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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marsellus Wallace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Knight acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marsellus Wallace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Knight!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wallace lands a high kick!
It looks like Michael Knight has been cut.
Knight blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knight throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight avoids the body shot from Wallace.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knight blocks a jab.
Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wallace momentarily.
Wallace misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wallace throws a nice head kick!
Knight lands with an uppercut that bounces Wallace off the cage and back into range.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Wallace fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Knight to the ground. Wallace is now in Knight's guard.
Wallace slips nicely into half guard.
Wallace trying to control the action but Knight is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wallace.
Wallace wants to pass the guard but Knight is defending well.
Wallace trying to control from half guard but Knight is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Marsellus Wallace wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wallace is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Wallace lands a leg kick that knocks Knight off balance momentarily.
Wallace throws the kick towards the body but Knight avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Wallace connects with a leg kick. Knight looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Knight lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wallace lands a head kick that stumbles Knight and the fighters go to the mat.
Knight is rocked!
That has opened up Michael Knight's cut even more.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wallace accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knight is still in real trouble! Can Wallace finish him?
Wallace passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Knight looks winded!
Wallace staying calm.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Knight can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wallace misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Knight seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wallace is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knight knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wallace controls the position from side control.
Knight is not content to let Wallace control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wallace decides to stand back up.
Knight lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wallace at a distance.
Knight closes the distance and lands a one-two.
No joy there for Knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wallace tries to land a front kick but Knight steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wallace tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wallace changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wallace walks into a straight right hand from Knight.
Knight blocks a head kick by Wallace.
Wallace lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marsellus Wallace dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Knight's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knight uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wallace.
Nice straight punches there by Wallace. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wallace.
Wallace throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Knight misses.
Marsellus Wallace is winning the standup battle so far.
Knight on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wallace. Wallace obviously looking to wear him down.
Wallace lands a high kick to the side of Knight's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Wallace dives into guard, looking to finish.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wallace stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Wallace from controlling successfully.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Marsellus Wallace just wasn't active enough.
Wallace swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wallace moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knight moves out of range of the body kick from Wallace.
Wallace misses with a body kick.
Knight throws a right hand that Wallace ducks under and follows up with a left that Wallace also avoids with ease.
Knight lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Wallace throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wallace lands with a straight right. Knight didn't see that one coming.
The cut above Michael Knight's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
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!
Wallace is looking to slow Knight down with leg kicks.
Knight is breathing heavily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Wallace.
Wallace moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wallace tries to bum rush Knight with a series of wild strikes but Knight uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallace lands a jab to Knight's midsection.
Wallace throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Wallace throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wallace connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Knight to the floor! Wallace dives in looking for the finish!
Michael Knight's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wallace perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wallace stands up out of the half guard.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wallace - that will leave a mark!
Wallace moves out of range of the strikes.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wallace.
A combination from Knight does no damage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wallace.
Knight takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wallace throws a front kick that sends Knight stumbling back into the cage.
Wallace fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wallace.
Michael Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wallace.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Michael Knight's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marsellus Wallace!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dova Lova (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ultimate Brutality (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brutality has chosen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGQY2tMo0K4 as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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204 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dova Lova!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ultimate Brutality!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brutality tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lova was well out of range. Poor timing from Brutality.
Brutality doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brutality has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lova finds it's way round the side to connect with Brutality's head.
A head kick misses from Brutality.
Dova Lova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brutality takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lova ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lova smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brutality slips a jab and a cross from Lova.
Horrible takedown by Brutality or perhaps it was just good defense by Lova which made him look bad.
Brutality walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brutality keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brutality takes one on the chin but seems OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brutality closes the distance but Lova moves to the side
enabling Lova to counter with a crisp jab.
Brutality tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lova paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brutality shoots in for a takedown but Lova shows good takedown defense.
Brutality takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lova scores with a jab to the body.
Some wild striking there from Lova.
Brutality on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lova connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lova throws a body punch but Brutality moves out of range.
A jab from Lova does it's job there.
Nice cross by Lova.
Lova pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Brutality back to the cage. Lova follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch lands to the side of Brutality 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lova lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Brutality falls backwards - clearly groggy! Lova dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dova Lova!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tebato Nakara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Walter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Walter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Tebato Nakara!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nakara prevents Walter from breaking the clinch.
Walter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nakara up against the cage.
Walter throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nakara blocks it with crossed arms.
Walter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nakara's elbow.
Walter is pressed up against the cage. Nakara has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Walter down to the mat. Walter avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nakara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walter throws a head kick that Nakara semi-blocks.
Nakara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Walter at a distance.
Nakara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Walter.
Nakara throws the left hand but Walter avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter has managed to clinch.
Walter pushes off an throws an elbow but Nakara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Walter wants to get back to striking at distance but Nakara won't allow it.
Walter with a knee to the head.
Walter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nakara.
Nakara tries to score a body lock takedown but Walter shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Walter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nakara has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Walter is trying to keep an underhook but Nakara manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nakara throws a strike but Walter avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Nakara lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakara with a nice head shot there.
Walter wants to stand up but Nakara is controlling him.
Nakara trying to control the position from guard on top but Walter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Walter is looking to stand up but Nakara isn't so interested in that idea.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakara controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Walter keeping full guard, as Nakara tries to pass.
Nakara has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nakara is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakara missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nakara wants to control from the top but Walter keeps moving.
Nakara trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Walter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Walter misses with a straight right.
Nakara misses with a straight right.
Nakara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steven Walter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walter misses with a straight right.
Nakara lands an overhand right.
Nakara jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakara keeps the fight on the outside.
Nakara circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nakara lands a jab to the nose.
Walter is looking to clinch but Nakara is avoiding it.
Walter misses with a jab to the body
and Nakara counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Walter throws a series of punches but Nakara avoids them all with ease.
Nakara shoots in but no luck this time.
Steven Walter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tebato Nakara.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter throws a head kick but Nakara moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Nakara misses the target.
Nakara scores with a takedown into Walter's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tebato Nakara 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.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nakara can't get the takedown.
Nakara turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Nakara manages to end up in side control.
Walter is pushing Nakara's head away, looking to escape. Nakara manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walter tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Nakara throwing strikes here but Walter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nakara working Walter over with strikes here.
Walter is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
The referee warns Walter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nakara looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Nakara content just to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nakara throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Nakara lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nakara looking to finish Walter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Walter!
Walter is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Nakara dominating with strikes here.
BOOM! Nakara connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakara pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nakara lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakara looking to finish Walter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Walter!
Walter is rocked!
Nakara postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Walter looks a forlorn figure.
Oh Walter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nakara landing strikes from the mount.
Nakara unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Walter wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Nakara celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tebato Nakara!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between SasH Hemingway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, SasH Hemingway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hemingway gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Hemingway wants to improve his position but Sanchez is controlling well.
Hemingway looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hemingway pushes Sanchez off looking to stand but Sanchez dives back in and keeps control.
Hemingway tries to get to full guard but Sanchez has control of the leg.
Hemingway won't allow Sanchez to pass to mount.
Sanchez stalling.
Hemingway tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sanchez passes to side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez stands up and beckons Hemingway to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hemingway misses with a takedown
and Sanchez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sanchez stalling.
Hemingway wants to get back to his feet.
Hemingway is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sanchez pulls his head out easily.
Hemingway wants to get back to full guard.
Hemingway looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hemingway is trying to stand back up but Sanchez is controlling him
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sanchez in particular looking to stall.
Sanchez wants to free his trapped foot but Hemingway is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hemingway is trying to stand.
Hemingway tries to roll over but Sanchez keeps him under control.
Sanchez stalling.
Thiago Sanchez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Hemingway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sanchez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Sanchez lands in his opponent's guard.
Sanchez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Sanchez gets to his feet - Hemingway follows without any prompting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hemingway lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanchez circles away quickly and effectively.
Hemingway throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanchez's waist but Sanchez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hemingway off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for SasH Hemingway. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hemingway shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanchez as he avoids it easily.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sanchez.
Hemingway sneaks out the side door and pushes Sanchez away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Hemingway is breathing heavily.
Hemingway throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sanchez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hemingway moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hemingway has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanchez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sanchez passes Hemingway's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sanchez in particular looking to stall.
Let's hope that Sanchez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hemingway looking for subs from the bottom but Sanchez mounts him!
Sanchez controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hemingway tries to reverse the position but Sanchez maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Sanchez dominated that round.
That's time! Hemingway's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hemingway has his takedown stuffed
and Sanchez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sanchez.
Sanchez trying to control but Hemingway is working from the bottom.
Hemingway has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sanchez doesn't defend quickly enough and Hemingway has managed to lock this one up! Can Sanchez escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Hemingway on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). SasH Hemingway!
SasH Hemingway 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 Ardian Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mario Bravo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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180 lbs
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ardian Shiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mario Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Steven Brown and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiba wants to clinch but Bravo slips to the side
and Bravo counters by moving into the clinch.
Bravo presses Shiba against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bravo avoiding damage as Shiba throws knees to the body.
Shiba tries to land knees in the clinch but Bravo avoids the damage to the body.
Bravo effectively controlling the action here.
Bravo working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but Bravo blocks it.
Shiba drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Shiba with a knee to the head.
Shiba connects with a knee to the head.
Bravo is trying to break free.
Shiba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shiba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Shiba.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bravo has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bravo is stalling here.
Shiba with a knee to the head.
Shiba looking to throw knees to the head but Bravo is blocking nicely.
Bravo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shiba is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Bravo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Shiba is pressed up against the cage. Bravo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shiba down to the mat. Shiba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shiba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bravo counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throws a series of punches but Shiba avoids them all with ease.
Shiba closes the distance and clinches.
Bravo trying to stall but Shiba improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bravo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bravo avoiding damage as Shiba throws knees to the body.
Bravo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shiba.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ardian Shiba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Bravo lands a nice uppercut.
Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bravo cracks Shiba with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bravo taking a breather here.
Shiba avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Bravo.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
Sloppy strikes there by Bravo.
Shiba regains half guard.
Shiba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bravo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bravo's back!
Bravo preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Shiba.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shiba is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bravo has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Bravo trying to control the action but Shiba just sinks the hooks in.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Bravo covering up well and avoiding damage.
Shiba patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo is trying to stand back up.
Shiba working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ardian Shiba dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bravo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bravo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shiba eats them both and turns towards Bravo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Shiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Bravo circles away.
Bravo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shiba if he has to take too many more of those.
Shiba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bravo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bravo swats away the attempt to clinch by Shiba.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bravo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba dodges the punch combination from Bravo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo slaps away a takedown attempt from Shiba, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bravo is pushing Shiba up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Shiba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shiba darts in and clinches Bravo up against the cage.
Shiba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Bravo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shiba unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bravo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.
Shiba wants to get back to striking at distance but Bravo won't allow it.
Bravo can't get the takedown.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.
Shiba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo tries a head kick but it misses.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Shiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bravo.
Shiba tries to clinch but Bravo moves away
and Bravo counters with a stiff right hand.
Bravo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shiba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mario Bravo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shiba wants to clinch up but Bravo keeps it at a distance.
Shiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo scores with a sloppy right hand. Shiba should have avoided that one.
Shiba moves to clinch but Bravo breaks away
and Bravo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shiba closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bravo did well to prevent Shiba getting side control.
Shiba works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shiba is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Bravo has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Bravo!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bravo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bravo throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shiba is looking for a triangle here but Bravo uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Bravo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Shiba parries the strikes from Bravo easily there. Bravo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Shiba to escape.
Shiba tries to improve position but can't.
Bravo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Shiba struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bravo fails to land a wild elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Bravo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bravo fails with a takedown attempt.
Bravo looks for a takedown but Shiba sprawls well.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Bravo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shiba.
Knees in the clinch landing for Shiba.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.
Bravo swings wildly with an uppercut but Shiba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shiba is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Ardian Shiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Bravo.
Shiba breaks the clinch.
Shiba tries to clinch there but Bravo circles away.
Shiba tries to clinch
and Bravo counters by clinching up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo breaks the clinch.
Bravo throws a head kick but Shiba moves out of range.
Bravo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shiba wants to clinch but Bravo slips to the side
and Bravo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shiba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shiba is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shiba scores with a knee to the head.
Shiba with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the head but Bravo blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bravo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bravo is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bravo is looking for a takedown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo managing to block the knees to the body from Shiba.
Shiba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bravo.
Bravo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shiba prevents it.
Shiba is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bravo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Shiba looking to throw knees to the head but Bravo is blocking nicely.
Bravo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bravo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mario Bravo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shiba shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bravo as he avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Bravo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ardian Shiba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bravo tries to bum rush Shiba with a series of wild strikes but Shiba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shiba darts in trying to clinch
and Bravo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Shiba is looking for a triangle but Bravo pushes his legs off easily.
Bravo distracts Shiba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bravo distracts Shiba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shiba avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bravo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shiba works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bravo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bravo trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bravo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bravo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shiba is keeping the position for now.
Bravo wants to control from the top but Shiba keeps moving.
Bravo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shiba wants to hit a switch here but Bravo passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Shiba there!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shiba is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mario Bravo.
I think Bravo 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mario Bravo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mario Bravo waved his t-shirt featuring Cobra Pharmaceuticals (159++ Stamina)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Parker McQuail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McQuail comes to the cage accompanied by Glasgow Kiss. Rooney is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Belfast Boy. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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169 lbs
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Parker McQuail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McQuail drives through with a takedown into Rooney's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
McQuail looking to pass the guard.
Rooney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with McQuail. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rooney not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McQuail looking to pass the guard.
Rooney is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Rooney lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rooney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McQuail has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rooney is working away from the top position though.
Rooney throws a strike but McQuail avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McQuail works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rooney wants to get up but he can't break McQuail's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rooney looking to sit in guard and control but McQuail gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing McQuail from controlling successfully.
Rooney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McQuail postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McQuail chips away with some ground and pound.
McQuail with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rooney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
McQuail throwing strikes but missing.
Rooney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McQuail trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McQuail wants to control from the top but Rooney keeps moving.
McQuail tries to free his leg and advance position but Rooney is retaining full guard.
McQuail stopping the sweep attempt from Rooney.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rooney keeping moving, preventing McQuail from controlling successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rooney looking to hit a scissor sweep but McQuail is one step ahead there.
McQuail passes Rooney's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rooney regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from McQuail.
Rooney has his feet on McQuail's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rooney shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rooney was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rooney misses with a head shot.
Rooney looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rooney raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McQuail is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McQuail keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Rooney dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rooney wants to clinch up but McQuail keeps it at a distance.
Parker McQuail is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rooney displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from McQuail.
Rooney throws a right and a left that McQuail avoids nicely.
McQuail swings for the body but Rooney moves out of range.
McQuail shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rooney manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rooney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McQuail looking to sit in guard and control but Rooney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rooney is looking to advance position but McQuail has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Ryan Rooney has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rooney is working to get back to half guard.
Rooney in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rooney tries to reverse the position but McQuail maintains control.
McQuail looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rooney really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McQuail with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rooney is trying desperately to improve position.
Rooney is squirming around, avoiding McQuail's attempts to control the action.
McQuail with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for McQuail! That's really hurt Rooney and he's turned his back - McQuail keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! McQuail jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Parker McQuail!
After the fight, Parker McQuail was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Barney Stinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Sachs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sachs's choice of entrance music: Della And The Dealer. Harry Sachs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Barney Stinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harry Sachs!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stinson lands a nice hook to Sachs's body. Sachs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stinson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sachs.
Stinson throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Sachs counter with a right hand.
Sachs fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Stinson sprawls well initially but Sachs persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sachs wants to control but Stinson is keeping him busy.
Stinson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Stinson.
Sachs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sachs trying to control but Stinson is working from the bottom.
Sachs advances to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sachs has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Stinson defend it? Sachs steps over the head and cranks it - Stinson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sachs!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harry Sachs!
Harry Sachs seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Cutting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kari Moukari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moukari has chosen Tech N9ne - Stress Relief as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bill Cutting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kari Moukari!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moukari fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cutting sprawls well initially but Moukari persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cutting kicks Moukari off and gets back to his feet.
Moukari bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cutting will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Cutting does no damage.
Moukari tries to clinch up.
Cutting misses with a body shot.
Cutting leaves Moukari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cutting misses with a lunging right hand
and Moukari counters with a left and a right that stings Cutting.
Moukari closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cutting did well to prevent Moukari getting side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moukari is looking to take a break and control but Cutting is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Moukari is trying to work for a kimura but Cutting is defending well.
Cutting is trying to stand up here but Moukari is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moukari is working for a submission of some sort.
Moukari trying to control from Cutting's half guard. Cutting has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Moukari wants to pass the guard but Cutting is keeping the position.
Cutting keeping moving, preventing Moukari from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Moukari accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moukari in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moukari throws a strike but Cutting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Moukari manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cutting manages to get himself to full guard.
Moukari throws a big elbow that misses.
Moukari with a flurry of punches that miss.
Moukari trying to control but Cutting is working from the bottom.
Moukari postures up in Cutting's guard and throws a big left but Cutting blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moukari prevents Cutting from getting back to his feet.
Moukari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cutting is keeping the position for now.
Moukari in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moukari trying to control but Cutting is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Moukari looking to pass the guard.
Moukari throws a strike but Cutting rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cutting wants to stand but Moukari is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moukari is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cutting defends well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Moukari is on top in guard.
Moukari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moukari wants to control from the top but Cutting keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cutting working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Moukari.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kari Moukari dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Moukari shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Moukari was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Moukari scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cutting?
Moukari thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Moukari is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cutting can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Moukari tries to control but Cutting wriggling away.
Moukari fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
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!
Moukari looking to finish Cutting with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cutting!
Moukari fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Moukari in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Moukari has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moukari landing strikes from the mount and Cutting is in trouble!
Cutting blocking the ground and pound.
Cutting defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Moukari.
Moukari lands a big elbow.
Moukari wants to control the pace but Cutting is squirming around nicely.
Moukari goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Cutting is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Moukari is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moukari drops an elbow to the side of Cutting's head.
Moukari winds up and cracks Cutting with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Moukari is working for a kimura but Cutting is defending it quite comfortably.
Moukari not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cutting avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Moukari.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moukari is taking a breather. Cutting says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cutting is looking to escape.
Cutting is refusing to be controlled, as Moukari sits in half guard.
Moukari throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cutting has hold of Moukari's hands but Moukari slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Moukari is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Moukari looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cutting with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutting regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Moukari.
Moukari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Moukari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cutting is keeping the position for now.
Moukari scoring with some ground and pound.
Moukari throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kari Moukari has got the better of the ground game so far.
Moukari is stalling in the full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moukari trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kari Moukari showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cutting throws a hook but Moukari blocks it.
Moukari is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cutting tries to clinch up
and Moukari counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cutting!
Moukari looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Moukari is in the full mount, landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moukari raining down shots from the mount!
Moukari lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Moukari putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cutting is rocked!
Moukari lands a big shot to the head and Cutting winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kari Moukari!
Post fight, Kari Moukari stared into the camera and said 'I fucked Wilson Thieatcres mother'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyndon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emil Blonksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emil Blonksy is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Lyndon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emil Blonksy!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blonksy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blonksy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A cross from Jones lands.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blonksy on the side of the head.
Blonksy throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. Blonksy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blonksy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blonksys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blonksy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blonksy slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones lands the left hand.
Blonksy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blonksy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blonksy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blonksy ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Jones is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Blonksy closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a body punch.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones lands a right hand.
Blonksy breaks the clinch.
Jones is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones lands a big right hand that sends Blonksy crashing to the mat! Jones stays standing though and waves Blonksy back to his feet!
Blonksy is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blonksy glances at the clock... BAM! Jones nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Blonksy crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Blonksy is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lyndon Jones!
After the fight, Lyndon Jones was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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