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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Andre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chester Crester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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240 lbs
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280 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marc Andre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chester Crester!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Andre.
Andre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Andre feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cresters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Chester Crester has been cut.
An inside leg kick lands from Andre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice sprawl there from Andre as Crester shoots in.
Andre lands a high kick!
Crester shoots in for a takedown but Andre shows good takedown defense.
Andre lands a big head kick that sends Crester tumbling to the mat! Andre takes a step backwards and waves Crester back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Crester is rocked!
Andre feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Crester's calf.
Crester is still on wobbly legs! Can Andre finish him?
Crester looks gassed!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Andre, right into the meat.
Crester seems to have recovered his senses.
Crester is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Andre Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Crester is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Marc Andre!
After the big win, Marc Andre made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors BioPharm Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jones Bones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Lopez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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164 lbs
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jones Bones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Lopez as he connects with a hook.
Bones misses with a wild body shot.
Bones misses with a body shot.
Bones fails to land with a series of punches.
Bones scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Bones throws a left and a right that both miss
so Lopez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lopez trying to control but Bones is working from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez throwing strikes but missing.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Bones keeps moving.
Lopez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Bones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez is looking to work some ground and pound but Bones has wrist control.
Lopez trying to control but Bones is working from the bottom.
Lopez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lopez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bones keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Bones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lopez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lopez 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez content to stall in guard here.
Lopez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bones is keeping the position for now.
Lopez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lopez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lopez on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Bones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lopez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Johnny Lopez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bones misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez tries to clinch up.
Lopez darts in and clinches Bones up against the cage.
Bones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez is looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Lopez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lopez connects with a jab.
Lopez closes the distance and clinches up with Bones, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes Bones against the cage but Bones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown. Bones fights it but they end up in guard.
Lopez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lopez content to stall in guard here.
Lopez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bones wants to get back to his feet but Lopez is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Bones keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throwing strikes but missing.
Lopez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Johnny Lopez has got the better of the ground game so far.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Johnny Lopez was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Lopez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Bones's body. Bones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lopez circles away quickly and effectively.
Bones misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Bones scores with a nice strike.
Bones throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lopez tries to clinch but Bones is having none of it.
A shot to the liver by Lopez. Beautiful body shot.
Lopez clinches.
Lopez pulls Bones into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez tries to strike from the bottom.
Lopez is controlling Bones's posture.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We're going to have a standup here because Jones Bones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Lopez lands with a nice combination. Bones backs away looking to recover.
Bones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a takedown attempt - Bones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bones thows a body shot but no joy.
Lopez lands with an uppercut that bounces Bones off the cage and back into range.
Lopez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Bones moved out of range.
Bones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bones misses with a wild combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lopez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lopez trying to control the action but Bones is working from the bottom.
Bones parries the strikes from Lopez easily there. Lopez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bones to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez controls the position.
Lopez trying to control the position but Bones is working away.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Lopez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Bones kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Johnny Lopez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Bones fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
Some wild striking there from Bones.
Lopez swings for the body but Bones moves out of range.
Jones Bones is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez shoots for a takedown but Bones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bones misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Bones misses.
Bones is looking to wear down Lopez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lopez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones Bones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Lopez.
Lopez lands a head shot.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lopez works Bones's body with a nice hook.
Lopez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bones sprawls well initially but Lopez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lopez slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lopez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bones sees it coming and defends easily.
Lopez wants to pass to mount but Bones is defending the position.
Lopez trying to control from half guard but Bones is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez stalling.
Lopez is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bones really wants to buck Lopez off and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lopez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Lopez lands a nice shot to the head.
Lopez controlling from the full mount.
Lopez looking to control but Bones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Bones is trying to stand up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez with shots to the head and body - Bones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jones Bones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnny Lopez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lopez landing shots from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lopez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Lopez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takuma Tachibana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eli Hunter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Takuma Tachibana's chin.
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180 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Takuma Tachibana!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tachibana drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tachibana must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Tachibana chips away with some ground and pound.
Tachibana with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tachibana throws a strike but Hunter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tachibana has a closed guard, preventing Hunter from standing up.
Hunter is fighting to break Tachibana's control of his arms but Tachibana is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eli Hunter wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hunter cracks Tachibana with a good jab.
Hunter lands a head kick!
Tachibana fails with the takedown
and Hunter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hunter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tachibana.
Hunter drops Tachibana with a beautiful combination! Tachibana stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hunter is looking for the KO!
Tachibana is rocked!
Takuma Tachibana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tachibana dodges the punch combination from Hunter.
Tachibana is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunter finish him?
Tachibana tries to get into range but Hunter steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Tachibana! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Hunter scores the big KO victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eli Hunter!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Corey Minor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firnanda Talha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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145 lbs
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Corey Minor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Firnanda Talha!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talha is looking to clinch but Minor is avoiding it.
Talha with a lazy takedown attempt
and Minor counters with a nice double leg into side control. Talha won't be happy with that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Minor cracks Talha with a big elbow.
Talha is trying to control Minor's posture but Minor avoids it.
Talha is trying to buck Minor off.
Minor tries to move into full mount but can't pass Talha's legs.
Minor working the ground and pound but Talha is defending the strikes.
Talha is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Minor's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Talha wants to control but Minor is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Minor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talha looking for submissions off his back.
Talha pushes Minor off looking to stand but Minor dives back in and keeps control.
Talha gets full guard.
Talha pulls Minor in close to prevent any damage.
Minor tries to free his leg and advance position but Talha is retaining full guard.
Talha is trying to control the position but Minor postures up.
Minor slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talha makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Talha.
Talha trying to keep a closed guard but Minor is proving a slippery customer.
Talha trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Talha working a defensive guard here.
Talha is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Talha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Minor on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Minor tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Talha.
Talha not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Talha seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Talha winds up and cracks Minor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Talha tries to pass to full mount but Minor defends it.
Minor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Talha.
Talha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Talha lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Talha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talha lands strikes from half guard.
Minor keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Minor on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Talha misses with a head shot. Minor uses the momentum to regain guard.
Talha is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Talha stands and throws Minor's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Check out the look on Talha's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Firnanda Talha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Talha throws a hook to the side of Minor's head but Minor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Talha drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Minor is not content to let Talha control the position.
Check out the look on Talha's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minor taking a bit of punishment here - Talha scoring with strikes.
Talha working the ground and pound from side control.
Talha working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Talha in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Talha working the head with strikes.
The strikes coming from Talha are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Talha is chipping away with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Minor takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Minor gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Minor is in a horrible position here. Talha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talha looking to finish Minor with some ground and pound. This is bad for Minor!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Talha cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Minor is rocked!
Talha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Talha scoring with strikes but Minor is staying in there.
Oh Minor is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Minor takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Talha landing punches.
Talha loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Minor scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Talha land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Talha stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Firnanda Talha!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Firnanda Talha waved his t-shirt featuring Fight Club Clothing est. 09™'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rage Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nebojsa Mihattovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blade's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Invincible. Mihattovic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Geto Boys - Still. Rage Blade has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
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163 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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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
24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rage Blade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nebojsa Mihattovic!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blade takes the fight into the clinch.
Blade tries to throw a body punch but Mihattovic avoids it by throwing Blade back against the cage.
Blade misses with the head strike.
Blade stalling against the cage.
Blade is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mihattovic is defending well for now.
Blade looking to stall.
Mihattovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Blade controls his hands.
Blade blocking some punches.
Blade is trying to stall.
Blade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mihattovic's elbow.
Mihattovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blade misses with a body punch.
Mihattovic lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Rage Blade has been cut.
Blade misses with a punch to the body.
Mihattovic can't find room to land a body shot as Blade controls the action.
Mihattovic lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade is struggling to control the position.
Mihattovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mihattovic is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Blade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blade is trying to maintain a safe position but Mihattovic gets an underhook and turns Blade into the cage.
Blade misses with some punches.
Blade tries to throw a body punch but Mihattovic avoids it by throwing Blade back against the cage.
Blade blocks a body shot from Mihattovic.
Mihattovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mihattovic has a couple of punches blocked by Blade.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mihattovic just leaning against Blade, taking a breather.
Blade throws a head punch that misses.
Mihattovic tries to pull guard but Blade won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blade.
Mihattovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blade lands an elbow inside that Mihattovic shrugs off.
Mihattovic can't find room to land a body shot as Blade controls the action.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mihattovic managing to block the knees to the body from Blade.
Blade leaning his opponent against the cage.
Blade tries to work over Mihattovic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mihattovic tries to break free but Blade pushes him back against the cage.
Mihattovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blade leaning his opponent against the cage.
Blade wants to stall.
Blade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mihattovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mihattovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blade is struggling to control the position.
Blade can't find room to land a body shot as Mihattovic controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Mihattovic.
Blade is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mihattovic digs a right hand into Blade's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blade's gas tank.
Mihattovic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mihattovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Blade controls his hands.
Mihattovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blade swings wildly with an uppercut but Mihattovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mihattovic working aggressively here.
Mihattovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mihattovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blade backwards.
Mihattovic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blade avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Blade is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blade will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mihattovic up against the cage.
Mihattovic throws an elbow that misses.
Still in the clinch, Blade scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mihattovic cracks Blade with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blade.
Blade prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rage Blade has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nebojsa Mihattovic.
Mihattovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blade prevents a body shot from Mihattovic.
Mihattovic can't find room to land a body shot as Blade controls the action.
Mihattovic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mihattovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Blade.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nebojsa Mihattovic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rage Blade's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Blade with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mihattovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Mihattovic lands a head kick. Blade smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Mihattovic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blade.
Mihattovic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jab from Mihattovic.
A shot to the liver by Blade. Beautiful body shot.
Mihattovic misses with a body kick.
Mihattovic throws the kick towards the body but Blade avoids it.
Mihattovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Blade tries to clinch up but Mihattovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Blade connects with an inside leg kick.
Blade misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihattovic scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Mihattovic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blade moves to clinch but Mihattovic breaks away
and Mihattovic counters with a low kick, right behind Blade 's knee.
Mihattovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mihattovic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mihattovic looks to land a right hand but Blade moved out of range.
Rage Blade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mihattovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blade was well out of range. Poor timing from Mihattovic.
Blade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mihattovic.
Blade goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mihattovic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mihattovic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blade. That did some damage!
Mihattovic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Nice shot lands for Mihattovic.
Mihattovic blocks a jab.
Blade tries to clinch up but Mihattovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Mihattovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blade.
Blade slips a jab and a cross from Mihattovic.
Blade thuds his right hand into Mihattovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Blade misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rage Blade is winning the standup battle so far.
Blade looks to land a combination. Mihattovic sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mihattovic misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihattovic moves forwards but Blade connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mihattovic is rocked!
Blade scores with a body shot.
Mihattovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Blade finish him?
Blade throws an overhand right that lands on Mihattovic's shoulder, as Mihattovic tries to avoid the shot.
Blade closes the distance and pushes Mihattovic back into the cage.
Blade just leaning against Mihattovic, taking a breather.
Blade gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Mihattovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Blade - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mihattovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blade's elbow.
A short left from Blade.
Blade prevents a body shot from Mihattovic.
Mihattovic throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blade blocks it with crossed arms.
Blade lands a nice elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mihattovic is trying to pull guard but Blade turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Blade is pushing Mihattovic up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short uppercut from Blade.
Blade unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Mihattovic! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Blade is unloading with more strikes now! Mihattovic drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rage Blade!
Post fight, Rage Blade took to the microphone: 'Im gonnna make it big again'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Krokodil Zelenij (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and General Zod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). General Zod has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Krokodil Zelenij!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, General Zod!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Bruno Lombardi and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zod scores with a hook to the body. Zelenij takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zelenij uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zod.
Zelenij avoids the body shot from Zod.
Zod takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Zod throws a poor cross that misses
and Zelenij counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Zod keeping moving, preventing Zelenij from controlling successfully.
Zod really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zelenij. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zelenij looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zod keeping moving, preventing Zelenij from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Krokodil Zelenij just wasn't active enough.
Zelenij slips under a jab from Zod.
Zod throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zod throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zelenij stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zod swings widly with a right hand
and Zelenij counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zod swings for the body but Zelenij moves out of range.
Zod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zelenij takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zod misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zod lands with a cross.
Zod fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zelenij looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zod misses with a body shot.
Zod keeps the fight on the outside.
Zod missing with a left hand there. Zelenij was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zelenij defending well as Zod loads up on a big left hand.
Zod loads up on a big right hand but Zelenij slips the punch.
Zelenij tries to clinch there but Zod circles away.
A slow jab from Zod misses its intended target.
Zelenij slips a jab from Zod.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Zod lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zelenij doesn't seem phased though.
Zod scores with a jab.
Zelenij throws a body punch but Zod moves out of range.
Zod lands a glancing blow to the side of Zelenij's head.
Zelenij moves to clinch but Zod breaks away
and Zod counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Zelenij looks to clinch
and Zod counters with a stiff right hand.
Zod lands a nice looking body shot.
Zelenij is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zelenij on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zod changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zod stuffs the takedown attempt from Zelenij. Zelenij gets slowly back to his feet.
Zelenij tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zod lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Zelenij can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Zod and Zelenij drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Zod.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). General Zod!
General Zod very nearly forgot to thank BioPharm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Jeremy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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214 lbs
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215 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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ron Jeremy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Dean Styles and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeremy lands a high kick!
It looks like Vincent Morrison has been cut.
Decent striking displayed by Morrison there.
It looks like Ron Jeremy has been cut.
Jeremy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jeremy throws the left hand but Morrison avoids the punch easily.
Morrison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jeremys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Morrison avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
No joy there for Morrison, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jeremy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Morrison throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jeremy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morrison swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Morrison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jeremy with a nice cross.
Jeremy takes a swing at Morrison's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison's corner calls for a 1-2. Morrison obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jeremy avoids the head kick by Morrison.
Morrison avoids the body shot from Jeremy.
Morrison lands a slapping body shot.
Jeremy lands a nice shot to the body.
Morrison goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jeremy walks into a straight right hand from Morrison.
Morrison takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jeremy scores with a jab 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!
Morrison throws a head kick but Jeremy moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Morrison.
Morrison takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Decent striking displayed by Jeremy there.
Jeremy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Morrison manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jeremy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morrison has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jeremy lands a body shot.
Jeremy misses with the combination.
Jeremy blocks a head kick by Morrison.
Morrison misses the shot to the body.
A head kick by Morrison misses
and Jeremy counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Morrison! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ron Jeremy!
In his post fight interview, Ron Jeremy started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Dumpleton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haji Muakbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muakbar has chosen That Punjabi Jay-Z song as his entrance music. Joseph Dumpleton had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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150 lbs
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159 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Dumpleton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Haji Muakbar!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Muakbar.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dumpleton is trying to get back to half guard.
Dumpleton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dumpleton is trying to escape the position but Muakbar is controlling the position.
Muakbar working away.
Dumpleton tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Muakbar wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Muakbar advances to mount.
Muakbar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muakbar landing strikes from the mount and Dumpleton is in trouble!
Muakbar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Muakbar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dumpleton hang on?
Dumpleton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Muakbar with shots to the head and body - Dumpleton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Muakbar prevents Dumpleton from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muakbar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Dumpleton regains half guard.
Dumpleton looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Muakbar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dumpleton wants to improve his position but Muakbar is controlling well.
Muakbar controlling the pace.
Muakbar working the head and body with strikes.
Muakbar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muakbar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Muakbar controlling the action here.
Muakbar scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muakbar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Muakbar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dumpleton keeps working.
Muakbar controlling the action here.
Muakbar is nestled in close to Dumpleton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Muakbar trying to mount his opponent but Dumpleton defends it.
Muakbar lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dumpleton taking some punishment here, with Muakbar in his half guard.
Dumpleton has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Muakbar is working away from the top position though.
Dumpleton looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Muakbar works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muakbar with a couple of short strikes.
Muakbar content just to control the position here.
Muakbar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dumpleton?
Muakbar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dumpleton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Muakbar landing shots from mount.
Dumpleton is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muakbar connects with a bit shot that sees Dumpleton covering up! More strikes from Muakbar and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Muakbar is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haji Muakbar!
Haji Muakbar is the new featherweight champion!
A less than humble Haji Muakbar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Guinness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guinness comes to the cage accompanied by Ev Christr` Ta, Laou! . The crowd seem to be enjoying Lee's choice of entrance music: I Am Perfection by Cage 9. Ricky Lee will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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255 lbs
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255 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Guinness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ricky Lee!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guinness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Guinness rushes Lee and presses him up against the cage.
Guinness landing knees to the head.
It looks like Ricky Lee has been cut.
Lee drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Guinness gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lee goes for a takedown in the clinch but Guinness prevents it.
Lee takes an elbow to the temple.
Lee wants a takedown but no success here.
Arthur Guinness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Lee.
Lee wants the takedown. Guinness is fighting it off but Lee persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Guinness's guard against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lee working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lee throws an elbow that misses. Guinness uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lee's guard. Nice move by Guinness!
Guinness is in close to Lee's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Guinness wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Guinness from controlling successfully.
Lee wants to improve his position but instead Guinness has moved into half guard.
Guinness not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lee tries to roll over but Guinness keeps him under control.
Lee wants to control but Guinness is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Guinness is trying to control the action in half guard but Lee is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Guinness is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Lee reverses the position - he's now on top in Guinness's guard.
Lee throws a strike but Guinness rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee 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.
Guinness wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Guinness is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lee is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Arthur Guinness just wasn't active enough.
Horrible takedown by Lee or perhaps it was just good defense by Guinness which made him look bad.
Guinness digs a good hook to Lee's body.
Guinness lands a right hook to the body.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Guinness on the side of the head.
Lee feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Guinnesss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lee throws the left hand but Guinness avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Guinness misses.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guinness throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Guinness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Guinness throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Lee has a takedown stuffed.
Jab, jab by Guinness - just one landing.
Guinness takes a swing at Lee's ribcage but misses.
Ricky Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guinness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guinness dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Guinness lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lee doesn't seem phased though.
Guinness is looking to clinch.
Guinness ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Guinness misses with an uppercut.
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Guinness's shoulder, as Guinness tries to avoid the shot.
Guinness ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Guinness misses.
Guinness avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Guinness swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lee counters with a single leg into guard. Guinness didn't expect that.
Lee throwing strikes from guard but Guinness blocks nicely.
Lee chips away with some ground and pound.
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 Arthur Guinness will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Lee's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Good standup being displayed there by Guinness as he connects with a hook.
Guinness uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lee.
Guinness scores with a jab.
Guinness stuffs the takedown attempt from Lee. Lee gets slowly back to his feet.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Guinness blocks a jab.
Guinness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Guinness scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Guinness throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Guinness connects with the punch.
Guinness slips under a jab from Lee.
Lee fails with the takedown.
Lee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guinness tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guinness clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Guinness landing knees to the head.
Lee wants to break free but Guinness has control.
Guinness gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lee.
Arthur Guinness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Lee.
Guinness lands a body punch.
Guinness lands a right hand.
Lee tries to score a body lock takedown but Guinness shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lee tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lee is breathing heavily.
Lee takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lee has a couple of punches blocked by Guinness.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Guinness.
Guinness pushes off an throws an elbow but Lee leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Guinness lands a right hand.
Lee slowing the pace effectively.
Guinness cracks Lee with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Guinness.
Guinness landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guinness lands an uppercut.
Arthur Guinness has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Guinness.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guinness.
Guinness lands with a right to the head.
Guinness scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Guinness lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Guinness.
Guinness lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Guinness tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Lee is looking for a takedown.
Guinness lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guinness unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Guinness.
Guinness is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lee is keeping busy.
A short right from Guinness on the inside.
Lee has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Guinness avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Guinness creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lee's defenses.
Lee can't get the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guinness lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Guinness.
Guinness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lee blocks it with crossed arms.
Lee avoiding damage as Guinness throws knees to the body.
Guinness lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guinness just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lee's brow.
Guinness trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Guinness into the cage.
Guinness using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guinness lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guinness stalling against the cage.
Lee is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Guinness prevents a takedown attempt there.
Guinness lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guinness makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guinness lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee dodges an elbow strike from Guinness.
Guinness lands a left hand.
Guinness landing knees to the head.
Guinness lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lee.
Guinness crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Guinness.
Guinness lands a left hand.
Guinness lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Guinness lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Guinness goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Guinness crunches a lovely knee into Lee's ribcage.
Guinness lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Guinness is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee goes for a takedown attempt but Guinness pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Guinness lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lee circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Guinness dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Lee's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lee shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Guinness defends it nicely.
Guinness scores with a body shot.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Guinness.
Guinness scores with a nice right hand.
Lee lands with a hook. Guinness tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lee throws the left hand but Guinness avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Lee.
Guinness scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lee doesn't seem bothered though.
Guinness cracks Lee with a good jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Guinness.
Guinness stuffs the takedown.
Guinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Guinness is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lee can do to turn this around?
A looping hook to the body misses from Guinness. Lee does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Guinness throws a body punch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt.
Arthur Guinness has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Lee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guinness catches Lee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Guinness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Guinness misses the jab.
Guinness throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guinness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Guinness punishes Lee's body with a nice straight punch.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guinness.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Guinness throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee shoots for a takedown but Guinness saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lee misses with a left hand
and Guinness counters with a right hand to the body.
Lee misses with a body shot.
Guinness fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lee on the side of the head.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guinness just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Guinness.
Lee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Guinness throws a right and a left that Lee avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lee shoots in but Guinness avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lee bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Guinness clobbers Lee with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Guinness moves away from the strike by Lee.
Guinness stuffs the takedown.
Guinness lunges at Lee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lee's hand.
Guinness tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Guinness scores with a nice strike.
Guinness swinging wildly here.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guinness was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Guinness swivels and escapes.
Guinness misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lee walks into a left hand.
Guinness throws a series of strikes that have Lee backpedaling.
Guinness comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee throws the left hand but Guinness avoids the punch easily.
Guinness throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Guinness tries to clinch up.
Guinness lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Guinness ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lee misses with a hook
and Guinness counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Guinness swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guinness dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lee.
Lee tries for a takedown but Guinness sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ricky Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guinness scores with a jab to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Guinness connects with a nice looking jab.
Guinness tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Guinness fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Guinness is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lee swings for the body but Guinness moves out of range.
Guinness uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lee has time to react.
Guinness wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lee lands with a good body shot.
Guinness dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arthur Guinness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Guinness showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Guinness, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:26
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Guinness!
Arthur Guinness took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Sparger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liberius Beowulf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparger's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pledge Allegiance to the Swag by T.I. feat. Rick Ross. Rob Sparger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Sparger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liberius Beowulf!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beowulf throws a head kick that misses.
Beowulf throws a head kick that misses.
Beowulf moves out of range of the strikes.
Beowulf slips a jab from Sparger.
Beowulf throws a series of punches but Sparger avoids them all with ease.
Sparger lands a right hook to the body.
Sparger looks to land a right hand but Beowulf moved out of range.
Beowulf avoids the body shot from Sparger.
Sparger bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beowulf's head backwards.
It looks like Liberius Beowulf has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sparger waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Beowulf. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Beowulf to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sparger wants to get up but he can't break Beowulf's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Sparger passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sparger has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Sparger looks to land a left hand but Beowulf moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beowulf lands a leg kick that knocks Sparger off balance momentarily.
Beowulf takes one on the button.
Beowulf misses with a lunging right hand
and Sparger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That has opened up Liberius Beowulf's cut even more.
Sparger thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sparger swings widly with a right hand
and Beowulf makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A swing and a miss from Sparger.
Sparger swings for the body but Beowulf moves out of range.
Liberius Beowulf is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beowulf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beowulf takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sparger looks to land a right hand but Beowulf moved out of range.
Sparger connects with a stiff jab that staggers Beowulf - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rob Sparger!
Rob Sparger retains his heavyweight title!
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