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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Rizzo Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Alive. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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155 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Morrison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Frank Rizzo Jr!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rizzo Jr bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Morrison lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rizzo Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison moves into the clinch.
Rizzo Jr tries to throw a body punch but Morrison avoids it by throwing Rizzo Jr back against the cage.
Morrison with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rizzo Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morrison backwards.
Morrison throws a punch but it's blocked by Rizzo Jr.
Morrison misses with a knee to the head.
Morrison manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Rizzo Jr finds it's way through Morrison's defenses.
Rizzo Jr misses with an uppercut.
Rizzo Jr darts in and clinches Morrison up against the cage.
Rizzo Jr misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrison misses with an elbow over the top.
Rizzo Jr misses with some punches.
Morrison blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rizzo Jr throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rizzo Jr jabs Morrison right on the nose. Morrison blinks but takes it well.
Rizzo Jr avoids a kick to the body.
Rizzo Jr misses the shot to the body.
Morrison wants to clinch up but Rizzo Jr keeps it at a distance.
Rizzo Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Rizzo Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morrison manages to break the clinch.
A nice combination there by Morrison.
Morrison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rizzo Jr.
Rizzo Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rizzo Jr missing with a left hand there. Morrison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rizzo Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Rizzo Jr connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rizzo Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Morrison tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Morrison misses with the combination.
Morrison throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Frank Rizzo Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morrison fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rizzo Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rizzo Jr throws a push kick but Morrison slaps the foot to one side.
Rizzo Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rizzo Jr avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rizzo Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morrison is out of range.
Rizzo Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Morrison counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Morrison throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rizzo Jr stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morrison.
Morrison takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Morrison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rizzo Jr.
Rizzo Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Morrison creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rizzo Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rizzo Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rizzo Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rizzo Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rizzo Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Morrison is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Rizzo Jr fails to land.
Rizzo Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Morrison.
Morrison working aggressively here.
Morrison blocking some punches.
Morrison is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rizzo Jr is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Rizzo Jr as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rizzo Jr dips a shoulder and cracks Morrison with a mighty uppercut! Morrison falls back against the cage and Rizzo Jr unloads with a barrage of strikes! Morrison is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rizzo Jr screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Rizzo Jr!
Frank Rizzo Jr managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Xtreme Merchandise, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel has chosen I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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161 lbs
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163 lbs
26 - 18 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gustav Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel slips under a jab from Graves.
Emanuel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Emanuel clinches with his opponent.
Graves can't find room to land a body shot as Emanuel controls the action.
Emanuel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Emanuel checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Graves avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Graves gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Graves lands with a light punch inside.
Emanuel lands a shot to the body.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emanuel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
Emanuel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emanuel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Graves's defenses.
It looks like Gustav Graves has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves keeps control of Emanuel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Graves.
Graves drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Emanuel gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A hook to the body from Graves.
Graves misses with the head strike.
Emanuel misses with the head strike.
Emanuel is trying to break free.
Graves tries a body shot but Emanuel blocks it.
Emanuel is trying to force a seperation but Graves has the dominant position.
Emanuel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Emanuel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Emanuel.
Emanuel prevents a body shot from Graves.
Emanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emanuel is trying to break the clinch but Graves is controlling him.
Graves blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Emanuel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Graves.
A right hand to the body from Emanuel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel blocks a body shot from Graves.
The referee is keeping an eye on Emanuel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Graves misses with a punch on the inside.
Emanuel blocking some punches.
Graves misses with a short punch on the inside.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel breaks from the clinch.
Emanuel misses with the combination.
Emanuel throws a right hand that Graves ducks under and follows up with a left that Graves also avoids with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Graves.
Emanuel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Graves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Emanuel backwards.
A short body shot lands from Emanuel as the two fighters clinch.
Emanuel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Emanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Emanuel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Emanuel fails to land.
Emanuel is trying to pull guard but Graves has him pressed against the cage.
Graves avoids a wild elbow strike from Emanuel.
A shot in the inside from Graves.
Emanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emanuel lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Emanuel.
Good body shot from Graves.
Graves lands with a right to the head.
Graves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Graves fails to land.
Graves digs a right hand underneath Emanuel's ribcage. Emanuel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Emanuel tries to work over Graves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves blocks an elbow strike.
Emanuel blocks a body shot from Graves.
Emanuel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emanuel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Graves backwards.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Graves controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Graves working aggressively here.
Graves lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emanuel backwards.
Graves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Graves swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emanuel misses with some punches.
Emanuel taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Emanuel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graves is looking for a takedown.
Good body shot from Emanuel.
Graves is breathing heavily.
Emanuel tries to work over Graves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Graves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Graves slips under a jab from Emanuel.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel misses with a double jab.
Graves plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A decent looking cross lands there for Emanuel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Europha Emanuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gustav Graves'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.
Good standup being displayed there by Emanuel as he connects with a hook.
Emanuel moves into the clinch.
Graves has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel is looking to break free of the clinch but Graves has double underhooks.
Europha Emanuel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Emanuel misses with a knee to the head.
Emanuel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Graves lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Graves has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Emanuel regains guard immediately.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Graves wants to control from the top but Emanuel keeps moving.
Emanuel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Graves throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Graves wants to control from the top but Emanuel keeps moving.
Graves has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gustav Graves has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
A head kick from Graves lands but Emanuel takes it in his stride.
A cross from Emanuel lands.
Graves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Graves ducks under a wild hook from Emanuel.
Emanuel moves into the clinch.
Emanuel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Graves is rocked!
Emanuel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Graves is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Emanuel lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Graves to his knees! Emanuel keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Europha Emanuel!
A less than humble Europha Emanuel misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ares Constantinides (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ima Yerface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Constantinides comes to the cage accompanied by War by Judas Priest. Yerface has chosen In Flames - Like You Better Dead as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Ares Constantinides has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ares Constantinides seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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214 lbs
24 - 9 - 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
29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ares Constantinides!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ima Yerface!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Constantinides throws the left hand but Yerface avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Yerface misses.
Yerface throws a sloppy body shot
and Yerface takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Constantinides works over Yerface's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Ima Yerface has been cut.
Constantinides steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yerface.
A decent looking cross lands there for Constantinides.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Constantinides misses with a lunging right hand
and Yerface counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Constantinides looks to land a right hand but Yerface moved out of range.
Constantinides misses with a straight left.
Yerface defending well as Constantinides loads up on a big left hand.
Constantinides comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A low kick from Yerface misses
and Constantinides counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Constantinides tries a low kick but Yerface avoids it.
Jab by Constantinides.
Constantinides lands with an uppercut that bounces Yerface off the cage and back into range.
Constantinides misses with a takedown attempt - Yerface sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides cracks Yerface with a right hand to the side of the head.
Constantinides throws a quick inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Yerface.
Constantinides finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Constantinides with a nice cross.
Constantinides misses with an uppercut.
Ares Constantinides seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Constantinides darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Constantinides displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yerface throws out the 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!
Constantinides fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Constantinides moves away from the strike by Yerface.
Constantinides gets tackled into the cage by Yerface. Yerface maintains the clinch.
Constantinides misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Constantinides's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface blocks a body shot from Constantinides.
Yerface tries to throw a body punch but Constantinides avoids it by throwing Yerface back against the cage.
Yerface is looking to control Constantinides's arms but Constantinides gets an underhook and turns him. Now Yerface has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yerface.
Constantinides lands a shoulder strike.
Yerface misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yerface is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Yerface fails to land.
Yerface misses with an elbow strike.
Constantinides scores with a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Constantinides - that landed with a thud.
Yerface wants to stall.
Yerface throws a punch but it's blocked by Constantinides.
Yerface pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerface avoids the elbow strike from Constantinides, against the cage.
Constantinides pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yerface stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Constantinides.
Constantinides slips a straight right by Yerface.
Constantinides throws a sloppy head kick and Yerface moves out of range easily.
Yerface displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Constantinides throws out the jab.
Yerface walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yerface rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Constantinides counter with a right hand.
Constantinides is trying hard to land a takedown here. Yerface sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ares Constantinides. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yerface closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yerface scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface takes an elbow to the temple.
Yerface working aggressively here.
Yerface doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yerface goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yerface blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Constantinides scores with a shot to the side of Yerface's head.
Yerface lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Constantinides manages to break the clinch.
Yerface ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Constantinides misses with a left hand
and Yerface counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yerface connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Constantinides scores with a hook to the body. Yerface takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Constantinides lands a jab to the nose.
Constantinides moves away from the strike by Yerface.
Yerface pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ares Constantinides dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ima Yerface's cut.
That's time! Constantinides's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Constantinides tried to score with a low kick but Yerface checks it.
Yerface throws a leg kick that is checked
and Constantinides counters with a low kick, right behind Yerface 's knee.
Yerface keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yerface keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Constantinides scores with a punch to the head.
A big right from Constantinides misses.
Constantinides slips a straight right by Yerface.
Constantinides misses with a jab to the body
enabling Yerface to counter with a crisp jab.
Yerface looks to score with a jab to the body but Constantinides is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Constantinides.
Constantinides connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Yerface.
Constantinides feints and then cracks Yerface's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yerface down.
Yerface attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yerface is breathing heavily.
Constantinides uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yerface.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinides shoots in and drives through. Yerface sprawls well.
Yerface misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Constantinides connects with a nice looking jab.
Ares Constantinides is winning the standup battle so far.
Yerface misses with a low kick as Constantinides jumps back.
Constantinides dives in and grabs Yerface's left leg, looking for a takedown. Yerface pushes down on Constantinides's head and hops out.
Constantinides lands a nice hook to Yerface's body. Yerface takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yerface thows a body shot but no joy.
Constantinides throws a nice inside leg kick.
Constantinides swings for the body but Yerface moves out of range.
Constantinides looks to land a right hand but Yerface moved out of range.
Constantinides throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Some bone on bone action there as Yerface checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Constantinides misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinides throws a body kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Constantinides is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yerface tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Constantinides was well out of range. Poor timing from Yerface.
Constantinides is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yerface can do to turn this around?
Constantinides uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Yerface.
Constantinides throws a jab when Yerface was well out of range.
A big left from Yerface misses.
No joy there for Yerface, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yerface displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Constantinides throws out the jab.
Constantinides throws a right hand that misses
and Yerface counters with a series of strikes. Constantinides will be more careful next time no doubt.
Yerface throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Constantinides throws a lazy uppercut
and Yerface counters with a good, hard body kick but Constantinides shrugs it off.
Constantinides jabs at Yerface's body.
Constantinides fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Yerface on the side of the head.
Yerface blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerface stuffs the takedown attempt from Constantinides. Constantinides gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ares Constantinides. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Constantinides misses with a hook.
Constantinides misses with a jab to the body
and Yerface counters with a thumping low kick.
Constantinides jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Constantinides throws a jab but it's blocked by Yerface.
Constantinides jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Constantinides pushes Yerface away with a front kick.
Constantinides scores with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Constantinides lands a nice shot that snaps Yerface's head back.
Constantinides throws a jab when Yerface was well out of range.
Constantinides fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Constantinides scores with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface tries to clinch up but Constantinides circles away and keeps his distance.
Constantinides fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yerface looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yerface slips a straight right by Constantinides.
Constantinides stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Constantinides misses with an uppercut
and Yerface counters with a straight right hand.
That kick from Yerface tenderised Constantinides's leg. Constantinides is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yerface throws a sloppy head kick and Constantinides moves out of range easily.
Yerface fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Constantinides manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Constantinides lands a jab.
Yerface connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Constantinides.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ares Constantinides dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ima Yerface's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Yerface throws a leg kick but Constantinides sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yerface walks into a stiff left hand from Constantinides.
Both fighters circling a little - Constantinides finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Constantinides goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yerface has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Constantinides finds it's way round the side to connect with Yerface's head.
Constantinides thuds a left hand into Yerface's body.
Constantinides works Yerface's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Constantinides! Yerface is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ares Constantinides!
In his post fight interview, Ares Constantinides 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Moe Lester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lester comes to the cage accompanied by Twisted. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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150 lbs
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160 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moe Lester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bucky The Badger!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Badger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A good leg kick by The Badger.
The Badger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Badger moves out of range of the body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by The Badger.
An inside leg kick lands from The Badger.
The Badger throws a lazy right hand but Lester sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Badger throws out a loose jab but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Badger digs a good body shot into Lester's ribs.
A big right from The Badger misses.
Lester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Badger defending well as Lester loads up on a big left hand.
The Badger throws the left hand but Lester avoids the punch easily.
Lester swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lester looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lester slips under a jab.
The Badger lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lester shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Crunch! The Badger slams his shin into Lester's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Badger throws out the jab.
Lester tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and The Badger counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A leg kick checked by The Badger.
The Badger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lester moves into the clinch.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
The Badger tries to work over Lester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as The Badger controls his hands.
The Badger misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Badger blocks an uppercut.
The Badger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lester throws a blind hook that connects with the side of The Badgers head.
Lester misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lester.
Lester blocks an elbow strike from The Badger.
The Badger lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lester misses with an elbow strike.
The Badger can't find room to land a body shot as Lester controls the action.
The Badger scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lester blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Badger pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Badger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Lester.
The Badger misses with some punches.
The Badger lands a nice shot to the body.
The Badger misses with a knee strike.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger lands an elbow inside that Lester shrugs off.
The Badger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Badger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Badger misses with an elbow over the top.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger misses with some punches.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by The Badger.
The Badger looking to throw knees to the head but Lester is blocking nicely.
The Badger looking to throw knees to the head but Lester is blocking nicely.
The Badger lands a shoulder strike.
Lester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Badger lands a nice shot to the body.
The Badger misses with a punch to the body.
Lester blocks an elbow strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Badger.
Lester lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Badger.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lester.
The Badger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lester has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Badger lands an elbow inside that Lester shrugs off.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Badger.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, The Badger just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lester's brow.
Lester lands a body shot in the clinch.
The Badger lands with a left to the head.
The Badger takes a shot to the head.
The Badger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lester lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Lester on the inside.
Lester has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
The Badger tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lester swings wildly with an uppercut but The Badger 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!
The Badger lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Lester scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Badger lands a good knee to the midsection. Lester won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lester scores with a hook.
The Badger jabs at Lester's body.
Nice shot by Lester.
Lester motions for The Badger to come forward. Lester throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from The Badger.
The Badger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lester swings for the body but The Badger moves out of range.
Lester takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The Badger drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Badger clobbers Lester with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lester tries to land a front kick but The Badger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lester throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lester moves away from the strike by The Badger.
Lester cracks the inside of The Badger's front leg.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lester throws an overhand right that lands on The Badger's shoulder, as The Badger tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lester staying out of range there.
The Badger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Badger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lester at a distance.
Lester fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lester tries to clinch there but The Badger circles away.
The Badger takes one to the chin there.
The Badger needs to keep his hands up - Lester had a free shot at his head there.
Lester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Badger.
The Badger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Badger lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lester will feel that in the morning.
Bucky The Badger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lester uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Badger.
Lester jabs The Badger right on the nose. The Badger blinks but takes it well.
The Badger throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lester displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Badger throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger works Lester's body with a nice hook.
The Badger connects with a leg kick. Lester looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lester defending well as The Badger loads up on a big left hand.
The Badger thows a body shot but no joy.
Lester takes one to the chin there.
Lester throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Lester lands a leg kick that knocks The Badger off balance momentarily.
The Badger misses with a looping right.
Lester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. The Badger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The Badger misses with a leg kick
and Lester counters with a nice low kick that buckles The Badger's knee momentarily.
The Badger is looking to score with low kicks.
Lester uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Badger.
Lester steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Badger.
Lester just misses with a punch to the body.
Lester cracks the inside of The Badger's front leg.
Good standup being displayed there by Lester as he connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from The Badger misses.
The Badger scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lester goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Badger throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The Badger jabs Lester to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The Badger throws a poor cross that misses
and Lester counters with a nice body shot.
Lester is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The Badger takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lester takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The Badger steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lester. That one must have hurt.
The Badger checks the leg kick.
The Badger doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Lester. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lester.
Lester fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lester scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lester sizes up The Badger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries to clinch but Lester moves out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - The Badger finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lester throws a wild body kick that The Badger sees coming a mile off.
The Badger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lester lands a leg kick that knocks The Badger off balance momentarily.
Lester throws a low kick but it's checked well by The Badger.
The Badger misses with a hook.
The Badger takes a swing at Lester's ribcage but misses.
The Badger lands a jab to Lester's midsection.
Nice straight punches there by The Badger. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Badger.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lester.
A head kick misses from Lester.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A clash of legs there as Lester blocks the low kick.
The Badger throws a head kick that Lester semi-blocks.
The Badger stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lester, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moe Lester dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lester ducks under a wild hook from The Badger.
The Badger throws a sloppy body shot
letting Lester counter with a right hand.
Lester swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Badger takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lester misses with a few strikes there.
The Badger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lester's sensitive parts.
Lester misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lester 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.
Lester bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Badger drops his hands momentarily and Lester takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Good standup being displayed there by The Badger as he connects with a hook.
The Badger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lester takes an elbow to the temple.
Lester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bucky The Badger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Badger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Lester as the two fighters clinch.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Badger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Badger dodges an elbow strike from Lester.
Lester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Badger working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Badger swings wildly with an uppercut but Lester uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lester content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lester blocks a body shot from The Badger.
Lester misses with a body punch.
The Badger lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Badger misses with a punch on the inside.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Badger takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The Badger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from The Badger as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Badger is trying to maintain a safe position but Lester gets an underhook and turns The Badger into the cage.
The Badger misses with a punch on the inside.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
The Badger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lester scores with a shot to the side of The Badger's head.
Lester misses with the head strike.
A right handed body shot lands from The Badger.
Still in the clinch, The Badger scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Badger misses with the head strike.
Lester lands an elbow inside.
The Badger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lester lands an uppercut.
Lester lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lester throws a punch but it's blocked by The Badger.
Lester blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The Badger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lester stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The Badger has a couple of punches blocked by Lester.
Lester avoids the elbow strike from The Badger, against the cage.
The Badger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.
Lester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Badger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lester struggles to land a body shot inside as The Badger controls his hands.
The Badger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lester's elbow.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Badger comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The Badger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lester as The Badger tries to tie him up.
Lester scores with a knee to the head.
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 Badger misses with a punch on the inside.
The Badger tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
Lester blocks a body shot from The Badger.
The Badger tries a body shot but Lester blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lester misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lester lands with a short shot to the head.
The Badger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lester blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Lester.
Lester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Badger is defending well for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bucky The Badger.
I think The Badger 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bucky The Badger!
Bucky The Badger 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 LeRoy LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Semenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeBlanc comes to the cage accompanied by Tèrez Montcalm - Sweet Dreams. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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220 lbs
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213 lbs
27 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, LeRoy LeBlanc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Semenko!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlanc lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Semenko at a distance.
LeBlanc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Semenko.
LeBlanc lunges at Semenko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Semenko's hand.
It looks like Dave Semenko has been cut.
Semenko pivots, looking for a leg kick but LeBlanc is out of range and Semenko settles back down.
LeBlanc avoids a kick to the body.
Semenko moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Semenko connects with an inside leg kick.
LeBlanc fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick by Semenko misses
and LeBlanc counters with a nice body kick.
LeBlanc tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Semenko will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Semenko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Semenko is rocked!
LeBlanc fakes the body blow, causing Semenko to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Semenko goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). LeRoy LeBlanc!
Post fight, an emotional LeRoy LeBlanc said 'Ladies and gentlemen, the Baton Rouge Butcher has arrived! Those of you sitting in the first front rows, may get... wet.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtly Ambrose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ambrose's choice of entrance music: Me and You - Nero. Sonny Corleone could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Curtly Ambrose's chin.
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sonny Corleone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtly Ambrose!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ambrose manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ambrose loads up on a big right hand but Corleone slips the punch.
Corleone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ambrose moves away.
Corleone connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ambrose. Ambrose circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corleone wants to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ambrose.
Nice straight punches there by Ambrose. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ambrose.
It looks like Sonny Corleone has been cut.
Good shot there by Ambrose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ambrose throws a leg kick but Corleone sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ambrose fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Corleone is out of range.
Ambrose lands a leg kick that knocks Corleone off balance momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ambrose, right into the meat.
Ambrose blocks a leg kick.
Ambrose gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Corleone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ambrose checks a low kick from Corleone.
Corleone gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ambrose.
Corleone takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Corleone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ambrose swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corleone checks a low kick from Ambrose.
Corleone looks to clinch
and Ambrose counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ambrose feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Corleone's calf.
Some bone on bone action there as Corleone checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Corleone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ambrose rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone has managed to clinch.
Corleone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ambrose lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ambrose breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Ambrose misses.
Ambrose connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Corleone's hands.
Ambrose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ambrose fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Corleone is out of range.
Ambrose looks to score with a jab to the body but Corleone is just out of range.
Corleone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ambrose lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ambrose dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Corleone. That did some damage!
Ambrose is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ambrose misses with a shot to the body
and Corleone counters with an inside leg kick.
Corleone lands a nice hook to Ambrose's body. Ambrose takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ambrose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ambrose rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Corleone counters with an inside leg kick.
Corleone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ambrose throws a body punch but Corleone moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Corleone.
Ambrose lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ambrose ducks under a wild hook from Corleone.
Ambrose throws a leg kick that is checked
and Corleone holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right from Corleone.
Ambrose avoids the elbow strike from Corleone, against the cage.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Ambrose as the two fighters clinch.
Corleone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corleone misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Corleone as the two fighters clinch.
Ambrose is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ambrose misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ambrose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corleone crunches a lovely knee into Ambrose's ribcage.
Corleone blocking some punches.
Ambrose avoiding damage as Corleone throws knees to the body.
Corleone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ambrose is keeping busy.
Corleone lands a right hand.
Corleone lands a body shot in the clinch.
Corleone controlling the action here for a moment.
Corleone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corleone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corleone throws a punch but it's blocked by Ambrose.
Corleone tries to stall but Ambrose uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Curtly Ambrose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone's cut.
That's time! Corleone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Corleone moves out of range of the body kick from Ambrose.
Corleone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ambrose was well out of range. Poor timing from Corleone.
Ambrose tries a head kick but it misses.
Ambrose pivots, looking for a leg kick but Corleone is out of range and Ambrose settles back down.
Corleone scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ambrose has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Corleone cracks Ambrose with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Corleone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ambrose scores with a jab to the head.
An inside leg kick lands from Corleone.
Corleone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ambrose, pushing him back against the cage.
Ambrose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Corleone.
Corleone is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ambrose is defending well for now.
Corleone misses with a knee to the head.
Corleone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone looking to throw knees to the head but Ambrose is blocking nicely.
Corleone struggles to land a body shot inside as Ambrose controls his hands.
Ambrose lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ambrose works on Corleone's body with a couple of short punches.
Corleone blocks a body shot from Ambrose.
Ambrose doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ambrose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but Ambrose avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
Corleone trying to land knees to the body.
Ambrose pushes Corleone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corleone struggles to land a body shot inside as Ambrose controls his hands.
Corleone swings wildly with an uppercut but Ambrose uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ambrose prevents a body shot from Corleone.
Corleone missing with knees to the body.
Corleone tries a knee to the head but Ambrose blocks it.
Corleone lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corleone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ambrose lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Corleone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ambrose's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Corleone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ambrose blocks a body shot from Corleone.
Sonny Corleone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Corleone tries a knee to the head but Ambrose blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
Ambrose throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Corleones head.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.
Ambrose lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ambrose slowing the pace effectively.
Ambrose lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ambrose.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Corleone can't find room to land a body shot as Ambrose controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ambrose.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose blocks an uppercut.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ambrose blocks a body shot from Corleone.
Corleone blocks a body shot from Ambrose.
Corleone trying to land knees to the body.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Ambrose blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ambrose managing to block the knees to the body from Corleone.
Ambrose working aggressively here.
Corleone cracks Ambrose with a nice body shot.
A short left from Ambrose.
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
Ambrose lands a hook that snaps the head of Corleone backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ambrose.
Corleone is rocked!
Sonny Corleone's cut is getting worse.
Corleone trying to control the position but instead, Ambrose has worked for underhooks and has pushed Corleone into the cage.
Oh Corleone is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ambrose misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ambrose prevents a body shot from Corleone.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corleone.
Corleone seems to have got his legs back now.
Corleone blocking some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ambrose avoiding damage as Corleone throws knees to the body.
Ambrose can't find room to land a body shot as Corleone controls the action.
Ambrose pushes Corleone against the cage. Ambrose is working some dirty boxing. Ambrose pushes off with a quick right hook! Corleone goes down! Corleone tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Ambrose moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtly Ambrose!
Curtly Ambrose 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 featherweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cormac Maguire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Live Wire. Maguire has chosen Guns 'n Roses - Welcome To The Jungle as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Maguire!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Maguire takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Maguire throws a shot from downtown. Young moves away and avoids it.
Maguire moves into range and connects with a jab.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Maguire lands a jab to Young's midsection.
Maguire throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maguire throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Maguire listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Young throws a leg kick but Maguire sees it coming and moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maguire!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Maguire sizes up Young with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
Young avoids the body shot from Maguire.
Maguire scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young looks to throw a body kick
and Maguire counters with a nice uppercut.
Maguire connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Young momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Young 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Young slips under a jab.
Maguire checks a leg kick nicely.
Young takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young throws a hook but Maguire avoids it easily.
Maguire with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maguire thows a body kick. Young tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maguire.
Maguire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young swings for the body but Maguire moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young looks to land a left hand but Maguire moved out of range nicely.
Young misses with a low kick.
Maguire cracks Young with an open hand slap.
Young blocks a head kick by Maguire.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Donk. Maguire catches Young right on the button with a cross.
Cormac Maguire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Maguire throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young works the jab nicely.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Maguire is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Maguire circles away.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Young is trying to defend but Maguire finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Young tries to roll over but Maguire keeps him under control.
Young is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire not doing much here.
Young won't allow Maguire to pass to mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young tries to get to full guard but Maguire has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maguire performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Maguire dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Maguire pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Maguire settles back down.
Nice body kick from Young.
Young slips a jab and a cross from Maguire.
Young thows a leg kick but Maguire checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maguire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Young moves away.
Maguire throws a low kick but it's checked well by Young.
Maguire checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Maguire throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circling - Maguire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maguire tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Maguire somewhat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire just misses with a punch to the body.
Young misses with a looping left.
Young tries a low kick but Maguire avoids it.
The fighters circling - Maguire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young 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.
Maguire closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.
Maguire gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Young misses with some punches.
Maguire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Maguire missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a hook that snaps the head of Maguire backwards.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maguire blocks a body shot from Young.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
A short right from Maguire on the inside.
Young misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Maguire fails to land.
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!
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young blocks a body shot from Maguire.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maguire looking for a takedown.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Young.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Maguire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young misses with the head strike.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Maguire scores with a shot to the side of Young's head.
Maguire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A hook to the body from Young.
Maguire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Young.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire drops down looking for an ankle pick but Young pulls his leg out and moves away.
Angus Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cormac Maguire.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Maguire checks a leg kick.
Maguire ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Maguire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Maguire throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young moves out of range as Maguire strikes.
Maguire misses with a looping left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maguire scores with a jab to the body.
Maguire throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maguire. That's going to slow Young down.
Maguire throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
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 Angus Young will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Maguire lands a glancing blow to the side of Young's head.
Maguire finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Maguire shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice straight punches there by Maguire. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Maguire.
Young closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maguire lands an overhand right.
Young is looking to clinch but Maguire is avoiding it.
Young looks for the body kick but Maguire saw that one coming.
Maguire lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maguire.
Maguire cracks Young with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Young blocks the body kick.
Maguire looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maguire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Maguire takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Maguire throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Young misses with a looping left.
Maguire keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Maguire throws a big shot that misses.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Maguire swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slow jab from Maguire misses its intended target.
Maguire throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by Maguire as he checks the leg kick.
Maguire checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. Maguire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Maguire.
Maguire connects with a leg kick. Young looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Maguire looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Young throws a right hand that Maguire ducks under and follows up with a left that Maguire also avoids with ease.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young digs a good hook to Maguire's body.
Angus Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Young tries to move into range but Maguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maguire throws a hook but Young avoids it easily.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Young's head.
Cormac Maguire seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
An inside leg kick from Maguire misses.
Maguire lands with a good body shot.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maguire throws out the jab.
Maguire throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maguire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Maguire connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Young moves into the clinch successfully.
Maguire misses with a body punch.
Maguire misses with a punch to the body.
Maguire swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Maguire.
Maguire is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Young gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Maguire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maguire lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Young backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maguire is trying to break the clinch but Young is controlling him.
Maguire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Maguire misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Maguire really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Maguire lands a lovely overhand right.
Maguire misses with a body shot.
Young blocks a leg kick.
Young is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young wants to clinch.
Young tries to clinch up but Maguire circles away and keeps his distance.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Maguire.
Maguire connects with a crisp jab.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Young tries to move into range but Maguire moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maguire stalks Young and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Young's face. Young staggers backwards, shaken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Young as he connects with a hook.
Young moves away from the strike by Maguire.
Young throws a leg kick
and Maguire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Maguire's head backwards.
Maguire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from Maguire.
Maguire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maguire paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Maguire.
Maguire throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Maguire gets a clinch.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire blocks a body shot from Young.
Young lands a left hand.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young misses with the head strike.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Young looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Maguire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maguire is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Maguire swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young prevents Maguire from breaking the clinch.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maguire breaks from the clinch.
Maguire throws a lazy uppercut
and Young counters with a nice leg kick.
Maguire misses with a double jab.
A shot to the liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
Young drops Maguire with a beautiful combination! Maguire stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Young is looking for the KO!
Maguire is rocked!
Maguire is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maguire takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Maguire is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Maguire sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maguire seems to have recovered his senses.
Maguire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young moves away from the strike by Maguire.
Maguire avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Young connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Maguire momentarily.
Maguire has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Young finds it's way round the side to connect with Maguire's head.
Maguire connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Maguire scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Young tries to clinch but Maguire moves out of range.
Maguire throws a big shot that misses.
Young tries to clinch up but Maguire circles away and keeps his distance.
Maguire throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maguire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Young throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maguire.
Young lands a jab to Maguire's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Angus Young had his way with Cormac Maguire in that round.
That's time! Young's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Maguire connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maguire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Maguire throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maguire.
Maguire thumps Young with a low kick.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maguire.
Young tries to clinch but Maguire is having none of it.
Maguire lands a right hook to the body.
Maguire throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Maguire lands a head kick. Young smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maguire throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maguire walks into a left hand.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Maguire tests Young's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Maguire takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Maguire slips the punch.
Maguire misses the jab.
Maguire throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Maguire throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.
Maguire avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Maguire turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young feints and then cracks Maguire's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Maguire down.
Maguire lands a slapping body shot.
Maguire connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.
Maguire misses with a few strikes there.
Maguire throws a body kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Maguire misses.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young moves into range and clinches up with Maguire.
Maguire misses with a punch on the inside.
Maguire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maguire lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries a body shot but Maguire blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Maguire breaks the clinch.
Maguire shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
Young walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Maguire checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Maguire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Maguire swings for the body but Young moves out of range.
Young throws a head kick but Maguire moves out of range.
Maguire misses with a left hand
and Young counters with a one-two to the body.
Maguire misses with a body kick.
Maguire checks a low kick from Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maguire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Young tries to land a front kick but Maguire steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Maguire gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Maguire tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maguire's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Maguire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maguire.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maguire.
Maguire misses with the head strike.
Maguire digs a right hand into Young's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Young's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cormac Maguire comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maguire 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:49
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 47:49
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cormac Maguire!
Cormac Maguire is the new featherweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Cormac Maguire thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ossi Jokinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jokinen comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Omen. Stark has chosen Cmon Feel The Noise as his entrance music. Ossi Jokinen is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
39 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Ossi Jokinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Stark!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jokinen.
Stark ducks under a wild hook from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a sloppy body shot
and Stark counters with a head kick. That will keep Jokinen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stark lands with an overhand left.
Jokinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stark was well out of range. Poor timing from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a nice shot to the body.
Jokinen throws an off balance right hand
and Stark counters with a series of strikes. Jokinen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stark throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jokinen counters with a straight right hand.
Jokinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
A jab lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jokinen scores with a head kick.
Jokinen swings for the body but Stark moves out of range.
Jokinen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jokinen takes a swing at Stark's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stark keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jokinen tries to score with a low kick but Stark moves his leg out of the way.
Jokinen misses with a left hand
and Stark counters with a big head kick but Jokinen shrugs it off.
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!
Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Stark scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stark rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jokinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An inside leg kick from Stark misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Jokinen.
Jokinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jokinen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stark avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen looks to land a right hand but Stark moved out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stark.
Jokinen misses with a body shot
and Stark counters with a low kick, right behind Jokinen 's knee.
Stark tries to land a front kick but Jokinen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Stark.
Stark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Stark throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jokinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Starks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stark.
Jokinen lands with a straight right. Stark didn't see that one coming.
Jokinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stark.
Stark drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jokinen feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Starks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jokinen lands with a shot to the body.
Jokinen has Stark up against the cage in a clinch.
Jokinen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark swings wildly with an uppercut but Jokinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Stark is blocking nicely.
Jokinen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jokinen prevents Stark from breaking the clinch.
Jokinen crunches a lovely knee into Stark's ribcage.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but Stark blocks with his arms.
Jokinen connects with a knee to the head.
Jokinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stark misses with an elbow over the top.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Jokinen.
Stark is trying to break the clinch but Jokinen is controlling him.
Stark is looking to break free of the clinch but Jokinen has double underhooks.
Jokinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stark or not.
Jokinen crunches a lovely knee into Stark's ribcage.
Stark looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen digs a right hand underneath Stark's ribcage. Stark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jokinen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stark lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark can't break the clinch.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Stark is blocking nicely.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen lands a nice uppercut.
Jokinen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jokinen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stark misses with a body punch.
Stark takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short body shot lands from Jokinen as the two fighters clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jokinen obliges.
Knees to the body from Jokinen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jokinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jokinen.
Jokinen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stark has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen dominated that round.
That's time! Jokinen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Stark misses with a head kick.
Jokinen misses the shot to the body.
Jokinen darts in and clinches Stark up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jokinen.
Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ossi Jokinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jokinen misses with a combination
and Stark counters with a nice uppercut.
Jokinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Jokinen.
Stark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a right hand.
Stark struggles to land a body shot inside as Jokinen controls his hands.
Jokinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Stark tries to break free but Jokinen pushes him back against the cage.
Jokinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stark backwards.
Stark escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jokinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen throws a head kick that half lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jokinen.
Stark throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stark circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stark takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stark is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a jab to Stark's midsection.
Jokinen blocks a head kick by Stark.
Ossi Jokinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Jokinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jokinen scores with a nice right hand.
Jokinen jabs at Stark's body.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jokinen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stark moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
Stark throws a push kick but Jokinen slaps the foot to one side.
Stark throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jokinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Jokinen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good shot there by Jokinen.
Jokinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stark.
Stark's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stark duly obliges.
Jokinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jokinen throws a sloppy head kick and Stark moves out of range easily.
Jokinen lands with a nice body punch.
Stark avoids the body shot from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands a jab to the head.
Stark ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jokinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jokinen scores with a head kick. Stark tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jokinen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Stark manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jokinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Stark's sensitive parts.
Jokinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stark sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jokinen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jokinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Jokinen.
Jokinen lands an uppercut.
Jokinen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Stark in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stark misses with a punch to the body.
Jokinen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jokinen looking to throw knees to the head but Stark is blocking nicely.
Stark blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stark's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jokinen moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jokinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Stark takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen misses with a head kick.
Jokinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jokinen.
Jokinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stark's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jokinen catches Stark with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Stark staying out of range there.
Jokinen throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jokinen scores with a jab to the head.
Stark moves out of range as Jokinen strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Jokinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jokinen misses with a hook
and Stark cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Jokinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ossi Jokinen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Jokinen checks a low kick from Stark.
Stark doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jokinen 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.
Jokinen lands a jab to the nose.
Stark looks to land a body kick but Jokinen moved away.
Stark gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jokinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stark throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
It looks like Ossi Jokinen has been cut.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Stark moves out of range.
Stark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jokinen.
Stark avoids the head kick by Jokinen.
Jokinen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stark can do to turn this around?
Jokinen misses with a body shot.
Stark on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jokinen throws a body punch but Stark moves out of range.
Stark misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Stark.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Jokinen.
Stark throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.
Jokinen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jokinen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stark throws out the jab.
Jokinen with a nice cross.
Jokinen throws a head kick that misses.
Jokinen scores with a hook to the body. Stark takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stark swinging wildly here.
Stark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jokinen tests Stark's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Stark cracks a nice hook into Jokinen's ribs.
Stark looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ossi Jokinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jokinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stark has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stark 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.
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!
Jokinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stark manages to avoid it.
Stark has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Jokinen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jokinen moves out of range as Stark throws a body kick.
Jokinen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jokinen takes a swing at Stark's ribcage but misses.
Jokinen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stark takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jokinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Stark takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stark takes a swing at Jokinen's ribcage but misses.
Stark misses with a double jab.
Stark fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thomas Stark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stark finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jokinen clinches with his opponent.
Jokinen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jokinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stark tries a body shot but Jokinen blocks it.
Stark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jokinen has a couple of punches blocked by Stark.
Jokinen lands with a right to the head.
Stark wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stark wants to get back to striking at distance but Jokinen won't allow it.
Stark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stark is trying to force a seperation but Jokinen has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stark throws a punch but it's blocked by Jokinen.
Stark is looking to break free of the clinch but Jokinen has double underhooks.
Stark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Stark has a couple of punches blocked by Jokinen.
Stark wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jokinen has him pressed against the cage.
Stark misses with an elbow over the top.
Stark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jokinen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stark tries to circle away but Jokinen has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stark misses with a knee strike.
Stark tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jokinen avoids it.
Stark trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thomas Stark.
Well Jokinen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ossi Jokinen!
Ossi Jokinen 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aloha Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean McMorrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoi comes to the cage accompanied by Rock You Like A Hurricane. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aloha Hoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean McMorrow!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMorrow dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McMorrow is looking to land body kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from McMorrow. Hoi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hoi.
Hoi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McMorrow takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McMorrow pushes Hoi away with a front kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hoi is defended easily by McMorrow.
McMorrow thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hoi if he has to take too many more of those.
Hoi is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from McMorrow finds it's target.
McMorrow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hoi's head backwards.
It looks like Aloha Hoi has been cut.
McMorrow stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hoi avoids the head kick by McMorrow.
McMorrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McMorrow throws a head kick that misses.
McMorrow scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMorrow throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Hoi was covering up waiting for the punch and McMorrow finishes the takedown easily into guard.
McMorrow seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hoi working a defensive guard but McMorrow manages to pass into side control anyway.
McMorrow cracks Hoi with a big right hand but Hoi just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hoi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McMorrow.
Hoi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McMorrow.
McMorrow throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoi tries to buck McMorrow off but McMorrow is having none of it.
McMorrow scores with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hoi avoids any damage from the ground and pound of McMorrow.
McMorrow connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hoi some visible discomfort.
McMorrow wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hoi keeps working.
Hoi is working to avoid the ground and pound but McMorrow connects with a decent elbow.
McMorrow is looking to take a break and control but Hoi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
McMorrow is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hoi will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
McMorrow connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Hoi some visible discomfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMorrow scoring with punches from side control.
McMorrow advances to full mount.
Hoi gets back to half guard.
McMorrow thows a huge punch but Hoi dodges it nicely.
Hoi wants to get back to full guard but McMorrow has passed into side control.
McMorrow working the ground and pound from side control.
McMorrow works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
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!
Hoi struggling a bit here.
McMorrow trying to control the action but Hoi is working from the bottom.
Hoi being controlled for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMorrow landing strikes.
McMorrow cracks Hoi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
McMorrow in side control lands a decent elbow.
McMorrow looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hoi is avoiding damage well.
McMorrow working the ground and pound.
McMorrow throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McMorrow lands a nice forearm strike.
Hoi is trying to control McMorrow's posture but McMorrow avoids it.
McMorrow lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean McMorrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aloha Hoi's cut.
That's time! Hoi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McMorrow scores with a leg kick.
Hoi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McMorrow.
McMorrow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hoi.
McMorrow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hoi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McMorrow throws a quick inside leg kick.
McMorrow cracks a nice hook into Hoi's ribs.
Nice straight punches there by McMorrow. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of McMorrow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from McMorrow.
McMorrow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McMorrow moves out of range of the body kick from Hoi.
McMorrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hoi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McMorrow connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hoi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McMorrow.
McMorrow with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hoi. McMorrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMorrow tries to land a front kick but Hoi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McMorrow avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hoi looks to score with a jab to the body but McMorrow is just out of range.
McMorrow avoids a kick to the body.
McMorrow throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McMorrow has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hoi lunges at McMorrow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McMorrow's hand.
It looks like Sean McMorrow has been cut.
Hoi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMorrow.
McMorrow takes one to the chin there.
McMorrow throws the kick towards the body but Hoi avoids it.
Sean McMorrow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McMorrow lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hoi will feel that in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McMorrow connects with a leg kick. Hoi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McMorrow scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
McMorrow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McMorrow throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMorrow looks to land a body kick but Hoi moved away.
Both fighters circling a little - McMorrow finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hoi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
McMorrow throws a leg kick which misses Hoi's front leg but catches the back leg as Hoi tries to avoid it.
McMorrow lands a nice looking body shot.
Hoi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
McMorrow misses with a kick to the body.
McMorrow closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hoi quickly recovers to half guard.
McMorrow is taking a breather. Hoi says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
McMorrow winds up and cracks Hoi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
McMorrow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hoi is trying to get back to full guard.
McMorrow keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hoi tries to get to full guard but McMorrow has control of the leg.
McMorrow working over Hoi with some ground and pound. Hoi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. McMorrow lands a nice short elbow.
McMorrow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McMorrow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
McMorrow looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hoi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMorrow is looking to stall here but Hoi recovers full guard.
Hoi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hoi looking for a sweep. Not yet Hoi, not yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hoi is looking for a triangle but McMorrow pushes his legs off easily.
McMorrow scoring with punches to the head and body.
McMorrow lands a couple of elbows.
McMorrow lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hoi had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. McMorrow defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells McMorrow's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
McMorrow wants to control from the top but Hoi keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean McMorrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Hoi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hoi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McMorrow shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hoi defends it nicely.
McMorrow connects with an inside leg kick.
Hoi has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McMorrow finds it's way round the side to connect with Hoi's head.
McMorrow lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hoi stuffs the takedown attempt from McMorrow. McMorrow gets slowly back to his feet.
Hoi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That kick from McMorrow tenderised Hoi's leg. Hoi is trying to keep his angry face on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McMorrow shoots for a double leg takedown but Hoi sprawls well. He's pushed McMorrow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Aloha Hoi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean McMorrow.
McMorrow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
McMorrow misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMorrow misses with a looping right.
No luck for McMorrow with that takedown attempt.
Hoi shoots in looking for a takedown but McMorrow manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hoi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Hoi!
Hoi lands a jab to McMorrow's midsection.
McMorrow takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McMorrow misses with an uppercut.
Hoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McMorrow manages to avoid it.
McMorrow blocks the body kick.
Hoi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hoi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hoi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McMorrow looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McMorrow closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hoi to the mat! Hoi manages to get full guard.
Sean McMorrow has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hoi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Aloha Hoi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
McMorrow in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hoi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McMorrow can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McMorrow blocking the ground and pound.
McMorrow is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
McMorrow regains half guard.
Hoi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McMorrow is staying active underneath Hoi, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hoi prevents McMorrow from improving his position.
Hoi is trying to control the action in half guard but McMorrow is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi throwing shots but McMorrow is blocking nicely.
McMorrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hoi throws a big elbow that misses.
Hoi slips nicely into half guard.
Hoi throwing shots but McMorrow is blocking nicely.
Sean McMorrow is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
McMorrow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McMorrow manages to get to full guard.
Hoi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McMorrow works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hoi has gone for a leg lock! McMorrow slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hoi's guard.
McMorrow scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMorrow postures up and lands a big shot to Hoi's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hoi looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hoi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McMorrow postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McMorrow lands a couple of elbows.
Hoi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and McMorrow defends well.
McMorrow lands a couple of elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sean McMorrow.
Well McMorrow has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 26:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean McMorrow!
During a confident post fight interview, Sean McMorrow thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jobe Nkemakolam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Budo Rei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rei has chosen Alice in Chains - No Excuses as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jobe Nkemakolam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Budo Rei!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nkemakolam throws a solid leg kick but Rei takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nkemakolam.
Nkemakolam throws a jab but it's blocked by Rei.
Rei connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice jab there from Nkemakolam.
Nice sprawl there from Rei as Nkemakolam shoots in.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rei lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nkemakolam has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nkemakolam and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nkemakolam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rei has managed to clinch.
Rei blocking some punches.
Rei tries to throw a body punch but Nkemakolam avoids it by throwing Rei back against the cage.
Rei misses with a punch on the inside.
Rei tries a body shot but Nkemakolam blocks it.
Stalling in the clinch from Rei.
Rei misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nkemakolam throws a head punch that misses.
Rei scores with a shot to the side of Nkemakolam's head.
Rei lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rei misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nkemakolam lands on the inside with an uppercut.
It looks like Budo Rei has been cut.
Rei is pressed up against the cage. Nkemakolam has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rei down to the mat. Rei avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rei clinches up against the cage.
Rei manages to break the clinch.
Rei throws a big shot that misses.
Nkemakolam throws a jab but it's blocked by Rei.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rei.
Nkemakolam just misses with a punch to the body.
Rei throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rei 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!
Rei tries to throw a body punch but Nkemakolam avoids it by throwing Rei back against the cage.
Rei misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nkemakolam tries to stall but Rei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rei misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rei.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rei swings wildly with an uppercut but Nkemakolam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nkemakolam working aggressively here.
Nkemakolam drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rei gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jobe Nkemakolam. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nkemakolam backwards.
Nkemakolam changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rei fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rei takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rei.
Rei misses with a hook. Nkemakolam ducked under it nicely.
Nkemakolam throws a low kick, looking for Rei's leg but Rei calmly moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Rei misses the target.
Rei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rei.
Rei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nkemakolam is breathing heavily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nkemakolam crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rei - the referee stops the clock and Nkemakolam gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rei. Nkemakolam manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nkemakolam takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot lands for Rei.
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!
Rei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rei lands a big right hand that sends Nkemakolam crashing to the mat! Rei stays standing though and waves Nkemakolam back to his feet!
Nkemakolam is rocked!
It looks like Jobe Nkemakolam has been cut.
Nkemakolam takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Oh Nkemakolam is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rei lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Nkemakolam falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rei dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Budo Rei!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Budo Rei made sure he mentioned Hell's Balls Recovery (160), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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