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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ivey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Van Der Heijden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Ivey has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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164 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Ivey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dirk Van Der Heijden!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Der Heijden shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ivey pinned against the cage. Ivey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by Ivey or perhaps it was just good defense by Van Der Heijden which made him look bad.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Van Der Heijden enables Ivey to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Van Der Heijden manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Van Der Heijden is working an open guard so Ivey takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Ivey shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Van Der Heijden but Van Der Heijden pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ivey fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mike Ivey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ivey throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Van Der Heijden's waist but Van Der Heijden gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ivey off to one side.
Van Der Heijden shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ivey is trying to defend but Van Der Heijden finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Van Der Heijden is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Heijden working over Ivey with some ground and pound. Ivey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Van Der Heijden connects with a nice short shot to Ivey's temple.
Van Der Heijden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ivey wants to control but Van Der Heijden is keeping busy.
Van Der Heijden controlling the action here.
Ivey misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ivey wants to get back to his feet.
Van Der Heijden keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Dirk Van Der Heijden was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ivey fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mike Ivey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Der Heijden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ivey.
Van Der Heijden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ivey is trying to pull guard but Van Der Heijden has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivey manages to break the clinch.
Van Der Heijden gets a double leg takedown into Ivey's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Der Heijden's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Van Der Heijden scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Van Der Heijden drops back looking for a leg! Ivey is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ivey manages to kick Van Der Heijden off! Van Der Heijden jumps back into Ivey's guard.
Ivey throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Van Der Heijden postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Der Heijden advances to half guard.
Van Der Heijden is working for a submission of some sort.
Van Der Heijden performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Heijden's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nice strikes from Van Der Heijden there.
Ivey wants to control the action here but instead Van Der Heijden manages to pass to full mount!
Ivey taking shots to the head.
Ivey is trying to escape the mount.
Van Der Heijden controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ivey is desperately trying to improve his position but Van Der Heijden has a good base and remains in mount.
Van Der Heijden controlling the position easily from mount.
Ivey tries to lock up and control but Van Der Heijden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ivey looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Van Der Heijden is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Ivey won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Van Der Heijden off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dirk Van Der Heijden!
A victorious Dirk Van Der Heijden thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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169 lbs
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160 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Walsh!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walsh takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Oudomphonephaivanh lands a slapping body shot.
Walsh with a poor takedown
and Oudomphonephaivanh counters with a straight right hand.
Walsh tries for a takedown but Oudomphonephaivanh circles away easily
and Oudomphonephaivanh counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walsh doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Oudomphonephaivanh counter with a right hand.
Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Walsh.
Walsh misses with a takedown
and Oudomphonephaivanh counters with a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Oudomphonephaivanh.
Oudomphonephaivanh scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Walsh misses with a takedown
and Oudomphonephaivanh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Walsh looks up at the clock. Bad move! Oudomphonephaivanh lands a right hand from hell, dropping Walsh. Oudomphonephaivanh pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh!
A very excited looking Sengprachanh Oudomphonephaivanh made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dolby Dames (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seymour Cake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dames comes to the cage accompanied by Deep In The Heart Of Texas Song . Cake has chosen Stack Bundles - Far Rock America as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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225 lbs
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216 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dolby Dames!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seymour Cake!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dames fails with a takedown attempt.
Cake avoids the body shot from Dames.
Cake throws a leg kick but Dames moved away.
Dames misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cake.
Dames misses the shot to the body.
Dames takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dames avoids the head kick by Cake.
Dames throws a body punch but Cake moves out of range.
Cake throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Dolby Dames has been cut.
Dames takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cake displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dames.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cake goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cake lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dames tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cake was well out of range. Poor timing from Dames.
Dames throws a series of punches but Cake moves out of range.
Dames clinches up against the cage.
Cake prevents a body shot from Dames.
Dames takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dames swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dames looking to slow down the pace here.
Dames can't find room to land a body shot as Cake controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cake misses with an elbow strike.
Cake lands a nice elbow.
Cake throws an elbow that misses.
Cake tries a knee to the head but Dames blocks it.
Cake creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dames's defenses.
Cake comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dolby Dames's cut is getting worse.
Cake taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dames takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dolby Dames's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Dames on the inside.
Dames lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cake lands a damaging elbow.
Cake trying to land knees to the body.
Cake is looking to control Dames's arms but Dames gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cake has his back to the cage.
Dames pulls guard successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dames is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cake trying to stand up but can't free himself from Dames's guard.
Dames has his foot on Cake's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cake works his way back into a safe position though.
Cake seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dames controlling the position.
Cake pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dames is keeping the position for now.
Cake trying to control the position from guard on top but Dames is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dames is looking for a triangle but Cake pushes his legs off easily.
Cake won't allow Dames to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dames is pulling down on Cake's head to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cake wants to pass the guard but Dames is keeping the position.
Cake stands and throws Dames's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dames controls the position for a moment.
Cake tries to advance to mount but Dames instead regains half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dames is looking to improve his position.
Cake is looking to take a break and control but Dames is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Seymour Cake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dolby Dames's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dames thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dames looks to score with a jab to the body but Cake is just out of range.
Dames is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cake.
Dames digs a good body shot into Cake's ribs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cake.
Cake throws a leg kick that misses.
Cake throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cake lands a nice looking body kick.
A jab from Dames misses.
Cake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Seymour Cake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dames gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dames lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cake being controlled against the cage.
Dames has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Cake clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Cake trying to control the hands but Dames won't let him.
Dames just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Dames seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cake for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dames is not going to allow Cake to sit and survive in this position.
Cake wants to get back to his feet.
Cake prevents Dames from getting a body triangle.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Dames looking for the RNC.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Will Dames go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dames is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cake is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
I would not like to be Cake right now.
Cake is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Dames gets his way!
Dames gets his hands free as Cake looks to control.
Dames is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Cake won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Dames off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dolby Dames!
Dolby Dames thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Nakamura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Romziel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
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166 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryo Nakamura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Romziel!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakamura slips under a jab from Romziel.
Romziel throws a head kick that misses.
Nakamura lands with a nice combination. Romziel backs away looking to recover.
Romziel lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Romziel.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nakamura.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nakamura.
Nakamura swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nakamura moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nakamura lands with a nice combination. Romziel backs away looking to recover.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nakamura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Romziel.
Nakamura scores with a body shot.
Romziel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nakamura.
Romziel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romziel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ryo Nakamura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some wild striking there from Romziel.
Nakamura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jab by Nakamura.
Nakamura scores with a crisp jab that stopped Romziel in his tracks.
Nakamura plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Romziel is rocked!
Romziel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nakamura throws out the jab.
Romziel throws the kick towards the body but Nakamura avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Romziel.
Romziel 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.
Romziel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romziel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nakamura tests Romziel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nakamura cracks Romziel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Romziel.
Romziel walks into a jab.
Nakamura swings for the body but Romziel moves out of range.
Nakamura throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romziel takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Romziel connects with a body shot that sends Nakamura's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romziel slips a jab from Nakamura.
Nakamura loads up on a big right hand but Romziel slips the punch.
Nakamura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Romziel's head.
Romziel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakamura thows a left - swing and a miss!
Romziel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nakamura scores with a decent looking hook.
Romziel ducks right into an uppercut from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a few strikes there.
Nakamura scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura takes the fight into the clinch.
Romziel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nakamura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nakamura cracks Romziel with an open hand slap.
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!
Nakamura tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Romziel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nakamura throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Romziel.
Nakamura misses with a low kick.
Romziel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romziel moves away from the strike by Nakamura.
Romziel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nakamura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Nakamura dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nakamura jabs Romziel right on the nose. Romziel blinks but takes it well.
Ryo Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura misses with a body kick.
Nakamura throws a push kick but Romziel slaps the foot to one side.
Romziel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nakamura throws a sloppy body shot
and Romziel counters with a low kick, right behind Nakamura 's knee.
Nakamura throws the left hand but Romziel avoids the punch easily.
Nakamura throws a low kick but Romziel moves out of range easily.
Nakamura misses with an uppercut.
Ryo Nakamura is winning the standup battle so far.
Romziel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nakamura moves away.
Nakamura tests Romziel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A lazy left from Nakamura finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Nakamura.
Nakamura throws a leg kick which misses Romziel's front leg but catches the back leg as Romziel tries to avoid it.
Nakamura stalks Romziel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Romziel's face. Romziel staggers backwards, shaken.
Nakamura closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nakamura as Romziel tries to tie him up.
Romziel tries to pull guard but Nakamura holds him up against the cage and eventually Romziel drops back down to his feet.
A body shot lands from Nakamura.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A short left from Nakamura.
Nakamura misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Nakamura.
Romziel misses with a punch to the body.
Romziel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Romziel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romziel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nakamura up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Romziel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nakamura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nakamura is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Romziel is defending well for now.
Nakamura is working Romziel over against the cage.
Nakamura digs a right hand underneath Romziel's ribcage. Romziel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Romziel is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nakamura lands a right hand.
Romziel tries to pull guard but Nakamura forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Nakamura working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Nakamura lands a nice shot to the body.
Nakamura lands a nice uppercut.
Romziel is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nakamura to keep the fight standing.
Ryo Nakamura has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Romziel.
Romziel taking a breather.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romziel tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nakamura smiles and moves away.
Nakamura lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nakamura scores with a body shot.
Romziel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Nakamura.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura scores with a kick to the midsection.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romziel tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nakamura tries a head kick but it misses.
Nakamura bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Romziel's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Nakamura dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Nakamura takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nakamura takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nakamura jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Romziel walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nakamura scores with a push kick.
Romziel needs to keep his hands up - Nakamura had a free shot at his head there.
Nakamura connects with an inside leg kick.
Romziel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nakamura scores with a nice head shot.
Romziel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nakamura.
A left lands for Nakamura.
Romziel is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamura finish him?
Nakamura moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura lands a right hook to the body.
Romziel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Romziel throws a low kick but Nakamura avoids it.
Romziel blocks the body kick.
Romziel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice uppercut there from Nakamura.
Nakamura drops Romziel with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Romziel! Nakamura dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryo Nakamura!
A relieved looking Ryo Nakamura thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clark Griswold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Loher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Loher has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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147 lbs
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225 lbs
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clark Griswold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Loher!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griswold looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griswold lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loher's sensitive parts.
Loher shoots for a takedown but Griswold saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Griswold clinches.
Loher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Loher is trying to push Griswold away but Griswold has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Griswold lands an elbow inside.
Griswold comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Griswold prevents Loher from breaking the clinch.
Griswold throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Loher is looking to break free of the clinch but Griswold has double underhooks.
Griswold lands an elbow that stopped Loher in his tracks for a moment.
Griswold keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Loher's efforts to push away.
Loher takes an elbow to the temple.
Loher wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Griswold.
A right handed body shot lands from Griswold.
Loher is looking to break free of the clinch but Griswold has double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Griswold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Griswold working Loher over with knees to the body.
Griswold lands a hook that snaps the head of Loher backwards.
Griswold lands a damaging elbow.
Griswold presses Loher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Griswold lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Michael Loher has been cut.
Loher is trying to force a seperation but Griswold has the dominant position.
Griswold lands with a right to the head.
Griswold is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Griswold lands an elbow inside.
Loher is trying to break the clinch but Griswold is controlling him.
Loher takes an elbow to the temple.
Griswold lands a shoulder strike.
Loher wants to get back to striking at distance but Griswold won't allow it.
Griswold cracks Loher with a nice body shot.
Griswold lands an uppercut.
Loher wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griswold lands with a short shot to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Loher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Loher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Griswold gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Griswold lands a damaging elbow.
Griswold lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Griswold lands with a left to the head.
Griswold landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Loher wants to get back to striking at distance but Griswold won't allow it.
Griswold gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Griswold is pushing Loher up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Griswold obliges.
Loher wants to break free but Griswold has control.
Griswold lands a right hand.
Griswold lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griswold lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Loher is trying to force a seperation but Griswold has the dominant position.
Loher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Griswold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Griswold lands a body punch in the clinch.
Griswold scores a nice knee to the body.
Griswold gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Griswold lands an elbow inside.
Griswold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Griswold has Loher pressed against the cage, preventing Loher from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Griswold landing knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Loher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Loher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griswold lands a damaging elbow.
Griswold putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Loher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Loher wants to break free but Griswold has control.
Griswold keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Loher's efforts to push away.
Griswold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Loher backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loher pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Loher shoots in for a takedown but Griswold shows good takedown defense.
Griswold rushes Loher and presses him up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Griswold.
Loher wants to get back to striking at distance but Griswold won't allow it.
Griswold lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Griswold taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Loher's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Griswold keeps control of Loher as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Griswold lands a damaging elbow.
Griswold digs a right hand into Loher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Loher's gas tank.
Loher looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griswold creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Loher's defenses.
Griswold has Loher pushed against the cage.
Griswold lands an elbow inside that Loher shrugs off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clark Griswold dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Loher's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Griswold turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Griswold lands a head kick!
Griswold delivers a nice body kick.
Loher will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griswold.
Griswold feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Loher's calf.
Michael Loher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griswold lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loher's sensitive parts.
Michael Loher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griswold thuds his right hand into Loher's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Loher shoots in and drives through. Griswold sprawls well.
Griswold thows a body kick. Loher tries to catch it but that hurt him.
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!
Loher fails with the takedown
and Griswold counters with a thumping low kick.
Clark Griswold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Loher.
Left hook, right uppercut from Griswold.
Griswold connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Loher's hands.
Loher is breathing heavily.
Griswold feints and then cracks Loher's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loher down.
Loher takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Griswold lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loher needs to keep his hands up - Griswold had a free shot at his head there.
Griswold fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Loher has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Griswold stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Griswold looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griswold buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Griswold looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Griswold gets a clinch.
Loher is trying desperately to land a takedown but Griswold is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Loher.
Griswold gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Loher's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Griswold working Loher over with knees to the body.
Griswold lands a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griswold lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Griswold lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Griswold lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Griswold lands an elbow just above Loher 's eye.
Griswold is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loher can do to turn this around?
Griswold is stalling here.
Nice elbow from Griswold.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Griswold.
Griswold unloads a knee to the mid-section. Loher lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Griswold lands a nice elbow.
Griswold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lohers head.
Loher is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Griswold.
Loher is still on wobbly legs! Can Griswold finish him?
Griswold lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Griswold.
Griswold lands a damaging elbow.
Griswold works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Loher takes an elbow to the forehead.
That has opened up Michael Loher's cut even more.
Griswold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Loher backwards.
Clinched against the cage, Griswold lands a big elbow that drops Loher! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Loher is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clark Griswold!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aoki Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tantric Yogi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funkyama comes to the cage accompanied by . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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169 lbs
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185 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aoki Funkyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tantric Yogi!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funkyama misses with an uppercut. Yogi saw that one coming.
Funkyama throws a big shot that misses.
Yogi tries for a takedown but Funkyama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Funkyama throws a body punch but Yogi moves out of range.
Funkyama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yogi slips a straight right by Funkyama.
Funkyama lands an overhand right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Yogi 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 Funkyama has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Funkyama and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Funkyama shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yogi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Funkyama's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funkyama passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Yogi is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama lands an elbow.
A lull in the action here as Funkyama stalls from top position.
Yogi parries the strikes from Funkyama easily there. Funkyama is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yogi to escape.
Yogi parries the strikes from Funkyama easily there. Funkyama is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Yogi to escape.
Yogi is not content to let Funkyama control the position.
Funkyama fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Yogi some visible discomfort.
Check out the look on Funkyama's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Funkyama trying to control the position but Yogi is working away.
Yogi taking punishment in the form of punches.
Yogi is trying to escape the position but Funkyama is controlling the position.
Yogi is not content to let Funkyama control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yogi is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Funkyama off and has taken his back!
Yogi looking to break Funkyama's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Funkyama remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Yogi will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Yogi is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Funkyama knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Funkyama for a finish.
Funkyama tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Funkyama really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Funkyama wants to hold on but Yogi pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama gets back to half guard.
Funkyama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Funkyama is trying to control but can't.
Yogi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Funkyama works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yogi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funkyama trying to control the position.
Funkyama is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funkyama looking for a guillotine here but Yogi defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aoki Funkyama dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yogi slips under a jab.
Yogi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Funkyama doesn't seem bothered though.
Yogi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Funkyama lands a glancing blow to the side of Yogi's head.
Funkyama throws a one two combo.
Funkyama throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Funkyama.
Funkyama blocks a head kick by Yogi.
Funkyama scores with a nice strike.
Jab from Funkyama.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yogi staying out of range there.
Funkyama throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Yogi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Funkyama connects with a body shot that sends Yogi's belly button to the back.
Aoki Funkyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yogi tries for a takedown but Funkyama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Funkyama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yogi in his tracks.
Funkyama throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yogi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aoki Funkyama is winning the standup battle so far.
Funkyama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Funkyama misses with a straight left.
Funkyama shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Yogi manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Funkyama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Yogi keeping moving, preventing Funkyama from controlling successfully.
Funkyama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yogi can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yogi wants to sweep but no luck.
Funkyama lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Funkyama wants to control from the top but Yogi keeps moving.
Funkyama throws a big right hand that misses.
Funkyama throws a big elbow that misses.
Aoki Funkyama overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Funkyama trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Funkyama landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Yogi's guard.
Yogi tries to get to full guard but Funkyama has control of the leg.
Funkyama throwing shots but Yogi is blocking nicely.
Funkyama is looking to take a break and control but Yogi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yogi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Funkyama.
Well, if Funkyama is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Funkyama seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yogi for as long as he can get away with.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Aoki Funkyama just wasn't active enough.
Funkyama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yogi scores with a nice strike.
Funkyama closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Funkyama controlling the pace.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Funkyama is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funkyama missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aoki Funkyama dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Yogi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Funkyama.
Funkyama stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Funkyama lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yogi's sensitive parts.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yogi.
Yogi misses with a low kick.
Yogi throws a head kick but Funkyama moves out of range.
Funkyama punishes Yogi's body with a nice straight punch.
Yogi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Funkyama cracks the inside of Yogi's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yogi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Funkyama throws a leg kick
and Yogi counters with a thumping low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yogi. Funkyama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Funkyama chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama looks to land a right hand but Yogi moved out of range.
Funkyama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yogi drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Yogi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Funkyama gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Funkyama trying to control from the bottom.
Yogi prevents Funkyama from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Yogi passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Funkyama!
Funkyama regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funkyama is controlling Yogi's trapped leg to prevent Yogi from advancing to side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Funkyama is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Yogi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Yogi's back!
Aoki Funkyama is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yogi is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Funkyama.
Tantric Yogi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aoki Funkyama.
Yogi blocks a low kick nicely.
Yogi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funkyama looks to throw the jab but Yogi is out of range.
Funkyama scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yogi throws a head kick but Funkyama moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aoki Funkyama showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Funkyama 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aoki Funkyama!
An out of breath Aoki Funkyama 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Viktor Kowalczyk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Thousand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Viktor Kowalczyk could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brian Thousand's chin.
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186 lbs
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Viktor Kowalczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Thousand!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalczyk gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kowalczyk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thousand takes a knee to the side of the body.
Thousand is trying to maintain a safe position but Kowalczyk gets an underhook and turns Thousand into the cage.
Kowalczyk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kowalczyk is struggling to control the position.
Kowalczyk lands a shot to the body.
Thousand dodges an elbow strike from Kowalczyk.
Thousand is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kowalczyk is keeping busy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kowalczyk lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Thousand backwards.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalczyk stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kowalczyk.
Thousand looks gassed!
Kowalczyk is stalling here.
Kowalczyk lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Kowalczyk on the inside.
Thousand's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A bit of stalling here from Thousand.
Kowalczyk lands a left hand.
Kowalczyk lands with a left to the head.
Kowalczyk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalczyk misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalczyk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thousands head.
Kowalczyk lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Kowalczyk cracks Thousand with a nice body shot.
Kowalczyk can't find room to land a body shot as Thousand controls the action.
Kowalczyk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kowalczyk scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Kowalczyk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kowalczyk trying to land knees to the body.
Thousand misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thousand avoids the elbow strike from Kowalczyk, against the cage.
Thousand is trying to stall.
Kowalczyk misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Kowalczyk - that landed with a thud.
Thousand stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalczyk works on Thousand's body with a couple of short punches.
Kowalczyk presses Thousand against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kowalczyk works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kowalczyk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kowalczyk manages to end up in side control.
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!
Thousand takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kowalczyk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Thousand is rocked!
Kowalczyk lands a strong strike to the head of Thousand. That's dazed him! Kowalczyk looking to finish here. Thousand is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Kowalczyk lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Viktor Kowalczyk!
Viktor Kowalczyk thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ac Slater (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Matthews had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Matthews!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ac Slater!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slater tries to land a front kick but Matthews steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Slater throws the kick towards the body but Matthews avoids it.
A head kick by Matthews misses
and Slater counters with an inside leg kick.
Matthews fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
An inside leg kick from Matthews misses.
Matthews blocks a head kick by Slater.
Slater throws a jab but it's blocked by Matthews.
Matthews lands a leg kick that knocks Slater off balance momentarily.
Slater pivots, looking for a leg kick but Matthews is out of range and Slater settles back down.
Matthews tries a low kick but Slater avoids it.
Good leg kick by Matthews there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Matthews blocks a low kick nicely.
Matthews looks to score with a jab to the body but Slater is just out of range.
A jab from Slater misses.
Matthews loads up on a big right hand but Slater slips the punch.
Slater looks to land a body kick but Matthews moved away.
Matthews buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ac Slater seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Slater tries to keep at a distance but Matthews has taken the fight into the clinch.
Matthews tries to work over Slater's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Matthews.
Matthews goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matthews.
Matthews works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Slater blocking some punches.
Matthews works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Matthews is working Slater over against the cage.
Matthews lands with a left to the head.
Matthews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Matthews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Slater's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Slater or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Slater blocks a body shot from Matthews.
Slater's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Matthews tries a body shot but Slater blocks it.
Matthews can't find room to land a body shot as Slater controls the action.
Good body shot from Matthews.
Slater looks gassed!
Slater blocks a body shot from Matthews.
Matthews jumps guard and drags Slater to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Matthews looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Matthews is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Slater lying in Matthews's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Matthews decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Slater taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chris Matthews!
Chris Matthews retains his super heavyweight title!
Chris Matthews 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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