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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Torsten Hoffman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and terry tuesday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torsten Hoffman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Torsten Hoffman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, terry tuesday!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tuesday tries to score with a low kick but Hoffman moves his leg out of the way.
Hoffman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but tuesday was well out of range. Poor timing from Hoffman.
tuesday fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
tuesday throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hoffman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
tuesday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hoffman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
tuesday fails with a takedown attempt.
tuesday throws a wild body kick that Hoffman sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
tuesday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoffman.
Hoffman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent tuesday stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
tuesday shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hoffman sprawls well. Hoffman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. tuesday gets slowly back to his feet.
Hoffman is looking to wear down tuesday with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
tuesday fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Torsten Hoffman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of terry tuesday.
Hoffman lands with a nice body punch.
tuesday looks gassed!
Hoffman drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
tuesday looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hoffman passes into half guard.
Hoffman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hoffman thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hoffman maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! tuesday could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Hoffman has cracked it and tuesday is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Hoffman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Torsten Hoffman!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Alstair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jamie coton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dirk Alstair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, jamie coton!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alstair wants to clinch up but coton keeps it at a distance.
Alstair has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Dirk Alstair has been cut.
coton clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alstair breaks the clinch.
coton lands a big uppercut and Alstair crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Alstair looks OK. coton waves Alstair back to his feet!
Alstair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? coton is fending him off so far but Alstair persists. Nope, coton circles away and we're back to standing.
coton leaves Alstair with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
coton wants to clinch.
coton steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Alstair is out on his feet! coton sets himself and nearly takes Alstair's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). jamie coton!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Raymonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Brigante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Brigante has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Raymonds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Brigante!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Raymonds as Brigante shoots in.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brigante clinches up with Raymonds and pushes him back against the ropes.
Raymonds takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Daniel Raymonds has been cut.
Brigante crunches a lovely knee into Raymonds's ribcage.
Brigante unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raymonds lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brigante tries to land a knee to the head but Raymonds blocks with his arms.
Brigante lands a knee to the head.
Raymonds is breathing heavily.
Brigante is trying to trip Raymonds. He has hold of a leg but Raymonds is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Brigante persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brigante in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brigante is stalling in the full guard.
Brigante wants to control from the top but Raymonds keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante passes into half guard.
Brigante not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Brigante is keen to just control but Raymonds is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brigante misses with a head shot. Raymonds uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brigante trying to control but Raymonds is working from the bottom.
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brigante trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Raymonds keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brigante fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante clinches up against the ropes.
Brigante tries to land a knee to the head but Raymonds blocks with his arms.
Brigante throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Raymonds's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raymonds misses with a knee to the head.
Raymonds tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Brigante.
Brigante looking to throw knees to the head but Raymonds is blocking nicely.
Brigante connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raymonds's face.
Raymonds takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raymonds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Raymonds won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brigante.
Brigante landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Brigante - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brigante is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brigante has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Raymonds is trying to keep an underhook but Brigante manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brigante lands a nice short elbow.
Brigante looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brigante seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brigante.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Brigante not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Raymonds's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raymonds is trying to stand.
Brigante wants to take a breather but Raymonds is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Brigante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Raymonds's cut.
That's time! Raymonds's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brigante clinches up against the ropes.
Brigante looking to throw knees to the head but Raymonds is blocking nicely.
Brigante prevents the takedown attempt.
Raymonds throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brigante lands a good knee to the midsection. Raymonds won't want to take too many of those.
Raymonds takes an elbow to the temple.
Brigante blocks the elbow strike.
Brigante has Raymonds pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Brigante pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Raymonds tumbling to the mat - Brigante dives into Raymonds's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brigante loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raymonds keeping moving, preventing Brigante from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brigante throws a big right hand that misses.
Brigante is in close to Raymonds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Brigante trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raymonds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brigante trying to control the position from guard on top but Raymonds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brigante throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brigante trying to control but Raymonds is working from the bottom.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Raymonds is trying to control the position from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brigante fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brigante gets a takedown into half guard.
Raymonds blocking the ground and pound attempt from Brigante.
Brigante content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brigante throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante winds up and cracks Raymonds with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brigante is nestled in close to Raymonds, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Brigante not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Brigante has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Brigante looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Raymonds wants to improve his position but Brigante is controlling well.
Brigante prevents Raymonds from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigante seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Raymonds does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brigante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brigante lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Let's hope that Brigante 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.
Brigante throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Brigante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Daniel Raymonds's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Brigante looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raymonds swats away the attempt to clinch by Brigante.
Brigante tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Brigante tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brigante looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Brigante thows a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brigante throwing strikes from guard but Raymonds blocks nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raymonds keeping moving, preventing Brigante from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigante throwing strikes from guard but Raymonds blocks nicely.
Brigante showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Brigante wants to control from the top but Raymonds keeps moving.
Charles Brigante is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Brigante is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Brigante closes the distance and clinches up with Raymonds, looking for a takedown. Brigante pushes Raymonds against the ropes but Raymonds circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Raymonds misses with a kick to the body.
Brigante tries to clinch up.
Brigante looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Raymonds is fending him off so far but Brigante persists. Nope, Raymonds circles away and we're back to standing.
Brigante has a takedown stuffed.
Daniel Raymonds has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles Brigante.
Brigante blocks a head kick by Raymonds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigante misses with a double jab.
Brigante doesn't manage to clinch there - Raymonds circles away.
Brigante swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brigante is looking to clinch but Raymonds is avoiding it.
Brigante fails to land the takedown.
Brigante has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brigante changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Raymonds looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Raymonds is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Brigante asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Raymonds managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Brigante.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds can't do much from the bottom here.
Brigante in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Brigante is looking to take a break and control but Raymonds is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brigante creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Raymonds sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brigante throwing shots but missing, from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Brigante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brigante winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Brigante!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enzo De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Luca has chosen Crank that as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Enzo De Luca!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from De Luca.
Banks shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Luca avoids a kick to the body.
Banks gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De Luca to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Banks wants to stand and escape but De Luca is having none of it.
De Luca drops back, looking for a kneebar! Banks looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Banks looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Banks!
The ground and pound from Banks seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Banks is breathing heavily.
De Luca is trying to control Banks's posture but Banks avoids it.
De Luca is looking to regain half guard here but Banks keeps moving and retains side control.
De Luca is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
De Luca is looking to control Banks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Luca avoid being mounted?
Banks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De Luca showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Banks.
Banks throws a nice looking combination but De Luca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Banks tries to close the distance and clinch but De Luca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Banks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
De Luca misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Banks misses with a double jab
and Banks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Banks tries to clinch but De Luca is having none of it.
Banks misses with a body kick.
De Luca wants to clinch up but Banks keeps it at a distance.
De Luca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Banks avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Luca lands with a shot to the body.
De Luca scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Dave Banks has been cut.
De Luca lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Luca throws a right hand that Banks ducks under and follows up with a left that Banks also avoids with ease.
De Luca throws a nice head kick!
Banks gets caught flat footed, as De Luca shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
De Luca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Luca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Luca pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Banks is keeping the position for now.
De Luca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
De Luca loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Banks can't keep his opponent in guard - De Luca advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
De Luca thows a huge punch but Banks dodges it nicely.
De Luca not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Luca tries to bum rush Banks with a series of wild strikes but Banks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
De Luca connects with a good right hand that stumbles Banks. Banks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A right-left combo lands from De Luca.
Banks displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Luca.
Banks keeps the fight on the outside.
De Luca with a hook.
De Luca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Luca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Luca wants to clinch up but Banks keeps it at a distance.
De Luca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Luca scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Banks doesn't seem bothered though.
Banks throws a lazy body kick
and De Luca counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Luca lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo De Luca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Banks's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Banks takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De Luca shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
De Luca thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Banks is squirming around, avoiding De Luca's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Banks is trying to stand up.
De Luca lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
De Luca looking to secure an arm triangle but Banks defends it well.
Banks's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca with a couple of short strikes.
De Luca is landing with some decent strikes but Banks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
De Luca with a couple of short strikes.
De Luca looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
De Luca is standing up, even though he is in mount.
De Luca throws a sloppy head kick and Banks moves out of range easily.
Banks throws a lazy head kick
and De Luca counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Luca misses with a double jab.
De Luca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice defenses there by De Luca.
Banks is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Luca.
Banks throws a lazy head kick
and De Luca counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Banks!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Luca goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Banks is on top in guard.
Banks with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De Luca is trying to control the position but Banks postures up.
De Luca escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Banks gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Banks in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks trying to control but De Luca is working from the bottom.
Banks looking to pass the guard.
Banks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Luca working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Banks.
Banks trying to control the position from guard on top but De Luca is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Luca connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dave Banks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
De Luca stuns Banks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Luca lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Banks backs up against the ropes.
De Luca misses with the combination.
De Luca misses with the combination.
Banks tries to land a leg kick but De Luca saw it coming and moves away.
De Luca uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Banks has time to react.
De Luca tries to score a power double leg takedown but Banks sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten De Luca somewhat.
De Luca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo De Luca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dave Banks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
De Luca lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Banks misses with a double jab
and Banks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Banks walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Luca. That's going to slow Banks down.
De Luca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Luca fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Luca fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Banks looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
De Luca lands a jab to Banks's midsection.
Banks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
De Luca shoots for a double leg takedown but Banks sprawls well. He's pushed De Luca's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Luca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Banks misses with an uppercut. De Luca saw that one coming.
De Luca scores with a jab to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De Luca scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Banks.
De Luca will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Decent striking displayed by De Luca there.
De Luca lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Banks takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
De Luca shoots in and drives through. Banks sprawls well.
Dave Banks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Enzo De Luca.
De Luca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Banks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Banks stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Luca.
De Luca closes the distance and lands a one-two.
De Luca lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
De Luca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Luca connects with a single shot there.
Dave Banks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banks throws a jab but it's blocked by De Luca.
De Luca tries to clinch there but Banks circles away.
Banks thows a left - swing and a miss!
De Luca lands with a nice combination. Banks backs away looking to recover.
Enzo De Luca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Luca lands a two punch combo.
De Luca shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Banks pinned against the cage. Banks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
De Luca avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Luca with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Banks takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Banks tries a low kick but De Luca avoids it.
De Luca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banks throws a combination that misses
and De Luca counters with a nice body shot.
De Luca throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Banks tries to land a body kick
and De Luca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Banks misses with a combination
and De Luca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Luca throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Banks stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Banks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Luca. De Luca obviously looking to wear him down.
De Luca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banks avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Luca moves into range and connects with a jab.
Banks falls off balance throwing a combination
and De Luca cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banks misses with a shot to the body
and De Luca counters by clinching up.
De Luca manages to break the clinch.
Dave Banks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Luca rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Banks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Luca tries to bum rush Banks with a series of wild strikes but Banks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Banks is looking to chop away at De Luca's legs.
De Luca cracks the inside of Banks's front leg.
Banks throws a combination that misses
and De Luca counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Banks throws a head kick that misses
and Banks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Banks is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Luca connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Luca scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banks showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Luca.
De Luca works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enzo De Luca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Luca has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enzo De Luca!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rick Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimi Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrick has chosen Dropkick Murphys - I'm Shipping Up to Boston as his entrance music. Jimi Patrick has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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24
198 lbs
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24
198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rick Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimi Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Patrick lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Rick Davis has been cut.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from Patrick.
Davis misses with a series of wild punches.
Davis shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Patrick napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Check out the look on Davis's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Patrick takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis in side control lands a decent elbow.
Patrick dodges the ground and pound from Davis.
Davis throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Patrick takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Patrick is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis looks up at the clock and then as Patrick takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Davis smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Davis throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Patrick works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Patrick gets back to full guard.
Davis postures up in Patrick's guard and throws a big left but Patrick blocks it.
Davis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Davis throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Davis wants to pass the guard but Patrick is keeping the position.
Patrick utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Davis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Patrick wriggles free and stands up.
Davis misses with a wild combination.
A nice combination there by Davis.
Patrick throws a series of punches but Davis avoids them all with ease.
Davis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patrick tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Patrick moves out of range as Davis strikes.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Patrick moved out of range nicely.
Patrick scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Davis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Patrick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Davis somewhat.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Patrick fails to land with a series of punches.
Davis tries to bum rush Patrick with a series of wild strikes but Patrick uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Davis fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Patrick sprawls well initially but Davis persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Davis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Patrick defending well though.
Patrick tries to kick Davis off but Davis keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Davis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Patrick works his way to full guard. Good work.
Davis is looking to work some ground and pound but Patrick has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Patrick is on top in guard.
Patrick is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patrick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Patrick throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davis working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Davis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rick Davis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Patrick misses with a looping right.
Patrick getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Patrick sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Patrick gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Patrick scores with a nice right hand.
Patrick misses with a two punch combination.
Patrick scores with a three punch combo!
Patrick tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Davis finds it's way through Patrick's defenses.
Patrick walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Patrick tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jimi Patrick is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patrick moves away from the strike by Davis.
Patrick misses with a few strikes there.
Patrick tries to clinch up but Davis circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patrick tries to clinch but Davis is having none of it.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
Patrick takes one to the chin there.
Davis throws a jab but it's blocked by Patrick.
Patrick scores with a jab. Davis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Patrick as he connects with a hook.
Davis cracks Patrick with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Davis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Patrick but Patrick pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Davis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patrick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patrick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Davis tries for a takedown but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Patrick throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Patrick connects with a nice looking jab.
Davis thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Jimi Patrick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Patrick lands a two punch combo.
Patrick works over Davis's head and body with a nice combination.
Davis is rocked!
Patrick misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Davis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Patrick throws a series of punches but Davis avoids them all with ease.
Davis seems to have got his legs back now.
Patrick moves out of range of the strikes.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Patrick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Patrick moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Patrick bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Patrick tries to bum rush Davis with a series of wild strikes but Davis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Patrick lands a jab.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick cracks Davis with a right hand to the side of the head.
Davis throws a right hand that Patrick ducks under and follows up with a left that Patrick also avoids with ease.
Davis misses with an uppercut. Patrick saw that one coming.
Davis misses with the combination.
Davis throws a lazy right hand but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Patrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis misses with a straight left.
Patrick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Patrick tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Patrick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Davis.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patrick throws a nice looking combination but Davis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patrick tries to land a front kick but Davis steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A big right from Davis misses.
Jimi Patrick seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Patrick fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimi Patrick showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rick Davis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Patrick lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Patrick looks to score with a jab to the body but Davis is just out of range.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patrick throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patrick wants to clinch up but Davis keeps it at a distance.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patrick swivels and escapes.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Patrick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Davis avoids the body shot from Patrick.
Patrick throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Davis prevents Patrick from escaping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis with the ground and pound but Patrick regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Patrick is trying to stand up here but Davis is controlling him well.
Davis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Davis seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Patrick looks like he's trying to stand up.
Davis thows a huge punch but Patrick dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Patrick keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Patrick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davis is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Patrick.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patrick tries to clinch but Davis moves out of range.
Davis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Davis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Patrick is looking to clinch.
Patrick doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Patrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Patrick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davis.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Patrick.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patrick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Davis works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Patrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Patrick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
Patrick moves in looking to clinch but Davis pushes him off.
Davis looks to throw the jab but Patrick is out of range.
Patrick tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Patrick is looking to clinch.
Davis fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rick Davis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Davis keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Patrick misses with a few strikes there.
Davis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Patrick throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Patrick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Patrick drives through and clinches with Davis against the ropes.
Patrick breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Patrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimi Patrick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Patrick has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimi Patrick!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mukuro Rokudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Weems (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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18
145 lbs
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18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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Counter striker
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mukuro Rokudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wolfgang Weems!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weems tries to clinch up.
Rokudo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rokudo fails to advance to Weems's back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rokudo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rokudo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Weems?
Rokudo lands a heavy elbow.
Rokudo looking to finish Weems with some ground and pound. This is bad for Weems!
Weems is rocked!
Weems takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Weems is still in real trouble! Can Rokudo finish him?
Rokudo postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Weems bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Rokudo and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mukuro Rokudo!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Carbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Escoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carbone comes to the ring accompanied by Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA. Frankie Carbone has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Frankie Carbone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Escoba!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to de liver by Carbone. Beautiful body shot.
Escoba avoids the head kick by Carbone.
Escoba fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escoba checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Escoba bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Carbone's head.
A left and a right from Escoba both land. Nice combination.
Some wild striking there from Escoba.
Escoba keeps the fight on the outside.
Escoba misses with a two punch combination.
Carbone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escoba's calf.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
Carbone swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carbone gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carbone shoots in for a takedown but Escoba shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carbone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escoba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escoba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Escoba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carbone.
Nice body punch from Carbone.
Escoba scores with a punch to the head.
Carbone fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Escoba looks gassed!
Escoba jabs Carbone right on the nose. Carbone blinks but takes it well.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Escoba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escoba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carbone counters with an inside leg kick.
Escoba cracks Carbone with a good jab.
Carbone connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escoba throws a series of punches but Carbone avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escoba thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Escoba does no damage.
Carbone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Escoba blocks a head kick by Carbone.
Carbone throws a head kick that misses.
Escoba takes a swing at Carbone's ribcage but misses.
Escoba lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carbone at a distance.
A head kick misses from Carbone.
Carbone shoots in and drives through. Escoba sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frankie Carbone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carbone misses the body punch
and Escoba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Escoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Escoba moves out of range as Carbone strikes.
Carbone throws a leg kick but Escoba sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escoba swinging wildly here.
Darren Escoba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escoba fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carbone on the side of the head.
Escoba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carbone counters with a solid body kick.
Carbone tries to clinch up but Escoba circles away and keeps his distance.
Escoba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Escoba dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carbone moves into the clinch.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but Escoba blocks with his arms.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escoba's efforts to push away.
Carbone tries to land knees in the clinch but Escoba avoids the damage to the body.
Escoba tries to break free but Carbone pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone lands an elbow inside.
Carbone dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Carbone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Escoba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Escoba is trying to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling him.
Escoba is trying to break the clinch but Carbone is controlling him.
Carbone misses with a knee to the head.
Carbone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escoba blocks it with crossed arms.
Carbone trying to land knees to the body.
Escoba wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carbone has him pressed against the ropes.
Escoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carbone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carbone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escoba blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carbone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Carbone dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Escoba scores with a punch to the head.
Darren Escoba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escoba throws a right and a left that Carbone avoids nicely.
Carbone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Escoba's calf.
The fighters circling - Carbone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carbone cracks the inside of Escoba's front leg.
Carbone delivers a nice body kick.
Escoba looks to land a combination but Carbone avoids it well.
Escoba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carbone.
Escoba fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carbone.
Carbone looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Escoba is fending him off so far but Carbone persists. Nope, Escoba circles away and we're back to standing.
Escoba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carbone.
Carbone throws a right hand that Escoba ducks under and follows up with a left that Escoba also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escoba.
Carbone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Escoba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escoba lands a jab-cross combination.
Carbone misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carbone throws a head kick that misses.
Escoba is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Escoba misses with a two punch combination.
Carbone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Escoba misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Escoba throws a series of punches but Carbone moves out of range.
Carbone is looking to wear down Escoba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Escoba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carbone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Escoba misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carbone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carbone connects with a jab.
Escoba moves out of range of the body kick from Carbone.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Carbone walks into a jab.
Carbone tries to clinch there but Escoba circles away.
Escoba takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Carbone scores with a kick to the body.
Escoba fails to land with a series of punches.
Carbone lands a head kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Escoba keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carbone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carbone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Escoba takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carbone trying to control the position but instead, Escoba has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carbone into the ropes.
Carbone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carbone obliges.
Escoba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Escoba has had enough of the clinch but Carbone keeps him there for the moment.
Escoba wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carbone lands a good knee to the midsection. Escoba won't want to take too many of those.
Carbone prevents Escoba from breaking the clinch.
Carbone landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carbone working Escoba over with knees to the body.
Escoba wants to break free but Carbone has control.
Knees to the body from Carbone.
Escoba wants to get back to striking at distance but Carbone won't allow it.
Carbone scores with a hook to the body.
Escoba wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carbone tries a knee to the head but Escoba blocks it.
Carbone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carbone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Escoba's efforts to push away.
Carbone crunches a lovely knee into Escoba's ribcage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escoba tries to circle away but Carbone has him pinned against the ropes.
Carbone tries to land a knee to the head but Escoba blocks with his arms.
Carbone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carbone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Carbone dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Good shot there by Carbone.
Escoba stalks Carbone and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carbone's face. Carbone staggers backwards, shaken.
Escoba throws a body punch but Carbone moves out of range.
Escoba swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carbone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Carbone connects with a solid leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Carbone.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carbone is defended easily by Escoba.
Carbone misses with a looping right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escoba throws a combination that misses
and Carbone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carbone tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone is looking to land body kicks.
Carbone darts in trying to clinch
and Escoba counters with a two punch combo.
Carbone shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Escoba napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Carbone tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Escoba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Carbone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Escoba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escoba is trying to control Carbone's posture but Carbone avoids it.
Carbone happy to just control the position for now.
You can see the frustration on Escoba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carbone slows the pace down.
Carbone decides to stand back up. Carbone steps back and let's Escoba get back to his feet.
Escoba looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carbone shoots in for a double leg but Escoba sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Escoba scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carbone tries to clinch up but Escoba circles away and keeps his distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Escoba!
Escoba lands with a straight right. Carbone didn't see that one coming.
Escoba misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Escoba does no damage.
Carbone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Escoba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carbone.
Carbone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Frankie Carbone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carbone throws a quick inside leg kick.
Escoba connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carbone. Carbone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Escoba misses with a series of wild punches.
Carbone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Escoba. That did some damage!
Carbone tries a head kick but it misses.
Darren Escoba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Escoba throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carbone counters with a nice body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carbone.
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 Frankie Carbone.
Well Carbone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frankie Carbone!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Long Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dong's choice of entrance music: I'm Going In. Long Dong has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Reese!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Long Dong!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dong ducks under a wild hook from Reese.
Reese misses with a body shot.
Dong misses with a two punch combination.
Dong throws the left hand but Reese avoids the punch easily.
Reese shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dong as he avoids it easily.
Dong tests Reese's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reese looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Reese lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dong trying to control but Reese postures up.
Reese lands strikes from half guard.
Reese lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Reese takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong trying to hold on to Reese's head to control him but Reese postures up.
Reese misses with a head shot. Dong uses the momentum to regain guard.
Reese throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reese working some strikes from top position.
Reese trying to control but Dong is working from the bottom.
Reese lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dong is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reese looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Reese won't allow Dong to sweep him here.
Reese throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reese accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reese trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dong throws a series of punches but Reese moves out of range.
Reese lands a jab-cross combination.
A jab from Reese misses.
Reese throws a body punch but Dong moves out of range.
Dong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reese closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Reese lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Dong is looking to stand up but Reese isn't so interested in that idea.
Reese has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese landing some decent shots from guard.
Reese is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dong is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dong has escaped and now he's on top!
Dong drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Reese manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dong has Reese in his guard.
Dong trying to keep a closed guard but Reese is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese lands a couple of digs.
Reese trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reese won't allow Dong to sweep him here.
Reese postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reese stands up over Dong, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Reese manages to get himself to full guard.
Reese wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Reese dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reese moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kyle Reese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reese shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dong as he jumps to the side.
Reese walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dong lands a body shot.
Reese swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dong scores with a jab. Reese acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A nice combination there by Dong.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reese throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Reese scores with a hook to the body. Dong takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Reese shoots for a double leg takedown but Dong sprawls well. He's pushed Reese's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Reese misses with a hook to the body
and Reese takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reese shoots in for a takedown but Dong shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Reese. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Dong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reese throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dong counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dong throws a series of punches but Reese avoids them all with ease.
Good standup being displayed there by Dong as he connects with a hook.
Reese scores with a takedown into Dong's guard.
Reese preventing the sweep.
Reese scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reese throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dong trying to control the position.
Dong looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reese prevents Dong from getting back to his feet.
Dong manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Reese is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong wants to control the pace but Reese is squirming around nicely.
Dong punching from mount but Reese doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Reese stops Dong from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reese wants to hold on but Dong pushes him away.
Dong prevents Reese from getting the reversal.
Reese is trying to reverse the position but instead Dong has taken his back - oops!
Reese staying busy and making it hard for Dong to control.
Reese takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Reese trying to control but not successfully.
Well, with Dong on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Reese is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Dong working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reese controlling his opponent's hands, preventing the submission attempt.
Reese avoids the strikes from Dong.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Long Dong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dong lands with a shot to the body.
Reese works Dong's body with a nice hook.
Reese swinging wildly here.
Reese misses with the combination.
Reese falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A telegraphed right hand from Dong misses the target.
Dong uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Reese has time to react.
Reese is looking to wear down Dong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dong scores with a body shot.
Dong lands a nice shot that snaps Reese's head back.
Dong cracks Reese with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reese moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reese walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dong throws a combination. Reese tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong lands a jab to Reese's midsection.
Reese throws the left hand but Dong avoids the punch easily.
Reese is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dong's half guard.
Reese thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dong's head.
Dong moves into full guard.
Reese tries to free his leg and advance position but Dong is retaining full guard.
Dong keeping moving, preventing Reese from controlling successfully.
Dong is controlling Reese's posture.
Dong wants to stand up but Reese is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reese loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dong looking for a sweep. Not yet Dong, not yet.
Reese missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reese working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dong's head.
Reese wants to pass the guard but Dong is keeping the position.
Dong is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Reese defends well.
Reese throwing strikes from guard but Dong blocks nicely.
Reese in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reese lands a couple of elbows.
Reese wants to pass the guard but Dong is keeping the position.
Reese connects with a couple of short punches.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reese's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reese postures up in Dong's guard and throws a big left but Dong blocks it.
Dong can't keep his opponent in guard - Reese advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dong is trying to maintain the position but Reese is very close to passing his half guard.
Reese throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Reese pulls his head out easily.
Kyle Reese overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reese is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reese connects with a nice short shot to Dong's temple.
Reese moves nicely into side control.
Dong taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dong dodges the ground and pound from Reese.
Dong managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Reese.
And that's the end of the fight!
Long Dong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dong has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Long Dong!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alvaro Gracielo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian McGordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alvaro Gracielo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian McGordon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Gracielo.
McGordon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGordon throws a one two combo.
It looks like Alvaro Gracielo has been cut.
McGordon moves into range and connects with a jab.
McGordon doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracielo circles away.
Gracielo shoots in for a double leg but McGordon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McGordon just misses with a punch to the body.
McGordon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracielo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McGordon tries to clinch up but Gracielo circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracielo moves out of range as McGordon strikes.
Gracielo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McGordon swivels and escapes.
McGordon takes a swing at Gracielo's ribcage but misses.
McGordon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gracielo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGordon.
Gracielo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alvaro Gracielo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGordon thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGordon throws an overhand right that lands on Gracielo's shoulder, as Gracielo tries to avoid the shot.
Brian McGordon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGordon lands a lovely overhand right.
Gracielo blocks a jab.
McGordon throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracielo.
McGordon scores with a jab. Gracielo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McGordon throws a nice looking combination but Gracielo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McGordon looks to throw the jab but Gracielo is out of range.
McGordon looks to land a combination but Gracielo avoids it well.
Gracielo blocks a jab.
Gracielo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracielo shoots in and drives through. McGordon sprawls well.
Gracielo ducks under a wild hook from McGordon.
McGordon throws a sloppy head kick and Gracielo moves out of range easily.
McGordon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McGordon misses with an uppercut. Gracielo saw that one coming.
Brian McGordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracielo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGordon misses with a looping left.
McGordon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracielo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McGordon is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gracielo is breathing heavily.
McGordon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gracielo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McGordon thows a body shot but no joy.
McGordon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gracielo moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGordon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGordon sizes up Gracielo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McGordon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Alvaro Gracielo's cut is getting worse.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good leg kick by McGordon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gracielo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
An inside leg kick lands from McGordon.
Gracielo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McGordon moves in looking to clinch but Gracielo pushes him off.
McGordon throws a nice looking combination but Gracielo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracielo moves out of range of the strikes.
McGordon feints and then cracks Gracielo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gracielo down.
McGordon fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gracielo on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from McGordon.
McGordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McGordon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gracielo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McGordon lands with a shot to the body.
McGordon lands a really nice looking cross but Gracielo seems unphased.
Alvaro Gracielo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A nice leg kick lands there from McGordon.
McGordon tries to clinch there but Gracielo circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracielo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McGordon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gracielo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian McGordon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alvaro Gracielo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGordon misses with an uppercut.
McGordon tests Gracielo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McGordon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gracielo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gracielo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McGordon.
McGordon lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Gracielo is looking to close the distance but McGordon sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Gracielo crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Gracielo is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Brian McGordon!
Brian McGordon is the new super heavyweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Payette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jones's choice of entrance music: Oasis - Fuckin' In The Bushes. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Payette!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Jones!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payette feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Payette looking to pass the guard.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones keeping full guard, as Payette tries to pass.
Jones looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Payette is defending well. Jones quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Payette has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Jones celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Steve Jones!
Steve Jones is the new heavyweight champion!
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