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VFC 164: Defend Your Belt PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Lupe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Oak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lupe comes into the arena with Going The Distance blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elmo Lupe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Oak!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oak shoots in looking for a takedown but Lupe manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Oak's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Oak moves into the clinch.
Oak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lupe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lupe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oak backwards.
Lupe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lupe fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Oak on the side of the head.
Oak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oak tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lupe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oak is looking to clinch but Lupe is avoiding it.
Lupe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lupe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Oak.
Lupe lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupe looks to land a combination but Oak avoids it well.
Lupe misses with a wild body shot.
Lupe thuds a left hand into Oak's body.
Oak closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lupe counters with a series of strikes. Oak will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oak dodges the punch combination from Lupe.
Lupe throws a left and a right that both miss
and Oak moves into the clinch.
Oak's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oak pulls guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Oak 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.
Oak kicks Lupe off and gets to his feet.
Lupe lands a nice shot to the body.
Oak dodges the punch combination from Lupe.
Lupe scores with a hook to the body. Oak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oak looks gassed!
Lupe lands with an uppercut that bounces Oak off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lupe jabs Oak to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oak needs to keep his hands up - Lupe had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice shot by Lupe.
Oak is rocked!
Lupe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Oak is still on wobbly legs! Can Lupe finish him?
Oak fails to land the takedown.
Elmo Lupe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Oak.
Oak takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oak seems to have recovered his senses.
Lupe fails to land with a series of punches.
Lupe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lupe darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oak takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lupe lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oak takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lupe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Oak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lupe lands a big right hand that sends Oak crashing to the mat! Lupe stays standing though and waves Oak back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
OH! Oak has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Lupe smells blood and charges in for the finish! Lupe unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Oak sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Elmo Lupe!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miyamoto Usagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Felix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Felix acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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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
15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miyamoto Usagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior Felix!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Usagi tries to clinch there but Felix circles away.
Usagi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Usagi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Felix sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Usagi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Usagi swinging wildly here.
Usagi shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Felix wants to improve his position but Usagi is controlling well.
Usagi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Felix sees it coming and defends easily.
Usagi wants to work for an arm triangle but Felix is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felix tries to kick Usagi off but Usagi keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Usagi wants to pass the guard but Felix is defending well.
Usagi trying to work for an americana but Felix has managed to regain full guard.
Usagi wants to pass the guard but Felix is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Felix looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Usagi tries to free his leg and advance position but Felix is retaining full guard.
Usagi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Felix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Usagi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Felix manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Usagi has Felix in his guard.
Usagi is trying to keep Felix in close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usagi 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.
Usagi keeping moving, preventing Felix from controlling successfully.
Felix is looking to work some ground and pound but Usagi has wrist control.
Felix being controlled here momentarily.
Felix landing with the ground and pound.
Felix trying to control but Usagi is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felix postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Felix tries to free his leg and advance position but Usagi is retaining full guard.
Felix throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Felix must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Usagi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Felix stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Usagi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Felix trying to control the position from guard on top but Usagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Usagi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Usagi trying to control the position.
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 Miyamoto Usagi will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Usagi just misses with a punch to the body.
Felix displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Usagi.
Felix stuffs the takedown.
Felix with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Usagi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Felix as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Miyamoto Usagi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Usagi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Felix is fending him off so far but Usagi persists. Nope, Felix circles away and we're back to standing.
Usagi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Felix manages to avoid it.
Usagi fails with a takedown attempt.
Felix needs to keep his hands up - Usagi had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Usagi throws a body punch but Felix moves out of range.
Usagi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Felix counters with an outside leg kick.
Felix moves out of range of the strikes.
Felix misses with a takedown attempt - Usagi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Felix checks a leg kick.
Felix closes this distance looking for a takedown but Usagi circles away.
Usagi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Felix manages to avoid it.
Usagi shoots in and bounces Felix off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usagi won't allow Felix to sweep him here.
Usagi trying to control but Felix is working from the bottom.
Usagi is really struggling to control Felix but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Felix tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Usagi trying to control but Felix is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Usagi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usagi trying to control but Felix is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Miyamoto Usagi wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Usagi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Felix manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Usagi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Felix. Felix obviously looking to wear him down.
Usagi misses with a takedown
and Felix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Usagi tries to clinch but Felix is having none of it.
Usagi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Felix tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Felix keeping full guard, as Usagi tries to pass.
Usagi stopping the sweep attempt from Felix.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Usagi drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Usagi jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Usagi looking to sit in guard and control but Felix gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Felix trying to control the position from guard on top but Usagi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felix throws a big right hand that misses.
Usagi is trying to control the position but Felix postures up.
Felix scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miyamoto Usagi dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Usagi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Felix tries to roll over but Usagi keeps him under control.
Felix is pressing down on Usagi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Usagi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Felix swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Usagi throwing strikes from guard but Felix blocks nicely.
Usagi trying to control the position from guard on top but Felix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Usagi looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Felix tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Usagi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Felix swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Felix 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.
Usagi prevents Felix from getting back to his feet.
Usagi trying to control but Felix is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Usagi in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usagi trying to control but Felix is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Miyamoto Usagi.
Usagi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Felix is trying to defend but Usagi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Usagi is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Felix is just riding it out for now. Usagi eventually gives up the hold.
Felix works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usagi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Felix bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Usagi's guard.
Felix postures up.
Felix lands a couple of digs.
Felix showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Usagi pulls Felix in to control the position.
Felix postures up.
Felix preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Felix postures up and lands a big shot to Usagi's brow.
Felix postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Usagi trying to control the position.
Usagi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Felix defends well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Felix pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Usagi is keeping the position for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Felix throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Felix trying to control but Usagi is working from the bottom.
Felix throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Usagi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Miyamoto Usagi.
Well Usagi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miyamoto Usagi!
During a confident post fight interview, Miyamoto Usagi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isiah Acer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Montourski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acer comes to the cage accompanied by Mad at Gravity- Burn. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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214 lbs
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215 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Isiah Acer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Stanley Montourski!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montourski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Montourski looks to score with a jab to the body but Acer is just out of range.
Acer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Acer looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montourski 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acer is pushing down on Montourski's leg trying to pass to half guard. Montourski is fighting to maintain full guard but Acer has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Montourski wants to improve his position but Acer is controlling well.
Montourski trying to control here.
Montourski has hold of Acer's hands but Acer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Acer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Montourski defends it well.
Acer is looking to advance position but Montourski won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montourski trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Acer manages to pass to mount!
Montourski is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Acer lands a heavy elbow.
Acer goes for an armbar but Montourski turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Montourski.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montourskiis looking to pass into half guard but Acer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Acer is in guard.
Acer stopping the sweep attempt from Montourski.
Acer is looking to advance position but Montourski has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montourski blocks Acer's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Montourski looking to finish Acer with some ground and pound. This is bad for Acer!
Montourski with good strikes from the mount here!
It looks like Isiah Acer has been cut.
Acer tries to reverse the position but Montourski maintains control.
Montourski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montourski breaks from Acer's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Acer is looking to get to half guard.
A big strike lands for Montourski! That's really hurt Acer and he's turned his back - Montourski keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Montourski jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stanley Montourski!
A determined Stanley Montourski didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Crouch Ouch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolai Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Party. Crouch Ouch has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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252 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crouch Ouch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nicolai Romanov!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Romanov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch walks into a stiff left hand from Romanov.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romanov. Ouch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Romanov in his tracks.
Ouch looks to land a left hand but Romanov moved out of range nicely.
Romanov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Romanov checks a leg kick.
Ouch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Romanov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ouch takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanov will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Ouch misses the target.
Ouch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Romanov fails to land the takedown.
Romanov blocks a head kick by Ouch.
Romanov keeps the fight on the outside.
Ouch tries to sprawl but Romanov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ouch is looking to improve his position.
Romanov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Romanov throwing strikes but missing.
Romanov stopping the sweep attempt from Ouch.
Romanov throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ouch works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ouch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ouch keeping moving, preventing Romanov from controlling successfully.
Romanov throwing strikes from guard but Ouch blocks nicely.
Romanov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Romanov connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch wants to stand but Romanov is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch wants to sweep but no luck.
Romanov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Romanov keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ouch's head.
Ouch being controlled here, momentarily.
Romanov throws a big elbow that misses.
Ouch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ouch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Romanov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ouch.
Romanov is trying to control but Ouch passes into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Ouch are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Romanov sneaks back into half guard.
Ouch escapes and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romanov delivers a nice body kick.
Crouch Ouch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romanov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ouch swings widly with a right hand
and Romanov counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Romanov is now in half guard.
Romanov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicolai Romanov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouch checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ouch throws a looping overhand right but Romanov ducks down to avoid it.
Romanov misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Romanov.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Romanov. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Romanov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Romanov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ouch.
Ouch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romanov throws out the jab.
Romanov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ouch rather than just go for the knockout.
Romanov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ouch walks into a stiff left hand from Romanov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Romanov staying out of range there.
Ouch misses with a kick to the body.
Romanov misses with the body kick
and Ouch counters with an inside leg kick.
Ouch misses with a looping left.
Ouch looks to throw the jab but Romanov is out of range.
Romanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ouch was well out of range. Poor timing from Romanov.
Ouch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Romanov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ouch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ouch rushes Romanov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Romanov is looking to break free of the clinch but Ouch has double underhooks.
Romanov tries a body shot but Ouch blocks it.
Ouch has Romanov pushed against the cage.
Ouch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Romanov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ouch lands with a short shot to the head.
Ouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanov is defending well for now.
Ouch is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romanov is defending well for now.
Ouch tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch tries to land knees in the clinch but Romanov avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ouch fails to land.
Ouch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ouch tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Romanov avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ouch just misses with a elbow thrown towards Romanov's brow.
Romanov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ouch obliges.
Ouch scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Nicolai Romanov has been cut.
Ouch swings wildly with an uppercut but Romanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romanov gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ouch will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch trying to keep a closed guard but Romanov is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romanov trying to control but Ouch is working from the bottom.
Ouch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Romanov manages to get himself to full guard.
Ouch will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Romanov has his hands on Ouch's head, controlling the position.
Ouch with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch stopping the sweep attempt from Romanov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crouch Ouch dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nicolai Romanov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Romanov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Romanov takes a swing at Ouch's ribcage but misses.
Romanov throws a body punch but Ouch moves out of range.
Romanov has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ouch finds it's way round the side to connect with Romanov's head.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ouch!
Ouch fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Romanov.
Romanov avoids the head kick by Ouch.
Ouch lands with a kick to the temple. Romanov shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Romanov connects with an inside leg kick.
Ouch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch slips under a jab from Romanov.
Ouch is looking to land body kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Ouch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ouch slips a jab and a cross from Romanov.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ouch 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 Romanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Romanov throws a chopping leg kick but Ouch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ouch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Romanov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ouch.
Romanov takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Romanov misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ouch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ouch!
Ouch takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ouch. Romanov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ouch looks to throw the jab but Romanov is out of range.
Romanov throws a leg kick
and Ouch counters with a slapping leg kick.
Romanov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ouch tries to close the distance and clinch but Romanov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov blocks a head kick by Ouch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ouch 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 Romanov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Romanov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Crouch Ouch is winning the standup battle so far.
Romanov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romanov cracks Ouch with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ouch throws a solid leg kick but Romanov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ouch.
Romanov moves out of range of the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ouch pushes Romanov up against the cage in a clinch.
Romanov avoiding damage as Ouch throws knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanov blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Crouch Ouch showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ouch has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Crouch Ouch!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phantom Menace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Kesler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Menace comes to the cage accompanied by Leroy Brown. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kesler's choice of entrance music: Cancer Bats - Deathsmarch. Phantom Menace could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Kesler's chin.
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28
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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
21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Phantom Menace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Kesler!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kesler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Menace lands with a shot to the body.
Kesler ducks right into an uppercut from Menace.
Menace takes a swing at Kesler's ribcage but misses.
Menace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kesler manages to avoid it.
Menace ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kesler moves away.
Menace stuns Kesler with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kesler slips a straight right by Menace.
Menace throws the kick towards the body but Kesler avoids it.
Menace looks to land a combination. Kesler sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Menace lands a glancing blow to the side of Kesler's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menace lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Menace connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Menace - that will leave a mark!
Menace lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kesler avoids the body shot from Menace.
Menace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kesler throws a leg kick but Menace checks it.
Kesler takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Menace throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kesler.
Menace connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kesler ducks under a wild hook from Menace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menace closes the distance and clinches up with Kesler, looking for a takedown. Menace pushes Kesler against the cage but Kesler circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Menace thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kesler gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kesler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Menace scores with a shot to the body.
Kesler dodges the punch combination from Menace.
Menace misses with a hook.
Menace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kesler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kesler looks to throw the jab but Menace is out of range.
Kesler moves forwards but Menace connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Menace throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The fighters circling - Kesler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kesler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Menace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kesler manages to avoid it.
Menace moves out of range of the strikes.
Menace misses with a shot to the body
and Kesler counters with a thumping low kick.
Kesler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menace.
Kesler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Menace moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kesler bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Menace's head.
Menace thows a body shot but no joy.
Menace moves out of range of the strikes.
Menace checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big left from Menace misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Menace avoids the head kick by Kesler.
Menace closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kesler to the mat! Kesler manages to get full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Menace throws a big right hand that misses.
Menace throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Menace stopping the sweep attempt from Kesler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phantom Menace dominated that round.
That's time! Menace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kesler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Menace.
Menace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kesler misses with a looping left.
Menace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kesler.
Menace jabs at Kesler's body.
Kesler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Menace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kesler was well out of range. Poor timing from Menace.
A head kick misses from Kesler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kesler works the jab nicely.
Kesler misses with a wild body shot.
Menace throws a right hand that Kesler ducks under and follows up with a left that Kesler also avoids with ease.
Menace dives in and scores a takedown into Kesler's guard.
Menace throwing strikes but missing.
Menace tries to free his leg and advance position but Kesler is retaining full guard.
Kesler looking for a sweep. Not yet Kesler, not yet.
Kesler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Menace trying to control the position from guard on top but Kesler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Menace wants to pass the guard but Kesler is keeping the position.
Menace throws a big right hand that misses.
Menace is looking to work some ground and pound but Kesler has wrist control.
Kesler is controlling Menace's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Menace throws a strike but Kesler rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Menace trying to keep a closed guard but Kesler is proving a slippery customer.
Menace 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kesler engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kesler trying to control but Menace is working from the bottom.
Ryan Kesler has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Menace looking to score a takedown here. Kesler is defending well but Menace drives through and ends up in Kesler's guard.
Menace trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Menace pushing down on Kesler's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Menace throwing shots but Kesler is blocking nicely.
Menace trying to control the action but Kesler is working from the bottom.
Menace thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kesler is looking to improve his position.
Menace missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Menace misses with a head shot. Kesler uses the momentum to regain guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kesler manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phantom Menace dominated that second round.
That's time! Menace's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Kesler has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Menace finds it's way round the side to connect with Kesler's head.
Kesler throws a push kick but Menace slaps the foot to one side.
Phantom Menace is winning the standup battle so far.
Kesler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Menace scores with a takedown into Kesler's guard.
Kesler preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Menace throwing strikes from guard but Kesler blocks nicely.
Menace is looking to work some ground and pound but Kesler has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kesler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kesler controlling Menace's posture.
Menace sitting in guard here, content to control.
Menace stopping the sweep attempt from Kesler.
Menace has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Menace throwing strikes from guard but Kesler blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kesler keeping moving, preventing Menace from controlling successfully.
Menace throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kesler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Menace pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kesler is keeping the position for now.
Kesler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Menace.
Menace trying to control but Kesler is working from the bottom.
Menace is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kesler is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Phantom Menace.
Menace fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kesler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Menace tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Menace. That's going to slow Kesler down.
Kesler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phantom Menace is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kesler avoids a kick to the body.
A combination from Kesler does no damage.
Kesler moves out of range of the leg kick from Menace.
Menace falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kesler counters with a nice uppercut.
Menace is looking to wear down Kesler with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kesler keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kesler drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kesler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Menace throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Menace shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kesler sprawls well. Kesler wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Menace gets slowly back to his feet.
Phantom Menace seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Menace thuds his shin into the meat of Kesler's side.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Menace fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phantom Menace showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Menace has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phantom Menace!
After the big win, Phantom Menace made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Rivers Edge Nutrition (Disciples of Pain) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacobs comes into the arena with WhiteRabbit-Percussion Gun blaring out of the sound system. Taylor has chosen New York - Empire state of mind as his entrance music. 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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25
259 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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266 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Russell Jacobs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Jackson Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs throws a hook but Taylor blocks it.
Nice body punch from Jacobs.
Jacobs fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Taylor slips under a jab.
Jacobs throws out a powerful jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jacobs. Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taylor avoids the body shot from Jacobs.
Taylor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jacobs.
A leg kick checked by Jacobs.
A swing and a miss from Jacobs.
Jacobs lands the left hand.
Jacobs misses with a double jab.
Jacobs ducks under a wild hook from Taylor.
A punch lands to the side of Jacobs 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jacobs throws a right hand that misses
and Taylor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Russell Jacobs has been cut.
Jacobs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor lands a nice looking body shot.
Taylor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jacobs stalks Taylor and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Taylor's face. Taylor staggers backwards, shaken.
Jacobs fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Taylor misses with the combination.
Taylor moves into the clinch successfully.
Taylor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jacobs lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taylor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacobs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Taylor working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Taylor is pushing Jacobs up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Taylor blocks an uppercut.
Taylor has clasped his hands together around Jacobs's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jacobs gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Jacobs is breathing heavily.
Taylor is pressing down on Jacobs's thigh, looking to free his foot. Jacobs is holding on for now.
Taylor scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jacobs is defending against the submission attempts here by Taylor.
Jacobs won't allow Taylor to pass to mount.
Jacobs wants to improve his position but Taylor is controlling well.
Jacobs moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taylor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tayloris looking to pass into half guard but Jacobs pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Jacobs is in guard.
Taylor keeping moving, preventing Jacobs from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Taylor is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jacobs defends well.
Taylor looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Jacobs is defending well. Taylor quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Jacobs has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Taylor celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jackson Taylor!
A very excited looking Jackson Taylor 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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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam Minard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Ballinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Minard comes to the cage accompanied by Walk. Ballinger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by A Scottish Soldier by Andy Stewart. Ryan Ballinger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
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222 lbs
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liam Minard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Ballinger!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballinger loads up on a big right hand but Minard slips the punch.
Ballinger misses with a series of wild punches.
Ballinger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ballinger tries to clinch but Minard moves out of range.
Minard is looking to land body kicks.
Ballinger throws a hook but Minard blocks it.
Ballinger fails to land with a series of punches.
Ballinger connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ballinger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ballinger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Minard.
Ballinger rushes Minard and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ballinger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Minard misses.
Minard scores with a nice body kick.
Minard lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ballinger misses with a series of wild punches.
Ballinger looks gassed!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ballinger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballinger misses the shot to the body.
Ballinger throws a sloppy head kick and Minard moves out of range easily.
Ballinger tries to close the distance and clinch but Minard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Minard thuds his shin into the meat of Ballinger's side.
Minard lands a leg kick that knocks Ballinger off balance momentarily.
Ballinger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Minard lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab by Minard.
Ballinger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ballinger moves to clinch but Minard breaks away
so Minard counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ballinger utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Minard sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ballinger's guard.
Ballinger is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Minard scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minard working the head and body with strikes.
Minard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Minard is nestled in close to Ballinger, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Minard working Ballinger over with strikes.
Minard lands with a punch from half guard.
Minard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ballinger is rocked!
Minard lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Ballinger! More strikes land and this one is all over! Minard jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liam Minard!
Liam Minard gave a mention to 5th Round Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Drabek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syd Barrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drabek comes to the cage accompanied by Imagine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Barrett's choice of entrance music: One 24. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeff Drabek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Syd Barrett!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drabek takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Barrett thuds his shin into the meat of Drabek's side.
Barrett misses with a hook. Drabek ducked under it nicely.
Drabek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Drabek shoots in for a double leg but Barrett sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Barrett throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Drabek's head.
Barrett tries a low kick but Drabek avoids it.
Drabek walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barrett misses with a head kick.
Barrett lands with a straight right. Drabek didn't see that one coming.
Barrett throws the kick towards the body but Drabek avoids it.
Barrett moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drabek. Barrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barrett scores with a push kick.
Barrett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barrett throws a push kick but Drabek slaps the foot to one side.
Drabek fails to land the takedown.
Drabek connects with a body shot that sends Barrett's belly button to the back.
Barrett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Drabek is breathing heavily.
Drabek takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drabek has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drabek there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barrett throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Drabek on the side of the head.
Barrett moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Barrett smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by Barrett as he connects with a hook.
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!
Barrett drops Drabek with a beautiful combination! Drabek stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Barrett is looking for the KO!
Drabek is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Barrett. That's going to slow Drabek down.
Oh Drabek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Barrett.
Barrett sends Drabek crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Barrett is motioning to the referee to let Drabek up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Barrett is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Drabek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Barrett lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Drabek crumples to the floor! Barrett milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Syd Barrett!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brass Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles comes to the cage accompanied by One 24. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ignatius Reilly enters the cage!
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210 lbs
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214 lbs
17 - 3 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Brass Knuckles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a head kick that misses
and Reilly counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reilly has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a nice body kick.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
Reilly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knuckles thows a body shot but no joy.
Knuckles throws a push kick but Reilly slaps the foot to one side.
Brass Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knuckles throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Reilly counters with a body kick that stops Knuckles in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Knuckles thows a body shot but no joy.
Knuckles wants to land a leg kick but Reilly is out of range.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Knuckles keeps it at a distance.
Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Reilly avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Knuckles is blocking nicely.
Knuckles is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knuckles wants to break free but Reilly has control.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knuckles.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Reilly.
Knuckles blocks an elbow strike.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly lands a nice elbow.
Reilly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knuckles dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Knuckles has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.
Reilly scores with a shoulder strike.
Knuckles working hard to break the clinch.
Reilly gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as Reilly controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Knuckles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knuckles dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Knuckles is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Reilly lands a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knuckles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly is controlling him.
Knuckles takes an elbow to the temple.
Knuckles misses with some punches.
Reilly misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly misses with an elbow strike.
Reilly looking to throw knees to the head but Knuckles is blocking nicely.
Reilly missing with knees to the body.
Reilly has Knuckles pressed against the cage, preventing Knuckles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knuckles is trying to break the clinch but Reilly has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly lands with a left to the head.
Reilly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Reilly lands an elbow inside that Knuckles shrugs off.
Knuckles breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Reilly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reilly misses with a straight left.
Reilly lands a leg kick that knocks Knuckles off balance momentarily.
Reilly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reilly throws out a leg kick but Knuckles moves out of range and Reilly only half commits.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with the body kick
and Reilly counters with a thumping low kick.
Reilly avoids the head kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a spinning back kick!
Knuckles lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Reilly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Reilly takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Reilly throws a leg kick
and Knuckles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Reilly wants to slow Knuckles down by chopping away at his legs.
Reilly bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A leg kick checked by Reilly.
A low kick from Knuckles misses
and Reilly counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reilly. Knuckles shrugs it off though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles misses with a straight right.
Knuckles throws a big shot that misses.
Reilly scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Reilly is looking to slow Knuckles down with leg kicks.
Knuckles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Reilly throws a combination. Knuckles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knuckles has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reilly finds it's way round the side to connect with Knuckles's head.
Knuckles gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Reilly gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Knuckles is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ignatius Reilly!
Ignatius Reilly is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Ignatius Reilly started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leif Ericssonl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krayzor Windfather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ericssonl comes into the arena with Battle for Asgard blaring out of the sound system. Windfather has chosen All The Above as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
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244 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leif Ericssonl!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Krayzor Windfather!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Windfather swinging wildly here.
Ericssonl slaps away a takedown attempt from Windfather, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Windfather swings widly with a right hand
and Ericssonl counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ericssonl instigates a clinch.
Ericssonl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ericssonl lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
It looks like Krayzor Windfather has been cut.
Ericssonl stops a takedown attempt from Windfather.
Windfather has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ericssonl is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Leif Ericssonl has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Krayzor Windfather.
Ericssonl misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ericssonl misses with the head strike.
Windfather creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ericssonl digs a right hand into Windfather's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Windfather's gas tank.
Windfather looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ericssonl scores with a shot to the side of Windfather's head.
Ericssonl takes an elbow to the temple.
A short left from Ericssonl.
Ericssonl dodges an elbow strike from Windfather.
Ericssonl gets underhooks to prevent Windfather's takedown attempt.
Windfather misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ericssonl.
Windfather has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ericssonl working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ericssonl lands a left hand that snaps the head of Windfather backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ericssonl.
Ericssonl lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Windfather backwards.
Windfather's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ericssonl stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ericssonl lands with a left to the head.
Windfather is rocked!
Ericssonl dips a shoulder and cracks Windfather with a mighty uppercut! Windfather falls back against the cage and Ericssonl unloads with a barrage of strikes! Windfather is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ericssonl screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leif Ericssonl!
Leif Ericssonl retains his heavyweight title!
Leif Ericssonl managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI, into his post fight interview.
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