INY - Fight Night 1 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thanh Xuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Davinchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Xuan
vs
Davinchi

180 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
168 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thanh Xuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Davinchi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xuan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davinchi's waist but Davinchi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Xuan off to one side.

Xuan has closed the distance and engaged Davinchi in a clinch.
Davinchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xuan blocks it with crossed arms.
Xuan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Davinchi has him pressed against the cage.
Davinchi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Xuan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davinchi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Xuan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Xuan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Xuan is breathing heavily.
Davinchi leaning against his opponent.
Davinchi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davinchi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Davinchi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Davinchi scores a nice knee to the body.
Davinchi connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davinchi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davinchi scores a nice knee to the body.
Davinchi lands a knee to the head.
Xuan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Davinchi has Xuan pushed against the cage.
Davinchi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Davinchi obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davinchi landing knees to the head.
Davinchi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Xuan is rocked!
Davinchi misses with a knee strike.
Oh Xuan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Davinchi tries a knee to the head but Xuan blocks it.
Davinchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davinchi landing knees to the body.
Davinchi landing knees to the head.
Xuan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Davinchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xuan blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xuan is trying to pull guard but Davinchi has him pressed against the cage.
Davinchi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davinchi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davinchi misses with a knee to the head.
Davinchi looking to throw knees to the head but Xuan is blocking nicely.
Davinchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Xuan can't break the clinch.
Davinchi tries to land a knee to the head but Xuan blocks with his arms.
Davinchi tries a knee to the head but Xuan blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Davinchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davinchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davinchi tries a knee to the head but Xuan blocks it.
Davinchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xuan blocks it with crossed arms.
Davinchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davinchi prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thanh Xuan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Xuan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Davinchi is defending well.
Davinchi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Davinchi tries a knee to the head but Xuan blocks it.
Xuan has Davinchi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Davinchi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Xuan wants a takedown.
Davinchi scores with a knee to the head.
Davinchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xuan blocks it with crossed arms.
Davinchi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Davinchi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Davinchi.
Davinchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davinchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davinchi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Davinchi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davinchi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Davinchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Davinchi.
Davinchi tries to land a knee to the head but Xuan blocks with his arms.
Davinchi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Davinchi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davinchi controlling the action here for a moment.
Davinchi misses with a knee strike.
Davinchi tries to land knees in the clinch but Xuan avoids the damage to the body.
Xuan jumps guard but Davinchi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davinchi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Davinchi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Xuan blocks it with crossed arms.
Davinchi tries to land a knee to the head but Xuan blocks with his arms.
Davinchi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Xuan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Davinchi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Davinchi misses with a knee to the head.
Davinchi looking to throw knees to the head but Xuan is blocking nicely.
Xuan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Davinchi walks away with a smile on his face. Xuan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Xuan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Davinchi circles away.
Davinchi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Xuan.
Davinchi throws a nice head kick!
Davinchi defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Xuan.
Davinchi connects with a solid leg kick.
Xuan dives in and grabs Davinchi's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davinchi pushes down on Xuan's head and hops out.
Nice takedown defense from Davinchi. No joy for Xuan on that attempt.
Davinchi lands with a kick to the temple. Xuan shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The fighters circle, before Davinchi throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Xuan's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Davinchi lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Leonardo Davinchi!

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energy
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hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
91%

Undercard bout

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

Turner
vs
East

187 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Turner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Todd East!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turner throws a nice looking combination but East bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
East bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Turner's head.

East rushes Turner and presses him up against the cage.
East avoiding damage as Turner throws knees to the body.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
East tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
East is pushing Turner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, East scores with a nice short uppercut.
East throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from East as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, East creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Turner's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner misses with a knee strike.
Turner tries to break the clinch but East is controlling the position.
Turner is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Turner tries to land a knee to the head but East blocks with his arms.
East misses with a shot to the kidneys.
East taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
Turner landing knees to the head.
A short left from East.
Turner is trying to break free.
Turner stalling in the clinch but East improves position.
East prevents Turner from breaking the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by East.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as East takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
East lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turner looking to slow down the pace here.
East lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
East working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Turner is looking to break free of the clinch but East has double underhooks.
Turner connects with a nasty looking knee right to East's face.

It looks like Todd East has been cut.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but East is keeping busy.
East throws a punch but it's blocked by Turner.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
East misses with a hook from the clinch.
East blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
East is working Turner over against the cage.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
East lands with a light punch inside.
East lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from East.
East pushes Turner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
East lands with a right to the head.
Turner lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
East lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on East - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Turner throws a knee to the head but misses.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Turner trying to land knees to the body.
East will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Turner up against the cage.
East lands a body punch in the clinch.
East scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from East.
East taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Turner takes a shot to the head.
Turner with an attempt at a knee that misses.
East tries a body shot but Turner blocks it.
East doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turner wants to break the clinch but can't.
East stalling the fight.
Turner is stalling here.
East lands a nice uppercut.

Turner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
East just misses with a punch to the body.
East tries to clinch but Turner moves out of range.
East misses with a jab, cross combination.

East has taken the fight to the clinch.
East lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
East is working Turner over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by East.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turner wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Todd East dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Todd East's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

East takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Turner gets a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from East.
East working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from East fails to land.
East misses with some punches.
East has Turner pushed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by East as Turner tries to tie him up.
East scores with a nice hook to the head.
East on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
East scores with a shot to the side of Turner's head.
Turner is looking to control East's arms but East gets an underhook and turns him. Now Turner has his back to the cage.
East working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
East lands with a light punch inside.
East lands a right hand that snaps the head of Turner backwards.
Turner is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
East lands a right hand.
East keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Turner's efforts to push away.
Turner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but East blocks it with crossed arms.
East can't find room to land a body shot as Turner controls the action.
East lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Turner.
Still in the clinch, East scores with a nice short uppercut.
Turner tries to circle away but East has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from East as the two fighters clinch.
A nice left hand lands by East.

Turner is rocked!
East working aggressively here.
Turner utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
East is breathing heavily.
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!
Turner is trying to force a seperation but East has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Turner.

Turner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Turner attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Turner throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
East tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Randy Turner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Turner thumps East with a low kick.
East takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Turner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Turner tries to break the clinch but East is controlling the position.
East fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turner tries to break free but East pushes him back against the cage.
East takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Turner obliges.
Turner is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Turner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turner wants to stall.
Turner lands a good knee to the midsection. East won't want to take too many of those.
Turner crunches a lovely knee into East's ribcage.
Randy Turner has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turner wants to break free but East has control.
East misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Turner lands a damaging elbow.
Turner trying to control the position but instead, East has worked for underhooks and has pushed Turner into the cage.
East has a couple of punches blocked by Turner.
East managing to block the knees to the body from Turner.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turner.
East lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Turner manages to break the clinch.
Turner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from East.
Turner takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
East throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turner missing with a left hand there. East was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
East avoids the head kick by Turner.
East misses with a two punch combination.
Turner slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turner takes one to the chin there.
Turner throws a head kick but East moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Turner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Todd East's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

East connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as East checks a leg kick.
East throws out a powerful jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Turner lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and East has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from East and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sloppy strikes from East. Those never looked like landing.
Turner throws a hook but East avoids it easily.
East avoids the body shot from Turner.
East misses with a body shot.
East tries to clinch there but Turner circles away.
East looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Turner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Randy Turner is winning the standup battle so far.
Turner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
East takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Turner, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whack! Turner lands a heavy head kick that drops East. The ref tackles Turner to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because East was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Randy Turner!

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
100%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wesley Snipes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley Snipes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Franklin
vs
Snipes

190 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Franklin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wesley Snipes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snipes lands a head kick!

Franklin closes the distance and pushes Snipes back into the cage.
Franklin lands with a left to the head.
Snipes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Franklin managing to block the knees to the body from Snipes.
Snipes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Snipes tries a knee to the head but Franklin blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Franklin.
Snipes takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Wesley Snipes has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snipes tries to land knees in the clinch but Franklin avoids the damage to the body.
Snipes misses with a knee strike.
Snipes missing with knees to the body.
Snipes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A body shot lands from Franklin.
Franklin scores with a hook to the body.
Snipes trying to land knees to the body.
Snipes is looking to control Franklin's arms but Franklin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Snipes has his back to the cage.
Snipes looking to throw knees to the head but Franklin is blocking nicely.
Snipes wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin scores with a shoulder strike.
Snipes looks gassed!
Snipes is trying to maintain a safe position but Franklin gets an underhook and turns Snipes into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franklin.
Franklin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Franklin controlling the action here for a moment.
Snipes is looking to control Franklin's arms but Franklin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Snipes has his back to the cage.
Snipes with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Franklin lands a hook that snaps the head of Snipes backwards.
Franklin avoiding damage as Snipes throws knees to the body.
Franklin avoiding damage as Snipes throws knees to the body.
Snipes stalling in the clinch but Franklin improves position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Franklin.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin lands with a right to the head.

Snipes is rocked!

That has opened up Wesley Snipes's cut even more.
Snipes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Franklin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Franklin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Franklin seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Aaron Franklin.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Franklin! Snipes is backing up but he can't get away as Franklin lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Snipes and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Aaron Franklin!
Aaron Franklin took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, L.A. Elite Clothing Co ($10 shorts and shirt) for their support in the buildup to the fight.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
67%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hellman Province (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Voda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Voda has chosen Lamb of God - Walk With Me In Hell as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Province
vs
Voda

190 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hellman Province!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Voda!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Voda throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Province loads up on a big right hand but Voda slips the punch.
Voda misses the jab.
Province misses with a two punch combination.

Voda scores a takedown into full mount!
Voda throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Voda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Province knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Voda on the ground.
Voda can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Province is looking to escape.
Voda throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Voda scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Province?
Province is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voda wants to control the pace but Province is squirming around nicely.
Voda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Voda with the ground and pound from mount.
Voda raining down shots from the mount!
Voda throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Voda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Voda punching from mount but Province doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Voda with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Voda throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Province taking shots to the head.

Province is rocked!

Voda has isolated one of Province's arms. Province looking to fight him off but Voda twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Voda!
As Jeremy Voda got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: It's interesting when I jog, how much the music makes a difference. You can pretty much count on the Foo Fighters to get your heart rate up. '.

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energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
48%

Main event

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jd Almanez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brody Savanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Almanez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, My Cool by Adam Tensta. Jd Almanez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Almanez
vs
Savanis

190 cm
23
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

175 cm
26
185 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jd Almanez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brody Savanis!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savanis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Almanez.
Almanez shoots in but Savanis avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Savanis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almanez tries to clinch but Savanis moves away
and Savanis counters with a left to the body.

Almanez rushes Savanis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Almanez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Savanis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Savanis has had enough of the clinch but Almanez keeps him there for the moment.
Almanez has had enough of the clinch but Savanis keeps him there for the moment.
Savanis prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jd Almanez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Savanis wants to break free but Almanez has control.

Almanez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez moves in looking to clinch but Savanis pushes him off.
Savanis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Savanis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Almanez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Savanis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Almanez tries to clinch but Savanis moves away
and Savanis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Almanez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Savanis has time to react.
Savanis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Almanez works Savanis's body with a nice hook.
A punch combination from Savanis misses.
Jd Almanez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almanez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Savanis pivots, looking for a leg kick but Almanez is out of range and Savanis settles back down.
Almanez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Almanez is looking to clinch.
Almanez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Donk. Savanis catches Almanez right on the button with a cross.
Almanez misses with the combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savanis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Almanez moves in looking to clinch but Savanis pushes him off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Savanis.
Almanez tries to clinch up but Savanis circles away and keeps his distance.
Savanis moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Almanez is looking to clinch.
Almanez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A punch combination from Savanis misses.
Almanez misses with a few strikes there.
Almanez tries to clinch

and Savanis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Almanez's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Savanis postures up in Almanez's guard and throws a big left but Almanez blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Savanis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almanez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Savanis postures up.
Almanez wants to stand but Savanis is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almanez wants to sweep but no luck.
Almanez is looking to stand up but Savanis isn't so interested in that idea.
Savanis trying to control but Almanez is working from the bottom.
Savanis looking to sit in guard and control but Almanez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Almanez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Savanis is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Savanis has escaped and now he's on top!
Almanez wants to sweep here but Savanis controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Savanis gets to his feet. Almanez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Almanez loads up on a big right hand but Savanis slips the punch.
Savanis misses with a double jab.
Savanis is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Almanez rather than just go for the knockout.
Sloppy strikes from Savanis. Those never looked like landing.
Savanis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Almanez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Savanis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Almanez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Almanez tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Savanis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Almanez!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Savanis trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Savanis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Savanis cracks a nice hook into Almanez's ribs.
A slow jab from Almanez misses its intended target.
Savanis throws a right and a left that Almanez avoids nicely.
Savanis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Almanez tries to clinch but Savanis is having none of it.
Almanez slips a jab and a cross from Savanis.
Almanez scores with a nice strike.
Savanis keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice straight punches there by Savanis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savanis.
Almanez throws the left hand but Savanis avoids the punch easily.

Almanez closes the distance and clinches.
Almanez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Almanez wants to get back to striking at distance but Savanis won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez throws a head punch that misses.
Almanez keeps control of Savanis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Almanez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Savanis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Almanez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Savanis backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Almanez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Almanez breaks from the clinch.
Almanez shoots in for a takedown but Savanis shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jd Almanez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almanez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Savanis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Almanez closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savanis blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Almanez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big right from Savanis misses.
Almanez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Savanis moves away.
Savanis swats away the attempt to clinch by Almanez.
Brody Savanis seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Almanez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Almanez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savanis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savanis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Almanez but Almanez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Almanez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savanis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Almanez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Savanis connects with a high kick.

Savanis drives through with a takedown into Almanez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savanis controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Savanis trying to control but Almanez is working from the bottom.

Savanis gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Savanis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Almanez scores with a four punch combination!
Almanez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savanis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almanez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Almanez is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Savanis.
Almanez misses with a hook. Savanis ducked under it nicely.
Almanez throws a lazy right hand but Savanis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savanis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Savanis. Those never looked like landing.
No luck for Almanez with that takedown attempt.

Almanez moves into range and clinches up with Savanis.
Almanez looking to stall.
Almanez has Savanis pressed against the cage, preventing Savanis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Almanez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Almanez trying to control the position but instead, Savanis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Almanez into the cage.
Almanez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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 Jd Almanez will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Savanis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almanez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savanis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Savanis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Almanez walks into a jab.

Almanez closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Savanis.
Almanez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Almanez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Almanez leaning against his opponent.
Savanis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Almanez lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savanis wants to break free but Almanez has control.
Almanez throws a punch but it's blocked by Savanis.
Savanis is pressed up against the cage. Almanez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Savanis down to the mat. Savanis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Savanis throws a right and a left that Almanez avoids nicely.
Savanis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almanez moves away.
Almanez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Almanez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almanez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Savanis.
Almanez misses with a combination

and Savanis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Almanez's guard.
Almanez trying to keep a closed guard but Savanis is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almanez managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Savanis slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Brody Savanis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Savanis won't allow Almanez to sweep him here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Savanis postures up in Almanez's guard and throws a big left but Almanez blocks it.
Almanez keeping full guard, as Savanis tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Savanis tries to bum rush Almanez with a series of wild strikes but Almanez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Almanez looks to land a right hand but Savanis moved out of range.
Savanis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Almanez closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savanis is trying to push Almanez away but Almanez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Almanez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Almanez misses with a short punch on the inside.

Almanez manages to break the clinch.
Almanez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Savanis.
Almanez wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Almanez struggling a bit here.
Almanez is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almanez is trying to control Savanis's posture but Savanis avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Savanis stands up.
Almanez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Savanis doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Savanis throws a nice looking combination but Almanez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A jab from Savanis does it's job there.
Almanez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savanis scores with a sloppy right hand. Almanez should have avoided that one.
Savanis misses with a double jab.

Almanez forces Savanis back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Savanis really dominated that 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.

Savanis looking to score a takedown here. Almanez is defending well but Savanis drives through and ends up in Almanez's guard.
Savanis stopping the sweep attempt from Almanez.
Savanis trying to stand up but can't free himself from Almanez's guard.
Savanis tries to free his leg and advance position but Almanez is retaining full guard.

Savanis stands up from Almanez's guard - Savanis perhaps looking for a knockout.
Almanez misses with a right hand

and Savanis counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Savanis tries to free his leg and advance position but Almanez is retaining full guard.

Almanez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Almanez scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Almanez misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savanis looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Savanis walks into a jab.
Almanez shoots in for a takedown but Savanis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Almanez thows a body shot but no joy.
Almanez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Almanez throws out a loose jab but Savanis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almanez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Savanis circles away quickly and effectively.
Savanis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Savanis catches Almanez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Savanis connects with the punch.
Savanis jabs Almanez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Almanez. Savanis does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almanez is looking to clinch.
Savanis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jd Almanez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Almanez takes a swing at Savanis's ribcage but misses.
Savanis swings for the body but Almanez moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Savanis checks a leg kick.
Savanis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Savanis!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almanez slips a jab and a cross from Savanis.
Savanis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Almanez.
Savanis misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Almanez does no damage.
Almanez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almanez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Almanez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Savanis misses with a body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Savanis blocking some punches.
Almanez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Savanis prevents Almanez from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Almanez fails to land.

Savanis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Almanez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Savanis swivels and escapes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almanez misses with a hook to the body
and Savanis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Savanis lands a slapping body shot.
Savanis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Almanez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Savanis was well out of range. Poor timing from Almanez.
Almanez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Savanis throws out the jab.
Savanis scores with a one two! Almanez had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Almanez scores with a jab. Savanis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Almanez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savanis slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savanis throws a head kick that misses.
Almanez moves out of range of the body kick.
Almanez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Savanis momentarily.
Savanis throws a series of punches but Almanez avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brody Savanis dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Almanez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savanis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Almanez shoots in and drives through. Savanis sprawls well.
Almanez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savanis shoots in but Almanez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Savanis swats away the attempt to clinch by Almanez.
Good leg kick by Savanis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Almanez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Almanez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick misses from Savanis.

Savanis scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Almanez trying to control from the bottom.

Savanis stands up out of the half guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almanez tries to clinch up.
Almanez cracks Savanis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Savanis throws a hook but Almanez blocks it.
Almanez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Almanez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Almanez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Savanis in his tracks.
Savanis throws a sloppy head kick and Almanez moves out of range easily.
Savanis fails to land with a series of punches.

Almanez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Almanez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Almanez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Almanez manages to break the clinch.
Savanis works over Almanez's head and body with a nice combination.
Almanez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Savanis. Those never looked like landing.
Almanez connects with a body shot.
Almanez throws a leg kick
and Savanis counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Almanez.
Nice uppercut lands for Almanez. That snapped Savanis's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almanez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Almanez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Almanez. Those never looked like landing.
Savanis misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almanez missing with a left hand there. Savanis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Savanis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Savanis staying out of range there.
Almanez misses with a hook. Savanis ducked under it nicely.
Savanis lands with a right hand.
Savanis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Almanez throws out a loose jab but Savanis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almanez falls off balance throwing a combination

and Savanis counters with a shoot takedown. Almanez fights it but they end up in guard.
Almanez wants to sweep but no luck.
Almanez has a closed guard, preventing Savanis from standing up.

Savanis gets to his feet - Almanez follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almanez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Savanis shoots in looking for a takedown. Almanez tries to sprawl out of it but Savanis keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Almanez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Savanis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Almanez connects with a body shot.
Almanez looks to land a combination but Savanis avoids it well.
Almanez misses with the combination.
Almanez misses with a series of wild punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Savanis dodges the punch combination from Almanez.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brody Savanis.
I think Savanis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 45:50
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 47:48
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brody Savanis! Brody Savanis retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath Brody Savanis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.