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MFC 60- Akimbo PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kennedy Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels comes to the cage accompanied by Folsom Prison Blues cover by Everlast. Steel has chosen Survivor - Burning Heart as his entrance music. Kennedy Michaels had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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32
212 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kennedy Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Steel!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Steel.
Steel thuds a left hand into Michaels's body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Steel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Michaels - the referee stops the clock and Steel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Michaels. Steel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Michaels looks to land a right hand but Steel moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Michaels, right into the meat.
Michaels lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Steel takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel slips a jab from Michaels.
Steel checks the leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Steel.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels darts in and clinches Steel up against the cage.
Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michaels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kennedy Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
Steel tries to move into range but Michaels moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Steel keeps the fight on the outside.
Steel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels throws a jab but it's blocked by Steel.
The fight stays on the outside here - Michaels looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Michaels lands with a right hand.
Michaels works Steel's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels forces Steel back against the cage and clinches.
Michaels lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Michaels has him pressed against the cage.
Steel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A knee to the head by Michaels.
Steel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Michaels slows down the pace here.
Steel has Michaels pressed against the cage.
Michaels lands a nice uppercut.
Michaels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel stalling in the clinch but Michaels improves position.
Steel has had enough of the clinch but Michaels keeps him there for the moment.
Michaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steel misses with a double jab
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.
Michaels misses with an uppercut.
Michaels connects with a body shot.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steel. That did some damage!
Steel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.
Steel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Michaels counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Michaels throws a combination. Steel tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michaels misses with a head kick.
Michaels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch up but Steel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steel avoids a kick to the body.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steel.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Michaels rushes Steel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Michaels.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Michaels.
Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michaels can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kennedy Michaels dominated that round.
That's time! Michaels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michaels throws a leg kick that misses.
Steel misses with a body shot.
Steel scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Michaels throws a nice outside leg kick.
Michaels thows a body shot but no joy.
Steel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels darts in trying to clinch
and Steel counters with a left and a right that stings Michaels.
Michaels sizes up Steel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Steel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Michaels closes the distance and clinches.
Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Michaels throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels has taken the fight to the clinch.
Michaels lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Michaels has Steel pressed against the cage, preventing Steel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Steel working hard to break the clinch.
Michaels escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Michaels stuns Steel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Michaels throws a right hand that Steel ducks under and follows up with a left that Steel also avoids with ease.
Steel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Steel misses with a double jab
and Michaels counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michaels staying out of range there.
Steel swats away the attempt to clinch by Michaels.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a looping left.
A jab from Michaels does it's job there.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Michaels moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Michaels connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Steel momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel looks to throw the jab but Michaels is out of range.
Michaels wants to clinch.
Steel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Steel walks into a jab.
Steel misses with a hook.
Michaels moves in looking to clinch but Steel pushes him off.
A big right from Michaels misses.
John Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Michaels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a series of punches but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Steel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Michaels attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Michaels lands a body shot.
Steel is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Michaels scores with a decent looking hook.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick
and Steel counters with a two punch combo.
Steel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kennedy Michaels is winning the standup battle so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Michaels misses with a lunging right hand
and Steel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kennedy Michaels dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Michaels connects with a crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Michaels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steel cracks Michaels with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steel throws a right hand that Michaels ducks under and follows up with a left that Michaels also avoids with ease.
Steel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steel. That did some damage!
Michaels goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Michaels misses with a jab to the body
and Steel counters with a series of strikes. Michaels will be more careful next time no doubt.
Michaels with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Steel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels throws a body punch but Steel moves out of range.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a body shot.
Steel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels rushes Steel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Michaels is controlling him.
Michaels tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steel's elbow.
Michaels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Michaels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Michaels fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steel on the side of the head.
Steel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Michaels throws out the jab.
Steel is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Michaels rather than just go for the knockout.
Michaels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Michaels misses with the combination.
Steel walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Steel sees coming a mile off.
Steel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Michaels finds it's way round the side to connect with Steel's head.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Steel.
Steel tries to bum rush Michaels with a series of wild strikes but Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels closes the distance and clinches.
Steel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Michaels.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michaels is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steel can do to turn this around?
Steel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Michaels.
Steel throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Decent striking displayed by Michaels there.
Steel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
Steel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Michaels misses with a right hand
and Michaels takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab from Steel.
Michaels closes the distance and clinches.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Michaels is controlling the position.
Michaels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Michaels swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Steel.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. Steel looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Michaels lands with a good body shot.
Kennedy Michaels is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Michaels lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels pushes Steel up against the cage in a clinch.
Michaels gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like John Steel has been cut.
Michaels has Steel pressed against the cage, preventing Steel from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
John Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Michaels lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steel.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kennedy Michaels showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Michaels 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kennedy Michaels!
After winning the bout, Kennedy Michaels thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spike Spiegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Christmas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christmas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ironman. Vincent Christmas is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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180 lbs
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28
176 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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BJJ Purple 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spike Spiegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Christmas!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christmas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Spiegel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christmas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spiegel avoids the body shot from Christmas.
Spiegel ducks under a wild hook from Christmas.
A jab lands there for Spiegel.
Spiegel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Christmas keeps the fight on the outside.
Spiegel avoids the body shot from Christmas.
Christmas walks forward, straight into a front kick from Spiegel.
Christmas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spiegel.
Christmas missing with a left hand there. Spiegel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christmas misses the jab.
Spiegel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Christmas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Christmas clobbers Spiegel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Spiegel throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Spiegel tests Christmas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spiegel slips a jab from Christmas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel scores with a jab.
Nice shot by Spiegel.
Vincent Christmas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christmas misses with a body shot.
Christmas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spiegel to score with a decent uppercut.
Spiegel scores with a nice strike.
Christmas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from Christmas. Those never looked like landing.
Spiegel really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Christmas misses with a body shot.
Christmas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spiegel counters with a straight right hand.
Spiegel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Spiegel misses the target.
Spiegel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Christmas fails to land with a series of punches.
Christmas connects with a single shot there.
Spiegel looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Christmas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spiegel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spiegel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spiegel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christmas.
Spiegel punishes Christmas's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spiegel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christmas throws out the jab.
Christmas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Christmas looks to score with a jab to the body but Spiegel is just out of range.
Christmas misses with a straight right.
Spiegel takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Christmas lands a body shot.
Christmas throws out a loose jab but Spiegel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christmas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Spiegel moves in looking to clinch but Christmas pushes him off.
Spiegel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Spiegel tries to clinch but Christmas moves out of range.
Christmas misses the shot to the body.
Christmas throws a lazy right hand but Spiegel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spiegel misses with a head kick.
Spiegel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christmas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel slips a straight right by Christmas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christmas. Spiegel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spiegel closes the distance and pushes Christmas back into the cage.
Spiegel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christmas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spiegel obliges.
Christmas tries to circle away but Spiegel has him pinned against the cage.
Christmas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Christmas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spiegel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Christmas throws a poor cross that misses
and Spiegel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Christmas misses with a body shot.
Christmas thows a body shot but no joy.
Spiegel closes the distance and pushes Christmas back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Spiegel scores with a shot to the side of Christmas's head.
Christmas prevents a body shot from Spiegel.
Christmas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spiegel misses with an attempted mid kick.
Christmas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spiegel moves out of range of the strikes.
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!
Christmas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Spiegel was well out of range. Poor timing from Christmas.
Nice defenses there by Christmas.
Spiegel slips under a jab from Christmas.
Christmas digs a good hook to Spiegel's body.
Spiegel misses the shot to the body.
Christmas just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christmas misses with a straight right.
Spiegel wants to clinch.
Christmas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Spiegel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vincent Christmas will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Spiegel moves into the clinch successfully.
Spiegel landing knees to the head.
A right hand to the body from Spiegel.
Christmas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christmas managing to block the knees to the body from Spiegel.
Spiegel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Christmas's efforts to push away.
Spiegel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Christmas wants to break free but Spiegel has control.
Come on Spiegel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christmas tries to circle away but Spiegel has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spiegel.
Spiegel misses with a body punch.
Spiegel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Spiegel lands a nice knee to the body.
Christmas is breathing heavily.
Christmas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel lands a nice shot to the body.
Spiegel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spiegel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Spike Spiegel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spiegel lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Christmas is trying to break the clinch but Spiegel is controlling him.
Spiegel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spiegel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Christmas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Spiegel has Christmas pressed against the cage.
Christmas breaks the clinch.
Christmas throws a looping overhand right but Spiegel ducks down to avoid it.
Spiegel scores with a sloppy right hand. Christmas should have avoided that one.
That kick from Spiegel tenderised Christmas's leg. Christmas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Christmas is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Christmas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spiegel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel misses with a wild body shot.
Christmas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Spiegel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Christmas in his tracks.
Spiegel tests Christmas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spiegel jabs Christmas right on the nose. Christmas blinks but takes it well.
Christmas defending well as Spiegel loads up on a big left hand.
Spiegel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Christmas's head backwards.
Spike Spiegel is winning the standup battle so far.
Christmas shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Christmas just misses with a punch to the body.
Spiegel avoids the body shot from Christmas.
Spiegel ducks right into an uppercut from Christmas.
Christmas misses with a body shot.
Christmas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spiegel.
Christmas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spiegel manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas misses with a straight right.
Spiegel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Spiegel prevents Christmas from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Christmas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christmas letting Spiegel take a breather here.
Spiegel gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Christmas misses with a punch on the inside.
Spiegel scores with a knee to the head.
Spiegel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Christmas avoiding damage as Spiegel throws knees to the body.
Spiegel connects with a knee to the head.
Spiegel misses with a knee to the head.
Spiegel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Christmas is keeping busy.
Christmas is trying to force a seperation but Spiegel has the dominant position.
Christmas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Christmas's efforts to push away.
Christmas manages to break the clinch.
Christmas misses with a jab to the body
and Spiegel counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiegel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Christmas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spiegel dodges the punch combination from Christmas.
Christmas misses with a two punch combination.
That kick from Spiegel tenderised Christmas's leg. Christmas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Spiegel - that will leave a mark!
Spiegel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Christmas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Spiegel moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christmas tries to break the clinch but Spiegel is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Christmas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Christmas is looking to break free of the clinch but Spiegel has double underhooks.
Christmas wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spike Spiegel dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Christmas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spiegel lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Spiegel tests Christmas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Spiegel delivers a nice body kick.
Christmas throws a hook to the side of Spiegel's head but Spiegel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spiegel punishes Christmas's body with a nice straight punch.
Spiegel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spiegel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christmas.
Christmas throws a combination that misses
and Spiegel counters with a straight right hand.
Spiegel moves out of range of the strikes.
Spiegel tries to close the distance and clinch but Christmas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Spiegel tries to clinch but Christmas moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Spiegel.
A swing and a miss from Christmas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christmas. Spiegel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spiegel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Christmas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spiegel has Christmas up against the cage in a clinch.
Spiegel tries to stall but Christmas uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Christmas is trying to push Spiegel away but Spiegel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Spiegel pressing his opponent against the cage.
Christmas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Christmas missing with a left hand there. Spiegel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christmas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spiegel.
Christmas blocks a leg kick.
Spiegel keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Spiegel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Christmas takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Spiegel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Christmas misses with a looping left.
Spiegel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Spiegel clinches up with Christmas and pushes him back against the cage.
Christmas wants to break free but Spiegel has control.
Spiegel lands a good knee to the midsection. Christmas won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Spiegel.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spiegel landing knees to the head.
Christmas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Spiegel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Spiegel stalling in the clinch.
Christmas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christmas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Christmas tries to circle away but Spiegel has him pinned against the cage.
Spiegel utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Christmas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Christmas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Spiegel, right into the meat.
Spiegel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Spiegel feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Christmas's calf.
Christmas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Spiegel.
Christmas just misses with a punch to the body.
Spiegel lands a leg kick that knocks Christmas off balance momentarily.
Spiegel misses with a kick to the body.
Christmas just misses with a punch to the body.
Spiegel is looking to clinch.
Spiegel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Christmas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Spiegel slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christmas misses with a few strikes there.
Spiegel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Christmas under the eye.
Christmas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Spiegel counters with a nice body shot.
Spiegel throws a front kick that sends Christmas stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spiegel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Christmas throws a shot from downtown. Spiegel moves away and avoids it.
Christmas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Spiegel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Spiegel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Christmas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Christmas moves forwards but Spiegel connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Christmas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Spiegel.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Christmas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spiegel.
Christmas lands a jab to the nose.
Christmas misses with a wild body shot.
Christmas has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Spiegel.
A slow jab from Christmas misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Spike Spiegel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spiegel 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spike Spiegel!
Spike Spiegel thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Upton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quantrell Bishop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Upton comes to the cage accompanied by Shutterbug. Bishop has chosen big weenie - as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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28
178 lbs
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181 lbs
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Upton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Quantrell Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upton scores with a body shot.
Upton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bishop.
Bishop takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bishop lands a right hook to the body.
Bishop looks to land a right hand but Upton moved out of range.
Bishop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Upton.
Bishop fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Upton.
Upton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Upton lands a jab.
Bishop thows a body shot but no joy.
Upton misses the jab.
Upton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bishop is fending him off so far but Upton persists. Nope, Bishop circles away and we're back to standing.
Upton misses with a straight left.
Upton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bishop lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Luke Upton has been cut.
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!
A punch lands to the side of Upton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot by Upton.
Upton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Bishop wants to control but Upton postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Upton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Upton sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bishop is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bishop is looking for a sweep.
Bishop is trying to control Upton's posture but Upton avoids it.
Upton fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Upton tries for a kimura but Bishop is defending well.
Upton throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Bishop works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Upton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upton is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bishop doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Upton.
Bishop tries to roll over but Upton keeps him under control.
Upton is looking for a kimura but Bishop is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Upton to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Upton missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Upton lands a nice short elbow.
Bishop is controlling Upton's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Bishop is trying to maintain the position but Upton is very close to passing his half guard.
Bishop is in trouble now - Upton has advanced to mount!
Bishop wants to control but Upton is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upton moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Bishop has worked his arm free - good work by Bishop!
Bishop defending against the ground and pound.
Upton throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Bishop avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Upton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop defending against the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bishop is working to avoid the ground and pound but Upton connects with a decent elbow.
Upton is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bishop knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Upton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luke Upton's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Upton blocks a jab.
Upton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bishop sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Upton somewhat.
Upton works over Bishop's head and body with a nice combination.
Bishop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bishop uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Upton.
Bishop misses with a wild body shot.
Upton checks a low kick from Bishop.
Upton fails with a takedown attempt.
Upton blocks a jab.
Bishop with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good shot there by Bishop.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Upton.
Upton ducks under a wild hook from Bishop.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Upton throws a lazy right hand but Bishop sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Upton misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Upton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bishop takes a swing at Upton's ribcage but misses.
Bishop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Upton needs to keep his hands up - Bishop had a free shot at his head there.
Upton throws a lazy uppercut
and Bishop counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Upton thinking.
Bishop throws a series of strikes that have Upton backpedaling.
Bishop goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Upton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bishop tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Upton is able to avoid easily.
Bishop gets tackled into the cage by Upton. Upton maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bishop avoids the elbow strike from Upton, against the cage.
Upton misses with a punch on the inside.
Upton softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Upton scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bishop.
Upton throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upton throws a punch but it's blocked by Bishop.
Bishop gets through Upton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Upton lands an uppercut.
Bishop manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Bishop both land. Nice combination.
Upton misses with an uppercut.
Upton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bishop was well out of range. Poor timing from Upton.
Upton shoots for a double leg takedown but Bishop sprawls well. He's pushed Upton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Bishop lands with a kick to the temple. Upton shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Upton is rocked!
Bishop moves out of range of the leg kick from Upton.
A combination from Upton does no damage.
Luke Upton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bishop slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oh Upton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Luke Upton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bishop lands with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bishop throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Upton colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Bishop as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Upton is left battered and dazed whilst Bishop and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quantrell Bishop!
Quantrell Bishop got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Braxton Darius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wai Khru ram muay kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Braxton Darius has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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198 lbs
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200 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Braxton Darius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darius scores with a punch to the head.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a head kick that misses.
Nice body punch from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darius avoids the body shot from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick
enabling Darius to counter with a crisp jab.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick that is checked
and Darius counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Darius thumps Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with a low kick.
Darius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich. That's going to slow Darius down.
Darius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an off balance right hand
and Darius counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich swings for the body but Darius moves out of range.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Darius manages to avoid it.
Darius checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darius throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Darius throws a front kick that sends Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stumbling back into the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looks to clinch
and Darius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a lunging right hand
and Darius counters with a stiff right hand.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Darius scores with a decent looking hook.
A head kick misses from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Darius scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darius throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dmitrigorbachovovonovich stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Darius takes a swing at Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's ribcage but misses.
Darius cracks a nice hook into Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's ribs.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws the left hand but Darius avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to clinch.
A big right from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses.
Darius lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dmitrigorbachovovonovich at a distance.
A combination from Darius does no damage.
Darius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Darius 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.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Darius counters with a left to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Darius. That snapped Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's head back.
Darius moves away from the strike by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Darius.
A head kick misses from Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is looking to slow Darius down with leg kicks.
Darius takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darius missing with a left hand there. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darius shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich eats them both and turns towards Darius to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a wild body shot.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a hook
and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darius circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Darius checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich wants to clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a jab when Darius was well out of range.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dariuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Darius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves away.
Darius needs to keep his hands up - Dmitrigorbachovovonovich had a free shot at his head there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darius missing with a left hand there. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darius uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Darius throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darius scores with a jab to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a kick to the body
and Darius counters with a nice uppercut.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich thuds a left hand into Darius's body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich thumps Darius with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Darius scores with a four punch combination!
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Braxton Darius dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Darius checks a leg kick.
Darius avoids the head kick by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich blocks a jab.
Darius digs a good hook to Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's body.
A shot to the body from Darius misses
and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Darius is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Darius throws a hook to the side of Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's head but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darius pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darius circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich. That's going to slow Darius down.
Jab, jab by Darius - just one landing.
Darius jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a low kick.
Braxton Darius is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich feints and then cracks Darius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Darius down.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a big shot that misses.
Darius feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dmitrigorbachovovonovichs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Darius takes a swing at Dmitrigorbachovovonovich's ribcage but misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hook to the side of Darius's head but Darius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darius drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A combination from Darius does no damage.
Darius changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Darius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a body punch but Darius moves out of range.
Darius fails to land with a series of punches.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses the shot to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a head kick but Darius moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Darius doesn't seem bothered though.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darius on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Darius does it's job there.
Darius staying out of range there.
Darius is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Darius misses with a hook. Dmitrigorbachovovonovich ducked under it nicely.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range as Darius throws a body kick.
Darius looks to land a combination but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids it well.
Darius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Darius. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Darius.
Darius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a body punch but Darius moves out of range.
Darius looks to land a right hand but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moved out of range.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Darius throws a looping overhand right but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich ducks down to avoid it.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries a head kick but it misses.
Darius uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Darius scores with a decent looking hook.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a lazy head kick
enabling Darius to counter with a crisp jab.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich is breathing heavily.
Darius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darius.
Darius lands the left hand.
Darius looks to land a right hand but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moved out of range.
A slow jab from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses its intended target.
Darius connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darius sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darius misses with a head kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Darius.
Darius closes the distance and lands a one-two.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darius dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes one to the chin there.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Darius walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Braxton Darius dominated that second round.
That's time! Darius's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
A combination from Darius does no damage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darius sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a swing at Darius's ribcage but misses.
Darius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Darius.
Darius throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes Darius up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow just above Darius 's eye.
It looks like Braxton Darius has been cut.
Darius breaks from the clinch.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a head kick. Darius smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Darius wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses
and Darius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Darius misses with a hook to the body
and Dmitrigorbachovovonovich counters with an inside leg kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Darius.
A big left from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses.
Darius misses the shot to the body.
Darius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darius checks a low kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Darius pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Darius scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick but Darius moved away.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a low kick but it's checked well by Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darius.
Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darius connects with a crisp jab.
Darius just misses with a punch to the body.
Darius throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a leg kick but Darius sees it coming and checks it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich scores with a 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!
Darius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a right hook to the body.
Darius tries a head kick but it misses.
Darius throws a right and a left that Dmitrigorbachovovonovich avoids nicely.
Darius ducks under a wild hook from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich swings for the body but Darius moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Darius.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich darts in and clinches Darius up against the cage.
Braxton Darius is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Darius avoids a wild elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Darius avoids the elbow strike from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich, against the cage.
Darius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Darius has had enough of the clinch but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich keeps him there for the moment.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Darius wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich has him pressed against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Darius avoids the damage to the body.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich lands an elbow that stopped Darius in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Dmitrigorbachovovonovich.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Darius as Dmitrigorbachovovonovich tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich trying to land knees to the body.
Darius tries to break free but Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes him back against the cage.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darius has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Darius's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Darius dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darius fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich throws a hook but Darius blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darius dips to his left and cracks Dmitrigorbachovovonovich with an uppercut!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darius blocks a jab.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich misses with a low kick.
Dmitrigorbachovovonovich takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Dmitrigorbachovovonovich comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Darius 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Braxton Darius!
A pretty intense looking Braxton Darius took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adis Tankov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Stark might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Iron Man-Black Sabbath. Adis Tankov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Stark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adis Tankov!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Stark. Tankov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tankov doesn't seem bothered though.
Stark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tankov.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Stark misses its intended target.
Tankov thuds his shin into the meat of Stark's side.
Tankov looks to land a body kick but Stark moved away.
Stark misses with a body punch
and Tankov makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stark scores with a decent looking hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tankov.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tankov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Stark is out of range and Tankov settles back down.
Tankov fails with the takedown.
Tankov displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stark.
Nice body kick from Tankov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark stuffs the takedown attempt from Tankov. Tankov gets slowly back to his feet.
Stark takes a swing at Tankov's ribcage but misses.
Stark chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tankov can pounce on him.
Tankov throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
A big right from Stark misses.
Stark misses with a wild body shot.
Tankov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Tankov.
Crunch! Tankov slams his shin into Stark's torso.
Tankov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stark throws a jab but it's blocked by Tankov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tankov was well out of range. Poor timing from Stark.
Tankov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stark as he avoids it easily.
Anthony Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adis Tankov.
Tankov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stark scores with a shot to the body.
Tankov lands a high kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark looks to land a left hand but Tankov moved out of range nicely.
Tankov does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stark moves out of range of the leg kick from Tankov.
A shot to the body from Stark misses
and Tankov counters with an inside leg kick.
Tankov tries a head kick but it misses.
Stark misses with a looping left.
A solid body kick from Tankov.
Stark is breathing heavily.
Stark misses the shot to the body.
Stark is looking to wear down Tankov with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tankov lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Tankov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tankov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Stark regains half guard.
Tankov is looking to take a break and control but Stark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tankov uses his free foot to push down on Stark's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stark.
Stark has left one of his arms exposed and Tankov doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Stark screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Adis Tankov!
An out of breath Adis Tankov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Green (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Green comes to the cage accompanied by City and Colour - Comin' Home. 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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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
15 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dallas Green!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Green fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Esposito manages to avoid it.
Green throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Green checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dallas Green seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Green walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Esposito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Green lands a right hook to the body.
Esposito throws a leg kick but Green moved away.
Green throws a sloppy head kick and Esposito moves out of range easily.
Esposito dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Green. That did some damage!
Esposito has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Green.
Green fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Esposito manages to avoid it.
Green instigates a clinch.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Green.
Green blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito missing with knees to the body.
Esposito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greens head.
Green blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Green tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esposito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Esposito lands a nice uppercut.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito blocks a body shot from Green.
Green tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Esposito's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito throws an elbow that misses.
Green tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Green misses with the head strike.
Green misses with a hook to the ribs.
Green misses with a punch on the inside.
Esposito is trying to stall.
Green has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
A body shot lands from Esposito.
Esposito misses with an elbow strike.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Green is working Esposito over against the cage.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Green dodges an elbow strike from Esposito.
Green blocks a body shot from Esposito.
Esposito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Green takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito prevents a body shot from Green.
Green takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Dallas Green has been cut.
Green blocks a body shot from Esposito.
Esposito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Green is breathing heavily.
A left hand lands to the body for Esposito.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito scores with a shot to the side of Green's head.
Esposito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Green goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Esposito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Green.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Esposito obliges.
Esposito lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short left from Esposito.
Esposito lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Green or not.
Esposito lands an elbow that stopped Green in his tracks for a moment.
Green takes an elbow to the forehead.
Green takes a knee to the side of the body.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Esposito throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Greens head.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Esposito trying to control the position but instead, Green has worked for underhooks and has pushed Esposito into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito connects with a nasty looking knee right to Green's face.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Esposito lands an elbow just above Green 's eye.
Esposito misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
Esposito lands a body shot.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Esposito controlling the action here for a moment.
Esposito digs a right hand into Green's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Green's gas tank.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esposito digs a right hand into Green's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Green's gas tank.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Esposito.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito pushes Green back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Esposito with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Esposito presses Green against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Esposito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Esposito scores with a shot to the side of Green's head.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Esposito tries to stall but Green uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Esposito on the inside.
Esposito prevents a body shot from Green.
Esposito digs a right hand into Green's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Green's gas tank.
Green tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Green tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Esposito works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esposito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Green.
Esposito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Green tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Esposito works on Green's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Esposito dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Green's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Green throws a jab when Esposito was well out of range.
Green lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Esposito misses with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Green.
Green throws a hook but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Green lands a nice leg kick that just misses Esposito's sensitive parts.
Green throws an overhand right that lands on Esposito's shoulder, as Esposito tries to avoid the shot.
Green pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Esposito gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Green preventing the sweep.
Esposito keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
Esposito has Green pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Esposito keeping moving, preventing Green from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Esposito throws a low kick but Green moves out of range easily.
Green uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Green looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Esposito misses with a low kick.
Green tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Esposito is able to avoid easily.
Green tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Esposito was well out of range. Poor timing from Green.
Esposito takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Green misses with a kick to the body.
Green throws a head kick that half lands.
Esposito swats away the attempt to clinch by Green.
Esposito instigates a clinch.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Esposito lands with a right to the head.
Green lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito lands an elbow inside that Green shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Esposito misses with a body punch.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Green lands with a right to the head.
Green misses with a body punch.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Esposito pushes Green back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Green takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Green.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito digs a right hand underneath Green's ribcage. Green let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Green tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Green can't find room to land a body shot as Esposito controls the action.
Esposito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Esposito struggles to land a body shot inside as Green controls his hands.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Green misses with a punch on the inside.
Green misses with a punch to the body.
Frank Esposito seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Esposito controlling the action here for a moment.
Esposito connects with a nasty looking knee right to Green's face.
Green fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Green can't find room to land a body shot as Esposito controls the action.
Green misses with a hook from the clinch.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito missing with knees to the body.
Esposito scores with a shot to the side of Green's head.
Esposito tries to land knees in the clinch but Green avoids the damage to the body.
Esposito prevents a body shot from Green.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Green blocks a body shot from Esposito.
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!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Esposito.
Esposito stalling against the cage.
Esposito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A left hand lands to the body for Esposito.
Green misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Esposito misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Green goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Esposito avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Green tries a body shot but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Esposito.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frank Esposito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dallas Green's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A nice inside leg kick there by Green. That's going to slow Esposito down.
Green throws a leg kick that misses.
Green misses with a head kick.
Green misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Esposito swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Esposito instigates a clinch.
Green misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Esposito - that landed with a thud.
Green tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Green misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito lands an elbow that stopped Green in his tracks for a moment.
Esposito lands a body shot.
Esposito blocks a body shot from Green.
Esposito is leaning against Green and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Esposito.
Esposito lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Esposito throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Esposito landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito trying to control the position but instead, Green has worked for underhooks and has pushed Esposito into the cage.
Esposito throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Esposito.
Esposito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Esposito pushes Green back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Green takes an elbow to the forehead.
Esposito lands a body punch.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Green controls the action.
Esposito unloads a knee to the mid-section. Green lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Green misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Esposito.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
Esposito lands a nice elbow.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Esposito.
Green doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esposito is working Green over against the cage.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Esposito.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esposito lands a body punch.
Esposito lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Esposito stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Esposito gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Esposito lands a right hand.
Esposito lands an elbow inside.
Esposito lands a body punch.
Esposito lands a hook that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Esposito.
Esposito prevents a body shot from Green.
Green tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Esposito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Green backwards.
Nice elbow from Esposito.
Esposito lands a left hand.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Green controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Esposito.
Esposito putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Green in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Esposito pushes Green back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Esposito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Esposito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Green.
Esposito crunches a lovely knee into Green's ribcage.
Green misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Esposito prevents a body shot from Green.
Good body shot from Esposito.
Esposito unloads a knee to the mid-section. Green lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Esposito lands a right hand.
Esposito lands a good knee to the midsection. Green won't want to take too many of those.
Esposito works on Green's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esposito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Green can't find room to land a body shot as Esposito controls the action.
Esposito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Esposito connects with a knee to the head.
Frank Esposito is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Green takes a knee to the side of the body.
Green misses with a hook to the ribs.
Esposito working Green over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Esposito working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Green struggles to land a body shot inside as Esposito controls his hands.
Green misses with the head strike.
Green struggles to land a body shot inside as Esposito controls his hands.
Esposito using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Esposito lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Green.
Esposito blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Green fails to land.
Green tries to throw a body punch but Esposito avoids it by throwing Green back against the cage.
Dallas Green has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Green swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Esposito comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Esposito winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Esposito!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louis St Laurent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Leeroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leeroy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Boondocks Theme Song. Louis St Laurent could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruce Leeroy's chin.
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155 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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Louis St Laurent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Leeroy!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Laurent fails with a takedown attempt.
Leeroy feints and then cracks St Laurent's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow St Laurent down.
Leeroy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Leeroy with a jab.
St Laurent misses with a wild body shot.
St Laurent on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Leeroy avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
Leeroy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leeroy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
St Laurent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leeroy.
Leeroy checks a low kick from St Laurent.
St Laurent fails with a takedown attempt.
St Laurent shoots in but Leeroy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis St Laurent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Laurent takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Leeroy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leeroy lands a nice shot that snaps St Laurent's head back.
Bruce Leeroy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leeroy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St Laurent shoots in but Leeroy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Leeroy digs a good body shot into St Laurent's ribs.
St Laurent throws a leg kick
and Leeroy counters with a series of strikes. St Laurent will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for St Laurent. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Leeroy scores with a hook to the body. St Laurent takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Laurent is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Laurent throws a sloppy body shot
and Leeroy counters with a good low kick that St Laurent was not able to check.
Leeroy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leeroy is looking to slow St Laurent down with leg kicks.
Leeroy scores with a nice right hand.
Leeroy lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Leeroy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Leeroy.
Leeroy jabs St Laurent to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Leeroy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. St Laurent looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Leeroy's jab looks to have found its range, popping St Laurent under the eye.
St Laurent just misses with a punch to the body.
Leeroy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Leeroy lunges at St Laurent with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by St Laurent's hand.
Leeroy lands a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leeroy.
Leeroy avoids the body shot from St Laurent.
St Laurent misses with a body kick.
Leeroy throws a body punch but St Laurent moves out of range.
St Laurent uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leeroy.
St Laurent pivots, looking for a leg kick but Leeroy is out of range and St Laurent settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leeroy lands with a cross.
Crunch! Leeroy slams his shin into St Laurent's torso.
St Laurent takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
St Laurent tries to clinch up.
Leeroy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Leeroy thuds his right hand into St Laurent's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St Laurent is looking to wear down Leeroy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Leeroy throws a low kick but St Laurent avoids it.
Leeroy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
St Laurent throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leeroy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps St Laurent thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Laurent takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Leeroy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St Laurent tries to clinch but Leeroy moves out of range.
Leeroy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Laurent has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
St Laurent has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leeroy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Laurent throws a lazy body kick
and Leeroy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leeroy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leeroy connects with an inside leg kick.
St Laurent takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leeroy works the jab nicely.
St Laurent is rocked!
St Laurent tries to clinch up.
Oh St Laurent is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Leeroy blocks a leg kick.
St Laurent is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
St Laurent tries to score a power double leg takedown but Leeroy sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Laurent somewhat.
St Laurent seems to have got his legs back now.
St Laurent shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Leeroy as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Laurent takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Leeroy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Leeroy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Leeroy scores with a jab. St Laurent acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Leeroy throws a shot to the body.
St Laurent shoots in but no luck this time.
Leeroy cracks the inside of St Laurent's front leg.
St Laurent tries to clinch but Leeroy moves away
and Leeroy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether St Laurent might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Leeroy is looking to land body kicks.
Bruce Leeroy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Laurent tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leeroy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leeroy pushes St Laurent away with a front kick.
Leeroy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Laurent takes one to the side of the head.
Leeroy connects with a leg kick. St Laurent looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Laurent moves out of range as Leeroy throws a body kick.
Louis St Laurent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leeroy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leeroy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Leeroy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt St Laurent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Laurent pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Leeroy.
Leeroy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Leeroy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent St Laurent stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Leeroy lands a big head kick that sends St Laurent tumbling to the mat! Leeroy takes a step backwards and waves St Laurent back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Louis St Laurent has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Laurent looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Leeroy sends St Laurent crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Leeroy is motioning to the referee to let St Laurent up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Leeroy scores with a hook to the body. St Laurent takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Leeroy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Laurent has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leeroy lands a body shot.
St Laurent takes a swing at Leeroy's ribcage but misses.
Leeroy with a jab.
St Laurent looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Leeroy sizes up St Laurent with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
St Laurent walks straight into a right hand from Leeroy - that's dropped him! Leeroy jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save St Laurent from any more punishment! St Laurent complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bruce Leeroy!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Bruce Leeroy made sure he mentioned Firebird Designs, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Dessler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Grayson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grayson has chosen Crazy Train by Ozzy Osborne as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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160 lbs
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159 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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Dessler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marcus Grayson!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grayson missing with a left hand there. Dessler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No luck for Grayson with that takedown attempt.
Dessler scoring well with a low kick there.
Dessler throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grayson connects with a leg kick. Dessler looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dessler misses with a body kick.
Grayson swats away the attempt to clinch by Dessler.
Grayson misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Dessler misses the target.
Dessler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson checks the leg kick.
Grayson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grayson lands a slapping body shot.
Dessler takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grayson 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.
Dessler tried to score with a low kick but Grayson checks it.
Dessler throws a head kick that misses.
Dessler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grayson throws a body punch but Dessler moves out of range.
Grayson swings for the body but Dessler moves out of range.
Grayson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dessler throws a push kick but Grayson slaps the foot to one side.
Dessler misses with a body kick.
Grayson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dessler swivels and escapes.
Grayson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dessler rather than just go for the knockout.
Dessler fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grayson.
Dessler tries to score with a low kick but Grayson moves his leg out of the way.
Grayson throws a looping overhand right but Dessler ducks down to avoid it.
Grayson thows a body shot but no joy.
Dessler throws a body punch but Grayson moves out of range.
Dessler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grayson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grayson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dessler backwards.
Grayson blocks the elbow strike.
Grayson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dessler has him pressed against the cage.
Grayson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Dessler.
Dessler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grayson's defenses.
Grayson blocks an elbow strike from Dessler.
Grayson avoids a wild elbow strike from Dessler.
Grayson misses with a punch to the body.
Grayson lands an uppercut.
Grayson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grayson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grayson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grayson cracks Dessler with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grayson thows a body shot but no joy.
Dessler slips a jab from Grayson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dessler throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dessler has Grayson up against the cage in a clinch.
Grayson blocks the elbow strike.
Dessler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grayson.
Grayson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grayson breaks from the clinch.
Dessler throws a series of punches but Grayson moves out of range.
Grayson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Grayson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dessler tries to clinch up.
Dessler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dessler walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sloppy strikes from Dessler. Those never looked like landing.
Dessler fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson misses the shot to the body.
Dessler takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Grayson throws a leg kick
and Dessler counters with a nice leg kick.
Grayson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dessler swivels and escapes.
Billy Dessler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Grayson.
Dessler moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dessler tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grayson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grayson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Grayson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grayson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dessler was well out of range. Poor timing from Grayson.
Grayson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grayson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dessler manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grayson shoots for a double leg takedown but Dessler sprawls well. He's pushed Grayson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dessler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grayson counters with a nice body shot.
Grayson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Billy Dessler will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Grayson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dessler manages to avoid it.
Marcus Grayson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dessler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grayson throws a body punch but Dessler moves out of range.
Grayson thumps Dessler with a low kick.
Grayson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dessler throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Grayson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grayson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dessler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dessler is looking to take a break and control but Grayson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grayson sneaks back into half guard.
Dessler perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dessler prevents Grayson from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Grayson sees it coming and defends easily.
Grayson wants to control but Dessler is keeping busy.
Grayson gets full guard.
Grayson has an active guard here but Dessler has managed to pass into half guard.
Dessler thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Grayson's head.
Grayson trying to control from the bottom.
Grayson is doing well to control the position and prevent Dessler from advancing to side control.
Grayson is refusing to be controlled, as Dessler sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grayson looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Dessler pushes past his half guard into mount!
Dessler prevents Grayson from getting the reversal.
Grayson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dessler tries to control but Grayson wriggling away.
Grayson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Grayson is squirming around, avoiding Dessler's attempts to control the action.
Dessler controlling his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dessler tries to control but Grayson wriggling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grayson tries to hold on but Dessler pushes him away.
Dessler looking to control but Grayson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dessler sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grayson is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson tries to lock up and control but Dessler gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grayson is desperately trying to improve his position but Dessler has a good base and remains in mount.
Dessler punching from mount but Grayson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Dessler controlling the position easily from mount.
Dessler misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grayson tries to hold on but Dessler pushes him away.
Dessler controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Billy Dessler will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dessler closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dessler on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grayson. Grayson obviously looking to wear him down.
Grayson looks to score with a jab to the body but Dessler is just out of range.
Grayson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dessler ducks under a wild hook from Grayson.
Dessler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Grayson feints and then cracks Dessler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dessler down.
Dessler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grayson.
Grayson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dessler takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dessler looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dessler lunges at Grayson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grayson's hand.
Dessler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dessler tries to clinch but Grayson moves out of range.
Grayson ducks under a wild hook from Dessler.
Billy Dessler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dessler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dessler swings for the body but Grayson moves out of range.
Dessler swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grayson counters with a right hand to the body.
Dessler throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Grayson.
Grayson avoids a kick to the body.
Dessler lands with a straight right. Grayson didn't see that one coming.
Grayson moves out of range of the body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Dessler.
Grayson lands a lovely overhand right.
Grayson throws a chopping leg kick but Dessler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dessler with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dessler shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Dessler pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Grayson lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dessler.
Dessler is looking to land body kicks.
Grayson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dessler looks to throw the jab but Grayson is out of range.
Dessler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Donk. Grayson catches Dessler right on the button with a cross.
Grayson misses the shot to the body.
Grayson works Dessler's body with a nice hook.
Grayson misses with a straight left.
Grayson misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grayson. Dessler does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dessler misses with a body kick.
Grayson thows a body shot but no joy.
That kick from Grayson tenderised Dessler's leg. Dessler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nice defenses there by Dessler.
Dessler connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dessler tries to close the distance and clinch but Grayson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marcus Grayson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grayson throws a hook to the side of Dessler's head but Dessler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Grayson looks to land a left hand but Dessler moved out of range nicely.
Grayson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dessler misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grayson throws out a leg kick but Dessler moves out of range and Grayson only half commits.
Grayson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grayson lands a leg kick that knocks Dessler off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grayson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dessler lands with a nice body punch.
Billy Dessler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dessler scoring well with a low kick there.
Grayson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dessler defending well as Grayson loads up on a big left hand.
Grayson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dessler scoring well with a low kick there.
Grayson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dessler's corner calls for a 1-2. Dessler obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dessler lands a leg kick that knocks Grayson off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grayson misses the shot to the body.
Good work by Grayson as he checks the leg kick.
Dessler is looking to slow Grayson down with leg kicks.
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 Billy Dessler.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dessler, 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Dessler!
Billy Dessler thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barry McLean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Tuten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuten is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Whoa. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Terry Tuten was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry McLean!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Tuten!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLean listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tuten throws a low kick but it's checked well by McLean.
McLean scores with a punch to the head.
Tuten lands a body shot.
Tuten lands with a kick to the ribs.
McLean ducks right into an uppercut from Tuten.
A big left from Tuten misses.
McLean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tuten moves away.
Tuten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McLean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tuten manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLean thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sloppy strikes from McLean. Those never looked like landing.
McLean lands a nice shot that snaps Tuten's head back.
McLean misses with a hook. Tuten ducked under it nicely.
Tuten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McLean does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuten is looking to chop away at McLean's legs.
McLean blocks a low kick nicely.
Tuten throws a leg kick that is checked
and McLean finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McLean misses with a body kick.
Tuten throws a body punch but McLean moves out of range.
McLean fails with the takedown.
Tuten throws a lazy right hand but McLean sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuten thumps McLean with a low kick.
Tuten throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McLean lands an overhand right.
McLean connects with the punch.
McLean throws a right and a left that Tuten avoids nicely.
Tuten throws the kick towards the body but McLean avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tuten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tuten moves away from the strike by McLean.
McLean thumps Tuten with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLean misses with a wild combination.
McLean misses with a right hand
and Tuten counters with a nice low kick that buckles McLean's knee momentarily.
Tuten moves out of range of the leg kick from McLean.
Tuten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tuten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McLean.
McLean explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McLean throws a poor cross that misses
and McLean takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McLean avoids the head kick by Tuten.
Tuten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McLean ducks under a wild hook from Tuten.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuten takes a swing at McLean's ribcage but misses.
McLean throws out a powerful jab.
Tuten ducks under a wild hook from McLean.
McLean looks to land a right hand but Tuten moved out of range.
McLean misses with a low kick.
Tuten throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tuten looks to throw a body kick
and McLean makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tuten looks for the body kick but McLean saw that one coming.
Tuten throws a chopping leg kick but McLean manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tuten looks to score with a jab to the body but McLean is just out of range.
Tuten tries to keep at a distance but McLean has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLean.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tuten.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuten misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tuten takes a shot to the head.
Tuten misses with a punch to the body.
Tuten throws a punch but it's blocked by McLean.
Tuten misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McLean is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Tuten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McLean throws a head kick but Tuten moves out of range.
Tuten connects with an inside leg kick.
McLean lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Terry Tuten has been cut.
McLean misses with a straight left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McLean fails in his attempt to clinch.
McLean fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tuten.
Tuten lands a two punch combo.
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 Barry McLean will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Terry Tuten's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A jab lands there for Tuten.
Tuten throws a jab when McLean was well out of range.
Tuten takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tuten circles away from the clinch attempt.
McLean takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McLean scores with a hook.
McLean checks the leg kick.
McLean throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tuten's waist but Tuten gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing McLean off to one side.
Barry McLean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McLean keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tuten.
Tuten bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Tuten misses the target.
Tuten gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McLean.
McLean moves out of range as Tuten strikes.
McLean swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tuten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean lands a nice shot that snaps Tuten's head back.
Tuten connects with a leg kick. McLean looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tuten throws a right and a left that McLean avoids nicely.
McLean defending well as Tuten loads up on a big left hand.
Tuten connects with a leg kick. McLean looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McLean ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tuten moves away.
McLean darts in trying to clinch
and Tuten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McLean thinking.
McLean throws a hook to the side of Tuten's head but Tuten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tuten misses with a looping right.
McLean fails to land with a series of punches.
McLean swings for the body but Tuten moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean swings for the body but Tuten moves out of range.
McLean tries to clinch up.
McLean thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tuten checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tuten works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tuten takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McLean throws the left hand but Tuten avoids the punch easily.
McLean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tuten.
Tuten throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
McLean is looking to clinch but Tuten is avoiding it.
McLean lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McLean checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tuten looks to land a left hand but McLean moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean has Tuten up against the cage in a clinch.
Tuten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McLean lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McLean escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tuten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McLean throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tuten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McLean. That did some damage!
McLean has closed the distance and engaged Tuten in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McLean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McLean jumps guard but Tuten stands there with McLean around his waist. McLean gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Tuten tries a body shot but McLean blocks it.
McLean dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McLean tries to pull guard but Tuten forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry McLean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McLean is working for takedown but Tuten is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tuten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McLean prevents a body shot from Tuten.
McLean throws a head punch that misses.
Tuten struggles to land a body shot inside as McLean controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McLean lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tuten backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McLean wants to break the clinch but can't.
McLean breaks from the clinch.
McLean misses with a body shot.
McLean misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry McLean dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Terry Tuten's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
McLean tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McLean throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tuten counters with a low kick, right behind McLean 's knee.
McLean misses with a few strikes there.
Tuten lands a head kick!
McLean is looking to clinch.
Tuten throws a right hand that misses
and McLean makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McLean moves out of range of the body kick from Tuten.
McLean throws a body punch but Tuten moves out of range.
McLean throws a right hand that Tuten ducks under and follows up with a left that Tuten also avoids with ease.
McLean looks to land a left hand but Tuten moved out of range nicely.
Tuten fails to land with a series of punches.
Tuten looks to score with a jab to the body but McLean is just out of range.
Barry McLean is winning the standup battle so far.
McLean misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tuten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean cracks Tuten with an open hand slap.
A head kick from Tuten lands but McLean takes it in his stride.
Tuten looks to score with a jab to the body but McLean is just out of range.
A big left from McLean misses.
McLean is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tuten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McLean was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuten.
A punch lands to the side of McLean 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McLean works Tuten's body with a nice hook.
McLean misses the shot to the body.
McLean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tuten.
Terry Tuten is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McLean fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tuten throws a hook but McLean blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLean lands a jab to the nose.
McLean avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McLean throws a right and a left that Tuten avoids nicely.
Tuten tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McLean was well out of range. Poor timing from Tuten.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuten plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Tuten misses with a hook. McLean ducked under it nicely.
McLean throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tuten misses with a low kick as McLean jumps back.
Tuten fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
McLean ducks under a wild hook from Tuten.
McLean takes a head kick and keeps coming.
McLean tries to clinch but Tuten is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLean tries to score with a low kick but Tuten moves his leg out of the way.
McLean scores with a sloppy right hand. Tuten should have avoided that one.
A low kick from Tuten is predictable there
and McLean makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tuten moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tuten throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tuten misses with a body kick.
McLean throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tuten counters with a one-two to the body.
Nice uppercut there from McLean.
Tuten throws a body punch but McLean moves out of range.
McLean closes the distance and clinches.
McLean is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tuten is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McLean lands an uppercut.
Tuten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McLean throws a low kick but Tuten moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tuten scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tuten throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tuten throws a leg kick which misses McLean's front leg but catches the back leg as McLean tries to avoid it.
McLean lands the left hand.
Tuten misses with the combination.
Tuten looks to land a left hand but McLean moved out of range nicely.
Tuten tries to move into range but McLean moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tuten avoids a kick to the body.
Tuten lands with a nice body punch.
McLean throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tuten sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terry Tuten really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry Tuten's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Tuten throws out a leg kick but McLean moves out of range and Tuten only half commits.
McLean closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ground and pound from McLean seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
McLean tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
McLean wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tuten keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
McLean has an Americana. Tuten didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! McLean is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if McLean hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Barry McLean!
Barry McLean retains his lightweight title!
Barry McLean seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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