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FCFC 55: Contenders PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Tuttle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thai Striker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuttle's entrance music is RAWR. A fine choice. Striker has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Killing in The Name as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Archibald Tuttle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Thai Striker!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striker lands with a slapping head kick.
Tuttle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Striker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuttle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tuttle slows down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Tuttle's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Striker looking to throw knees to the head but Tuttle is blocking nicely.
Tuttle's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tuttle checks a leg kick nicely.
Archibald Tuttle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuttle shoots in for a double leg but Striker sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Striker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tuttle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tuttle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick by Tuttle misses
and Striker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Striker has closed the distance and engaged Tuttle in a clinch.
Tuttle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Striker is defending well for now.
Striker misses with a body punch.
Striker misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Striker tries to land knees in the clinch but Tuttle avoids the damage to the body.
Tuttle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Striker pushes Tuttle back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tuttle changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Striker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tuttle closes the distance and clinches.
Tuttle has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tuttle wants to break free but Striker has control.
Striker connects with a knee to the head.
Striker keeps control of Tuttle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Striker lands a right hand.
Striker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tuttle backwards.
Tuttle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Striker struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuttle controls his hands.
Tuttle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Striker avoids it.
Tuttle takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tuttle is defending well for now.
Striker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Striker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tuttle looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Archibald Tuttle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tuttle throws a knee to the head but misses.
Striker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tuttle looking to throw knees to the head but Striker is blocking nicely.
Striker avoiding damage as Tuttle throws knees to the body.
Tuttle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tuttle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Striker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tuttle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Striker.
Tuttle jumps guard but Striker stands there with Tuttle around his waist. Tuttle gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Striker trying to land knees to the body.
Tuttle has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Striker is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Striker looking to throw knees to the head but Tuttle is blocking nicely.
Striker avoiding damage as Tuttle throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striker blocks an elbow strike from Tuttle.
Tuttle misses with an elbow strike.
Striker landing knees to the head.
Tuttle pulls Striker into guard.
Tuttle 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.
Striker showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tuttle looking for a sweep. Not yet Tuttle, not yet.
Striker content to stall in guard here.
Striker must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Thai Striker wasn't active enough on the ground.
Striker ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tuttle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai Striker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tuttle takes the fight into the clinch.
Striker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tuttle blocks it with crossed arms.
Striker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tuttle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Striker tries to work over Tuttle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Striker looking to throw knees to the head but Tuttle is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Striker presses Tuttle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tuttle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Striker's face.
Tuttle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tuttle wants a takedown but no success here.
Tuttle pushes off an throws an elbow but Striker leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thai Striker dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tuttle misses with a head kick.
Tuttle throws a head kick that misses.
Striker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Striker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tuttle avoids the head kick by Striker.
Striker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Striker shoots in and bounces Tuttle off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tuttle not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Striker showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tuttle controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuttle looking to control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Archibald Tuttle wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Tuttle scores with a leg kick.
Striker leaves Tuttle with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tuttle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tuttle takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A nice inside leg kick there by Striker. That's going to slow Tuttle down.
Tuttle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Striker scores with a three punch combo!
Tuttle has closed the distance and engaged Striker in a clinch.
Striker blocks an elbow strike from Tuttle.
Tuttle throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Striker.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Striker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tuttle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Striker lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Striker.
Tuttle jumps guard but Striker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Archibald Tuttle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Striker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tuttle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tuttle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Striker lands a body punch in the clinch.
Striker lands a shot to the body.
Tuttle jumps guard but Striker turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Striker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tuttle's face.
Tuttle is rocked!
Striker presses Tuttle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oh Tuttle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Striker works on Tuttle's body with a couple of short punches.
Striker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tuttle backwards.
Striker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Striker scores a nice knee to the body.
Striker jerks Tuttle's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Tuttle drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Striker goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Striker because Tuttle was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Thai Striker!
Thai Striker very nearly forgot to thank Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between David Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarmo Suulas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suulas has chosen Hollywood Undead - Undead as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, David Dallas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tarmo Suulas!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suulas clinches.
Dallas stalling in the clinch but Suulas improves position.
Suulas jumps guard.
Dallas trying to control but Suulas is working from the bottom.
Dallas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Suulas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dallas trying to control but Suulas is working from the bottom.
Suulas managing to control the position.
Dallas throwing strikes from guard but Suulas blocks nicely.
Suulas keeping full guard, as Dallas tries to pass.
Suulas is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Tarmo Suulas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Suulas fails to land the takedown.
Suulas slips a jab and a cross from Dallas.
Dallas tries for a takedown but Suulas circles away easily
and Suulas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Suulas.
Suulas looking to sit in guard and control but Dallas gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dallas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Suulas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Suulas looking for a sweep. Not yet Suulas, not yet.
Suulas is looking to stand up but Dallas isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suulas wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Suulas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dallas wants to control from the top but Suulas keeps moving.
Suulas looking to control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dallas throws a sloppy head kick and Suulas moves out of range easily.
Suulas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dallas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dallas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dallas.
Dallas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Suulas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dallas at a distance.
Suulas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dallas at a distance.
Dallas shoots for a double leg takedown but Suulas sprawls well. He's pushed Dallas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suulas with a nice cross.
Dallas throws a sloppy head kick and Suulas moves out of range easily.
Dallas misses with a double jab.
Dallas is looking to score with low kicks.
Dallas tries a head kick but it misses.
Suulas forces Dallas back against the cage and clinches.
Suulas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dallas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dallas is trying to pull guard but Suulas has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Dallas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suulas drags the fight down to the ground.
Dallas wants to control from the top but Suulas keeps moving.
Dallas postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suulas wants to sweep but no luck.
Suulas managing to control the position.
Suulas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Suulas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dallas tries to lock up and control but Suulas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suulas controlling the position easily from mount.
Suulas misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarmo Suulas dominated that round.
That's time! Dallas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Suulas moves out of range as Dallas throws a body kick.
Dallas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dallas tries to land a front kick but Suulas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dallas throws a right and a left that Suulas avoids nicely.
Suulas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dallas misses with a kick to the body.
Suulas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Dallas swivels and escapes.
Dallas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Suulas if he has to take too many more of those.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Suulas breaks the clinch.
David Dallas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Suulas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dallas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Suulas defends it nicely.
Dallas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas avoids a kick to the body.
Dallas is looking to land body kicks.
Dallas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Decent striking displayed by Suulas there.
Dallas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Suulas connects with a body shot that sends Dallas's belly button to the back.
Suulas takes a swing at Dallas's ribcage but misses.
Suulas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dallas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Suulas.
Suulas shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dallas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Suulas scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dallas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dallas trying to hold on to Suulas's head to control him but Suulas postures up.
Suulas is trying to control. Dallas wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Suulas tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dallas knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Suulas stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Dallas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Suulas throws a hook but Dallas blocks it.
Dallas throws a series of strikes that have Suulas backpedaling.
Dallas throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dallas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Dallas.
Dallas throws a leg kick but Suulas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Suulas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dallas throws a body kick the misses
and Suulas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Suulas trying to advance position but Dallas counters by regaining guard.
Suulas trying to control the position from guard on top but Dallas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Suulas passes Dallas's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Suulas stands up from half guard.
Dallas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suulas stuffs the takedown attempt from Dallas. Dallas gets slowly back to his feet.
Suulas moves into the clinch successfully.
Dallas jumps guard but Suulas stands there with Dallas around his waist. Dallas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Dallas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Suulas pushes Dallas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Suulas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dallas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Suulas pulls guard successfully.
Dallas stopping the sweep attempt from Suulas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarmo Suulas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Suulas forces Dallas back against the cage and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Suulas - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Dallas blocks a body shot from Suulas.
Suulas struggles to land a body shot inside as Dallas controls his hands.
Suulas scores with a shot to the side of Dallas's head.
Suulas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Suulas throws a sloppy head kick and Dallas moves out of range easily.
Dallas throws a low kick but Suulas avoids it.
Dallas scores with a head kick.
Suulas throws a right hand that Dallas ducks under and follows up with a left that Dallas also avoids with ease.
Dallas jabs Suulas right on the nose. Suulas blinks but takes it well.
Dallas ducks right into an uppercut from Suulas.
It looks like David Dallas has been cut.
Dallas chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Suulas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suulas moves in looking to clinch but Dallas pushes him off.
Dallas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Suulas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Suulas blocks a head kick by Dallas.
Dallas looks for the body kick but Suulas saw that one coming.
Suulas gets a double leg takedown into Dallas's guard.
Tarmo Suulas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dallas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dallas prevents Suulas from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suulas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dallas throws some wild stikes that Suulas manages to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suulas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Suulas regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dallas passes to side control.
Suulas can't do much from the bottom here.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Suulas sneaks back into half guard.
Dallas is thwarting Suulas's attempts to control the position.
Dallas is pressing down on Suulas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Suulas is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suulas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Suulas.
Suulas doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dallas trying to control but Suulas is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Suulas is on top in guard.
Dallas is adopting a defensive guard.
Tarmo Suulas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of David Dallas.
Dallas darts in and clinches Suulas up against the cage.
Suulas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dallas looking for a takedown.
Suulas lands a hook that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Suulas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dallas backwards.
David Dallas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dallas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tarmo Suulas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Suulas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tarmo Suulas!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mister Birchum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Charmicheal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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201 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Birchum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, James Charmicheal!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charmicheal motions for Birchum to come forward. Charmicheal throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Charmicheal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Charmicheal gets a clinch.
Charmicheal will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Birchum up against the cage.
Charmicheal lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Mister Birchum has been cut.
Charmicheal lands with a left to the head.
Birchum is looking to control Charmicheal's arms but Charmicheal gets an underhook and turns him. Now Birchum has his back to the cage.
Birchum goes for a takedown attempt but Charmicheal pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Charmicheal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big right from Birchum misses.
Charmicheal drives through and clinches with Birchum against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Birchum is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Charmicheal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Birchum looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Charmicheal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Birchum.
Charmicheal lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charmicheal.
Charmicheal lands a damaging elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Charmicheal.
Charmicheal lands a nice elbow.
Charmicheal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Charmicheal lands an elbow inside that Birchum shrugs off.
Birchum managing to block the knees to the body from Charmicheal.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Charmicheal.
Charmicheal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Charmicheal drops Birchum onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Birchum is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Birchum is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clinched against the cage, Charmicheal lands a big elbow that drops Birchum! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Birchum is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Charmicheal!
In his post fight interview, James Charmicheal gave a big smile as he said 'I would like to thank my fans for their support and ofcourse my coaches, training partners and manager for believing in me now and for the future to come! I AM SEXY AND I KNOW IT!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Toole is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Remember my NAME!. Billy Bob has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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164 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 2, fighting out of London, Billy Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Timmy O Toole!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bob takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bob misses with a lunging right hand
and O Toole counters with a body kick.
Billy Bob seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Toole slips under a jab.
O Toole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bob misses with an uppercut. O Toole saw that one coming.
O Toole blocks a jab.
Bob tries for a takedown but O Toole sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by O Toole.
O Toole throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Toole defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bob.
O Toole throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bob looks to land a left hand but O Toole moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bob throws an off balance right hand
and O Toole counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bob's knee momentarily.
Bob throws an off balance right hand
and O Toole makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bob misses with a takedown
and O Toole counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bob's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Billy Bob. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bob is breathing heavily.
Bob throws an off balance right hand
and O Toole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
O Toole scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! O Toole slams his shin into Bob's torso.
Nice uppercut lands for O Toole. That snapped Bob's head back.
O Toole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bob.
Bob gets the takedown into side control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
O Toole struggling a bit here.
O Toole sneaks back into half guard.
O Toole regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bob stopping the sweep attempt from O Toole.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bob throwing strikes from guard but O Toole blocks nicely.
O Toole is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
O Toole 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.
O Toole controlling Bob's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
O Toole utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bob lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Toole seems keen to control Bob's posture.
O Toole escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bob gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
O Toole has momentary wrist control but Bob slips an elbow through the middle.
Bob throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as O Toole works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
O Toole pushes a forearm under Bob's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Bob is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timmy O Toole!
During a confident post fight interview, Timmy O Toole thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ozzie Castillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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32
217 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ozzie Castillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Anton Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hammer throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Castillo's head.
It looks like Ozzie Castillo has been cut.
Hammer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Castillo has time to react.
Castillo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Castillo checks a low kick from Hammer.
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!
Hammer thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Castillo if he has to take too many more of those.
Crunch! Hammer slams his shin into Castillo's torso.
Castillo stuns Hammer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hammer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hammer ducks under a wild hook from Castillo.
Hammer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Castillo's calf.
Hammer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Castillo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Castillo is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castillo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hammer scoring well with a low kick there.
Castillo looks to throw the jab but Hammer is out of range.
Hammer misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hammer.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hammer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castillo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hammer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Castillo walks into a left hand.
Castillo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hammer to score with a decent uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hammer, right into the meat.
Castillo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a leg kick that knocks Castillo off balance momentarily.
Hammer pushes Castillo away with a front kick.
Hammer lands a leg kick that knocks Castillo off balance momentarily.
Hammer cracks Castillo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Castillo is rocked!
Castillo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hammer. Hammer obviously looking to wear him down.
Castillo wants to stay close but Hammer steps back to make room for something. Castillo seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Hammer and Castillo drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anton Hammer!
Anton Hammer decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mr White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Li Xiaolong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). White kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is yes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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29
158 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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25
146 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Li Xiaolong!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiaolong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but White moves away.
Xiaolong looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Xiaolong on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
White keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Xiaolong.
Xiaolong listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
White misses the shot to the body.
Xiaolong throws a sloppy body shot
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
Xiaolong tried to score with a low kick but White checks it.
A jab from White misses.
White throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Xiaolong scores with a nice body kick.
White getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Xiaolong works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
White is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiaolong fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops White to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! White looks to clinch but Xiaolong throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! White taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Li Xiaolong!
Our winner, Li Xiaolong, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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