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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Deangelo Jeremetrius Vickers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vickers comes to the cage accompanied by Boats N' Hoes. Santiago has chosen Rick Ross - Superhigh as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Deangelo Jeremetrius Vickers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vickers avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Vickers clinches up against the cage.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago lands a left hand that snaps the head of Vickers backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Santiago fails to land.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santiago has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santiago.
Santiago misses with the head strike.
Santiago working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Santiago misses with a punch on the inside.
Santiago working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Santiago as the two fighters clinch.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vickers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Santiago on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vickers prevents a body shot from Santiago.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vickers is trying to maintain a safe position but Santiago gets an underhook and turns Vickers into the cage.
Santiago blocks a body shot from Vickers.
Santiago misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santiago swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santiago misses with the head strike.
Santiago has a couple of punches blocked by Vickers.
Santiago lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Santiago.
Santiago lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Santiago.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Vickers avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago is trying to force a seperation but Vickers has the dominant position.
Vickers misses with a knee to the head.
Santiago lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as Vickers controls the action.
Santiago gets through Vickers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Santiago misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santiago throws a head punch that misses.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vickers lands a damaging elbow.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as Vickers controls the action.
Vickers throws an elbow that misses.
Santiago lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Vickers misses with a knee strike.
Santiago misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Santiago.
Santiago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago lands a shot to the body.
Vickers blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Santiago.
Santiago misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santiago.
Vickers misses with a knee to the head.
Santiago tries a body shot but Vickers blocks it.
A short left from Santiago.
Santiago tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vickers tries to land knees in the clinch but Santiago avoids the damage to the body.
Santiago can't find room to land a body shot as Vickers controls the action.
Vickers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vickers.
Santiago swings wildly with an uppercut but Vickers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santiago fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vickers misses with an elbow over the top.
Santiago lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Vickers just misses with a elbow thrown towards Santiago's brow.
Santiago throws a punch but it's blocked by Vickers.
Santiago tries to throw a body punch but Vickers avoids it by throwing Santiago back against the cage.
Santiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vickers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santiago working aggressively here.
Santiago swings wildly with an uppercut but Vickers uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vickers tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Vickers back against the cage.
Santiago scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santiago throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vickerss head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Santiago dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Vickers on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Vickers is rocked!
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vickers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Vickers avoids the body shot from Santiago.
Santiago defending well as Vickers loads up on a big left hand.
Vickers tries to clinch but Santiago is having none of it.
Vickers 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.
Santiago has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santiago there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab lands there for Vickers.
Santiago swats away the attempt to clinch by Vickers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santiago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vickers takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vickers throws a head kick that misses.
Santiago is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Santiago walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Vickers drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Santiago swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Vickers's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Santiago!
Ricardo Santiago took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, TFP Graphics - Pit Inc for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tukka Hirvonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Athos has chosen Thundercats as his entrance music. Nemean Athos is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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181 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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Tukka Hirvonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemean Athos!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirvonen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Athos - that will leave a mark!
Hirvonen slips a jab and a cross from Athos.
Hirvonen moves in looking to clinch but Athos pushes him off.
Athos lands with an overhand left.
Athos just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Athos. That's going to slow Hirvonen down.
Athos throws a shot from downtown. Hirvonen moves away and avoids it.
Athos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Athos looks to land a right hand but Hirvonen moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Athos misses the target.
Hirvonen lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hirvonen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Athos.
Athos misses with a body shot
and Hirvonen counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Athos's guard now.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hirvonen is fighting to break Athos's control of his arms but Athos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Hirvonen looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Athos is looking for a triangle but Hirvonen pushes his legs off easily.
Athos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hirvonen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hirvonen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Athos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Hirvonen controls the pace.
Hirvonen postures up in Athos's guard and throws a big left but Athos blocks it.
Hirvonen trying to control but Athos is working from the bottom.
Athos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Athos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hirvonen stopping the sweep attempt from Athos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirvonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Athos works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Athos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Hirvonen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hirvonen tries to free his leg and advance position but Athos is retaining full guard.
Athos is trying to control the position but Hirvonen postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hirvonen wants to pass the guard but Athos is keeping the position.
Athos trying to control the position here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Athos looking for a triangle here. Hirvonen is fighting it but it looks tight! Athos pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Hirvonen is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Nemean Athos!
A very excited looking Nemean Athos 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Garcia Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Deja Vu. Garcia Jr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Paul Stanley - Live To Win kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
18 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Humberto Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergio Garcia Jr!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice body kick from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Garcia Jr takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good work by Garcia Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Cruz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cruz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garcia Jr throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cruz throws a good cross that connects.
Humberto Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Garcia Jr.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Garcia Jr scores with a nice strike.
That kick from Garcia Jr tenderised Cruz's leg. Cruz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia Jr looks for the body kick but Cruz saw that one coming.
Garcia Jr lands with a kick to the ribs.
Good work by Garcia Jr as he checks the leg kick.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination but Cruz avoids it well.
Garcia Jr closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Cruz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia Jr controls his hands.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Garcia Jr controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Garcia Jr looking to stall.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cruz leaning against his opponent.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Garcia Jr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Cruz trying to stall but Garcia Jr improves his position.
Garcia Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sergio Garcia Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A low kick from Cruz is predictable there
and Garcia Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
Garcia Jr uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cruz has time to react.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Garcia Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a nice looking body kick.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Garcia Jr shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Garcia Jr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz avoids the body shot from Garcia Jr.
Cruz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Garcia Jr pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Garcia Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cruz moves out of range as Garcia Jr throws a body kick.
Cruz checks a low kick from Garcia Jr.
Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr lands a front kick.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Garcia Jr forces Cruz back against the cage and clinches.
Garcia Jr stalling the fight.
Garcia Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Garcia Jr throws a wild body kick that Cruz sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cruz.
Garcia Jr lands a head kick!
Garcia Jr feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cruzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cruz wants to clinch up but Garcia Jr keeps it at a distance.
Garcia Jr throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Garcia Jr misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
Garcia Jr scores with a kick to the midsection.
Garcia Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Garcia Jr.
Cruz lands a body shot.
Cruz moves out of range as Garcia Jr throws a body kick.
Garcia Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz tries to clinch there but Garcia Jr circles away.
Cruz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Garcia Jr checks it well.
Garcia Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Some bone on bone action there as Cruz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garcia Jr throws a solid leg kick but Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garcia Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab from Garcia Jr misses.
Garcia Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cruz throws a body punch but Garcia Jr moves out of range.
Garcia Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cruz checks a low kick from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr throws a leg kick which misses Cruz's front leg but catches the back leg as Cruz tries to avoid it.
Garcia Jr swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cruz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Garcia Jr.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garcia Jr moves away.
Cruz lands a slapping body shot.
A head kick misses from Garcia Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergio Garcia Jr dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cruz connects with a solid leg kick.
Cruz is looking to wear down Garcia Jr with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cruz.
Garcia Jr throws the kick towards the body but Cruz avoids it.
Garcia Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
Garcia Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garcia Jr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Garcia Jr tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cruz moves into range and clinches up with Garcia Jr.
Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garcia Jr stalling in the clinch.
Cruz tries to work over Garcia Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A bit of stalling here from Cruz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia Jr controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia Jr's elbow.
Garcia Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr wants to break free but Cruz has control.
Garcia Jr prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Cruz slowing the pace effectively.
Garcia Jr tries to break the clinch but Cruz is controlling the position.
Garcia Jr blocks a body shot from Cruz.
Garcia Jr breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Garcia Jr misses its intended target.
Garcia Jr connects with a body shot.
Garcia Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Garcia Jr misses with a head kick.
Cruz lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to slow Garcia Jr down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz moves out of range as Garcia Jr throws a body kick.
Cruz tests Garcia Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sergio Garcia Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Garcia Jr is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Garcia Jr.
Cruz is looking to chop away at Garcia Jr's legs.
Garcia Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz misses with a head kick.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Garcia Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Garcia Jr blocks a leg kick.
Cruz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Garcia Jr lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Garcia Jr slips a straight right by Cruz.
Garcia Jr feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cruz's calf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr moves into the clinch.
Garcia Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Garcia Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Cruz has double underhooks.
Garcia Jr is struggling to control the position.
Cruz takes a shot to the head.
Garcia Jr is trying to break the clinch but Cruz has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Garcia Jr pushes Cruz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Garcia Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Garcia Jr cracks Cruz with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia Jr misses with a body kick.
Cruz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Garcia Jr misses.
Garcia Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia Jr.
Cruz throws a hook but Garcia Jr avoids it easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cruz is defended easily by Garcia Jr.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Garcia Jr saw that one coming.
Cruz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cruz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garcia Jr is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Humberto Cruz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Cruz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Garcia Jr. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Garcia Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
Garcia Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Garcia Jr lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Garcia Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cruz is out of range and Garcia Jr settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Garcia Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Garcia Jr throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
Garcia Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cruz. Cruz obviously looking to wear him down.
Garcia Jr throws a lazy body kick
and Cruz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Garcia Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Garcia Jr moves out of range as Cruz throws a body kick.
Cruz throws a body punch but Garcia Jr moves out of range.
Cruz throws a hook but Garcia Jr avoids it easily.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
Cruz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia Jr misses with a body shot.
Cruz throws a hook but Garcia Jr blocks it.
Garcia Jr looks to land a combination. Cruz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cruz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Garcia Jr's head.
Cruz scores with a push kick.
Garcia Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cruz checks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Garcia Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Garcia Jr.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Garcia Jr.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruz swings and misses 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!
Cruz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Garcia Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garcia Jr tries to land a front kick but Cruz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice body kick from Garcia Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Cruz throws a solid leg kick but Garcia Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cruz.
Cruz throws a sloppy head kick and Garcia Jr moves out of range easily.
Garcia Jr jabs Cruz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garcia Jr blocks a head kick by Cruz.
Garcia Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Garcia Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cruz.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia Jr's elbow.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Garcia Jr is controlling the position.
Cruz misses with an elbow strike.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Garcia Jr is trying to break free.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Garcia Jr won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia Jr controls his hands.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Garcia Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donk. Garcia Jr catches Cruz right on the button with a cross.
Garcia Jr wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Garcia Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia Jr swinging wildly here.
Garcia Jr takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garcia Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garcia Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garcia Jr misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Garcia Jr misses its intended target.
Garcia Jr misses with an uppercut.
Garcia Jr is looking to clinch.
Cruz moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia Jr.
Garcia Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garcia Jr scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Garcia Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garcia Jr tries to clinch there but Cruz circles away.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown. Garcia Jr tries to sprawl out of it but Cruz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Garcia Jr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cruz scores with a takedown into Garcia Jr's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Humberto Cruz.
I think Cruz 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberto Cruz!
Humberto Cruz really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manfred von Richthofen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). von Richthofen comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Theme tune to islam kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dick Solomon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Manfred von Richthofen!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
von Richthofen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Solomon's guard.
von Richthofen throws a big right hand that misses.
von Richthofen wants to control from the top but Solomon keeps moving.
von Richthofen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Solomon uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Solomon lands a jab to the nose.
Dick Solomon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
von Richthofen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Solomon drives through and clinches with von Richthofen against the cage.
von Richthofen blocking some punches.
von Richthofen throws a punch but it's blocked by Solomon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Solomon.
von Richthofen working aggressively here.
von Richthofen tries to work over Solomon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
von Richthofen misses with a body punch.
Solomon tries a body shot but von Richthofen blocks it.
Solomon struggles to land a body shot inside as von Richthofen controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solomon missing with knees to the body.
von Richthofen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
von Richthofen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Solomon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
von Richthofen blocks a body shot from Solomon.
von Richthofen misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Solomon.
von Richthofen swings wildly with an uppercut but Solomon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Solomon blocks an uppercut.
Solomon lands a left hand that snaps the head of von Richthofen backwards.
Solomon tries to land a knee to the head but von Richthofen blocks with his arms.
von Richthofen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Solomon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Solomon can't find room to land a body shot as von Richthofen controls the action.
Solomon blocks an uppercut.
Solomon lands a right hand.
Solomon misses with a body punch.
Solomon struggles to land a body shot inside as von Richthofen controls his hands.
Solomon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Solomon misses with a short punch on the inside.
von Richthofen pulls guard effortlessly.
von Richthofen looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Solomon has picked von Richthofen up and slammed him! von Richthofen can't keep hold of the triangle and Solomon manages to pass to side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
von Richthofen pushes Solomon away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Solomon gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Solomon has control of an arm but von Richthofen manages to advance to Solomon's back!
Solomon avoids the strikes from von Richthofen.
von Richthofen somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
von Richthofen throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Solomon trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
von Richthofen lands shots from the back.
von Richthofen looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
It looks like Dick Solomon has been cut.
von Richthofen throwing wild punches that miss their target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Solomon regains full guard. Nicely done.
von Richthofen trying to control but Solomon is working from the bottom.
von Richthofen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Solomon works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Solomon is trying to control the position but von Richthofen postures up.
Solomon keeping moving, preventing von Richthofen from controlling successfully.
von Richthofen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solomon wants to stand up but von Richthofen is controlling him.
von Richthofen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
von Richthofen throws a strike but Solomon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Solomon won't allow von Richthofen to sweep him here.
Solomon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Solomon is fighting to break von Richthofen's control of his arms but von Richthofen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
von Richthofen wants to stand but Solomon is controlling the position.
von Richthofen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Solomon is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manfred von Richthofen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dick Solomon's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Solomon scores with a jab.
A big right from Solomon misses.
von Richthofen thows a body shot but no joy.
von Richthofen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
von Richthofen connects with a leg kick. Solomon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Solomon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Solomon misses its intended target.
Solomon moves into range and clinches up with von Richthofen.
von Richthofen lands with a left to the head.
Solomon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
von Richthofen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
von Richthofen lands a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Solomon tries a body shot but von Richthofen blocks it.
von Richthofen throws a punch but it's blocked by Solomon.
A head punch on the inside from von Richthofen fails to land.
von Richthofen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Solomon.
A short right from Solomon on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
von Richthofen scores with a shoulder strike.
von Richthofen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
von Richthofen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Solomon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
von Richthofen gets through Solomon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Solomon is rocked!
Manfred von Richthofen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Solomon blocks an uppercut.
Oh Solomon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
von Richthofen misses with some punches.
von Richthofen misses with some punches.
Solomon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
von Richthofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
von Richthofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
von Richthofen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Solomon seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by von Richthofen.
Solomon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from von Richthofen.
Solomon has managed to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
von Richthofen lands a right hand.
Solomon stops a takedown attempt from von Richthofen.
Solomon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Solomon misses with a punch to the body.
Solomon blocks an uppercut.
Solomon breaks from the clinch.
Solomon misses with a jab to the body
and von Richthofen counters with a thumping low kick.
Solomon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. von Richthofen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solomon throws a nice looking combination but von Richthofen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Solomon thuds his right hand into von Richthofen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
von Richthofen lands a nice uppercut.
von Richthofen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Solomon can't find room to land a body shot as von Richthofen controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for von Richthofen.
von Richthofen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
von Richthofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Solomon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Solomon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Solomon is trying to push von Richthofen away but von Richthofen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
von Richthofen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Solomon's elbow.
Solomon gets through von Richthofen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
von Richthofen misses with a body punch.
Solomon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Solomon breaks from the clinch.
von Richthofen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Solomon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solomon breaks from the clinch.
von Richthofen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
von Richthofen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Solomon closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, von Richthofen scores with a nice short uppercut.
von Richthofen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from von Richthofen.
von Richthofen lands a big right hand that drops Solomon! The killer instinct kicks in and von Richthofen finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by von Richthofen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manfred von Richthofen!
An intense looking Manfred von Richthofen took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'At the moment the media paint us a haters and intolerant. But history will see us as the realists and the resistance against the rotten core ideology called islam'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toby Diaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Archer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaby comes to the cage accompanied by Trying'da hold me down. Archer has chosen Predator Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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31
190 lbs
25 - 7 - 0 |
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31
213 lbs
36 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Toby Diaby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Archer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Archer.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Archer.
Archer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaby moves away.
Diaby misses with a wild body shot.
Diaby swats away the attempt to clinch by Archer.
Diaby misses with a hook
and Archer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diaby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaby shoots in for a takedown but Archer shows good takedown defense.
Diaby closes this distance looking for a takedown but Archer circles away.
Archer gets caught flat footed, as Diaby shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Diaby wants to pass the guard but Archer is keeping the position.
Diaby lands a couple of elbows.
Archer trying to keep a closed guard but Diaby is proving a slippery customer.
Diaby throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Archer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaby is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Diaby with a flurry of punches that miss.
Archer is trying to control the position but Diaby postures up.
Diaby has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaby slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Archer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaby is one step ahead there.
Diaby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Archer is keeping the position for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Archer fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer moves out of range of the strikes.
Archer throws a front kick that sends Diaby stumbling back into the cage.
Archer moves to clinch but Diaby breaks away
and Diaby counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Archer.
Diaby misses the jab.
Archer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diaby has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diaby scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaby circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diaby counters with a right hand to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaby misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaby shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Archer pinned against the cage. Archer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toby Diaby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A thudding body kick lands there by Archer!
Archer tests Diaby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Archer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A good leg kick by Archer.
Archer tries a head kick but it misses.
Archer misses with a body shot.
Archer throws the left hand but Diaby avoids the punch easily.
Archer misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaby jabs Archer right on the nose. Archer blinks but takes it well.
Archer looks for the body kick but Diaby saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaby misses the target.
Diaby shoots for a takedown but Archer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Archer.
Archer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Diaby manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Archer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to the liver by Archer. Beautiful body shot.
Archer defending well as Diaby loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Archer digs a good hook to Diaby's body.
Archer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mason Archer will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Archer keeps Diaby at a distance using the push kick.
Archer fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diaby looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Archer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diaby looks to throw the jab but Archer is out of range.
Diaby throws a body punch but Archer moves out of range.
Diaby misses with a looping left.
Archer misses with a low kick.
Archer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Archer stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaby. Diaby gets slowly back to his feet.
Archer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaby rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaby avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diaby shoots in for a takedown but Archer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diaby tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diaby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaby dodges the punch combination from Archer.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diaby checks a leg kick.
Archer gets a clinch.
Diaby tries to pull guard but Archer forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Toby Diaby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaby is pushing Archer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaby goes for a takedown attempt but Archer pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Archer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diaby's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaby takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Diaby blocks a jab.
Diaby stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Archer.
Archer throws a body punch but Diaby moves out of range.
Mason Archer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaby shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Archer wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Archer regains full guard. Nicely done.
Archer 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaby is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Diaby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Archer is keeping the position for now.
Archer has his hands on Diaby's head, controlling the position.
Archer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaby is looking to pass into half guard but Archer pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Archer is in guard.
Archer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diaby is proving hard to escape from.
Archer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Diaby looking for a sweep. Not yet Diaby, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Archer wants to control from the top but Diaby keeps moving.
Diaby trying to keep a closed guard but Archer is proving a slippery customer.
Diaby has his foot on Archer's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Archer works his way back into a safe position though.
Diaby is trying to control the position but Archer postures up.
Archer trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Archer won't allow Diaby to sweep him here.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mason Archer wasn't active enough on the ground.
Archer misses with a leg kick
enabling Diaby to counter with a crisp jab.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Archer throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaby. Archer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaby throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Archer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Diaby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Archer slips a straight right by Diaby.
Diaby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Archer.
Archer throws an off balance right hand
and Diaby counters with a takedown into side control.
Diaby trying to control the position but Archer is working away.
Archer is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Diaby has just dragged him back down to the mat.
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!
Diaby landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Toby Diaby overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaby tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Archer dodges the ground and pound from Diaby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer manages to get back to half guard.
Diaby sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Archer defending well though.
Archer is trying to maintain the position but Diaby is very close to passing his half guard.
Archer keeping hold of Diaby's head, controlling as best he can.
Archer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaby is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Archer is just riding it out for now. Diaby eventually gives up the hold.
Diaby is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Archer is trying to get back to full guard.
Archer wants to control but Diaby is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Diaby is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer tries to roll over but Diaby keeps him under control.
Diaby is working for a submission of some sort.
Diaby keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Diaby thows a huge punch but Archer dodges it nicely.
Archer wants to get back to full guard.
Diaby is trying to work for a kimura but Archer is defending well.
Archer is trying to get back to full guard.
Toby Diaby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaby has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diaby throws some wild stikes that Archer manages to avoid easily.
Archer is looking to get to half guard.
Diaby lands with some strikes.
Archer tries to reverse the position but Diaby maintains control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Archer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaby working for a submission but Archer is keeping him at bay.
Archer tries to hold on but Diaby pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Diaby showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Archer 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Archer!
In his post fight interview, Mason Archer started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethelbart Takahashi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Manoel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manoel has chosen Hino do Flamengo as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ethelbart Takahashi has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ethelbart Takahashi seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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25
243 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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26
222 lbs
19 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ethelbart Takahashi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Manoel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manoel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Takahashi lands a high kick!
It looks like Antonio Manoel has been cut.
Takahashi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Manoel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A bone on bone clash there as Manoel blocks the leg kick.
Takahashi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Manoel closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takahashi lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Manoel.
Takahashi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Manoel's elbow.
Manoel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manoel slows down the pace here.
Manoel lands a body punch.
Manoel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Takahashi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Takahashi misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manoel.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Takahashi.
Manoel can't find room to land a body shot as Takahashi controls the action.
Manoel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takahashi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manoel.
Manoel trying to control the position but instead, Takahashi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Manoel into the cage.
Manoel stalls.
Manoel takes a shot to the head.
Takahashi misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Manoel fails to land.
Takahashi struggles to land a body shot inside as Manoel controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manoel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Manoel fails to land.
Takahashi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manoel or not.
Takahashi misses with a body punch.
Manoel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Takahashi prevents a body shot from Manoel.
Manoel blocks a body shot from Takahashi.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manoel presses Takahashi against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manoel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Manoel.
Manoel misses with a body punch.
Manoel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Manoel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manoel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manoel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manoel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Takahashi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manoel lands a nice shot to the body.
Manoel blocks the elbow strike.
Takahashi prevents a body shot from Manoel.
Manoel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Manoel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manoel gets through Takahashi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takahashi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takahashi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manoel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Manoel avoiding damage.
Still in the clinch, Takahashi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manoel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
Manoel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manoel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Manoel misses with some punches.
Manoel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manoel.
Takahashi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Manoel avoids a wild elbow strike from Takahashi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Manoel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Manoel'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.
Takahashi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Manoel closes the distance and clinches.
Takahashi throws a punch but it's blocked by Manoel.
Takahashi takes a shot to the head.
Manoel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Manoel misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takahashi.
Manoel working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Manoel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takahashi up against the cage.
Manoel looking to slow down the pace here.
Manoel misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Takahashi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Manoel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Manoel is working Takahashi over against the cage.
Takahashi is leaning against Manoel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takahashi swings wildly with an uppercut but Manoel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manoel lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manoel swings wildly with an uppercut but Takahashi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Manoel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Manoel.
Manoel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Manoel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Antonio Manoel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manoel lands an uppercut.
Takahashi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Takahashi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Manoel works on Takahashi's body with a couple of short punches.
Takahashi scores with a shot to the side of Manoel's head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Manoel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Takahashi backwards.
Manoel stalling.
Takahashi blocks a body shot from Manoel.
Manoel can't find room to land a body shot as Takahashi controls the action.
Manoel tries to work over Takahashi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manoel.
Takahashi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manoel is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manoel working aggressively here.
Manoel tries a body shot but Takahashi blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Manoel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takahashi up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Good body shot from Manoel.
Manoel lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Antonio Manoel.
Manoel scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manoel misses with a left hand
letting Takahashi counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manoel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takahashi was well out of range. Poor timing from Manoel.
A leg kick checked by Manoel.
Manoel rushes Takahashi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Takahashi blocks a body shot from Manoel.
Takahashi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Takahashi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Manoel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Takahashi up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manoel continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Manoel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Manoel'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!
Takahashi scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Manoel doesn't seem bothered though.
Takahashi looks to land a right hand but Manoel moved out of range.
Takahashi lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manoel at a distance.
A good leg kick by Manoel.
Manoel scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manoel connects with a right hand. Takahashi shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takahashi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takahashi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manoel.
Manoel tries to clinch but Takahashi is having none of it.
Manoel throws a hook but Takahashi avoids it easily.
Manoel cracks Takahashi with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Manoel has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Takahashi to stand back up!
Takahashi is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Manoel engages and cracks Takahashi with a massive lead left hook - Takahashi tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Manoel is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antonio Manoel!
Antonio Manoel 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 Kurokawa Kenji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson has chosen Can't be Touched as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Quinton Jackson enters the cage!
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30
203 lbs
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29
220 lbs
19 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurokawa Kenji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Quinton Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenji throws a head kick but Jackson moves out of range.
Kenji looks to score with a jab to the body but Jackson is just out of range.
Jackson takes a swing at Kenji's ribcage but misses.
Kenji pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kenji momentarily.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Kurokawa Kenji has been cut.
Kenji lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jackson's sensitive parts.
Kenji throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Kenji moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice uppercut there from Jackson.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Kenji.
Kurokawa Kenji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenji throws a big shot that misses.
Kenji throws a body kick that misses.
Kenji misses with a low kick as Jackson jumps back.
Kenji connects with a right hand. Jackson shakes it off.
Jackson looks for a takedown but Kenji sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson checks a leg kick.
Jackson avoids a kick to the body.
Kurokawa Kenji is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenji throws an overhand right that lands on Jackson's shoulder, as Jackson tries to avoid the shot.
Kenji throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kenji enables Jackson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kenji manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kenji swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jackson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenji is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenji is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kenji keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Kenji working a defensive guard here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kenji lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jackson has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenji throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Kenji.
Kenji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kenji thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenji connects with a solid leg kick.
Kenji stuffs the takedown.
Kurokawa Kenji has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Quinton Jackson.
Kenji lands a leg kick that knocks Jackson off balance momentarily.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Kenji moves out of range.
Jackson checks a leg kick nicely.
Jackson fails to land the takedown.
Kenji moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kenji uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Kenji lands with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenji throws a body punch but Jackson moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Kenji.
Kenji throws a leg kick but Jackson checks it.
Kenji getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kenji staying out of range there.
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kenji.
Jackson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kenji misses with a straight right.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kenji sprawls well. Kenji wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jackson slips under a jab from Kenji.
Kenji is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jackson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenji.
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kenji.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurokawa Kenji dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurokawa Kenji's cut.
That's time! Kenji's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Kenji counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kurokawa Kenji is winning the standup battle so far.
Kenji swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Kenji slips a straight right by Jackson.
Kenji throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kenji has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kenji there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenji comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kenji finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Kenji enables Jackson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kenji manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Kenji keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kenji trying to keep a closed guard but Jackson is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
Jackson throws a big elbow that misses.
Jackson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kenji controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
Jackson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Kenji is keeping the position.
Kenji pulls Jackson in to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kurokawa Kenji wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kenji misses with a leg kick
and Jackson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a big elbow that misses.
Kenji has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jackson postures up.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Kenji keeps moving.
Kenji seems keen to control Jackson's posture.
Jackson trying to control but Kenji is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kenji, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kenji.
Kenji looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Kenji bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jackson's head backwards.
Kenji is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kenji.
Jackson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jackson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Kenji connects with a leg kick. Jackson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good standup being displayed there by Kenji as he connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kenji throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kenji lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jackson at a distance.
Kenji takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kenji throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
A jab lands there for Kenji.
Kenji throws a leg kick but Jackson moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson loads up on a big right hand but Kenji slips the punch.
Jackson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kenji circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jackson is defended easily by Kenji.
Kenji changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kenji throws a looping overhand right but Jackson ducks down to avoid it.
Kenji looks to land a left hand but Jackson moved out of range nicely.
A good leg kick by Kenji.
An inside leg kick lands from Kenji.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenji tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kenji slips under a jab.
Kenji looks to land a right hand but Jackson moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurokawa Kenji dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kurokawa Kenji's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Kenji fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jackson checks it well.
Jackson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jackson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kenji ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Kenji looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Kenji needs to keep his hands up - Jackson had a free shot at his head there.
Kenji misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kenji walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenji lands a jab to Jackson's midsection.
Kenji listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kenji pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kenji throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jackson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kenji throws a poor cross that misses
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jackson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kenji back to the cage. Jackson follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jackson connects with a body shot that sends Kenji's belly button to the back.
Kenji misses with a low kick.
Jackson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kenji misses with a body shot.
Kenji throws out a powerful jab.
Kenji throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kenji thows a body shot but no joy.
Kenji swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Kenji's guard.
Kenji is pulling down on Jackson's head. It's preventing any offense from Jackson, at least for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kenji controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson trying to control but Kenji is working from the bottom.
Jackson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kenji's head.
Kenji keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Kenji is trying to keep Jackson in close.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenji is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Quinton Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kenji swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jackson counters with a two punch combo.
Jackson 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.
Kenji lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kenji's corner calls for a 1-2. Kenji obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kenji tries to work over Jackson's front leg with a kick but Jackson checks it.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kenji darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kenji.
Kenji connects with a nice looking jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kenji bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Jackson's head.
Kenji stuffs the takedown.
Kenji connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kenji throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jackson shoots in and drives through. Kenji sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kenji dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Jackson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kenji.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kenji cracks Jackson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kenji throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Kenji throws a nice outside leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Kenji.
Kenji tests Jackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kenji throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kenji connects with a body shot that sends Jackson's belly button to the back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kenji.
Jackson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kenji.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kurokawa Kenji showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kenji, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurokawa Kenji!
A very excited looking Kurokawa Kenji 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 Lee Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chung Quela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perry comes to the cage accompanied by Run For Cover. Quela is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Buchik ik. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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212 lbs
19 - 5 - 0 |
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220 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Chung Quela!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quela with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chung Quela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quela throws a leg kick but Perry checks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perry.
Perry misses with a hook. Quela ducked under it nicely.
Perry misses with a head kick.
Perry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quela.
Quela pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Perry back to the cage. Quela follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quela throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Perry misses with a wild body shot.
A clash of legs there as Perry blocks the low kick.
Quela keeps the fight on the outside.
Perry misses with a left hand
and Quela counters with a nice uppercut.
Perry throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Quela.
Quela connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Quela throws a chopping leg kick but Perry manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Quela throws a low kick, looking for Perry's leg but Perry calmly moves out of range.
Quela throws a big shot that misses.
Chung Quela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Quela is looking to chop away at Perry's legs.
Perry lands a body shot.
Quela listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Quela tries to land a leg kick but Perry saw it coming and moves away.
Quela lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Quela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quela connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Quela lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perry's sensitive parts.
Quela swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quela does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quela uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perry has time to react.
Perry chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Perry takes an elbow to the forehead.
Perry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quela's elbow.
Perry has a couple of punches blocked by Quela.
Perry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quela's elbow.
Perry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Perry blocks the elbow strike.
Perry blocks an elbow strike from Quela.
Quela trying to land knees to the body.
Perry is stalling here.
Quela looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quela swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perry lands a left hand that snaps the head of Quela backwards.
Perry lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Perry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Perry lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Perry is pushing Quela up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Quela throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Quela lands a body punch in the clinch.
Perry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quela creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Quela is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Perry blocks the elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Perry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perry looking to stall.
Perry just leaning against Quela, taking a breather.
Perry lands an uppercut.
Perry has had enough of the clinch but Quela keeps him there for the moment.
Perry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Quela misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Perry.
Perry lands a left hand.
Perry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Perry struggles to land a body shot inside as Quela controls his hands.
Perry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Quela's elbow.
Perry is leaning against Quela and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Quela's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Perry softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Perry.
Perry scores with a shoulder strike.
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 Lee Perry will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Perry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Quela manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Perry sitting in guard here, content to control.
Perry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Quela manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Perry is looking to get to half guard.
Quela can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Perry is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela controlling from the full mount.
Quela is looking to stand but Quela has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry tries to reverse the position but Quela maintains control.
Quela content just to control the position here.
Quela prevents Perry from getting the reversal.
Perry bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Perry stopping the sweep attempt from Quela.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Chung Quela wasn't active enough on the ground.
Quela throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quela is looking to slow Perry down with leg kicks.
Quela uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perry.
Quela lands with a thumping leg kick.
Quela lands a leg kick that knocks Perry off balance momentarily.
Perry misses with a hook to the body
and Quela counters with a nice body shot.
Quela looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Perry does no damage.
Quela slips under a jab.
Quela throws a leg kick that misses.
Quela moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Perry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quela throws out a leg kick but Perry moves out of range and Quela only half commits.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quela avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quela lands a really nice looking cross but Perry seems unphased.
Chung Quela seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Quela.
Quela thumps Perry with a low kick.
Quela throws a hook but Perry avoids it easily.
Perry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Quela. That one must have hurt.
Quela throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Perry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perry decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perry is thwarting Quela's attempts to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quela makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Quela.
Perry throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quela works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chung Quela showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Perry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Quela avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quela just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab from Quela.
Quela ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quela throws a leg kick but Perry sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Quela takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Perry chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Quela can pounce on him.
Quela throws a leg kick but Perry checks it.
Quela misses with an uppercut. Perry saw that one coming.
Quela throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quela's jab looks to have found its range, popping Perry under the eye.
Perry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quela checks the leg kick.
Quela bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Perry's head backwards.
Quela scores with the left hand. Perry knows he should have avoided that one.
Perry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quela.
Perry blocks a low kick nicely.
Quela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A lazy body kick from Quela
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by Perry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Perry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perry bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quela's head.
Quela throws a leg kick
and Perry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Perry shoots in looking for a takedown. Quela tries to sprawl out of it but Perry keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Quela manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry checks the leg kick nicely there.
Quela throws a right hand that misses
and Perry counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Perry. Quela does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quela fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Perry is out of range.
Perry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Quela uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perry.
Quela keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Perry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quela tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Perry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Quela takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perry trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Perry lands a big shot there that rocks Quela but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perry sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Quela wants to hold on but Perry pushes him away.
Quela taking shots to the head.
Perry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Quela holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Perry tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quela tries to reverse the position but Perry maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry working Quela over with strikes here.
Perry lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Quela hang on?
Quela is wriggling around trying to escape.
Perry cracks Quela with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Perry has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Quela's face.
A nice elbow there by Perry.
Quela is rocked!
Perry drops a big elbow. That's hurt Quela! More shots from Perry and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Perry!
Post fight, Lee Perry stared into the camera and said 'MOSES my mon!! Wat sum irie, IRIE time wih ya! You DIGg?'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ratt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Crassus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes comes to the cage accompanied by Country boy can survive. Crassus is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Rome. Ratt Hughes could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marcus Crassus's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ratt Hughes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Crassus!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a combination that misses
and Crassus counters with a thumping low kick.
Hughes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Crassus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
Hughes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crassus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Crassus avoids them all with ease.
Crassus scores with a leg kick.
Hughes throws a front kick aimed at Crassus's knee but Crassus avoids it well.
Crassus moves out of range of the body kick.
Hughes throws a combination that misses
and Crassus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crassus lands the left hand.
Crassus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ratt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crassus lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Crassus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hughes throws a right and a left that Crassus avoids nicely.
Crassus keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crassus has a takedown stuffed.
Crassus throws an off balance right hand
and Hughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes throws a body punch but Crassus moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Crassus's shoulder, as Crassus tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes missing with a left hand there. Crassus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crassus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hughes throws out the jab.
Hughes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crassus.
Hughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crassus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Hughes throws a jab but it's blocked by Crassus.
Hughes throws the left hand but Crassus avoids the punch easily.
Hughes looks to land a left hand but Crassus moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crassus wants to slow Hughes down by chopping away at his legs.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A left and a right from Hughes both land. Nice combination.
Crassus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hughes jabs Crassus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Crassus keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes won't allow Crassus to sweep him here.
Hughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hughes won't allow Crassus to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Crassus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hughes distracts Crassus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hughes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Crassus escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crassus is looking for a triangle but Hughes pushes his legs off easily.
Hughes trying to control the position from guard on top but Crassus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crassus working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hughes.
Hughes drops back looking for a leg! Crassus is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Crassus manages to kick Hughes off! Hughes jumps back into Crassus's guard.
Hughes trying to control but Crassus is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ratt Hughes 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.
Hughes scores with the left hand. Crassus knows he should have avoided that one.
Hughes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Crassus looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hughes wants to control but Crassus is keeping him busy.
Crassus can't do much from the bottom here.
Crassus is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hughes off and has taken his back!
Crassus throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Hughes is keeping busy.
Crassus is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hughes keeping hold of Crassus's head, controlling as best he can.
Hughes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Crassus pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes trying to get back to full guard but Crassus takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ratt Hughes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crassus breaks from Hughes's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crassus throwing strikes here but Hughes is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Crassus with good strikes from the mount here!
Crassus lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Crassus working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Hughes is squirming around, avoiding Crassus's attempts to control the action.
Crassus landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to hold on but Crassus pushes him away.
Hughes is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Hughes tries to reverse the position but Crassus maintains control.
Crassus avoids the attempt from Hughes to control.
Crassus trying to control but Hughes is having none of it.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crassus moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hughes has worked his arm free - good work by Hughes!
Hughes is trying to improve his position.
Hughes regains half guard.
Hughes wants to control but Crassus is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crassus is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes is looking to control Crassus's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hughes avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Crassus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crassus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hughes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hughes throws a series of punches but Crassus moves out of range.
Hughes misses with a right hand
and Crassus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ratt Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A leg kick checked by Crassus.
Crassus listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crassus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hughes throws a leg kick
and Crassus counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crassus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hughes.
Crassus throws the left hand but Hughes avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Crassus moves away and avoids it.
A punch lands to the side of Hughes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hughes misses with the combination.
Hughes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crassus moves out of range of the strikes.
Hughes takes a swing at Crassus's ribcage but misses.
Crassus connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Crassus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crassus.
Crassus connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crassus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crassus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Crassus is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Crassus with good strikes from the mount here!
Hughes is looking to get to half guard.
Crassus with the ground and pound from mount.
Hughes wants to control but Crassus is having none of it.
Crassus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crassus lands a big elbow.
Hughes is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hughes gets back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Crassus lands a nice short elbow.
Crassus seems to be looking for submissions.
Crassus misses with a head shot. Hughes uses the momentum to regain guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hughes working a defensive guard but Crassus passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Crassus really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crassus lands a right hook to the body.
Crassus throws out a powerful jab.
Hughes staying out of range there.
Hughes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crassus counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crassus.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hughes throws a right hand that misses
and Crassus counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crassus throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hughes scoring well with a low kick there.
Hughes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crassus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hughes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ratt Hughes is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crassus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crassus scores with a body shot.
Crassus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crassus closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Crassus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hughes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hughes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Crassus misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crassus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
Hughes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hughes duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes throws an overhand right that lands on Crassus's shoulder, as Crassus tries to avoid the shot.
Hughes stuns Crassus with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crassus lands with a shot to the body.
Crassus feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hughes's calf.
Crassus misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crassus attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hughes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crassus.
A punch lands to the side of Crassus 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Crassus showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hughes.
Crassus turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crassus moves into the clinch.
Hughes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crassus has him pressed against the cage.
Crassus lands a body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hughes being controlled against the cage.
Crassus lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crassus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hughes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Crassus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crassus slips under a jab from Hughes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crassus scores with a leg kick.
Crassus misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hughes is defended easily by Crassus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Crassus dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!
Hughes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crassus is looking to land body kicks.
Hughes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Crassus counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hughes's knee momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crassus misses with the combination.
Hughes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Crassus defends it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crassus throws a jab when Hughes was well out of range.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Hughes misses with a double jab.
Hughes throws a leg kick
and Crassus counters with an inside leg kick.
Hughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crassus.
Crassus wants to slow Hughes down by chopping away at his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crassus throws a push kick but Hughes slaps the foot to one side.
Ratt Hughes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crassus misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hughes.
Crassus dodges the punch combination from Hughes.
Crassus blocks a leg kick.
Crassus cracks the inside of Hughes's front leg.
Crassus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crassus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Crassus thows a body shot but no joy.
Hughes misses with an uppercut.
Crassus looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crassus.
Crassus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hughes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crassus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hughes.
Hughes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crassus uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Crassus.
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!
Good shot there by Hughes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Crassus ducks down to avoid it.
Crassus slips a jab and a cross from Hughes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Crassus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crassus 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 46:49
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Crassus!
Marcus Crassus is the new welterweight champion!
An out of breath Marcus Crassus thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taj al Din (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandalay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). al Din comes to the cage accompanied by قنب هندي. Art Vandalay acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight 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 Los Angeles, Taj al Din!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Art Vandalay!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vandalay crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from al Din - the referee stops the clock and Vandalay gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says al Din. Vandalay manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
al Din checks a leg kick.
Vandalay lands a nice hook to al Din's body. al Din takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
al Din throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd cheers as Vandalay lands an impressive looking overhand right. al Din doesn't seem phased though.
al Din steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vandalay.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vandalay crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from al Din - the referee stops the clock and Vandalay gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says al Din. Vandalay manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
al Din blocks a low kick nicely.
No joy there for Vandalay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
al Din looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vandalay throws out a powerful jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Vandalay moves out of range of the body kick from al Din.
Vandalay throws a solid leg kick but al Din takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vandalay.
Vandalay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by al Din. al Din obviously looking to wear him down.
A jab from Vandalay misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
al Din throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Vandalay on the side of the head.
Art Vandalay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandalay on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
al Din lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
al Din has closed the distance and engaged Vandalay in a clinch.
al Din pulls guard effortlessly.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
al Din being controlled here, momentarily.
al Din has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vandalay can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
al Din had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vandalay defends it easily.
al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vandalay wants to control from the top but al Din keeps moving.
al Din escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vandalay gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
al Din has an active guard here but Vandalay has managed to pass into half guard.
Vandalay trying to control the action but al Din is working from the bottom.
Vandalay with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
al Din slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Vandalay trying to control the position from guard on top but al Din is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vandalay wants to pass the guard but al Din is keeping the position.
al Din has his hands on Vandalay's head, controlling the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Art Vandalay.
al Din lands with a shot to the body.
al Din thows a body shot but no joy.
Vandalay lets loose with a powerful body kick. al Din will feel that in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandalay scores with a nice right hand.
Vandalay's corner calls for a 1-2. Vandalay obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
al Din ducks right into an uppercut from Vandalay.
Vandalay takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
al Din misses with a wild body shot.
Vandalay scores with the left hand. al Din knows he should have avoided that one.
Vandalay lands a leg kick that knocks al Din off balance momentarily.
al Din lands with an uppercut that bounces Vandalay off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheers as al Din lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vandalay doesn't seem phased though.
Vandalay fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt al Din.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
al Din stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Vandalay.
Vandalay throws a wild body kick that al Din sees coming a mile off.
Vandalay lands a nice leg kick that just misses al Din's sensitive parts.
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 Taj al Din will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vandalay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
al Din connects with a single shot there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vandalay.
Vandalay throws a leg kick
and al Din counters with an inside leg kick.
al Din misses with a hook.
Vandalay throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and al Din counters with a right hand to the body.
Vandalay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vandalay has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from al Din finds it's way round the side to connect with Vandalay's head.
al Din throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vandalay.
al Din tries to clinch up.
Vandalay throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
al Din takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vandalay throws a low kick but al Din avoids it.
Vandalay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by al Din.
That's one minute gone in the round.
al Din on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vandalay. Vandalay obviously looking to wear him down.
Vandalay moves into range and clinches up with al Din.
Vandalay throws an elbow but it misses.
Vandalay throws an elbow that misses.
al Din blocking some punches.
Vandalay scores with a shoulder strike.
al Din is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Vandalay to keep the fight standing.
A head punch blocked on the inside by al Din.
Vandalay tries to break the clinch but al Din is controlling the position.
Vandalay prevents al Din from breaking the clinch.
al Din blocks the elbow strike.
Vandalay has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vandalay lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vandalay.
al Din using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
al Din tries to throw a body punch but Vandalay avoids it by throwing al Din back against the cage.
Vandalay working aggressively here.
al Din lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vandalay backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
al Din wants the takedown. Vandalay is fighting it off but al Din persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Vandalay's guard against the cage.
Vandalay keeping full guard, as al Din tries to pass.
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.
al Din wants to control from the top but Vandalay keeps moving.
Vandalay preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
al Din with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vandalay keeping full guard, as al Din tries to pass.
Vandalay keeping moving, preventing al Din from controlling successfully.
al Din is really struggling to control Vandalay but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Taj al Din just wasn't active enough.
Vandalay smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Art Vandalay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vandalay takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vandalay misses with a low kick.
al Din doesn't manage to clinch there - Vandalay circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vandalay!
al Din instigates a clinch.
Vandalay misses with a short punch on the inside.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vandalay is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
al Din blocks an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Taj al Din will probably get the nod.
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.
al Din fails to land with a series of punches.
al Din is looking to slow Vandalay down with leg kicks.
A left lands for Vandalay.
Vandalay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and al Din counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vandalay's knee momentarily.
al Din thows a body kick. Vandalay tries to catch it but that hurt him.
al Din chopping away at his opponent's legs.
al Din lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vandalay fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with al Din, pushing him back against the cage.
Vandalay has a couple of punches blocked by al Din.
al Din has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Vandalay regains guard immediately.
Vandalay keeping moving, preventing al Din from controlling successfully.
Vandalay takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
al Din looking to sit in guard and control but Vandalay gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Taj al Din overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandalay got a little sloppy there for a moment and al Din has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Vandalay has managed to get both his arms back between al Din's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vandalay slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Vandalay wants to control from the top but al Din keeps moving.
al Din is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
al Din has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vandalay can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
al Din is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
al Din is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Vandalay is aware though and is defending well.
al Din not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vandalay trying to control but al Din is working from the bottom.
al Din working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vandalay doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vandalay manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
al Din throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandalay controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
al Din seems keen to control Vandalay's posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
al Din had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Vandalay defends it easily.
al Din is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vandalay is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but al Din has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Vandalay is looking to defend but al Din has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Vandalay! al Din pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Vandalay taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Taj al Din!
Taj al Din retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Taj al Din, 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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