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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Saenger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Croft (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Klaus Saenger has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Klaus Saenger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Croft!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croft tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Saenger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Saenger shoots in for a takedown but Croft shows good takedown defense.
Saenger slips a jab from Croft.
Croft tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Saenger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Croft throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saenger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Croft swivels and escapes.
Ryan Croft seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Saenger as Croft shoots in.
Saenger shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Croft as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Saenger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saenger shoots in and drives through. Croft sprawls well.
Croft throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Croft fails in his attempt to clinch.
Saenger avoids the head kick by Croft.
Saenger dives in and scores a takedown into Croft's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Croft working a defensive guard here.
Saenger got a little sloppy there for a moment and Croft has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Saenger has managed to get both his arms back between Croft's legs - danger averted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saenger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Saenger will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Saenger tries to free his leg and advance position but Croft is retaining full guard.
Croft is trying to control the position but Saenger postures up.
Saenger wants to control from the top but Croft keeps moving.
Saenger stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Croft swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Croft looking to control.
Croft looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Croft tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Saenger would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Croft is trying to control the position but Saenger postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saenger working some strikes from top position.
Saenger passes Croft's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Saenger wants to stand up but Croft is controlling the position.
Saenger is trying to control. Croft wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Croft manages to get to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saenger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Croft's guard.
Croft looks winded!
Croft trying to control but Saenger postures up.
Still in half guard, Saenger seems content to control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Croft manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Saenger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Croft's guard.
Croft tries to roll over but Saenger keeps him under control.
Croft manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saenger is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Saenger controlling from the top position.
Croft wants to sweep here but Saenger controlling him for the moment.
Croft has momentary wrist control but Saenger slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saenger wants to stand but Croft is controlling his posture from full guard.
Croft will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Saenger scoring with punches to the head and body.
Croft 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.
Saenger trying to control but Croft is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Croft is trying to control the position but Saenger postures up.
Croft can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Saenger controls the pace.
Croft trying to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Croft fails with an attempt to clinch.
Croft tries to clinch there but Saenger circles away.
Croft wants to clinch.
Croft moves into range and clinches up with Saenger.
Saenger avoiding damage as Croft throws knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Croft.
Croft is trying to stall.
Saenger is working for takedown but Croft is calmly controlling the position for now.
Saenger is looking to take this one to the mat.
Croft misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saenger.
Croft trying to land knees to the body.
Croft unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saenger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Croft putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saenger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Croft is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Croft lands a good knee to the midsection. Saenger won't want to take too many of those.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Croft misses with a knee to the head.
Croft landing knees to the head.
Croft goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Croft.
Croft slows down the pace here.
Croft breaks the clinch.
Croft gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Croft lands a knee to the head.
Croft ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Croft no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Saenger seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saenger stopping the sweep attempt from Croft.
Croft has momentary wrist control but Saenger slips an elbow through the middle.
Saenger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Saenger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Saenger is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Saenger in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saenger sitting in guard here, content to control.
Croft has his feet on Saenger's thighs here. He's pushed Saenger off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Saenger screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Croft!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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225 lbs
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Decent elbows
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Sin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pierce!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce ducks under a wild hook from Sin.
Pierce takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A big right from Pierce misses.
Lee Sin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sin moves forwards but Pierce connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pierce cracks Sin with an open hand slap.
Sin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pierce steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sin.
Sin thows a body shot but no joy.
Pierce takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sin misses the jab.
Pierce cracks the inside of Sin's front leg.
Pierce moves away from the strike by Sin.
Pierce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sin throws out a loose jab but Pierce uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierce connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab, jab by Sin - just one landing.
Pierce fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pierce moves out of range of the strikes.
Sin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pierce.
Pierce cracks a nice hook into Sin's ribs.
Sin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sin walks into a left hand.
Pierce misses with a looping right.
Pierce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pierce with a hook.
Pierce misses with a wild body shot.
Pierce lands a nice shot that snaps Sin's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sin scores with a sloppy right hand. Pierce should have avoided that one.
Sin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierce.
A telegraphed right hand from Sin misses the target.
Sin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sin throws a right hand that misses
and Pierce counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pierce uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sin.
Sin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pierce.
Sin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pierce can pounce on him.
Sin is breathing heavily.
Sin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sin throws a lazy right hand but Pierce sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pierce throws a lazy right hand but Sin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sin misses with a hook. Pierce ducked under it nicely.
Pierce turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pierce.
Sin swings widly with a right hand
and Pierce counters with a two punch combo.
Sin sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce lands a nice shot that snaps Sin's head back.
Pierce lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A lazy left from Pierce finds it's target.
Sin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pierce connects with a jab.
Pierce with a nice cross.
Pierce scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierce connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pierce throws a head kick but Sin moves out of range.
Sin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pierce throws a leg kick which misses Sin's front leg but catches the back leg as Sin tries to avoid it.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. Sin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pierce connects with a single shot there.
Pierce is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Pierce lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pierce scores with a shot to the body.
Pierce fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pierce scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pierce lands with a shot to the body.
Pierce throws a head kick that misses.
Pierce connects with a leg kick. Sin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pierce scores with a sloppy right hand. Sin should have avoided that one.
Sin drops his hands momentarily and Pierce takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sin 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.
Sin 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.
Sin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nice shot lands for Pierce.
A jab from Pierce finds it's way through Sin's defenses.
Good standup being displayed there by Pierce as he connects with a hook.
Pierce jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierce was well out of range. Poor timing from Sin.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pierce.
Sin misses with a right hand
and Pierce counters with a left and a right that stings Sin.
Sin throws a jab but it's blocked by Pierce.
Sin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pierce to score with a decent uppercut.
Pierce feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pierce tests Sin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pierce, right into the meat.
Sin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pierce.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pierce lands a leg kick that knocks Sin off balance momentarily.
A punch lands to the side of Sin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierce, as that shot connected.
Pierce connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pierce lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sin takes a step back to recover.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sin walks into a jab.
Sin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pierce thumps Sin with a low kick.
Pierce feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sin's calf.
Pierce lands a glancing blow to the side of Sin's head.
Sin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pierce scores with a jab.
Pierce jabs at Sin's body.
Pierce darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pierce clobbers Sin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pierce scores with the left hand. Sin knows he should have avoided that one.
Pierce lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pierce with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee Sin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pierce turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sin walks into a straight right hand from Pierce.
Pierce feints and then cracks Sin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sin down.
Pierce moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pierce connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sin. Sin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pierce lands with an overhand left.
Pierce stalks Sin and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sin's face. Sin staggers backwards, shaken.
Pierce connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sin momentarily.
Pierce is looking to slow Sin down with leg kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierce lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pierce punishes Sin's body with a nice straight punch.
Pierce thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sin if he has to take too many more of those.
Pierce connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pierce.
Pierce lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pierce throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sin's head.
Pierce fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sin is rocked!
Pierce scores with the left hand. Sin knows he should have avoided that one.
Oh Sin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pierce feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Sin collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paul Pierce!
Paul Pierce 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 Daniel Omielanczuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Omielanczuk's choice of entrance music: Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. Manueli Khan has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Solid boxing
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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 - 2 - 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 Sydney, Daniel Omielanczuk!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Omielanczuk tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
Omielanczuk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Khan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Omielanczuk closes the distance but Khan moves to the side
and Khan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Omielanczuk staying out of range there.
Khan rushes Omielanczuk and presses him up against the cage.
Omielanczuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Omielanczuk throws a head punch that misses.
Omielanczuk tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Omielanczuk gets control of Khan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Omielanczuk will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Omielanczuk working for a triangle but Khan defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khan throwing strikes from guard but Omielanczuk blocks nicely.
Khan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Omielanczuk has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Khan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Omielanczuk working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Khan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Omielanczuk is tightening it up a little... Khan has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Khan reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Khan taps out! Nice BJJ there by Omielanczuk!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Daniel Omielanczuk!
Daniel Omielanczuk decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Ainge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bonaparte comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Basic striking
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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 - 1 - 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 London, Napoleon Bonaparte!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bonaparte lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ainge on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bonaparte connects with a jab.
Bonaparte gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bonaparte keeping full guard, as Ainge tries to pass.
Ainge is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ainge seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bonaparte for as long as he can get away with.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ainge works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ainge moves into full mount! Bonaparte won't be happy about that!
Ainge really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ainge has isolated one of Bonaparte's arms. Bonaparte looking to fight him off but Ainge twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Ainge!
A victorious Danny Ainge 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Street Fighter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fighter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Street Fighter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Street Fighter!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Fighter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fighter throws a jab but it's blocked by Johnson.
Fighter misses the jab.
Fighter cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Johnson walks into a jab.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fighter misses with a looping right.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Fighter ducks down to avoid it.
Fighter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Johnson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Johnson throws a lazy right hand but Fighter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Fighter misses the target.
Fighter lands an overhand right.
Fighter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Johnson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fighter scrambles back to his feet.
Fighter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fighter throws a hook but Johnson blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fighter misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Fighter misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fighter scores with a body shot.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Johnson slips a jab from Fighter.
Fighter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fighter cracks Johnson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Johnson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fighter.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Fighter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Fighter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fighter might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Johnson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fighter.
Johnson slips under a jab from Fighter.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Fighter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fighter misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fighter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
Fighter clobbers Johnson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Johnson staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson misses with a hook.
A combination from Johnson does no damage.
Fighter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Johnson.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Fighter misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Fighter misses with a hook
and Johnson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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 decent looking cross lands there for Fighter.
Johnson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fighter throws a hook but Johnson avoids it easily.
Johnson throws a right and a left that Fighter avoids nicely.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Fighter moves out of range.
Fighter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Fighter misses its intended target.
Fighter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Johnson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Fighter lands.
Johnson slips a jab from Fighter.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fighter connects with a right hand. Johnson shakes it off.
Street Fighter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fighter looks winded!
Fighter sizes up Johnson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Johnson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fighter.
Johnson slips under a jab.
Johnson catches Fighter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fighter looks to land a right hand but Johnson moved out of range.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fighter counters with a straight right hand.
Fighter is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Johnson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Johnson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fighter throws out the jab.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Fighter avoids them all with ease.
Johnson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fighter misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a jab.
Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fighter.
Johnson scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson throws the left hand but Fighter avoids the punch easily.
Fighter misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson throws a looping overhand right but Fighter ducks down to avoid it.
Fighter slips under a jab from Johnson.
Fighter avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Donk. Johnson catches Fighter right on the button with a cross.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fighter was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Fighter checks a low kick from Johnson.
Fighter misses with a hook. Johnson ducked under it nicely.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fighter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Johnson.
A big right from Johnson misses.
Fighter staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Johnson.
Fighter misses with a lunging right hand
and Johnson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fighter misses with an uppercut. Johnson saw that one coming.
Johnson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson lands with a cross.
Johnson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fighter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Johnson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Johnson throws a jab when Fighter was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson swings for the body but Fighter moves out of range.
Johnson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fighter was well out of range. Poor timing from Johnson.
Johnson sizes up Fighter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fighter slips a straight right by Johnson.
Fighter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Johnson misses its intended target.
Johnson lands with an uppercut that bounces Fighter off the cage and back into range.
Johnson misses with an uppercut. Fighter saw that one coming.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Fighter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Fighter slips under a jab.
Johnson throws a jab but it's blocked by Fighter.
Johnson misses with a right hand
and Fighter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fighter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Fighter avoids them all with ease.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fighter manages to avoid it.
Fighter throws an off balance right hand
enabling Johnson to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Johnson.
A swing and a miss from Fighter.
Fighter misses with an uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fighter throws a lazy right hand but Johnson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fighter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fighter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Johnson to score with a decent uppercut.
Johnson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Johnson duly obliges.
Johnson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fighter misses with a right hand
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fighter thinking.
Fighter ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
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!
Johnson lands with a right hand.
Johnson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Johnson throws a jab when Fighter was well out of range.
Johnson misses with a low kick.
Johnson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fighter throws a big shot that misses.
Johnson lands a nice shot that snaps Fighter's head back.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Fighter is controlling him.
Johnson breaks from the clinch.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Fighter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Fighter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Johnson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fighter thinking.
Johnson moves into the clinch successfully.
Fighter swings wildly with an uppercut but Johnson uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fighter has Johnson pressed against the cage, preventing Johnson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Johnson is trying to break the clinch but Fighter has him pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Johnson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Johnson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight for Carl Johnson!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Carl Johnson!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Carl Johnson!
Carl Johnson wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Carl Johnson gave a big smile as he said 'Another W for my MMA record!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Shiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panthera Leo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leo has chosen Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend as his entrance music. John Shiba has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, John Shiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Panthera Leo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shiba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Leo. Leo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shiba lands a right hook to the body.
Shiba connects with the punch.
Leo feints and as Shiba raises his hands in defense, Leo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shiba wants to sweep but no luck.
Shiba has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Shiba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Shiba working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Leo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Leo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Leo chips away with some ground and pound.
Leo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Leo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shiba working for a triangle but Leo defends it easily.
Shiba wants to sweep here but Leo controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leo lands a couple of elbows.
Shiba is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Leo defends well.
Leo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Leo scoring with some ground and pound.
Leo is in close to Shiba's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shiba working for a triangle but Leo defends it easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Shiba working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Leo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Leo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leo stays in close to Shiba's body and controls the position.
Leo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leo connects with a couple of short punches.
Leo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shiba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leo controls the pace.
Leo is working Shiba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leo lands a couple of digs.
Leo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Leo trying to control but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Leo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leo works over Shiba with some ground and pound from guard.
Leo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Leo is working Shiba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shiba working for a triangle but Leo defends it easily.
Leo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Shiba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leo on the ground.
Shiba looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Leo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Leo is working Shiba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shiba looking for a sweep. Not yet Shiba, not yet.
Leo trying to control the position from guard on top but Shiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leo postures up and lands a big shot to Shiba's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Leo stands up over Shiba, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Leo trying to control but Shiba is working from the bottom.
Leo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leo distracts Shiba with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shiba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leo controls the pace.
Leo chips away with some ground and pound.
Leo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Shiba looking for a guillotine here but Leo defends easily.
Leo sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leo with a nice head shot there.
Shiba working for a triangle but Leo defends it easily.
Leo postures up and lands a big shot to Shiba's brow.
Shiba keeping moving, preventing Leo from controlling successfully.
Leo works over Shiba with some ground and pound from guard.
Leo stopping the sweep attempt from Shiba.
Leo landing some decent shots from guard.
Leo is working Shiba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leo landing with the ground and pound.
Shiba looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Leo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Leo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leo is working Shiba over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Leo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Leo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leo postures up and lands a big shot to Shiba's brow.
Leo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
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!
Leo stands up over Shiba, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Leo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Shiba looking for a guillotine here but Leo defends easily.
Leo cracks Shiba with a solid left hand.
Leo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Leo passes into half guard.
Leo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Leo lands strikes from half guard.
Shiba is rocked!
Leo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Leo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shiba with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Leo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oh Shiba is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shiba tries to roll over but Leo keeps him under control.
Shiba seems to have got his legs back now.
Leo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Leo winds up and cracks Shiba with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shiba has hold of Leo's hands but Leo slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shiba is not content to let Leo control the position.
Ground and pound from Leo.
Shiba tries to get to full guard but Leo has control of the leg.
Shiba is in trouble now - Leo has advanced to mount!
Shiba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Panthera Leo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Leo controlling the position easily from mount.
Shiba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Leo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shiba working to try and regain half guard.
Leo controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Panthera Leo was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Leo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shiba gets full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shiba can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leo controls the pace.
Let's hope that Leo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Leo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Leo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Panthera Leo.
Shiba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Leo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shiba cracks a nice hook into Leo's ribs.
Leo drops his hands momentarily and Shiba takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice sprawl there from Shiba as Leo shoots in.
Shiba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shiba pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Leo back to the cage. Shiba follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A jab from Shiba finds it's way through Leo's defenses.
Leo 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.
Leo looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice takedown defense from Shiba. No joy for Leo on that attempt.
Shiba punishes Leo's body with a nice straight punch.
John Shiba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shiba's waist but Shiba gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leo off to one side.
John Shiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Panthera Leo.
Shiba lands a nice looking body shot.
Shiba lands a nice hook to Leo's body. Leo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leo tries to keep at a distance but Shiba has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shiba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
John Shiba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shiba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shiba lands a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Panthera Leo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Panthera Leo!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Panthera Leo!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Panthera Leo!
Panthera Leo wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Panthera Leo started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doc Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Verbana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Verbana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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240 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Verbana!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers slips under a jab from Verbana.
John Verbana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Verbana throws a right hand that misses
and Rivers counters with a stiff right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rivers, right into the meat.
Rivers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Verbana finds it's way round the side to connect with Rivers's head.
Rivers moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rivers throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rivers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Verbana.
Verbana throws a nice outside leg kick.
Verbana avoids the head kick by Rivers.
Verbana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rivers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Verbana.
Rivers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Verbana.
Verbana wants to land a leg kick but Rivers is out of range.
A big right from Verbana misses.
Verbana misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Verbana throws a leg kick
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivers lands a nice looking kick to the body. Verbana takes a step back to recover.
Verbana throws a lazy right hand but Rivers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Verbana is predictable there
and Rivers counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Verbana thinking.
Verbana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rivers throws a leg kick which misses Verbana's front leg but catches the back leg as Verbana tries to avoid it.
Verbana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Verbana.
Verbana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rivers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verbana.
Verbana throws a low kick, looking for Rivers's leg but Rivers calmly moves out of range.
Verbana throws a low kick but Rivers avoids it.
Rivers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Verbana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
Verbana misses with a shot to the body
and Rivers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rivers throws a low kick but Verbana avoids it.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivers moves out of range of the leg kick from Verbana.
Rivers scores with a hook to the body. Verbana takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Verbana throws a looping overhand right but Rivers ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rivers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
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.
Rivers throws a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verbana tried to score with a low kick but Rivers checks it.
Verbana attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Verbana throws a leg kick
and Rivers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Verbana lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rivers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Verbana throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rivers connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Verbana jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Verbana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Verbana is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Verbana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rivers connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verbana bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rivers's head.
Rivers scores with a body shot.
Rivers tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rivers, right into the meat.
Verbana fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rivers is out of range.
Verbana takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Verbana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rivers throws a sloppy head kick and Verbana moves out of range easily.
A good leg kick by Verbana.
Verbana lands a leg kick that knocks Rivers off balance momentarily.
Rivers is breathing heavily.
Rivers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rivers is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Verbana lands a leg kick that knocks Rivers off balance momentarily.
Rivers is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verbana throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rivers moves away from the strike by Verbana.
Rivers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rivers there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Verbana throws a leg kick but Rivers moved away.
Verbana scores with a leg kick.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verbana.
Rivers stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Verbana.
Rivers looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Verbana feints and then cracks Rivers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rivers down.
Verbana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
A slow jab from Verbana misses its intended target.
Verbana looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Verbana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Rivers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verbana.
Rivers ducks under a wild hook from Verbana.
Verbana scores with a leg kick.
Rivers checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Verbana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rivers gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rivers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Verbana feints and then cracks Rivers's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rivers down.
Rivers on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It looks like Doc Rivers has been cut.
Rivers blocks a low kick nicely.
Verbana throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Verbana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rivers.
Rivers misses with a hook. Verbana ducked under it nicely.
Verbana thumps Rivers with a low kick.
Verbana throws a hook but Rivers blocks it.
Verbana misses with a straight left.
That kick from Verbana tenderised Rivers's leg. Rivers is trying to keep his angry face on.
Verbana scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Verbana will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Verbana attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Verbana, right into the meat.
Rivers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Verbana.
Verbana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
Rivers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Verbana is looking to chop away at Rivers's legs.
Rivers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Verbana throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rivers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rivers takes a swing at Verbana's ribcage but misses.
Rivers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rivers slips under a jab from Verbana.
Rivers throws a body kick that misses.
Good work by Rivers as he checks the leg kick.
Rivers takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Verbana throws the left hand but Rivers avoids the punch easily.
John Verbana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Verbana fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rivers gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Verbana cracks the inside of Rivers's front leg.
Verbana lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivers off the cage and back into range.
Some bone on bone action there as Rivers checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rivers is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The fighters circling - Verbana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Verbana misses.
Verbana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers wants to slow Verbana down by chopping away at his legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Verbana.
Rivers slips under a jab.
Rivers walks into a straight right hand from Verbana.
Verbana misses with a straight left.
Rivers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Verbana connects with a solid leg kick.
Rivers motions for Verbana to come forward. Rivers throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rivers looks to throw the jab but Verbana is out of range.
Verbana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Verbana uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rivers has time to react.
A swing and a miss from Verbana.
Rivers throws a series of punches but Verbana moves out of range.
Verbana throws a poor cross that misses
and Rivers counters with a body kick that stops Verbana in his tracks momentarily.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivers misses the target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A bone on bone clash there as Verbana blocks the leg kick.
Verbana ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
Verbana drops his hands momentarily and Rivers takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Verbana throws a leg kick but Rivers checks it.
Verbana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Verbana ducks under a wild hook from Rivers.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Verbana fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rivers checks it well.
Verbana throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Verbana misses with a few strikes there.
A jab lands there for Rivers.
Rivers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verbana misses with a leg kick
and Rivers counters with a thumping low kick.
Verbana just misses with a punch to the body.
Verbana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rivers.
Verbana thumps Rivers with a low kick.
Verbana blocks a jab.
Verbana connects with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivers scores with a jab to the head.
Verbana waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Doc Rivers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Verbana stuns Rivers with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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 Richard Clark scores the fight for John Verbana!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for John Verbana!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for John Verbana!
John Verbana wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Flying Omoplata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clinton Greenleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omoplata comes to the cage accompanied by Ona Tańczy Dla Mnie - Weekend. Flying Omoplata had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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185 lbs
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Flying Omoplata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Clinton Greenleaf!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greenleaf drops Omoplata with a beautiful combination! Omoplata stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Greenleaf is looking for the KO!
It looks like Flying Omoplata has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Omoplata checks a leg kick.
Greenleaf cracks Omoplata with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Greenleaf has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Omoplata to stand back up!
Omoplata is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Greenleaf.
Oh Omoplata is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Donk. Greenleaf catches Omoplata right on the button with a cross.
Omoplata tries to keep at a distance but Greenleaf has taken the fight into the clinch.
Omoplata seems to have got his legs back now.
Greenleaf taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Greenleaf blocking some punches.
Greenleaf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Greenleaf drops Omoplata onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Omoplata is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Greenleaf lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Omoplata to his knees! Greenleaf keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clinton Greenleaf!
During a confident post fight interview, Clinton Greenleaf thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chael Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnson Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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265 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chael Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnson Stroker!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hart.
Hart avoids the body shot from Stroker.
Hart shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stroker sprawls well. Stroker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hart gets slowly back to his feet.
Stroker stuns Hart with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stroker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Stroker. Beautiful body shot.
Hart is breathing heavily.
Hart walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Stroker swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Johnson Stroker!
Johnson Stroker took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'AJ, it's better to give than receive.... And you sure took it like a bitch. Oooo Doggie!!!!'.
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