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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Ainge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felicity Carnivale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Ainge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Felicity Carnivale!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Carnivale scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ainge blocks a jab.
Carnivale lands with a straight right. Ainge didn't see that one coming.
Ainge slips a straight right by Carnivale.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ainge tries to sprawl but Carnivale drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ainge moves into full guard.
Carnivale is sitting in close to Ainge's body. Ainge has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Carnivale is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Carnivale is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Ainge.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Danny Ainge!
Danny Ainge thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manueli Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Verbana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manueli Khan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Manueli Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Verbana!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verbana comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Khan blocks a jab.
Khan keeps the fight on the outside.
Verbana is looking to clinch but Khan is avoiding it.
Khan closes the distance and clinches.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
Verbana is looking for a takedown.
Verbana landing knees to the body.
Verbana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan tries to break the clinch but Verbana is controlling the position.
Verbana landing knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Verbana backwards.
Verbana prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Verbana drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Verbana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verbana misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Verbana.
Verbana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan manages to break the clinch.
Verbana tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Verbana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Verbana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Khan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Verbana misses with a leg kick.
Khan swings for the body but Verbana moves out of range.
Verbana closes the distance but Khan moves to the side
and Khan moves into the clinch.
Verbana tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verbana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Verbana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Verbana, against the cage.
Verbana lands a good knee to the midsection. Khan won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Verbana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Verbana lands a nice knee to the body.
Verbana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Khan's defenses.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Verbana.
Manueli Khan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Verbana.
Verbana throws an elbow that misses.
Khan working hard to break the clinch.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Verbana has the dominant position.
Verbana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Khan up against the cage.
Verbana lands an elbow inside that Khan shrugs off.
Verbana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Khan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Verbana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Verbana throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by Verbana.
It looks like Manueli Khan has been cut.
Khan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Verbana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Khan wants to get back to striking at distance but Verbana won't allow it.
Verbana lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Khan managing to block the knees to the body from Verbana.
Verbana wants a takedown.
Verbana is trying to stall.
Khan lands a right hand.
Khan can't find room to land a body shot as Verbana controls the action.
Verbana lands an elbow inside.
Khan misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verbana misses with an elbow strike.
Verbana looking to slow down the pace here.
A hook to the body from Khan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verbana is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Verbana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Khan tries to circle away but Verbana has him pinned against the cage.
Khan holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Verbana should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A short uppercut from Khan.
Khan tries to circle away but Verbana has him pinned against the cage.
Verbana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Verbana lands an elbow just above Khan 's eye.
Khan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Verbana misses with an elbow strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Verbana.
Verbana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khan blocks the elbow strike.
Verbana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Khan blocks it with crossed arms.
Verbana taking a breather.
Khan takes an elbow to the temple.
Verbana tries to land a knee to the head but Khan blocks with his arms.
Khan lands a shot to the body.
Verbana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Khan's efforts to push away.
Verbana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan swings wildly with an uppercut but Verbana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Verbana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Verbana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Khan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Khan blocks an elbow strike.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Verbana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Verbana misses with an elbow over the top.
Khan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Verbana up against the cage.
Verbana throws an elbow that misses.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Verbana backwards.
Verbana tries to land knees in the clinch but Khan avoids the damage to the body.
Verbana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Verbana trying to control the position but instead, Khan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Verbana into the cage.
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!
Verbana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Verbana drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Khan has Verbana pressed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Khan for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Khan is trying to force a seperation but Verbana has the dominant position.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Verbana controls his hands.
Verbana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Khan avoids a wild elbow strike from Verbana.
Nice elbow from Verbana.
Verbana tries for a takedown but Khan manages to get underhooks.
Verbana lands an elbow that stopped Khan in his tracks for a moment.
Verbana misses with an elbow over the top.
Verbana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Verbana is working for takedown but Khan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Verbana lands a damaging elbow.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Khan digs a right hand underneath Verbana's ribcage. Verbana let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Verbana looks winded!
Khan avoids the elbow strike from Verbana, against the cage.
Khan tries to circle away but Verbana has him pinned against the cage.
Verbana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Khan.
Verbana is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Khan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands an uppercut.
Verbana pushes off an throws an elbow but Khan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Khan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Verbana up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verbana tries to stall but Khan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Verbana tries a knee to the head but Khan blocks it.
Khan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Verbana backwards.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Verbana.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Khan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Verbana takes a shot to the head.
Khan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee calls for Khan to work.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Khan seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Khan blocks an elbow strike from Verbana.
Khan lands with a left to the head.
Khan lands a shoulder strike.
Khan stalling.
Khan has had enough of the clinch but Verbana keeps him there for the moment.
Verbana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Khan is defending well for now.
Khan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Verbana wants to stall.
Verbana missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Khan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Verbanas head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Khan pushes Verbana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Verbana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Verbana 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for John Verbana!
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for John Verbana!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for John Verbana!
John Verbana wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doc Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, Doc Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of London, John Shiba!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers throws a head kick but Shiba moves out of range.
Shiba tries to clinch up but Rivers circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivers throws a hook to the side of Shiba's head but Shiba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shiba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivers can pounce on him.
Shiba is looking to clinch.
Rivers scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shiba closes the distance and pushes Rivers back into the cage.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivers is defending well for now.
Rivers managing to block the knees to the body from Shiba.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Rivers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rivers avoiding damage as Shiba throws knees to the body.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Rivers wants to break free but Shiba has control.
Rivers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shiba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
Rivers blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rivers avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice left hand lands by Rivers.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Rivers gets through Shiba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.
Rivers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rivers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rivers lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rivers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Rivers counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shiba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shiba tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rivers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shiba moves in looking to clinch but Rivers pushes him off.
Shiba darts in trying to clinch
and Shiba takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big right from Rivers misses.
Shiba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rivers.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Rivers.
Rivers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rivers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers moves out of range.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers moves away
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Shiba is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shiba takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivers circles away.
Rivers throws out a leg kick but Shiba moves out of range and Rivers only half commits.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers moves away
and Rivers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rivers throws a shot from downtown. Shiba moves away and avoids it.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers is having none of it.
Shiba takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
John Shiba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.
Shiba blocks a head kick by Rivers.
Shiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivers circles away.
Rivers throws a body punch but Shiba moves out of range.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers is having none of it.
Shiba tries to clinch but Rivers is having none of it.
Rivers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Rivers finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Shiba tries to clinch up but Rivers circles away and keeps his distance.
Rivers lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shiba closes the distance but Rivers moves to the side
and Rivers counters with a head kick. That will keep Shiba thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shiba looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rivers tries to score with a low kick but Shiba moves his leg out of the way.
Shiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shiba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shiba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rivers throws out the jab.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch but Rivers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shiba moves into range and clinches up with Rivers.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rivers lands a body punch.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Shiba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shiba misses with a knee to the head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rivers will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shiba up against the cage.
Rivers avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Shiba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rivers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Rivers blocks an elbow strike.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but Rivers blocks it.
Shiba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
Rivers managing to block the knees to the body from Shiba.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Rivers lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shiba trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Rivers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A head punch on the inside from Rivers fails to land.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shiba.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivers blocks an elbow strike.
Rivers misses with a punch on the inside.
Shiba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shiba misses with a knee strike.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Shiba lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shiba missing with knees to the body.
Rivers blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shiba throws an elbow but misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Shiba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rivers is defending well for now.
Rivers managing to block the knees to the body from Shiba.
Shiba misses with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rivers - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rivers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shiba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivers avoids it.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but Rivers blocks it.
Shiba looks winded!
Come on Rivers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rivers breaks from the clinch.
Shiba moves out of range of the body kick.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Shiba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rivers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shiba slips a jab from Rivers.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rivers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shiba on the side of the head.
Rivers keeps the fight on the outside.
Shiba wants to clinch
and Rivers counters with a stiff right hand.
Shiba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rivers manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rivers cracks a nice hook into Shiba's ribs.
Rivers tries to land a leg kick but Shiba saw it coming and moves away.
Shiba looks to clinch
and Rivers counters with a leg kick.
Shiba wants to clinch but Rivers slips to the side
and Rivers counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers keeps the fight on the outside.
Rivers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shiba closes the distance but Rivers moves to the side
and Rivers counters with a big head kick but Shiba shrugs it off.
Rivers misses with an uppercut. Shiba saw that one coming.
Shiba tries to clinch up
and Rivers counters with a one-two to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Rivers scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shiba is looking to clinch but Rivers is avoiding it.
Shiba gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shiba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rivers blocks it with crossed arms.
Rivers controlling the action here for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivers's brow.
Rivers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shiba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rivers.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.
Rivers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rivers throws a head punch that misses.
Shiba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Rivers.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Doc Rivers.
I think Rivers 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 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight as a draw!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Doc Rivers!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Doc Rivers!
Doc Rivers wins by majority decision!
An out of breath Doc Rivers thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klaus Saenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Klaus Saenger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Johnson - just one landing.
Saenger has a takedown stuffed.
Saenger closes this distance looking for a takedown but Johnson circles away.
Johnson closes the distance and pushes Saenger back into the cage.
Johnson prevents the takedown attempt.
Carl Johnson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klaus Saenger.
Saenger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Johnson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saenger swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Johnson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Saenger under the eye.
A jab-cross combination lands for Johnson and sends Saenger crashing to the mat! Johnson follows him down to the mat - Saenger regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Saenger is rocked!
It looks like Klaus Saenger has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Johnson wants to get back to his feet.
Saenger is trying to stand up here but Johnson is controlling him well.
Johnson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Carl Johnson.
Saenger shoots in but Johnson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Saenger looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Johnson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Saenger is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saenger advances to half guard.
Johnson is defending against the submission attempts here by Saenger.
Saenger is looking for a kimura here.
Saenger trying to advance position but Johnson counters by regaining guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saenger wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
Johnson is looking to stand up but Saenger isn't so interested in that idea.
Johnson has a closed guard, preventing Saenger from standing up.
Saenger trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Saenger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saenger wants to pass the guard but Johnson is keeping the position.
Saenger stopping the sweep attempt from Johnson.
Saenger makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Saenger is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Klaus Saenger has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
No luck for Saenger with that takedown attempt.
Saenger shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johnson pinned against the cage. Johnson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Saenger tries to clinch up but Johnson circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson scores with a three punch combo!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Johnson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Saenger shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Johnson but Johnson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Saenger looks winded!
Johnson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Johnson connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saenger closes the distance and clinches up with Johnson, looking for a takedown. Saenger pushes Johnson against the cage but Johnson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saenger tries to move into range but Johnson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Saenger shoots in for a takedown but Johnson shows good takedown defense.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Saenger should have avoided that one.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Johnson.
Saenger dives in and grabs Johnson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes down on Saenger's head and hops out.
Johnson connects with a right that clearly hurt Saenger. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Johnson proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Saenger collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Johnson!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clinton Greenleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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300 lbs
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225 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Clinton Greenleaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pierce!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Greenleaf.
Pierce looks to throw the jab but Greenleaf is out of range.
Pierce misses with a double jab.
Greenleaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierce manages to avoid it.
Pierce lands with a right hand.
Pierce thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice straight punches there by Greenleaf. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Greenleaf.
Pierce works over Greenleaf's head and body with a nice combination.
Greenleaf drops his hands momentarily and Pierce takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Greenleaf. Pierce does a little dance to reset his feet.
Greenleaf throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Greenleaf misses with a hook.
Greenleaf ducks right into an uppercut from Pierce.
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!
Pierce ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Greenleaf with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pierce to score with a decent uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Greenleaf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pierce avoids the body shot from Greenleaf.
Greenleaf throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierce throws a head kick but Greenleaf moves out of range.
Pierce looks for the body kick but Greenleaf saw that one coming.
Pierce misses with a hook.
Greenleaf takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Greenleaf closes the distance and clinches.
Pierce throws a punch but it's blocked by Greenleaf.
Greenleaf blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Greenleaf scores with a shot to the side of Pierce's head.
Pierce wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Greenleaf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greenleaf working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pierce looking to stall.
Greenleaf prevents a body shot from Pierce.
Greenleaf blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Greenleaf misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pierce swings wildly with an uppercut but Greenleaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierce takes a shot to the head.
Pierce misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greenleaf lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pierce backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Greenleaf.
Greenleaf lands a nice shot to the body.
Pierce misses with the head strike.
Greenleaf pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greenleaf looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pierce misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greenleaf lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pierce backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Pierce fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Greenleaf.
Pierce looks winded!
Pierce blocks an elbow strike from Greenleaf.
Greenleaf throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Greenleaf leaning his opponent against the cage.
Greenleaf working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Greenleaf leaning his opponent against the cage.
A hook to the body from Greenleaf.
Greenleaf drops Pierce onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Pierce is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Pierce is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Greenleaf creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Pierce's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Pierce drops to his knees and Greenleaf pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clinton Greenleaf!
Clinton Greenleaf decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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