, popping Robinson under the eye.
Robinson lands a right hook to the body.
Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Robinson did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Robinson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robinson tries to get out of the position.
Jones thows a huge punch but Robinson dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones thows a huge punch but Robinson dodges it nicely.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones wants to work for an arm triangle but Robinson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jones looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Robinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robinson's head.
Robinson is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones thows a huge punch but Robinson dodges it nicely.
Robinson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones content to control rather than advance.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Robinson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Robinson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones wants to take a breather but Robinson is having none of it.
Jones is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Robinson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Robinson has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones controlling the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Fabio Jones!
A relieved looking Fabio Jones thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tirawit Kokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tirawit Kokin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Quinn!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kokin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kokin lands a head kick. Quinn smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Quinn misses with a straight right.
Quinn looks to land a left hand but Kokin moved out of range nicely.
Quinn misses with a right hand
and Kokin counters with a head kick.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kokin manages to avoid it.
Kokin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quinn.
Kokin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quinn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kokin looks for the body kick but Quinn saw that one coming.
Kokin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quinn.
Quinn punishes Kokin's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quinn takes a swing at Kokin's ribcage but misses.
Kokin takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Tirawit Kokin has been cut.
Quinn catches Kokin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quinn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Quinn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kokin manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Kokin.
Quinn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kokin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quinn.
Quinn tries to land a front kick but Kokin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Quinn throws a poor cross that misses
and Kokin counters with a head kick. That will keep Quinn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Quinn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kokin throws a head kick that Quinn semi-blocks.
Quinn throws a hook to the side of Kokin's head but Kokin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quinn just misses with a punch to the body.
Sean Quinn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kokin slips a jab and a cross from Quinn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kokin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Quinn misses the target.
Quinn lunges at Kokin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kokin's hand.
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!
Quinn throws an overhand right that lands on Kokin's shoulder, as Kokin tries to avoid the shot.
Quinn throws a leg kick that misses.
Quinn throws a right hand that misses
letting Kokin counter with a right hand.
Quinn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Quinn cracks Kokin with an open hand slap.
Kokin is rocked!
Quinn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oh Kokin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kokin is breathing heavily.
Quinn cracks Kokin with a left hook right on the temple and Kokin goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Quinn lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Kokin is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sean Quinn! Sean Quinn retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Sean Quinn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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