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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chapa Coco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Roper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chapa Coco had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chapa Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Roper!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roper swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Coco counters by moving into the clinch.
Coco is trying to drag Roper to the mat but Roper just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Roper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roper wants to break free but Coco has control.
Roper is trying to break free.
Coco looking for a takedown.
Roper is trying to force a seperation but Coco has the dominant position.
Roper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Roper is trying to break the clinch but Coco has him pressed against the ropes.
Roper is trying to break the clinch but Coco is controlling him.
Coco tries to pull guard but Roper holds him up against the ropes and eventually Coco drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chapa Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Coco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Coco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roper scores with the left hand. Coco knows he should have avoided that one.
Roper scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roper stuffs the takedown attempt from Coco. Coco gets slowly back to his feet.
Roper misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roper scores with a punch to the head.
Roper gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roper keeping moving, preventing Coco from controlling successfully.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco postures up and lands a big shot to Roper's brow.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coco accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Roper looks winded!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco cracks Roper with a solid left hand.
Coco chips away with some ground and pound.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Coco is controlling him.
Roper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coco. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Roper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coco.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco postures up and lands a big shot to Roper's brow.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Coco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roper's head.
Roper wants to stand and escape but Coco is having none of it.
Coco works over Roper with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Coco's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco is looking to work some ground and pound but Roper has wrist control.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coco postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Coco is working Roper over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Coco won't allow Roper to get back to his feet.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Coco keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roper's head.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco throwing strikes but missing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Coco throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Coco landing with the ground and pound.
Roper avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coco postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Roper working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coco.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roper has momentary wrist control but Coco slips an elbow through the middle.
Coco scoring with punches to the head and body.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Coco is controlling him.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Coco throwing strikes but missing.
Coco with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Coco pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roper is keeping the position for now.
Coco trying to control the position from guard on top but Roper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coco chips away with some ground and pound.
Coco wants to control from the top but Roper keeps moving.
Coco stops Roper from standing up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roper wants to stand and escape but Coco is having none of it.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Coco connects with a couple of short punches.
Coco throws a big elbow that misses.
Coco with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roper keeping full guard, as Coco tries to pass.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco trying to control but Roper is working from the bottom.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Coco missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Coco working some strikes from top position.
Coco throwing strikes from guard but Roper blocks nicely.
Roper keeping moving, preventing Coco from controlling successfully.
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Coco wants to pass the guard but Roper is keeping the position.
Coco postures up in Roper's guard and throws a big left but Roper blocks it.
Roper utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roper works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roper wants to stand up but Coco is controlling him.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Roper is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Coco trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Coco trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coco working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Coco prevents Roper from getting back to his feet.
Coco postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Coco wants to control from the top but Roper keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chapa Coco 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. This is the final round!
Coco looks for a takedown but Roper sprawls well.
A punch combination from Roper misses.
Roper throws a right and a left that Coco avoids nicely.
Roper misses with a series of wild punches.
Roper swings for the body but Coco moves out of range.
Roper tries to bum rush Coco with a series of wild strikes but Coco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roper misses with a wild combination.
Roper gets caught napping as Coco dives in and scores a takedown. Roper manages to retain guard.
Chapa Coco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coco throws a big right hand that misses.
Coco trying to control but Roper is working from the bottom.
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco passes into half guard.
Roper is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roper is trying to stand up here but Coco is controlling him well.
Coco landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Roper is trying to stand.
Coco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco slips a nice elbow through Roper's hands, connecting with Roper's forehead.
Roper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roper keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Roper pushes Coco off looking to stand but Coco dives back in and keeps control.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roper wants to get back to his feet.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coco tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roper knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Roper is trying to stand.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.
Roper looks like he's trying to stand up.
Coco keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Roper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coco.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Roper is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Coco throwing shots but Roper is blocking nicely.
Roper is not content to let Coco control the position.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Coco looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him
Coco not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Coco thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Coco sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roper defending well though.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him
Coco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Roper is trying to stand up here but Coco is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco working the head and body with strikes.
Roper avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Coco.
Coco throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Coco stops Roper from getting back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco working over Roper with some ground and pound. Roper looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.
Coco throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roper tries to kick Coco off but Coco keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Coco not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Coco tries to stand and escape but Roper is controlling the position.
Coco trying to control the action but Roper is working from the bottom.
Coco is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roper tries to kick Coco off but Coco keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
It looks like Coco is going to stand back up.
Coco missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roper is trying to stand back up but Coco is controlling him
Coco thows a huge punch but Roper dodges it nicely.
Roper is looking to escape.
Roper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coco.
Roper makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Coco fails with the takedown.
Roper misses with a series of wild punches.
Roper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Coco shoots in for a takedown but Roper shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chapa Coco. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Coco avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coco is defended easily by Roper.
Roper ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Roper scores with a hook to the body. Coco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roper throws a right hand that Coco ducks under and follows up with a left that Coco also avoids with ease.
Roper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coco shoots in and drives through. Roper sprawls well.
Scott Roper is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coco slips a jab and a cross from Roper.
Roper misses with a wild combination.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coco slips a jab and a cross from Roper.
Coco fails with the takedown.
Chapa Coco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roper throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coco takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roper misses with a two punch combination.
Roper throws a combination that misses
and Coco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Coco is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Scott Roper seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coco circles away quickly and effectively.
Coco wants to clinch up but Roper keeps it at a distance.
Coco misses with a few strikes there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roper.
Sloppy strikes from Roper. Those never looked like landing.
Roper stalks Coco and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Coco's face. Coco staggers backwards, shaken.
Coco shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roper defends it nicely.
Roper misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Roper. Those never looked like landing.
Coco dodges the punch combination from Roper.
No joy there for Roper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coco closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roper wants to get back to his feet but Coco drags him back down.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Coco connects with a decent elbow.
Roper pushes Coco away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Coco gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Roper takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Coco landing strikes.
Coco works to advance to full mount. Roper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Roper wants to try and get back to his feet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coco breaks from Roper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roper is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Coco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Roper?
Roper is rocked!
Coco won't let Roper get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Roper is still in real trouble! Can Coco finish him?
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!
Coco breaks from Roper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Coco thowing shots but they're missing.
Roper's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Scott Roper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chapa Coco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Roper flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chapa Coco showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Coco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Chapa Coco!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Chapa Coco!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Chapa Coco!
Chapa Coco wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ford has chosen For What It's Worth as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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210 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Ford!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Ford. Those never looked like landing.
Decent striking displayed by Leak there.
Leak misses with a double jab.
Ford tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Leak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ford throws a left and a right that both miss
and Leak counters by moving into the clinch.
Leak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leak throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Leak lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Still in the clinch, Leak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leak working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ford can't get the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leak lands a damaging elbow.
Leak lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leak manages to avoid it.
Ford throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ford is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford shoots in and drives through. Leak sprawls well.
Ford moves to clinch but Leak breaks away
and Leak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Leak finish him?
Leak lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ford tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Leak makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ford looks winded!
Leak jabs at Ford's body.
Leak thuds a left hand into Ford's body.
Ford seems to have recovered his senses.
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!
Leak uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Leak scores with a body shot.
Ford fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ford takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Leak drops Ford with a beautiful combination! Ford stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Leak is looking for the KO!
Ford backs away from a small jab... but Leak lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Ford crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Leak with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Kelly Leak!
A relieved looking Kelly Leak thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jax Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jake Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jax Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Morrow lands a jab to the nose.
Smith avoids the head kick by Morrow.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrow.
Morrow blocks a head kick by Smith.
Morrow throws a body kick that misses.
Morrow throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Morrow.
Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morrow under the eye.
Morrow misses with an uppercut.
Morrow fails to land with a series of punches.
Morrow connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
The crowd cheers as Morrow lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morrow misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Morrow has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Morrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Morrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Morrow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrow moves away.
Smith wants to clinch
and Morrow counters by clinching up.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Morrow has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrow misses with a few strikes there.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches.
Smith ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Smith no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Morrow wants to stand and escape but instead Smith has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith distracts Morrow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Morrow is keeping the position.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Smith trying to control but Morrow is working from the bottom.
Smith postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Morrow is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Smith, into his guard.
Smith is working an open guard so Morrow takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Morrow's calf.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Morrow tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Morrow jabs at Smith's body.
A punch combination from Morrow misses.
Morrow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Crunch! Morrow slams his shin into Smith's torso.
Smith closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morrow did well to prevent Smith getting side control.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrow won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morrow kicks off Smith and gets to his feet.
Morrow throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Jax Morrow has been cut.
Morrow misses with an elbow strike.
Morrow tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the ropes.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Morrow.
Morrow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Morrow.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Morrow.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morrow.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrow was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Morrow rushes Smith and presses him up against the ropes.
Morrow prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith can't get the takedown.
Morrow breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Morrow scores with a shot to the body.
Morrow moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith looks for a takedown but Morrow sprawls well.
Jax Morrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jake Smith.
Morrow tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Morrow throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Morrow. That's going to slow Smith down.
Smith checks a low kick from Morrow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a cross.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Morrow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Morrow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Morrow breaks from the clinch.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Morrow 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 Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morrow misses with a looping right.
Smith misses with a combination
and Morrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith 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.
Smith slips a straight right by Morrow.
Morrow looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Morrow throws out the jab.
Morrow misses with an uppercut.
Smith wants to clinch up but Morrow keeps it at a distance.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jax Morrow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morrow throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Morrow needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morrow tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morrow to the ground. Morrow escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Morrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Morrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Morrow stuffs the takedown.
Morrow avoids the body shot from Smith.
Morrow loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Morrow dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Morrow throws a low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith moves out of range as Morrow throws a body kick.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands with a straight right. Morrow didn't see that one coming.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Morrow backpedaling.
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!
Morrow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrow bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Morrow misses with a body shot.
Morrow lands a slapping body shot.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morrow fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a combination
and Morrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith shoots in and drives through. Morrow sprawls well.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrow lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Smith backs up against the ropes.
Morrow misses with a straight right.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Smith looks winded!
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith looks to land a combination but Morrow avoids it well.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morrow.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morrow.
Smith throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
Morrow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith misses with a hook
and Morrow counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That kick from Morrow tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Some wild striking there from Morrow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jax Morrow dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Morrow's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Jab by Morrow.
Morrow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith throws a body punch but Morrow moves out of range.
Smith looks to land a combination but Morrow avoids it well.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Morrow as he jumps to the side.
Morrow does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Morrow.
Morrow throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters by moving into the clinch.
Morrow swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrow wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Morrow is controlling him.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Morrow is controlling the position.
Morrow escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morrow avoids the head kick by Smith.
Jax Morrow is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Morrow circles away.
Morrow takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morrow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morrow avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morrow feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A punch combination from Morrow misses.
Morrow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith throws a head kick but Morrow moves out of range.
Smith tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Morrow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Morrow backs away looking to recover.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips under a jab from Morrow.
Morrow throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Morrow, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Morrow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith feints a jab promting Morrow to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Morrow slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Morrow throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Morrow lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrow lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Morrow lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Morrow with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morrow.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Morrow pushes him off.
Morrow throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrow tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith lands a head kick. Morrow smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Morrow misses with a combination
and Morrow takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morrow avoids the head kick by Smith.
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Morrow. Morrow obviously looking to wear him down.
Morrow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morrow dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Morrow tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Morrow's guard.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrow is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morrow keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Morrow is trying to keep Smith in close.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morrow's head.
Jake Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith throws a sloppy strike and Morrow has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Smith is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Morrow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jax Morrow!
After the big win, Jax Morrow made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Untouchable Fight Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Chavo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hart might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hide Your Tears. Chavo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rico Sauve by Girardo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Chavo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Hart.
Hart tries a head kick but it misses.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Chavo.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Chavo tries to advance to mount but can't.
Hart manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Chavo thows a huge punch but Hart dodges it nicely.
Chavo blocks the strikes from Hart.
Chavo seems to be looking for submissions.
Hart tries to roll over but Chavo keeps him under control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Chavo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Chavo prevents Hart from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavo working Hart over with strikes.
Hart tries to kick Chavo off but Chavo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hart trying to control from the bottom.
Chavo is trying to control. Hart wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chavo is pressing down on Hart's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hart is holding on for now.
Hart slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hart looking for a sweep. Not yet Hart, not yet.
Chavo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hart keeping moving, preventing Chavo from controlling successfully.
Chavo is in close to Hart's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart has momentary wrist control but Chavo slips an elbow through the middle.
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!
Hart keeping moving, preventing Chavo from controlling successfully.
Chavo scoring with some ground and pound.
Chavo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hart is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hart is trying to control the action in half guard but Chavo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hart lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chavo has hold of Hart's hands but Hart slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavo tries to roll over but Hart keeps him under control.
Hart is keen to just control but Chavo is a slippery customer.
Hart throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chavo keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Hart slips a nice elbow through Chavo's hands, connecting with Chavo's forehead.
Hart sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Chavo defending well though.
Chavo won't allow Hart to pass to mount.
Chavo wants to get back to his feet.
Hart throwing shots but Chavo is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Chavo!
Hart throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Chavo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hart tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Hart throws some wild stikes that Chavo manages to avoid easily.
Chavo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Hart throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Chavo tries to lock up and control but Hart gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hart jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Chavo is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Chavo and Hart has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Hart working the ground and pound but Chavo is defending the strikes.
Hart works to advance to full mount. Chavo defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Hart working for a guillotine from mount but Chavo is in no mood to give up.
Hart throwing strikes here but Chavo is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hart throws some wild stikes that Chavo manages to avoid easily.
Hart with the ground and pound from mount.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to control but Chavo wriggling away.
Chavo bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Chavo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hart looking for a sweep. Not yet Hart, not yet.
Chavo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chavo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chavo chips away with some ground and pound.
Chavo won't allow Hart to get back to his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chavo scoring with some ground and pound.
Hart keeping moving, preventing Chavo from controlling successfully.
Chavo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hart trying to keep a closed guard but Chavo is proving a slippery customer.
Hart throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Chavo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hart looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Chavo landing some decent shots from guard.
Chavo is looking to pass into half guard but Hart pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Hart is in guard.
Hart loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hart wants to pass the guard but Chavo is keeping the position.
That's eight 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!
Chavo is pulling down on Hart's head. It's preventing any offense from Hart, at least for the moment.
Hart showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hart cracks Chavo with a solid left hand.
Hart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chavo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to stand but Chavo is controlling from the bottom.
Hart throws a strike but Chavo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hart is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chavo defends well.
Chavo looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hart has momentary wrist control but Chavo slips an elbow through the middle.
Hart is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eddie Chavo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Chavo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Hart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chavo fails with the takedown.
Chavo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Chavo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hart had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Chavo defends it easily.
Hart looking to control.
Hart looking to control but Chavo passes into half guard.
Hart on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavo working the head and body with strikes.
Chavo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Chavo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hart wants to improve his position but Chavo is controlling well.
Chavo is trying to control. Hart wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Chavo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hart defending well though.
Hart has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hart has hold of Chavo's hands but Chavo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hart wants to improve his position but Chavo is controlling well.
Eddie Chavo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Chavo winds up and cracks Hart with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chavo working over Hart with some ground and pound. Hart looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chavo working over Hart with some ground and pound. Hart looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hart avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Chavo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Chavo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chavo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hart's head.
Chavo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hart wants to improve his position but Chavo is controlling well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hart throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Chavo lands with a punch from half guard.
Chavo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hart wants to get back to full guard.
Hart has hold of Chavo's hands but Chavo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hart is rocked!
Hart won't allow Chavo to pass to mount.
Chavo passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hart!
Chavo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Hart is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to reverse the position but Chavo maintains control.
Hart is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Hart seems to have got his legs back now.
Chavo is landing with some decent strikes but Hart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hart can't escape the position.
Chavo with a couple of short strikes.
Hart manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Chavo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Chavo.
Chavo is trying to control the action in half guard but Hart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hart trying to control but Chavo postures up.
Chavo tries to stand but can't do so whilst Hart controls his leg.
Chavo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Chavo in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Hart tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Chavo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Eddie Chavo!
Eddie Chavo made sure to mention his sponsor, El Zoido's Feeble Fightwear *** ROUPA DOS BROTHER* in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Turd Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Burgess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Anthony Burgess was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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196 lbs
20 - 11 - 2 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Turd Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Burgess!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Burgess misses.
Burgess throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferguson.
Ferguson moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ferguson obliges.
Ferguson has Burgess pressed against the ropes, preventing Burgess from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burgess lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ferguson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ferguson.
Burgess looks winded!
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!
Burgess goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ferguson prevents it.
Burgess takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Anthony Burgess has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ferguson.
Ferguson stalling in the clinch.
Ferguson throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short body shot lands from Ferguson as the two fighters clinch.
Ferguson effectively controlling the action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ferguson.
Ferguson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Burgess up against the ropes.
Burgess throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson manages to break the clinch.
Ferguson throws a one two combo.
Ferguson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Burgess checks it well.
Burgess throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferguson.
Ferguson tries to clinch but Burgess moves away
and Burgess counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ferguson staying out of range there.
Ferguson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burgess swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ferguson's corner calls for a 1-2. Ferguson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
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!
Ferguson throws a low kick but Burgess moves out of range easily.
Ferguson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burgess misses with a right hand
and Ferguson counters with a low kick, right behind Burgess 's knee.
Ferguson misses with an uppercut. Burgess saw that one coming.
Ferguson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burgess manages to avoid it.
Burgess takes a jab right on the kisser.
Burgess connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Burgess checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
Burgess circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ferguson slips a straight right by Burgess.
Oooooh!!! Ferguson has knocked Burgess down with a huge combo! Ferguson steps away and waves a wobbly Burgess back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Burgess is rocked!
Ferguson clinches with his opponent.
Burgess is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferguson finish him?
Ferguson tries to stall but Burgess uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Burgess seems to have recovered his senses.
Burgess is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ferguson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferguson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burgess misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferguson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferguson.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferguson prevents a body shot from Burgess.
Ferguson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Burgess is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burgess wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Burgess lands an uppercut.
Burgess wants to break free but Ferguson has control.
Ferguson is trying to maintain a safe position but Burgess gets an underhook and turns Ferguson into the ropes.
Burgess avoiding damage as Ferguson throws knees to the body.
Ferguson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burgess's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ferguson tries a body shot but Burgess blocks it.
Ferguson is working Burgess over against the ropes.
Ferguson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Burgess tries a body shot but Ferguson blocks it.
Ferguson lands a hook that snaps the head of Burgess backwards.
Ferguson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ferguson lands a good knee to the midsection. Burgess won't want to take too many of those.
Ferguson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ferguson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ferguson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson lands an uppercut.
Ferguson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Burgesss head.
A right hand to the body from Ferguson.
Ferguson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Burgess's defenses.
Burgess looking to stall.
Ferguson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ferguson.
Ferguson pushes Burgess back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Ferguson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Burgess backwards.
Ferguson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Ferguson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferguson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Burgess.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferguson.
Ferguson scores with a knee to the head.
Ferguson working the clinch nicely. Burgess is working for position but Ferguson cracks him with a big knee to the head! Burgess crumples up against the ropes and Ferguson lands two more shots before the ref can save Burgess! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Turd Ferguson!
A less than humble Turd Ferguson 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Roll Right. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Sade tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Watson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
de Sade wants to stand up but Watson is controlling him.
Watson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Watson trying to control but de Sade is working from the bottom.
Watson postures up in de Sade's guard and throws a big left but de Sade blocks it.
Watson prevents de Sade from getting back to his feet.
Watson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
de Sade kicks Watson off and gets to his feet.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
de Sade throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de Sade tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Watson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
de Sade instigates a clinch.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from de Sade.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but de Sade manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but de Sade prevents it.
de Sade misses with a punch on the inside.
Watson blocks the elbow strike.
de Sade using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Watson wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
de Sade throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Sade is pressed up against the ropes. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag de Sade down to the mat. de Sade avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Sade tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.
de Sade gets a clinch.
Watson avoids the elbow strike from de Sade, against the ropes.
de Sade trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Sade prevents the takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
de Sade throws an elbow but it's blocked.
de Sade throws an elbow that misses.
Watson wants to take the fight to the mat but de Sade manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Watson takes a knee right on the jaw!
de Sade taking a breather.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from de Sade.
de Sade prevents a takedown attempt there.
Watson is looking for a takedown.
Watson is working for takedown but de Sade is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, de Sade just misses with a elbow thrown towards Watson's brow.
de Sade working Watson over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Sade is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Watson is breathing heavily.
de Sade connects with a knee to the head.
Watson blocks an elbow strike.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. de Sade avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
de Sade lands an elbow that stopped Watson in his tracks for a moment.
de Sade with a knee to the head.
Watson is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A shot in the inside from de Sade.
Watson is trying to break free.
Watson avoids a wild elbow strike from de Sade.
de Sade pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
de Sade creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Watson's defenses.
Watson is working for takedown but de Sade is calmly controlling the position for now.
de Sade lands an elbow inside that Watson shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson managing to block the knees to the body from de Sade.
de Sade comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Brian Watson has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Sade misses with an elbow over the top.
de Sade leaning against his opponent.
de Sade breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by de Sade.
Watson wants to get back to his feet but de Sade drags him back down.
de Sade tries to move to mount but Watson blocks the move with his legs.
Watson dodges the ground and pound from de Sade.
de Sade goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Watson rolls with the submission and now he's on top in de Sade's guard! Nice work there by Watson!
Watson with a nice head shot there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
de Sade wants to get back to his feet but Watson passes into half guard.
de Sade pushes Watson off looking to stand but Watson dives back in and keeps control.
de Sade is not content to let Watson control the position.
Watson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. de Sade defending well though.
Watson working over de Sade with some ground and pound. de Sade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
de Sade looks like he's trying to stand up.
Watson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Watson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
de Sade is looking to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Watson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed de Sade's head.
de Sade tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Watson manages to move to mount!
de Sade is trying to stand up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Watson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Watson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson landing punches.
de Sade is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Watson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Watson raining down shots from the mount!
Watson working the ground and pound effectively.
de Sade is rocked!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Watson dominating with strikes here.
de Sade is still in real trouble! Can Watson finish him?
de Sade is trying to stand up.
Watson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have de Sade in real trouble here! The ref calls for de Sade to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Watson!
Brian Watson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Broyles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harcore Prawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prawn has chosen Rock Box - Run DMC as his entrance music. Scott Broyles had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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210 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Broyles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harcore Prawn!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Broyles has a takedown stuffed.
Prawn throws out a loose jab but Broyles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Prawn as Broyles shoots in.
Broyles moves forwards but Prawn connects with a nice, crisp jab.
It looks like Scott Broyles has been cut.
Broyles swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prawn.
Some wild striking there from Prawn.
Broyles misses with a wild body shot.
Broyles tries for a takedown but Prawn sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Broyles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Broyles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Broyles tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Prawn counters with a solid body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prawn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Broyles's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Prawn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Broyles scrambles back to his feet.
Prawn throws a combination. Broyles tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prawn lands with a shot to the body.
Prawn thows a left - swing and a miss!
A head kick from Prawn lands but Broyles takes it in his stride.
Broyles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prawn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Prawn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Broyles is defended easily by Prawn.
Prawn throws a head kick that misses.
Broyles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Prawn scores with a nice right hand.
Broyles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Broyles tries to move into range but Prawn moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prawn lands with a slapping head kick.
Broyles looking to score a takedown here. Prawn is defending well but Broyles drives through and ends up in Prawn's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Prawn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Broyles manages to get himself to full guard.
Prawn engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Broyles looking to hit a scissor sweep but Prawn is one step ahead there.
Broyles keeping moving, preventing Prawn from controlling successfully.
Broyles has Prawn pulled in close to control his posture.
Prawn looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Broyles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Prawn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Prawn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Prawn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Broyles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Broyles is looking to stand up but Prawn isn't so interested in that idea.
Prawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Broyles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Harcore Prawn.
Prawn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Broyles was well out of range. Poor timing from Prawn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prawn closes the distance and clinches.
Broyles pulls Prawn into guard.
Prawn won't allow Broyles to get back to his feet.
Prawn looking to sit in guard and control but Broyles gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Prawn looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Broyles passes into half guard.
Broyles tries to stand and escape but Prawn is controlling the position.
Broyles is working for a submission of some sort.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Broyles is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Prawn has managed to free his arm - good work.
Prawn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Broyles is looking to take a break and control but Prawn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Prawn gets back to full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Prawn looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Broyles trying to control but Prawn is working from the bottom.
Prawn has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Broyles can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Broyles throws a big elbow that misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Prawn keeping full guard, as Broyles tries to pass.
Broyles postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Prawn looking to hit a scissor sweep but Broyles is one step ahead there.
Broyles trying to control the position from guard on top but Prawn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Broyles is pushing down on Prawn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Prawn is fighting to maintain full guard but Broyles has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Prawn trying to control but Broyles postures up.
Broyles is looking to take a break and control but Prawn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Prawn wants to get back to full guard.
Broyles is looking to take a break and control but Prawn is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Broyles throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Broyles trying to control the action but Prawn is working from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Scott Broyles.
Broyles closes this distance looking for a takedown but Prawn circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Broyles is defended easily by Prawn.
Broyles has his takedown stuffed
and Prawn counters with a three punch combo that has Broyles backing up. Broyles nods at Prawn to acknowledge the strikes.
Prawn throws a right and a left that Broyles avoids nicely.
Prawn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Prawn wants it to stay on the feet.
Prawn tests Broyles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Prawn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Broyles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Prawn throws a front kick that sends Broyles stumbling back into the ropes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Prawn.
Prawn cracks Broyles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harcore Prawn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Broyles's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Broyles is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Prawn's half guard.
Broyles wants to take a breather but Prawn is having none of it.
Prawn wants to sweep but Broyles has passed to side control!
Prawn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Broyles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Broyles working the ground and pound.
Broyles trying to control the action but Prawn is working from the bottom.
Broyles lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prawn prevents Broyles from improving position.
Broyles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Prawn takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Broyles scoring with punches and elbows.
Broyles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Prawn keeps working.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Prawn looking for a sweep but Broyles has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prawn wants to control but Broyles is having none of it.
Prawn can't escape the position.
Prawn is squirming around, avoiding Broyles's attempts to control the action.
Broyles avoids the attempt from Prawn to control.
Broyles throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Prawn is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Broyles lands a big elbow.
Prawn is looking to get to half guard.
Prawn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Prawn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Prawn sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Broyles passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prawn holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Broyles tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Broyles trying to control but Prawn is having none of it.
Prawn working to try and regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Prawn bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Broyles trying to keep a closed guard but Prawn is proving a slippery customer.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Broyles keeping full guard, as Prawn tries to pass.
Prawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Broyles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prawn thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Broyles looking to control.
Prawn is looking to work some ground and pound but Broyles has wrist control.
Broyles striking off his back but it's not causing Prawn any problems.
Broyles is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Prawn looking to pass the guard.
Prawn trying to control the position from guard on top but Broyles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Broyles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Prawn throws a sloppy head kick and Broyles moves out of range easily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Prawn connects with a jab.
Prawn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Broyles drives through with a takedown into guard.
Broyles advances position into side control!
Broyles misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Prawn is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Broyles's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Prawn wants to get back to full guard.
Broyles uses his free foot to push down on Prawn's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Prawn.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Prawn is squirming around, avoiding Broyles's attempts to control the action.
Broyles controlling the position easily from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prawn wants to control but Broyles is having none of it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Broyles tries to control but Prawn wriggling away.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Prawn tries to lock up and control but Broyles gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Broyles thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prawn is looking to improve his position but Broyles isn't that keen on the idea.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Broyles showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Harcore Prawn!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Harcore Prawn!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Harcore Prawn!
Harcore Prawn wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Harcore Prawn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yrjo Jarvinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richie O Grady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jarvinen comes into the arena with Frederik - Harva meistä on rautaa blaring out of the sound system. O Grady is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by (no) Self Esteem. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yrjo Jarvinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richie O Grady!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jarvinen jabs at O Grady's body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jarvinen.
Jarvinen tries to land a front kick but O Grady steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
O Grady takes one to the side of the head.
Yrjo Jarvinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jarvinen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
O Grady tries to clinch there but Jarvinen circles away.
Jarvinen throws a body punch but O Grady moves out of range.
O Grady lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jarvinen throws a series of punches but O Grady moves out of range.
Jarvinen missing with a left hand there. O Grady was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O Grady closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
O Grady misses with a knee to the head.
Jarvinen looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen blocks an elbow strike.
O Grady lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Yrjo Jarvinen has been cut.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jarvinen takes a knee to the side of the body.
O Grady with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Grady lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jarvinen backwards.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but Jarvinen blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by O Grady as Jarvinen tries to tie him up.
Jarvinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Grady tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Grady prevents a takedown attempt there.
O Grady dodges an elbow strike from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yrjo Jarvinen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from O Grady on the inside.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
O Grady throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jarvinen blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jarvinen lands a nice shot to the body.
O Grady misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen takes an elbow to the temple.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Grady tries a body shot but Jarvinen blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen avoids a wild elbow strike from O Grady.
O Grady fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Grady with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Grady misses with an elbow over the top.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Grady throws a head punch that misses.
O Grady throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jarvinen blocks it with crossed arms.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
O Grady misses with a knee to the head.
O Grady connects with a knee to the head.
O Grady lands a body shot in the clinch.
O Grady with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Grady throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for O Grady.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jarvinen lands with a left to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jarvinen tries to stall but O Grady uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, O Grady creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jarvinen leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Jarvinen dodges an elbow strike from O Grady.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
O Grady with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Grady misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jarvinen.
Jarvinen breaks from the clinch.
Jarvinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Grady fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jarvinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Jarvinen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jarvinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
O Grady closes the distance but Jarvinen moves to the side
and Jarvinen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jarvinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jarvinen misses with a series of wild punches.
Jarvinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Grady manages to avoid it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a hook to the body
and O Grady counters with a nice uppercut.
Jarvinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Grady sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by O Grady.
Jarvinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Grady moves away.
O Grady on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jarvinen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jarvinen lands a glancing blow to the side of O Grady's head.
O Grady fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jarvinen, pushing him back against the ropes.
O Grady misses with a punch to the body.
O Grady landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Grady missing with knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
O Grady creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jarvinen's defenses.
O Grady tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jarvinen's elbow.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jarvinen is trying to maintain a safe position but O Grady gets an underhook and turns Jarvinen into the ropes.
O Grady tries to land knees in the clinch but Jarvinen avoids the damage to the body.
O Grady has a couple of punches blocked by Jarvinen.
O Grady tries a knee to the head but Jarvinen blocks it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, O Grady throws an elbow but misses.
O Grady throws a punch but it's blocked by Jarvinen.
O Grady is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jarvinen is defending well for now.
O Grady misses with a knee strike.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a punch to the body.
O Grady throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jarvinen blocks it with crossed arms.
O Grady using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jarvinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Grady lands with a right to the head.
O Grady looking to throw knees to the head but Jarvinen is blocking nicely.
O Grady gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jarvinen.
O Grady misses with an elbow over the top.
O Grady trying to land knees to the body.
Jarvinen lands an uppercut.
O Grady throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jarvinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Grady misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jarvinen misses with an uppercut.
Jarvinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping O Grady at a distance.
O Grady avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jarvinen scores with a punch to the head.
O Grady shoots in for a takedown but Jarvinen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
O Grady takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jarvinen thumps O Grady with a low kick.
O Grady looks winded!
Jarvinen lands with an uppercut that bounces O Grady off the ropes and back into range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jarvinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Grady.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Richie O Grady will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yrjo Jarvinen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A punch lands to the side of O Grady 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from O Grady is defended easily by Jarvinen.
Jarvinen throws out a leg kick but O Grady moves out of range and Jarvinen only half commits.
Jarvinen looks to land a left hand but O Grady moved out of range nicely.
O Grady tries to clinch but Jarvinen is having none of it.
Jarvinen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jarvinen lands a jab to O Grady's midsection.
O Grady avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jarvinen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Jarvinen scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jarvinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with the combination.
O Grady takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jarvinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Grady sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Grady throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jarvinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Grady.
Jarvinen cracks a nice hook into O Grady's ribs.
Jarvinen tries to bum rush O Grady with a series of wild strikes but O Grady uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jarvinen swinging wildly here.
O Grady shoots for a takedown but Jarvinen saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
O Grady is breathing heavily.
Jarvinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jarvinen misses with a right hand
and O Grady counters with a lovely shot to the body.
O Grady pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jarvinen back to the ropes. O Grady follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jarvinen misses with a lunging right hand
enabling O Grady to counter with a crisp jab.
Jarvinen scores with the left hand. O Grady knows he should have avoided that one.
Jarvinen loads up on a big right hand but O Grady slips the punch.
O Grady moves in looking to clinch but Jarvinen pushes him off.
Yrjo Jarvinen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jarvinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jarvinen lands a left and a right that send O Grady crashing to the mat, dazed. Jarvinen thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
O Grady is rocked!
Jarvinen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Grady is still on wobbly legs! Can Jarvinen finish him?
Jarvinen darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jarvinen is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, O Grady is hurt! He's hurt bad - Jarvinen fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save O Grady from any more punishment! Congratulations to Jarvinen! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yrjo Jarvinen!
A victorious Yrjo Jarvinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Walt Heisenberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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218 lbs
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Walt Heisenberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akira Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heisenberg throws out a loose jab but Maeda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maeda dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heisenberg. That did some damage!
Maeda lands a really nice looking cross but Heisenberg seems unphased.
Heisenberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maeda fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Heisenberg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Maeda.
Heisenberg throws a leg kick but Maeda sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maeda stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maeda throws a push kick but Heisenberg slaps the foot to one side.
Maeda does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Maeda walks into a left hand.
Heisenberg avoids a kick to the body.
Heisenberg checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A nice inside leg kick there by Maeda. That's going to slow Heisenberg down.
Maeda fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Maeda scores with a push kick.
A slow jab from Heisenberg misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heisenberg. Maeda does a little dance to reset his feet.
Heisenberg throws an overhand right that lands on Maeda's shoulder, as Maeda tries to avoid the shot.
Maeda looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisenberg throws a solid leg kick but Maeda takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heisenberg.
Heisenberg throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heisenberg walks into a left hand.
Heisenberg is rocked!
Akira Maeda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maeda scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Maeda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heisenberg stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maeda.
Heisenberg takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Heisenberg is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A good leg kick by Maeda.
A slapping body kick lands there for Maeda.
Maeda connects with a right hand. Heisenberg shakes it off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Maeda.
Oh Heisenberg is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maeda connects with a leg kick. Heisenberg looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Heisenberg is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A good leg kick by Maeda.
Heisenberg is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Maeda Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Heisenberg is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Akira Maeda!
An out of breath and clearly excited Akira Maeda thanked Al's Supplements - 160 Q for $150 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck The World). 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 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arnold Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer throws a head kick that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Palmer misses with a body kick.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Palmer.
Palmer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palmer throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Palmer tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Arnold Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tests Palmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
A swing and a miss from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Smith.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palmer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Palmer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Smith.
Palmer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Palmer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Palmer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palmer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palmer throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a kick to the body.
Palmer misses with a body kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Smith swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer takes one to the side of the head.
Smith tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Palmer.
A jab from Palmer finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Palmer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palmer throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Palmer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmer missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer thows a body kick. Smith tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Palmer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Palmer.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Palmer, as that shot connected.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith is rocked!
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A leg kick checked by Smith.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith blocks a head kick by Palmer.
Palmer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.
Palmer staying out of range there.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Palmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Palmer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmer there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith catches Palmer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Palmer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good standup being displayed there by Palmer as he connects with a hook.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Palmer drops Smith with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Smith looks back up at him and smiles so Palmer waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Palmer dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Smith scores with a jab to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Palmer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A big left from Palmer misses.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palmer misses with an uppercut.
Palmer throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Palmer lands a big head kick that sends Smith tumbling to the mat! Palmer takes a step backwards and waves Smith back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Palmer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith scores with a body shot.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith punishes Palmer's body with a nice straight punch.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palmer. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Palmer had a free shot at his head there.
Palmer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith checks a low kick from Palmer.
Palmer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Smith counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Palmer with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a looping right.
Smith misses with a hook.
Palmer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Palmer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmer jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Palmer lands a big head kick that sends Smith tumbling to the mat! Palmer takes a step backwards and waves Smith back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palmer lands a right hook to the body.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Palmer looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
Smith thuds his right hand into Palmer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palmer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Palmer blocks a jab.
Palmer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Palmer cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Palmer looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Palmer takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palmer misses with a looping left.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Palmer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Palmer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palmer.
Smith thuds his right hand into Palmer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Smith might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Palmer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith gets a clinch.
Palmer stalls.
Palmer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Palmer blocking some punches.
Palmer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer misses with an elbow strike.
Palmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Smith misses.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith digs a good hook to Palmer's body.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Palmer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palmer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Palmer scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmer cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Palmer.
Palmer tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Palmer.
Palmer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palmer throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith tries to clinch but Palmer is having none of it.
Smith moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Palmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer jabs at Smith's body.
Palmer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Donk. Palmer catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
Smith is looking to clinch but Palmer is avoiding it.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith checks a low kick from Palmer.
Palmer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palmer defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Palmer misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palmer misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith is looking to wear down Palmer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
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!
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Palmer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Palmer lands an overhand right.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Palmer.
Palmer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Palmer.
Palmer closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the ropes.
Palmer wants to break free but Smith has control.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palmer's elbow.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith misses with some punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Smith blocks a leg kick.
Smith misses with a hook.
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!
Palmer thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Palmer tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Palmer misses with a looping left.
Palmer just misses with a punch to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Palmer misses.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palmer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palmer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big left from Smith misses.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donovan Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Palmer tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Palmer misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Palmer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palmer tries a head kick but it misses.
Palmer slips a straight right by Smith.
Palmer cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith tries to move into range but Palmer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Palmer thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Palmer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Palmer moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Palmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palmer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Palmer lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arnold Palmer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palmer digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Palmer feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palmer, right into the meat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arnold Palmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palmer 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Arnold Palmer wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Arnold Palmer started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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