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EMP 1: Empire State of Mind PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boudreaux Godeaux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Talk To Strangers. Godeaux has chosen Battle Ready as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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165 lbs
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163 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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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
21 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Boudreaux Godeaux!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua slips a straight right by Godeaux.
Rua throws a half hearted mid kick.
Godeaux connects with a looping right hand.
Godeaux connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice uppercut lands for Godeaux. That snapped Rua's head back.
Rua throws a head kick but Godeaux moves out of range.
Rua closes this distance looking for a takedown but Godeaux circles away.
Godeaux throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rua misses with a hook
and Godeaux counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pedro Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Rua misses.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Godeaux swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Godeaux misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Rua shoots in looking for a takedown. Godeaux tries to sprawl out of it but Rua keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Godeaux manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid body kick from Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua looks to land a right hand but Godeaux moved out of range.
Godeaux lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Godeaux lands a slapping body shot.
Rua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Godeaux keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Godeaux throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Godeaux checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rua shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pedro Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Godeaux jabs Rua right on the nose. Rua blinks but takes it well.
A combination from Godeaux does no damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rua.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Godeaux is keeping the position for now.
Rua wants to stand but Godeaux is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rua trying to control the position from guard on top but Godeaux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Godeaux is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Rua trying to control the position from guard on top but Godeaux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We're going to have a standup here because Pedro Rua wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Godeaux pushes Rua away with a front kick.
Godeaux misses with a low kick.
Godeaux staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rua.
Rua comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Godeaux fails with the takedown.
Godeaux takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua scores with a jab. Godeaux acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rua misses with a wild body shot.
Rua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Godeaux.
Rua misses with a looping right.
Godeaux scores with a punch to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Godeaux darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rua misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Godeaux cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Rua misses.
Godeaux ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Rua does no damage.
Godeaux throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Godeaux is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rua had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Godeaux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A lazy left from Godeaux finds it's target.
Rua throws a sloppy head kick and Godeaux moves out of range easily.
Godeaux misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua misses with a takedown attempt - Godeaux sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Godeaux throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Godeaux shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rua as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Rua dominated that round.
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.
Rua misses with a two punch combination.
Rua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Godeaux to score with a decent uppercut.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua throws a low kick but Godeaux avoids it.
Rua scores with a jab to the body.
Godeaux connects with a body shot.
Rua missing with a left hand there. Godeaux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rua slips a jab from Godeaux.
Godeaux avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab from Godeaux.
Godeaux takes one on the button.
Godeaux misses with a looping right.
Rua throws a head kick but Godeaux moves out of range.
Rua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godeaux thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rua if he has to take too many more of those.
Rua takes one to the side of the head.
Rua drops his hands momentarily and Godeaux takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rua throws a leg kick
and Godeaux counters with a straight right hand.
Godeaux cracks Rua with a good jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Godeaux 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 Rua has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rua and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rua misses with a double jab.
Rua lands with a cross.
It looks like Boudreaux Godeaux has been cut.
Godeaux connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rua. Rua circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rua shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Godeaux as he avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua dives in and scores a takedown into Godeaux's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Godeaux seems keen to control Rua's posture.
Rua wanted to stand there but Godeaux had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Godeaux swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rua would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Godeaux working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rua doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rua manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godeaux looking for a sweep. Not yet Godeaux, not yet.
Rua wants to stand but Godeaux has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Godeaux is keeping the position for now.
Godeaux has control of Rua's left arm, preventing Rua from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Godeaux blocks a jab.
Rua misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godeaux.
Rua shoots for a takedown but Godeaux saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rua slips a straight right by Godeaux.
Pedro Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rua darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Godeaux throws a wild body kick that Rua sees coming a mile off.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Rua misses with a low kick.
Godeaux staying out of range there.
Rua tries to land a body kick
and Godeaux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rua misses with a combination
and Godeaux counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua pivots, looking for a leg kick but Godeaux is out of range and Rua settles back down.
Rua misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pedro Rua is winning the standup battle so far.
Godeaux bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godeaux connects with a solid leg kick.
Godeaux 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.
Godeaux misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Rua.
Godeaux connects with a high kick.
Godeaux takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rua throws a poor cross that misses
and Godeaux counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Godeaux stays in close to Rua's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Boudreaux Godeaux will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Boudreaux Godeaux's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Rua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Godeaux.
Rua lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Godeaux misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua throws a low kick but Godeaux moves out of range easily.
Godeaux scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rua.
Godeaux throws a low kick but Rua moves out of range easily.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rua misses with a takedown
and Godeaux connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crunch! Godeaux slams his shin into Rua's torso.
Godeaux avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rua takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Godeaux lands.
Godeaux lands a head kick!
Godeaux throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Godeaux moves away from the strike by Rua.
Rua shoots in for a takedown but Godeaux shows good takedown defense.
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Godeaux fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rua scores with a jab to the body.
Rua displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Godeaux.
Rua throws a right hand that misses
and Godeaux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Godeaux digs a good body shot into Rua's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nice jab there from Godeaux.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godeaux shoots in and bounces Rua off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Godeaux looking to sit in guard and control but Rua gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rua trying to control the position from guard on top but Godeaux is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Godeaux looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua preventing the sweep.
Godeaux is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rua is looking to stand up but Godeaux won't let him.
Rua controls from within his opponent's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Godeaux 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.
Boudreaux Godeaux has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Pedro Rua.
Rua misses with a head kick.
Godeaux looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rua is fending him off so far but Godeaux persists. Nope, Rua circles away and we're back to standing.
Pedro Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boudreaux Godeaux.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua shoots in and drives through. Godeaux sprawls well.
Rua looks to land a body kick but Godeaux moved away.
Rua shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Godeaux sprawls well. Godeaux wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rua gets slowly back to his feet.
Godeaux lunges at Rua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rua's hand.
Godeaux throws a quick inside leg kick.
Godeaux lands an overhand right.
Rua shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Godeaux but Godeaux pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Godeaux tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Boudreaux Godeaux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Godeaux has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boudreaux Godeaux!
After winning the bout, Boudreaux Godeaux thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ares Constantinides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fullsize Mirror (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Constantinides comes to the cage accompanied by War by Judas Priest. Mirror is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ordinary Guy--- Blue Scholars. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 lbs
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215 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ares Constantinides!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fullsize Mirror!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mirror takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ares Constantinides seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mirror avoids the head kick by Constantinides.
Constantinides doesn't manage to clinch there - Mirror circles away.
Mirror rushes Constantinides and presses him up against the cage.
Constantinides misses with an elbow over the top.
Mirror blocks an elbow strike from Constantinides.
Constantinides lands with a left to the head.
Mirror has Constantinides pushed against the cage.
Mirror tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Mirror back against the cage.
Mirror misses with a punch on the inside.
Constantinides prevents a body shot from Mirror.
Mirror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Constantinides misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mirror.
Constantinides has a couple of punches blocked by Mirror.
Mirror lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirror fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mirror can't find room to land a body shot as Constantinides controls the action.
Mirror misses with a body punch.
Mirror misses with a punch to the body.
Mirror is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Constantinides misses with an elbow strike.
Mirror is struggling to control the position.
A nice left hand lands by Constantinides.
Mirror throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Constantinidess head.
Mirror dodges an elbow strike from Constantinides.
Mirror's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Constantinides shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
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!
Mirror throws a body punch but Constantinides moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirror cracks the inside of Constantinides's front leg.
Constantinides looks to land a body kick but Mirror moved away.
Mirror lands a nice hook to Constantinides's body. Constantinides takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Constantinides misses with a straight right.
Mirror throws a hook but Constantinides avoids it easily.
Constantinides scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Constantinides lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Constantinides fails with a takedown attempt.
Mirror fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Constantinides manages to avoid it.
Mirror missing with a left hand there. Constantinides was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Constantinides connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mirror checks a low kick from Constantinides.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Constantinides, right into the meat.
Constantinides throws the kick towards the body but Mirror avoids it.
Mirror has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mirror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mirror presses Constantinides against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Mirror lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mirror fails to land.
Constantinides swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Constantinides wants to stall.
Mirror trying to control the position but instead, Constantinides has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mirror into the cage.
Mirror dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Mirror scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Constantinides lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mirror.
Constantinides lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mirror or not.
Mirror tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Constantinides's elbow.
Mirror tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Mirror back against the cage.
Mirror blocks an elbow strike from Constantinides.
Constantinides lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mirror misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mirror can't find room to land a body shot as Constantinides controls the action.
Constantinides tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Constantinides lands a body punch in the clinch.
Constantinides creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fullsize Mirror dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Constantinides misses with a left hand
and Mirror counters with a nice low kick that buckles Constantinides's knee momentarily.
Mirror walks forward, straight into a front kick from Constantinides.
Mirror throws a leg kick but Constantinides sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mirror lands a nice leg kick that just misses Constantinides's sensitive parts.
Constantinides throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Constantinides keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mirror.
Constantinides tries to clinch but Mirror moves out of range.
Constantinides throws a body kick that misses.
Mirror moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab lands there for Constantinides.
Mirror avoids a punch combination nicely.
Constantinides misses with a low kick.
Constantinides feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mirror's calf.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mirror moves out of range of the body kick.
Constantinides is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Constantinides. Mirror does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mirror scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Constantinides motions for Mirror to come forward. Constantinides throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Constantinides wants to slow Mirror down by chopping away at his legs.
Mirror avoids a kick to the body.
Constantinides thuds his shin into the meat of Mirror's side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mirror.
Mirror clinches with his opponent.
Mirror looking to slow down the pace here.
Fullsize Mirror seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mirror working hard to break the clinch.
Mirror tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Constantinides's elbow.
Mirror misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mirror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mirror.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mirror manages to break the clinch.
Constantinides throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Constantinides tries a head kick but it misses.
Mirror forces Constantinides back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mirror's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mirror misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mirror gets through Constantinides's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Constantinides prevents a body shot from Mirror.
Constantinides misses with an elbow over the top.
Constantinides wants to stall.
Constantinides is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mirror is defending well for now.
Constantinides misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides prevents a body shot from Mirror.
Constantinides fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Constantinides blocks a body shot from Mirror.
Mirror misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mirror trying to stall but Constantinides improves his position.
Constantinides misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mirror lands a hook that snaps the head of Constantinides backwards.
Mirror tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Mirror back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Constantinides as Mirror tries to tie him up.
Mirror misses with a body punch.
Mirror tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Mirror back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mirror.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mirror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mirror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Constantinides blocks a body shot from Mirror.
Mirror lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Constantinides lands with a light punch inside.
Mirror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Constantinides prevents Mirror from breaking the clinch.
Constantinides misses with an elbow over the top.
Constantinides tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mirror blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Mirror fails to land.
Mirror has a couple of punches blocked by Constantinides.
Constantinides blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Fullsize Mirror will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Constantinides scores with a leg kick.
Mirror scoring well with a low kick there.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Constantinides tries to work over Mirror's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mirror tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Mirror back against the cage.
Constantinides tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Constantinides just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mirror's brow.
Mirror misses with a punch on the inside.
Constantinides tries a body shot but Mirror blocks it.
Mirror goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Mirror.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mirror misses with some punches.
Constantinides stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mirror doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mirror lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Constantinides blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Constantinides throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mirrors head.
Mirror tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mirror wants to get back to striking at distance but Constantinides won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mirror.
Mirror avoiding damage.
Constantinides lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Mirror scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mirror tries to work over Constantinides's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Constantinides fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mirror misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mirror can't find room to land a body shot as Constantinides controls the action.
Mirror lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Constantinides backwards.
Ares Constantinides has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mirror breaks the clinch.
Mirror cracks Constantinides with a good jab.
Mirror scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab from Mirror does it's job there.
Mirror has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Constantinides.
Constantinides throws a half hearted mid kick.
Constantinides misses with a low kick.
Mirror misses with a leg kick
and Constantinides counters with a leg kick.
Mirror moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Constantinides tries to work over Mirror's front leg with a kick but Mirror checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mirror bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Constantinides.
Constantinides pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mirror is out of range and Constantinides settles back down.
Constantinides thows a body kick. Mirror tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mirror gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Mirror prevents a body shot from Constantinides.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Constantinides obliges.
Constantinides misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Constantinides lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Constantinides is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mirror swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Mirror.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Constantinides pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mirror lands a nice uppercut.
Fullsize Mirror 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.
A head punch on the inside from Mirror fails to land.
Constantinides tries to land a knee to the head but Mirror blocks with his arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mirror.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mirror creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Constantinides throws a punch but it's blocked by Mirror.
Constantinides prevents a body shot from Mirror.
Mirror misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mirror fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Constantinides.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Constantinides fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mirror blocks an elbow strike from Constantinides.
Mirror tries to work over Constantinides's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fullsize Mirror comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mirror 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fullsize Mirror!
Fullsize Mirror decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mickey ONeil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Shields is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
18 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mickey ONeil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Shields!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ONeil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
ONeil shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab from ONeil misses.
ONeil tries a head kick but it misses.
Shields needs to keep his hands up - ONeil had a free shot at his head there.
It looks like David Shields has been cut.
ONeil throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shields.
Shields tries to move into range but ONeil moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shields misses with an uppercut.
ONeil tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Shields misses.
Shields uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by ONeil.
ONeil throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shields misses the shot to the body.
Shields throws a body punch but ONeil moves out of range.
ONeil misses with a hook.
ONeil wants to land a leg kick but Shields is out of range.
Shields misses with a body shot.
ONeil cracks Shields with a good jab.
ONeil misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by ONeil - just one landing.
ONeil misses with an uppercut
and Shields counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shields stuns ONeil with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
ONeil throws a lazy right hand but Shields sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shields missing with a left hand there. ONeil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
ONeil lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shields throws a big shot that misses.
Shields ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ONeil moves away.
ONeil is looking to slow Shields down with leg kicks.
Shields fakes high and swings low for a body shot but ONeil manages to avoid it.
Mickey ONeil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
ONeil throws a sloppy head kick and Shields moves out of range easily.
ONeil throws a right and a left that Shields avoids nicely.
ONeil closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ONeil trying to land knees to the body.
Shields blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Shields.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shields.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields takes a shot to the head.
Shields gets through ONeil's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
ONeil throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shields blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, ONeil scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shields tried to land a shot to the body but connects with ONeil's elbow.
ONeil is struggling to control the position.
Shields tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. ONeil smiles and moves away.
Shields misses with a hook. ONeil ducked under it nicely.
ONeil takes a swing at Shields's ribcage but misses.
Shields uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from ONeil.
Shields closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming ONeil to the mat! ONeil manages to get full guard.
Shields throws an elbow that misses. ONeil uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Shields's guard. Nice move by ONeil!
Shields had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. ONeil defends it easily.
ONeil has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeil is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Shields throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
ONeil trying to stand up but can't free himself from Shields's guard.
ONeil wants to pass the guard but Shields is keeping the position.
Shields had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. ONeil defends it easily.
ONeil looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeil is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Shields is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shields trying to control from ONeil's half guard. ONeil has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Shields is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
ONeil is trying to control the position but Shields postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey ONeil dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Shields'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.
Shields tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but ONeil was well out of range. Poor timing from Shields.
Shields connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed ONeil momentarily.
Shields throws a leg kick but ONeil moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from ONeil.
ONeil lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
ONeil throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shields ducks under a wild hook from ONeil.
ONeil displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shields.
ONeil takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
ONeil fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shields is out of range.
Shields drives through with a takedown into guard.
ONeil looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Shields throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields content to stall in guard here.
ONeil preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shields trying to control but ONeil is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. David Shields hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
ONeil throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields misses the shot to the body.
ONeil dodges the punch combination from Shields.
Shields lands a lovely overhand right.
ONeil connects with a crisp jab.
ONeil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shields jabs ONeil right on the nose. ONeil blinks but takes it well.
ONeil misses with the combination.
David Shields seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ONeil misses with a hook
so Shields counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
ONeil tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shields in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
ONeil lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Shields!
Shields is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields tries to lock up and control but ONeil gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
ONeil can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Shields is looking to escape.
ONeil wants to take Shields's back but he can't do it this time.
Shields tries to reverse the position but ONeil maintains control.
ONeil trying to control but he's not successful this time.
David Shields has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeil prevents Shields from getting the reversal.
ONeil misses with a head shot.
Shields is working to get back to half guard.
Shields is squirming around, avoiding ONeil's attempts to control the action.
Shields wants to hold on but ONeil pushes him away.
ONeil sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shields gets back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shields actively working from the bottom here.
Shields works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but David Shields will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on David Shields's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Shields gets cracked with a nice right hand there by ONeil.
Good exchange - Shields coming out on top.
Shields moves out of range as ONeil throws a body kick.
ONeil looks to score with a jab to the body but Shields is just out of range.
Shields missing with a left hand there. ONeil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shields cracks the inside of ONeil's front leg.
ONeil chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shields can pounce on him.
Shields ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
ONeil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shields thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mickey ONeil is winning the standup battle so far.
Shields throws a jab when ONeil was well out of range.
Shields scores with a jab. ONeil acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shields throws a hook to the side of ONeil's head but ONeil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
ONeil tries to land a front kick but Shields steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shields dips to his left and cracks ONeil with an uppercut!
Shields looks to score with a jab to the body but ONeil is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeil misses with a head kick.
ONeil is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shields.
ONeil throws a lazy right hand but Shields sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
ONeil closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shields looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Shields lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shields sitting in guard, not really doing much.
ONeil is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Mickey ONeil just wasn't active enough.
ONeil 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shields misses with a body shot.
ONeil gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
ONeil misses with a knee to the head.
Shields wants to get back to striking at distance but ONeil won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shields.
ONeil can't find room to land a body shot as Shields controls the action.
Shields goes for a takedown attempt but ONeil pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
ONeil throws a lazy right hand but Shields sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields swings for the body but ONeil moves out of range.
Shields works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
ONeil throws a leg kick but Shields sees it coming and moves out of range.
Shields tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
ONeil ducks under a wild hook from Shields.
Shields misses with a body shot.
ONeil throws a solid leg kick but Shields takes the impact on his shin and smiles at ONeil.
ONeil is looking to chop away at Shields's legs.
ONeil misses with a looping right.
Shields just misses with a punch to the body.
Shields thows a body shot but no joy.
ONeil slips under a jab from Shields.
ONeil tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shields throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shields avoids the head kick by ONeil.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ONeil throws a head kick that misses.
Shields ducks down and throws a hook to the body but ONeil moves away.
Shields lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shields lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
ONeil scores with a nice head shot.
That has opened up David Shields's cut even more.
ONeil thows a leg kick but Shields checks it
and Shields makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shields cracks a nice hook into ONeil's ribs.
Shields throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shields misses with a straight left.
Shields throws a body punch but ONeil moves out of range.
Shields throws a body punch but ONeil moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ONeil scoring well with a low kick there.
Shields lands with a shot to the body.
ONeil throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
ONeil wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to David Shields.
I think Shields has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Shields!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Hashimoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Twisted. Hashimoto has chosen Holding Out For A Hero (Japanese Version) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
150 lbs
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156 lbs
27 - 12 - 3 |
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ADCC Champion
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 3, fighting out of New York, Keiji Hashimoto!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lester wants to slow Hashimoto down by chopping away at his legs.
Lester looks to land a left hand but Hashimoto moved out of range nicely.
Lester jabs at Hashimoto's body.
Lester takes one to the chin there.
Lester fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hashimoto shoots in but Lester avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hashimoto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hashimoto misses the shot to the body.
A low kick from Lester misses
enabling Hashimoto to counter with a crisp jab.
Lester ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hashimoto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lester takes the fight into the clinch.
Lester stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester misses with a knee to the head.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Hashimoto avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lester scores with a shoulder strike.
Lester misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lester lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hashimoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lester is trying to maintain a safe position but Hashimoto gets an underhook and turns Lester into the cage.
Lester taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lester lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lester tries to throw a body punch but Hashimoto avoids it by throwing Lester back against the cage.
Lester lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lester throws an elbow but misses.
Hashimoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lester.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hashimoto as Lester tries to tie him up.
Hashimoto prevents a body shot from Lester.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hashimoto throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Lester.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Hashimoto controls his hands.
Lester tries a knee to the head but Hashimoto blocks it.
Hashimoto blocking some punches.
Hashimoto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hashimoto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lester's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto managing to block the knees to the body from Lester.
Lester is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lester scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Hashimoto.
Lester lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lester.
Hashimoto misses with a punch on the inside.
Hashimoto avoids a wild elbow strike from Lester.
Lester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hashimoto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hashimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hashimoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hashimoto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hashimoto looking to throw knees to the head but Lester is blocking nicely.
Hashimoto prevents a body shot from Lester.
Hashimoto misses with a punch to the body.
Hashimoto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hashimoto is working Lester over against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Lester.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lester misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moe Lester dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hashimoto motions for Lester to come forward. Hashimoto throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lester takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lester closes the distance and pushes Hashimoto back into the cage.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hashimoto's elbow.
Hashimoto avoiding damage as Lester throws knees to the body.
Lester lands with a light punch inside.
Hashimoto scores with a shot to the side of Lester's head.
Lester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lester tries to work over Hashimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hashimoto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lester works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hashimoto avoids it.
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!
Lester tries to work over Hashimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hashimoto tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moe Lester has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hashimoto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lester.
Lester lands an elbow just above Hashimoto 's eye.
Lester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lester stalling the fight.
Hashimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester is pushing Hashimoto up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lester lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hashimoto backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Lester.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hashimoto as Lester tries to tie him up.
Lester takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lester doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hashimoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Lester won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lester throws a head punch that misses.
Lester working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester avoids a wild elbow strike from Hashimoto.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as Hashimoto controls his hands.
Hashimoto prevents a body shot from Lester.
Lester scores a nice knee to the body.
Hashimoto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lester blocks a body shot from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester misses with the head strike.
Lester blocking some punches.
Lester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hashimoto blocking some punches.
Hashimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lester misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto can't find room to land a body shot as Lester controls the action.
Lester misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lester.
Lester content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lester blocks an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lester - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hashimoto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lester backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lester misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lester blocks the elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hashimoto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lester backwards.
Hashimoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hashimoto's elbow.
Lester misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moe Lester dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hashimoto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Moe Lester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hashimoto tries to clinch but Lester is having none of it.
Hashimoto fails with a takedown attempt.
Lester throws a hook but Hashimoto avoids it easily.
Lester throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hashimoto.
An inside leg kick from Lester misses.
Lester misses with a leg kick
and Hashimoto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lester loads up on a big right hand but Hashimoto slips the punch.
Hashimoto throws a nice looking combination but Lester bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hashimoto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hashimoto dives in and grabs Lester's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lester pushes down on Hashimoto's head and hops out.
A shot to the liver by Lester. Beautiful body shot.
Moe Lester is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lester connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hashimoto. Hashimoto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hashimoto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lester.
Hashimoto misses with a body shot.
Lester throws the left hand but Hashimoto avoids the punch easily.
Hashimoto shoots for a double leg takedown but Lester sprawls well. He's pushed Hashimoto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Moe Lester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keiji Hashimoto.
Hashimoto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lester.
Lester thows a body shot but no joy.
Lester scores with a nice body kick.
Hashimoto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lester is looking to wear down Hashimoto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Lester misses the target.
Donk. Lester catches Hashimoto right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Hashimoto.
Hashimoto shoots in for a double leg but Lester sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A jab from Lester does it's job there.
Lester scores with a head kick.
Keiji Hashimoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lester swings for the body but Hashimoto moves out of range.
Lester slips under a jab.
Lester cracks Hashimoto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lester jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lester misses the shot to the body.
Moe Lester is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester connects with a looping right hand.
Lester scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lester throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lester throws a body kick that misses.
Hashimoto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lester as he jumps to the side.
Lester moves into range and clinches up with Hashimoto.
Lester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by Hashimoto.
Moe Lester is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lester is leaning against Hashimoto and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Hashimoto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hashimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lester gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Keiji Hashimoto has been cut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hashimoto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by Hashimoto.
Lester dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hashimoto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Moe Lester showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lester 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moe Lester!
A relieved looking Moe Lester 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Angelito Barraquinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barraquinha comes to the cage accompanied by The Mamas & The Papas - Dream A Little Dream Of Me. Penagos has chosen Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Insanely flexible |
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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
31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelito Barraquinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Carlos Penagos!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barraquinha drops his hands momentarily and Penagos takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barraquinha, right into the meat.
Barraquinha pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barraquinha misses with a low kick.
Barraquinha lands with a nice body punch.
Penagos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha has Penagos up against the cage in a clinch.
Barraquinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penagos trying to stall but Barraquinha improves his position.
Barraquinha lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Penagos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penagos tries a body shot but Barraquinha blocks it.
Penagos tries to land knees in the clinch but Barraquinha avoids the damage to the body.
Barraquinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Penagos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penagos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Penagos avoids a wild elbow strike from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lands a nice shot to the body.
Barraquinha misses with an elbow over the top.
Barraquinha digs a right hand underneath Penagos's ribcage. Penagos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Barraquinha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barraquinha missing with knees to the body.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Barraquinha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Penagos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Penagos misses with a punch on the inside.
Penagos scores with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Penagos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barraquinha avoids the elbow strike from Penagos, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Barraquinha.
Penagos missing with knees to the body.
Barraquinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Penagos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barraquinha lands an elbow inside that Penagos shrugs off.
Barraquinha lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barraquinha avoiding damage as Penagos throws knees to the body.
Penagos avoids the elbow strike from Barraquinha, against the cage.
Penagos blocks an elbow strike from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lands a good knee to the midsection. Penagos won't want to take too many of those.
Barraquinha scores a nice knee to the body.
Penagos looks gassed!
Barraquinha blocks an uppercut.
Barraquinha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Penagos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barraquinha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barraquinha scores with a hook to the body.
Barraquinha gets through Penagos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha blocks a body shot from Penagos.
Barraquinha works on Penagos's body with a couple of short punches.
Penagos misses with a punch to the body.
Barraquinha blocks an elbow strike.
Penagos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barraquinha has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lands with a light punch inside.
Barraquinha pushes off an throws an elbow but Penagos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Barraquinha lands a knee to the head.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the head but Penagos blocks with his arms.
Barraquinha scores with a hook to the body.
Barraquinha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Penagos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barraquinha is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barraquinha lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha tries a knee to the head but Penagos blocks it.
Barraquinha creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Penagos's defenses.
Barraquinha lands with a left to the head.
Penagos looking to throw knees to the head but Barraquinha is blocking nicely.
Penagos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barraquinha is defending well for now.
Barraquinha landing knees to the body.
Barraquinha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barraquinha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barraquinha lands a nice knee to the body.
Penagos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barraquinha avoids it.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lands an elbow that stopped Penagos in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barraquinha stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Penagos tries to throw a body punch but Barraquinha avoids it by throwing Penagos back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelito Barraquinha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Barraquinha misses with a low kick.
Barraquinha throws a big shot that misses.
Penagos cracks Barraquinha with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Penagos loads up on a big right hand but Barraquinha slips the punch.
Nice body kick there by Barraquinha.
A slapping leg kick lands for Barraquinha.
Penagos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Barraquinha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Barraquinha lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Barraquinha dodges the punch combination from Penagos.
Barraquinha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barraquinha misses with a kick to the body.
Penagos is breathing heavily.
Penagos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Barraquinha lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barraquinha throws a wild body kick that Penagos sees coming a mile off.
Carlos Penagos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barraquinha takes a swing at Penagos's ribcage but misses.
Angelito Barraquinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Penagos checks a leg kick nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barraquinha, right into the meat.
Barraquinha throws a sloppy head kick and Penagos moves out of range easily.
Barraquinha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penagos can do to turn this around?
Barraquinha tries to clinch but Penagos moves out of range.
Barraquinha cracks a nice hook into Penagos's ribs.
Penagos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Penagos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Barraquinha.
Barraquinha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barraquinha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barraquinha throws a front kick that sends Penagos stumbling back into the cage.
Barraquinha lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Penagos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barraquinha misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Barraquinha pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Barraquinha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penagos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barraquinha lands a leg kick that knocks Penagos off balance momentarily.
Barraquinha lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Penagos avoids a kick to the body.
Barraquinha lands a leg kick that knocks Penagos off balance momentarily.
Barraquinha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Penagos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barraquinha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Barraquinha lands a glancing blow to the side of Penagos's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Barraquinha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Barraquinha coming out on top.
Penagos sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Barraquinha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Penagos.
Penagos moves out of range as Barraquinha throws a body kick.
Barraquinha is looking to wear down Penagos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Barraquinha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barraquinha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penagos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barraquinha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penagos's calf.
Barraquinha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Barraquinha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Penagos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barraquinha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Barraquinha drives through and clinches with Penagos against the cage.
Barraquinha lands a nice knee to the body.
Angelito Barraquinha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good body shot from Penagos.
Barraquinha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Penagos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Penagos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Barraquinha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Penagos blocks it with crossed arms.
Penagos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Penagos avoids it.
Penagos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Penagos misses with a body punch.
Barraquinha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penagos managing to block the knees to the body from Barraquinha.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Penagos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Barraquinha's brow.
Barraquinha lands an elbow that stopped Penagos in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angelito Barraquinha dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Penagos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha scores with a one two! Penagos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barraquinha defending well as Penagos loads up on a big left hand.
A cross from Penagos lands.
Penagos misses with a hook to the body
and Barraquinha counters with a good, hard body kick but Penagos shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barraquinha keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Penagos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Penagos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barraquinha lands with a kick to the ribs.
Barraquinha feints and then cracks Penagos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Penagos down.
Penagos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barraquinha connects with a body shot.
Barraquinha throws a wild body kick that Penagos sees coming a mile off.
Barraquinha cracks the inside of Penagos's front leg.
Barraquinha connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barraquinha lunges at Penagos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Penagos's hand.
Penagos is rocked!
Barraquinha takes a swing at Penagos's ribcage but misses.
Penagos is still on wobbly legs! Can Barraquinha finish him?
Barraquinha scores with a crisp jab that stopped Penagos in his tracks.
Barraquinha avoids the body shot from Penagos.
Penagos seems to have recovered his senses.
Barraquinha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barraquinha scores with a body shot.
Penagos misses with a hook. Barraquinha ducked under it nicely.
Barraquinha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Barraquinha attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Penagos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lands a nice shot that snaps Penagos's head back.
Barraquinha scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Penagos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha lands a right hook to the body.
Barraquinha lands with a nice body punch.
Barraquinha lands with a hook. Penagos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barraquinha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barraquinha throws a nice inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Penagos checks a leg kick.
Barraquinha looks to land a body kick but Penagos moved away.
Barraquinha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Barraquinha lands a front kick.
Penagos misses with an uppercut
and Barraquinha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barraquinha misses with an attempted mid kick.
Barraquinha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab from Penagos misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Penagos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barraquinha moves away.
Barraquinha takes a swing at Penagos's ribcage but misses.
That kick from Barraquinha tenderised Penagos's leg. Penagos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barraquinha is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Barraquinha feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Penagos's calf.
Penagos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barraquinha.
Barraquinha lunges at Penagos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Penagos's hand.
A head kick by Barraquinha misses
letting Penagos counter with a right hand.
Barraquinha throws a head kick that half lands.
An inside leg kick from Barraquinha misses.
Penagos on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Barraquinha misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barraquinha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Penagos.
Barraquinha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penagos swinging wildly here.
Penagos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barraquinha.
Angelito Barraquinha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barraquinha lands a front kick.
Penagos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Penagos punishes Barraquinha's body with a nice straight punch.
Barraquinha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penagos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barraquinha feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Penagoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Penagos lands with a good body shot.
Carlos Penagos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barraquinha throws a head kick that misses.
Barraquinha scores with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Angelito Barraquinha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Barraquinha 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angelito Barraquinha!
Our winner, Angelito Barraquinha, 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Atilla Leopoldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel York (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leopoldo comes to the cage accompanied by Halleljuah Chorus. York has chosen British Grenadiers Song as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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285 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Atilla Leopoldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nigel York!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
York's corner calls for a 1-2. York obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
York throws a hook but Leopoldo blocks it.
Leopoldo lands a body shot.
Leopoldo dips to his left and cracks York with an uppercut!
Leopoldo misses with a hook.
York uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leopoldo.
York throws out a loose jab but Leopoldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leopoldo misses the body punch
and York counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leopoldo scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
York thuds his right hand into Leopoldo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
York throws a right and a left that Leopoldo avoids nicely.
Leopoldo throws the kick towards the body but York avoids it.
Leopoldo throws a front kick aimed at York's knee but York avoids it well.
A nice combination there by Leopoldo.
Leopoldo throws the kick towards the body but York avoids it.
Atilla Leopoldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leopoldo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leopoldo moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leopoldo slips a jab from York.
Leopoldo misses with a kick to the body
and York counters with a head kick that drops Leopoldo to the mat! Leopoldo scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leopoldo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as York sprawls well. York wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Leopoldo gets slowly back to his feet.
York moves out of range as Leopoldo strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leopoldo.
Leopoldo lands with a thumping leg kick.
York checks a leg kick nicely.
York circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leopoldo misses with a looping right.
Leopoldo thows a body shot but no joy.
Leopoldo avoids the body shot from York.
Jab, jab by York - just one landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo throws a head kick that half lands.
York lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leopoldo misses with a two punch combination.
York connects with a right hand. Leopoldo shakes it off.
A lazy left from Leopoldo finds it's target.
York moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from York misses the target.
Leopoldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
York takes one on the chin but seems OK.
York looks to land a left hand but Leopoldo moved out of range nicely.
A big right from York misses.
A punch combination from Leopoldo misses.
York might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Leopoldo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leopoldo lands a jab-cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Leopoldo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo throws a good cross that connects.
Nigel York is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
York uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Leopoldo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
York swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leopoldo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leopoldo moves out of range as York strikes.
A jab from York misses.
Good exchange - Leopoldo coming out on top.
York looks to land a combination but Leopoldo avoids it well.
York throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
York displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leopoldo throws out the jab.
Leopoldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. York sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Leopoldo.
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!
Leopoldo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
York uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leopoldo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo connects with a crisp jab.
A big left from Leopoldo misses.
Leopoldo's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Leopoldo duly obliges.
Leopoldo throws the left hand but York avoids the punch easily.
York defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Leopoldo.
York keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Leopoldo jabs York right on the nose. York blinks but takes it well.
Leopoldo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Leopoldo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as York throws out the jab.
York misses with an uppercut
and Leopoldo counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
York just misses with a punch to the body.
Leopoldo dives in and grabs York's left leg, looking for a takedown. York pushes down on Leopoldo's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Atilla Leopoldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leopoldo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Leopoldo throws a poor cross that misses
and York counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Atilla Leopoldo will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
York swings and misses with a hook to the body.
York moves away from the strike by Leopoldo.
Leopoldo misses with an uppercut. York saw that one coming.
York misses with a looping right.
Leopoldo looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Leopoldo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
York regains full guard. Nicely done.
Leopoldo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Leopoldo trying to control but York is working from the bottom.
York looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leopoldo drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Leopoldo jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
York bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leopoldo's guard.
York won't allow Leopoldo to sweep him here.
York looking to pass the guard.
Leopoldo 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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Leopoldo working a defensive guard but York passes into half guard.
Leopoldo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Leopoldo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because York has passed into half guard!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Leopoldo working for a triangle but York defends it easily.
York sitting in guard here, content to control.
York pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leopoldo is keeping the position for now.
Leopoldo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo looking for a sweep. Not yet Leopoldo, not yet.
Leopoldo working a defensive guard but York manages to pass into side control anyway.
York slows the pace down.
Leopoldo tries to improve position but can't.
Leopoldo is working hard here to advance position.
Leopoldo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
York keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Leopoldo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks York with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
York is positioning himself well to prevent Leopoldo advancing to mount.
Leopoldo wants to take a breather but York is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Atilla Leopoldo dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
York misses the shot to the body.
York takes a swing at Leopoldo's ribcage but misses.
Leopoldo throws a poor cross that misses
and Leopoldo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
York moves out of range of the body kick.
York displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Leopoldo checks a leg kick nicely.
Leopoldo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leopoldo fails with a takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
York displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leopoldo throws out the jab.
York connects with a crisp jab.
Leopoldo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between York's hands.
A telegraphed right hand from York misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
York misses with an uppercut.
York takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
York misses with a straight right.
York tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leopoldo was well out of range. Poor timing from York.
No joy there for Leopoldo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leopoldo tries to clinch there but York circles away.
Leopoldo looks to score with a jab to the body but York is just out of range.
Leopoldo is looking to slow York down with leg kicks.
York with a nice cross.
York wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leopoldo lands with a kick to the temple. York shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leopoldo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
York throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leopoldo misses with a hook
and York counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leopoldo thinking.
Atilla Leopoldo is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
York comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
York just misses with a punch to the body.
Leopoldo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leopoldo looks to land a right hand but York moved out of range.
York lands with a good body shot.
York misses with a wild combination.
Leopoldo fails with an attempt to clinch.
York misses with a hook. Leopoldo ducked under it nicely.
Leopoldo thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from York. Leopoldo does a little dance to reset his feet.
York bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leopoldo scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
York fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
York misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leopoldo.
Leopoldo scores with a leg kick.
York gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
York looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Leopoldo trying to control but York is working from the bottom.
Leopoldo stopping the sweep attempt from York.
Atilla Leopoldo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Leopoldo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. York is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as York holds on and takes a little breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leopoldo trying to control the position from guard on top but York is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
York misses the jab.
Atilla Leopoldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
York throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
York misses with a wild body shot.
Nigel York has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
York throws a sloppy head kick
and Leopoldo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Leopoldo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from York.
York doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leopoldo throws a big shot that misses.
York lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Leopoldo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel York comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leopoldo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Atilla Leopoldo!
Atilla Leopoldo took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I'm gettin' too old for this shit.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ima Yerface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tota Lidel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Yerface might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to In Flames - Like You Better Dead. Lidel has chosen Dry Kill Logic - Lost as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
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220 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ima Yerface!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tota Lidel!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Lidel. Yerface does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lidel takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lidel takes a swing at Yerface's ribcage but misses.
Lidel wants to clinch.
Yerface buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yerface looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yerface chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yerface lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lidel's sensitive parts.
Yerface misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lidel.
Lidel catches Yerface with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lidel misses with a wild combination.
Yerface throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yerface ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Yerface.
Yerface jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidel doesn't manage to clinch there - Yerface circles away.
A lazy left from Yerface finds it's target.
Yerface throws a leg kick but Lidel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lidel throws a body punch but Yerface moves out of range.
Lidel misses with a hook.
Yerface looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yerface getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yerface attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lidel walks into a jab.
Lidel lands a head shot.
Yerface checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lidel misses with a head kick.
Yerface changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yerface throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lidel throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface loads up on a big right hand but Lidel slips the punch.
Lidel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Tota Lidel has been cut.
Yerface lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Yerface moves out of range of the leg kick from Lidel.
Lidel doesn't manage to clinch there - Yerface circles away.
Yerface dodges the punch combination from Lidel.
Lidel leaves Yerface with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Yerface throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lidel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tota Lidel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yerface fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lidel throws a head kick that misses.
Yerface dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lidel misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yerface moves away.
Yerface throws a sloppy head kick and Lidel moves out of range easily.
Yerface throws a series of punches but Lidel avoids them all with ease.
Lidel slips a jab from Yerface.
Yerface scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yerface takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Lidel misses with a straight left.
Yerface cracks Lidel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lidel's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lidel duly obliges.
Lidel moves forwards but Yerface connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lidel moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lidel misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Yerface.
Lidel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lidel moves out of range as Yerface strikes.
Yerface slips under a jab.
Yerface keeps the fight on the outside.
Yerface is looking to chop away at Lidel's legs.
Yerface with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yerface cracks Lidel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yerface lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lidel is rocked!
Yerface throws a quick head kick that knocks Lidel silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Yerface is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ima Yerface!
A very excited looking Ima Yerface 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ladislav Hemsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignatius Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hemsky might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Onward to Victory. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ladislav Hemsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ignatius Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemsky misses with a lunging right hand
and Reilly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hemsky just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Hemsky.
Reilly swings widly with a right hand
and Hemsky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ladislav Hemsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hemsky looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hemsky checks a low kick from Reilly.
Hemsky takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reilly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hemsky misses with a wild body shot.
Reilly walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hemsky checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hemsky fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hemsky throws a big shot that misses.
Hemsky just misses with a punch to the body.
Reilly tried to score with a low kick but Hemsky checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hemsky. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reilly attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hemsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hemsky has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reilly misses with a hook.
Hemsky swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Hemsky throws a leg kick but Reilly moved away.
Nice jab there from Hemsky.
Reilly misses with a hook.
Hemsky misses with a body shot
and Reilly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hemsky walks into a stiff left hand from Reilly.
Hemsky thumps Reilly with a low kick.
Reilly goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A clash of legs there as Reilly blocks the low kick.
Reilly feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hemskys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hemsky just misses with a punch to the body.
That kick from Hemsky tenderised Reilly's leg. Reilly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hemsky misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemsky throws a leg kick
and Reilly counters with an outside leg kick.
Hemsky staying out of range there.
Hemsky lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Reilly throws a front kick aimed at Hemsky's knee but Hemsky avoids it well.
Reilly bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hemsky's head.
Hemsky lands a nice shot to the body.
Reilly is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hemsky.
It looks like Ignatius Reilly has been cut.
Reilly is looking to land body kicks.
Reilly tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Hemsky misses
and Reilly counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hemsky wants to land a leg kick but Reilly is out of range.
Reilly misses with a straight right.
Reilly misses with a body kick.
Reilly takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemsky has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reilly finds it's way round the side to connect with Hemsky's head.
Reilly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hemsky looks to throw the jab but Reilly is out of range.
Hemsky throws a leg kick but Reilly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hemsky thows a body shot but no joy.
Reilly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hemsky had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hemsky throws a body punch but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly lands with a cross.
Hemsky throws a combination. Reilly tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Reilly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hemsky blocks a head kick by Reilly.
Reilly throws a leg kick but Hemsky sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jab from Hemsky.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemsky bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Reilly's head.
Hemsky scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly slips a straight right by Hemsky.
Hemsky swings away with a body shot that misses
and Reilly counters by clinching up.
Hemsky tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Reilly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hemsky tries to work over Reilly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hemsky misses with a punch to the body.
Hemsky dodges an elbow strike from Reilly.
Hemsky struggles to land a body shot inside as Reilly controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hemsky.
Reilly wants to stall.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hemsky lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hemsky working aggressively here.
Reilly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hemsky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hemsky goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reilly misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ladislav Hemsky will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
That's time! Hemsky's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A jab from Reilly misses.
Hemsky misses with the combination.
Hemsky takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Hemsky connects with a solid leg kick.
Hemsky takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Hemsky shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Reilly throws a low kick but Hemsky avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Reilly blocks the low kick.
Hemsky cracks a nice hook into Reilly's ribs.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Hemsky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hemsky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hemsky misses the shot to the body.
Hemsky takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemsky dips to his left and cracks Reilly with an uppercut!
Reilly scores with the left hand. Hemsky knows he should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hemsky. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reilly falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hemsky counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hemsky throws a head kick that misses.
Hemsky throws a chopping leg kick but Reilly manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A jab from Hemsky finds it's way through Reilly's defenses.
Hemsky is looking to wear down Reilly with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hemsky. Reilly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hemsky has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Reilly finds it's way round the side to connect with Hemsky's head.
Reilly checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hemsky slips a jab and a cross from Reilly.
Hemsky misses with a wild body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Reilly in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hemsky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hemsky cracks Reilly with a good jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly throws a hook but Hemsky avoids it easily.
Reilly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hemsky sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reilly cracks the inside of Hemsky's front leg.
Hemsky lands a slapping body shot.
Hemsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
Reilly punishes Hemsky's body with a nice straight punch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hemsky checks a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hemsky.
Reilly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hemsky sizes up Reilly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hemsky misses with a body shot
and Reilly counters with a stiff right hand.
Hemsky tried to score with a low kick but Reilly checks it.
Reilly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hemsky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemsky jabs Reilly right on the nose. Reilly blinks but takes it well.
Reilly scores with a leg kick.
Hemsky misses the shot to the body.
Reilly misses with a wild combination.
Hemsky throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Donk. Hemsky catches Reilly right on the button with a cross.
Reilly throws the left hand but Hemsky avoids the punch easily.
Hemsky ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a wild body shot.
Reilly misses with a straight right.
Hemsky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Reilly has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hemsky.
Reilly misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reilly tries to clinch but Hemsky moves out of range.
Hemsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Reilly tries to work over Hemsky's front leg with a kick but Hemsky checks it.
Hemsky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reilly.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Reilly crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hemsky - the referee stops the clock and Reilly gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hemsky. Reilly manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hemsky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
Hemsky ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Hemsky lands a glancing blow to the side of Reilly's head.
Hemsky scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Reilly throws out a loose jab but Hemsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hemsky misses with a combination
and Reilly counters with a straight right hand.
Reilly tests Hemsky's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ladislav Hemsky dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ignatius Reilly's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hemsky throws out a leg kick but Reilly moves out of range and Hemsky only half commits.
Hemsky sizes up Reilly with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hemsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Hemsky.
An inside leg kick from Hemsky misses.
Hemsky misses with a jab, cross combination.
A good leg kick by Hemsky.
Reilly throws a hook but Hemsky avoids it easily.
Hemsky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hemsky tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Hemsky.
Reilly looks to land a body kick but Hemsky moved away.
Hemsky throws out a powerful jab.
Hemsky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Hemsky fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemsky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reilly throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hemsky swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Reilly works Hemsky's body with a nice hook.
Reilly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ladislav Hemsky is winning the standup battle so far.
Hemsky lands a nice looking body kick.
Hemsky moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hemsky throws a leg kick that misses.
Hemsky staying out of range there.
Reilly takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hemsky throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reilly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hemsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Hemsky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Reilly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Hemsky saw that one coming.
Reilly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hemsky swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Reilly misses with a head kick.
Hemsky throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
Nice straight punches there by Reilly. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Reilly.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Hemsky.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Hemsky.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hemsky.
Reilly misses with a straight left.
Hemsky closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hemsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Hemsky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hemsky gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reilly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemsky takes a swing at Reilly's ribcage but misses.
Reilly misses with the combination.
Hemsky throws a leg kick but Reilly checks it.
Ignatius Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hemsky throws a head kick but Reilly moves out of range.
Hemsky tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Reilly lands a jab to the head.
Hemsky is rocked!
Hemsky attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oh Hemsky is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hemsky circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Reilly. Hemsky falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Reilly!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ignatius Reilly!
Ignatius Reilly thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Karnak Mandazur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karnak Mandazur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Happy Day!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day throws a sloppy head kick and Mandazur moves out of range easily.
Mandazur avoids a kick to the body.
Day pushes Mandazur up against the cage in a clinch.
Mandazur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mandazur scores with a shoulder strike.
Day digs a right hand underneath Mandazur's ribcage. Mandazur let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Day scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Day.
Good body shot from Day.
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!
Mandazur breaks the clinch.
Day cracks a nice hook into Mandazur's ribs.
Mandazur blocks a low kick nicely.
Day displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mandazur throws out the jab.
Day throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Day moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mandazur throws a wild body kick that Day sees coming a mile off.
Mandazur thumps Day with a low kick.
Day throws a combination that misses
and Mandazur counters with a slapping leg kick.
Day tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mandazur was well out of range. Poor timing from Day.
Day throws a combination. Mandazur tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Day thows a left - swing and a miss!
Day connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mandazur. Mandazur circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mandazur looks to land a left hand but Day moved out of range nicely.
Mandazur tries to work over Day's front leg with a kick but Day checks it.
Day chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mandazur throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Day's head.
Mandazur feints and then cracks Day's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Day down.
Mandazur throws out a leg kick but Day moves out of range and Mandazur only half commits.
Day gets tackled into the cage by Mandazur. Mandazur maintains the clinch.
Day lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Day creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Mandazur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Day is leaning against Mandazur and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mandazur lands with a left to the head.
Mandazur can't break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Day.
Day lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mandazur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Day.
Mandazur is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mandazur's elbow.
Mandazur tries to throw a body punch but Day avoids it by throwing Mandazur back against the cage.
Day tries a body shot but Mandazur blocks it.
Mandazur throws a head punch that misses.
Day tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Day tries to throw a body punch but Mandazur avoids it by throwing Day back against the cage.
Day can't find room to land a body shot as Mandazur controls the action.
Mandazur throws a head punch that misses.
Day lands a body shot in the clinch.
Day blocks a body shot from Mandazur.
Day trying to control the position but instead, Mandazur has worked for underhooks and has pushed Day into the cage.
Mandazur prevents a body shot from Day.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mandazur is trying to break the clinch but Day is controlling him.
Day blocks an uppercut.
Day scores with a hook to the body.
Mandazur has a couple of punches blocked by Day.
Day scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mandazur trying to stall but Day improves his position.
Day lands with a left to the head.
Day goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Day swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mandazur.
Day working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mandazur is rocked!
Mandazur tries to throw a body punch but Day avoids it by throwing Mandazur back against the cage.
Oh Mandazur is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Day creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Mandazur's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Mandazur drops to his knees and Day pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Day!
Happy Day is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat McDermot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hopkins has chosen Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down 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 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pat McDermot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Hopkins!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins moves out of range of the body kick from McDermot.
Hopkins scores with a shot to the body.
McDermot dodges the punch combination from Hopkins.
Hopkins throws a jab when McDermot was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Hopkins blocks the leg kick.
McDermot just misses with a punch to the body.
A lazy body kick from Hopkins
and McDermot counters with a left and a right that stings Hopkins.
An inside leg kick from Hopkins misses.
McDermot thows a body shot but no joy.
McDermot cracks a nice hook into Hopkins's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDermot lands a jab to the head.
McDermot lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDermot cracks Hopkins with a hook to the temple - Hopkins is on wobbly legs here! McDermot swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Hopkins falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! McDermot wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pat McDermot!
Pat McDermot retains his middleweight title!
Pat McDermot made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'JBomb, good luck. You will be missed!'.
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