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HEROIC 115 Blackford vs Slinga PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikal Helio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Translucent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Helio comes to the cage accompanied by Brazil National Anthem . Mr Translucent has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Mikal Helio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Translucent!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Translucent throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Translucent listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Helio seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Helio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Translucent shoots in but no luck this time.
Translucent fails in his attempt to clinch.
Translucent has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Helio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Translucent.
Helio moves away from the strike by Translucent.
Helio stuffs the takedown attempt from Translucent. Translucent gets slowly back to his feet.
Translucent darts in and clinches Helio up against the cage.
Helio changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Translucent fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Translucent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Helio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Translucent rushes Helio and presses him up against the cage.
The referee calls for Translucent to work.
Translucent lands a hook that snaps the head of Helio backwards.
Helio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Translucent swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Translucent misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Helio.
Translucent misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Translucent fails to land.
Translucent tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Helio's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Translucent fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Helio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Translucent scores with a shoulder strike.
Translucent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Helio gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Translucent tries to get to full guard but Helio has control of the leg.
Translucent is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Helio pulls his head out easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Translucent wants to improve his position but Helio is controlling well.
Helio working over Translucent with some ground and pound. Translucent looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Translucent makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Translucent.
Helio trying to control but Translucent is working from the bottom.
Helio stopping the sweep attempt from Translucent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio is looking to work some ground and pound but Translucent has wrist control.
Helio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Helio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Translucent is keeping the position for now.
Helio stopping the sweep attempt from Translucent.
Translucent throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Helio makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Helio working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Helio is in close to Translucent's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Translucent is looking for a triangle but Helio pushes his legs off easily.
Helio works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Helio landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Helio is looking for a kimura but Translucent is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Helio to get the leverage.
Translucent wants to get back to full guard.
Helio is looking for a kimura here.
Helio is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Translucent sees it coming and defends easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Translucent is pressing down on Helio's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Translucent dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Translucent throws an off balance right hand
and Helio counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Helio.
Translucent looking to hit a scissor sweep but Helio is one step ahead there.
Translucent trying to control the position.
Translucent is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Helio throws a big elbow that misses.
Helio landing some decent shots from guard.
Helio trying to control the position from guard on top but Translucent is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Helio lands a couple of digs.
Helio won't allow Translucent to sweep him here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Helio working some strikes from top position.
Helio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Translucent working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Helio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Helio manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Helio with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Translucent is trying to control the position but Helio postures up.
Helio chips away with some ground and pound.
Translucent has his foot on Helio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Helio works his way back into a safe position though.
Translucent bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Helio's guard.
Mikal Helio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Helio is trying to control the position but Translucent postures up.
Helio looking to hit a scissor sweep but Translucent is one step ahead there.
Helio has his foot on Translucent's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Translucent works his way back into a safe position though.
Helio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Translucent gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Translucent is looking to work some ground and pound but Helio has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Helio is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Translucent controls Helio momentarily but Helio frees himself.
Translucent keeping moving, preventing Helio from controlling successfully.
Translucent manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
A short right from Translucent on the inside.
Translucent throws a head punch that misses.
Helio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Translucent working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Helio blocks a body shot from Translucent.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Translucent.
Helio has Translucent pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Translucent manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Translucent misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Translucent fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Helio is looking to take this one to the mat.
Translucent looking for a takedown.
Translucent is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Helio can't fight it off and eventually Translucent manages to take the fight to the floor. Helio looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Translucent with a nice head shot there.
Helio 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.
Translucent wants to control from the top but Helio keeps moving.
Translucent tries to stand but Helio is controlling from the bottom.
Helio striking off his back.
Translucent connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
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!
Translucent stopping the sweep attempt from Helio.
Translucent scoring with some ground and pound.
Helio is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Helio is nestled in close to Translucent, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Helio seems to be looking for submissions.
Translucent actively working from the bottom here.
Helio takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Translucent is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Helio is keen to just control but Translucent is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mikal Helio will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Translucent tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Helio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Translucent tries to close the distance and clinch up but Helio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Translucent throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Translucent is looking to land body kicks.
Translucent darts in trying to clinch
and Helio counters with a takedown into side control.
Translucent takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Helio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Translucent, who protects the arm well.
Helio lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Translucent is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Translucent gets back to half guard.
Translucent tries to get to full guard but Helio has control of the leg.
Translucent gets full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Helio's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Translucent has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Helio has passed into side control.
Translucent tries to buck Helio off but Helio is having none of it.
Helio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Translucent is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Helio working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Translucent tries to improve position but can't.
Helio trying to control the action but Translucent is working from the bottom.
Helio tries for a kimura but Translucent is defending well.
Translucent takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Translucent regains half guard.
Translucent is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Helio pulls his head out easily.
Translucent tries to get to full guard but Helio has control of the leg.
Translucent is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Helio scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Helio lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helio is working for a kimura but Translucent is defending it quite comfortably.
Helio is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Helio is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Helio is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Translucent regains full guard. Nicely done.
Translucent is trying to keep Helio in close.
Helio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Translucent had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Helio defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Helio chips away with some ground and pound.
Translucent looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Translucent manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Helio manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Translucent won't allow Helio to sweep him here.
Helio seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Helio is looking for a triangle but Translucent pushes his legs off easily.
Translucent throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Translucent got a little sloppy there for a moment and Helio has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Translucent has managed to get both his arms back between Helio's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Translucent stopping the sweep attempt from Helio.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mikal Helio showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Helio has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mikal Helio!
Our winner, Mikal Helio, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Rozemblit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Abaddon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rozemblit comes to the cage accompanied by Pain. Abaddon has chosen Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
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190 lbs
28 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jose Rozemblit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anthony Abaddon!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abaddon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rozemblit, pushing him back against the cage.
Abaddon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rozemblit.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rozemblit digs a right hand underneath Abaddon's ribcage. Abaddon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rozemblit wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Abaddon has him pressed against the cage.
We've been hearing reports that Rozemblit has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rozemblit has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Abaddon uses from the top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Rozemblit has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Abaddon is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Rozemblit.
Abaddon is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rozemblit will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rozemblit is looking for a sweep.
Abaddon is looking to take a break and control but Rozemblit is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Abaddon has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rozemblit throws out a leg kick but Abaddon moves out of range and Rozemblit only half commits.
Rozemblit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rozemblit keeps the fight on the outside.
Abaddon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Abaddon rushes Rozemblit and presses him up against the cage.
Abaddon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rozemblit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rozemblit can't get the takedown.
Rozemblit blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rozemblit successfully pulls guard.
Abaddon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rozemblit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Abaddon defends it easily.
Rozemblit had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Abaddon defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abaddon is stalling in the full guard.
Rozemblit working a defensive guard here.
Abaddon controls from within his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abaddon trying to control the position from guard on top but Rozemblit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Anthony Abaddon was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Abaddon, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rozemblit looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Abaddon is fending him off so far but Rozemblit persists. Nope, Abaddon circles away and we're back to standing.
Abaddon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abaddon wants to land a leg kick but Rozemblit is out of range.
Abaddon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rozemblit has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rozemblit lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Abaddon checks the leg kick nicely there.
Good shot there by Rozemblit.
Abaddon throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rozemblit counters with a nice low kick that buckles Abaddon's knee momentarily.
Abaddon lands with a shot to the body.
Abaddon is looking to score with low kicks.
Rozemblit tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Abaddon swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Rozemblit. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abaddon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Anthony Abaddon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rozemblit throws out a powerful jab.
Anthony Abaddon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Abaddon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rozemblit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rozemblit misses.
Abaddon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rozemblit dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rozemblit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Abaddon.
Abaddon looks for the body kick but Rozemblit saw that one coming.
Abaddon misses with a left hand
and Rozemblit counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Abaddon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rozemblit misses with an attempted mid kick.
Abaddon digs a good hook to Rozemblit's body.
Rozemblit uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Abaddon.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rozemblit avoids the head kick by Abaddon.
A head kick by Abaddon misses
and Rozemblit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abaddon misses with a hook
and Rozemblit counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Abaddon dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Abaddon moves to clinch but Rozemblit breaks away
and Rozemblit counters with a nice uppercut.
Anthony Abaddon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Abaddon plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Rozemblit keeps the fight on the outside.
Rozemblit throws a big shot that misses.
Rozemblit connects with a single shot there.
Rozemblit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rozemblit drives through with a takedown into guard.
Abaddon working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rozemblit.
Abaddon wants to sweep here but Rozemblit controlling him for the moment.
Rozemblit looking to pass the guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Abaddon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abaddon looking for a sweep. Not yet Abaddon, not yet.
Abaddon is trying to keep Rozemblit in close.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Anthony Abaddon hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Abaddon checks the leg kick.
Rozemblit just misses with a punch to the body.
Abaddon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A punch combination from Rozemblit misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rozemblit lands with a nice body kick.
Rozemblit throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rozemblit.
Abaddon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rozemblit. That did some damage!
Abaddon tries a low kick but Rozemblit avoids it.
Abaddon 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.
Rozemblit is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Abaddon throws a head kick but Rozemblit moves out of range.
Abaddon looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abaddon checks a low kick from Rozemblit.
Abaddon moves in looking to clinch but Rozemblit pushes him off.
A head kick from Rozemblit lands but Abaddon takes it in his stride.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rozemblit tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abaddon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abaddon.
A nice inside leg kick there by Abaddon. That's going to slow Rozemblit down.
Abaddon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rozemblit on the side of the head.
Abaddon scoring well with a low kick there.
Abaddon throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rozemblit throws a body kick that misses.
Rozemblit throws a jab but it's blocked by Abaddon.
Abaddon swinging wildly here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Abaddon.
Abaddon darts in trying to clinch
and Rozemblit counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Abaddon!
Jose Rozemblit overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Abaddon is looking for a sweep.
Abaddon wants to control but Rozemblit postures up.
Rozemblit wants to lay and pray for a moment but Abaddon keeps working.
Rozemblit is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Abaddon is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Rozemblit tries to advance to mount but Abaddon instead regains half guard.
Abaddon works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anthony Abaddon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Rozemblit has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rozemblit throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Abaddon's head.
Abaddon lands a big right hand that sends Rozemblit crashing to the mat! Abaddon stays standing though and waves Rozemblit back to his feet!
Rozemblit is rocked!
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!
Rozemblit is aggressively charging in as Abaddon backs up avoiding any damage. Abaddon tosses out a jab and Rozemblit runs right into it face first! Rozemblit is out cold! Abaddon dropped down on all fours and is barking in Rozemblit's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Abaddon!
In his post fight interview, Anthony Abaddon started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Conteh is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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208 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Gabe Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber lunges at Conteh with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Conteh's hand.
Conteh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Faber attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Conteh throws a jab but it's blocked by Faber.
Conteh on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Conteh closes the distance but Faber moves to the side
and Faber cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Conteh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Faber.
Faber slips under a jab from Conteh.
We've been told by Faber's head coaches at Meats Slaughter House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A cross from Conteh lands.
Conteh misses with a hook to the body
and Faber counters with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faber throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Conteh misses with a hook. Faber ducked under it nicely.
Faber misses with a body kick.
Faber throws a leg kick but Conteh sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber lands a nice looking kick to the body. Conteh takes a step back to recover.
Conteh is looking to clinch.
Conteh rushes Faber and presses him up against the cage.
Conteh can't find room to land a body shot as Faber controls the action.
Faber blocks a body shot from Conteh.
Conteh gets through Faber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Faber pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faber swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Faber scores with a jab.
Faber stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Faber. Conteh shrugs it off though.
Nice straight punches there by Conteh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Conteh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faber throws a head kick that misses.
Faber tries to bum rush Conteh with a series of wild strikes but Conteh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've been informed that Conteh has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Faber tries a knee to the head but Conteh blocks it.
Conteh is trying to stall.
Conteh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Faber is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Conteh lands a left hand.
Faber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conteh backwards.
Conteh lands a left hand.
Faber misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Conteh is leaning against Faber and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Faber struggles to land a body shot inside as Conteh controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber looking to throw knees to the head but Conteh is blocking nicely.
Conteh tries to break the clinch but Faber is controlling the position.
Conteh blocking some punches.
Conteh lands with a short shot to the head.
Conteh holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Faber.
Conteh tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Faber's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faber misses with a low kick.
Faber bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faber. Conteh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Faber tries to work over Conteh's front leg with a kick but Conteh checks it.
Faber swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Faber misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conteh throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Faber stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faber swings away with a body shot that misses
and Conteh counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conteh.
Faber is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Conteh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gabe Faber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conteh swings for the body but Faber moves out of range.
Faber connects with a solid leg kick.
Faber wants to slow Conteh down by chopping away at his legs.
Conteh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Faber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faber throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Conteh ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conteh throws a hook to the side of Faber's head but Faber sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conteh slips a jab from Faber.
Faber wants to slow Conteh down by chopping away at his legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conteh. Faber does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gabe Faber will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Faber.
Conteh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faber manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Faber.
Faber throws a head kick but Conteh moves out of range.
Faber just misses with a punch to the body.
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
Faber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Faber pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Faber displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Conteh lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A solid leg kick lands there for Faber.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faber throws a chopping leg kick but Conteh manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Conteh avoids the head kick by Faber.
Faber thows a body kick. Conteh tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Faber lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh misses with a hook. Faber ducked under it nicely.
Conteh moves into the clinch successfully.
Faber throws a head punch that misses.
Faber with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Conteh is trying to break the clinch but Faber has him pressed against the cage.
Conteh struggles to land a body shot inside as Faber controls his hands.
Conteh keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Faber's efforts to push away.
Faber misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faber misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Faber.
Faber can't find room to land a body shot as Conteh controls the action.
Conteh breaks the clinch.
A jab lands there for Conteh.
Gabe Faber is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Faber lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Conteh has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Conteh and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Conteh slips under a jab from Faber.
Faber misses with a wild body shot.
Faber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Faber throws a low kick but it's checked well by Conteh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conteh takes one to the chin there.
Faber displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Conteh throws out the jab.
Faber connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Conteh momentarily.
Faber lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Conteh circles away quickly and effectively.
Conteh defending well as Faber loads up on a big left hand.
Faber attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice defenses there by Conteh.
Faber throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conteh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Faber walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Conteh checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Faber connects with a good right hand that stumbles Conteh. Conteh circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conteh clobbers Faber with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big left from Faber misses.
Faber looks to land a body kick but Conteh moved away.
Faber scores with a leg kick.
Faber connects with a solid leg kick.
Faber takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Faber swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Faber tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Conteh blocks the leg kick.
Faber ducks under a wild hook from Conteh.
Faber throws a hook but Conteh avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber avoids the body shot from Conteh.
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!
Conteh slips under a jab from Faber.
A jab from Faber does it's job there.
Faber ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Faber tries to land a front kick but Conteh steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Faber pivots, looking for a leg kick but Conteh is out of range and Faber settles back down.
Faber is looking to slow Conteh down with leg kicks.
Faber throws a poor cross that misses
and Conteh counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Conteh ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Conteh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Faber.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Faber takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Faber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Conteh is out of range.
Faber takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabe Faber dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Conteh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faber manages to avoid it.
Conteh misses with an uppercut. Faber saw that one coming.
Faber misses with a double jab
and Conteh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Faber throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Faber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That kick from Faber tenderised Conteh's leg. Conteh is trying to keep his angry face on.
Conteh misses with the combination.
Faber fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Conteh on the side of the head.
Conteh uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Faber.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Faber.
Conteh's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Faber fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Conteh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Good standup being displayed there by Faber as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Faber as Conteh tries to tie him up.
Faber lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conteh backwards.
Faber breaks from the clinch.
Conteh paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Conteh throws an overhand right that lands on Faber's shoulder, as Faber tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Faber misses.
Faber misses with a kick to the body.
Faber misses with an uppercut.
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
Conteh's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Faber connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Conteh scrambles back to his feet.
Conteh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Faber sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conteh avoids a kick to the body.
Gabe Faber is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Faber throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A good leg kick by Faber.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conteh scores with a jab.
Faber bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conteh moves away from the strike by Faber.
Conteh moves out of range of the body kick.
Faber with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Conteh to score with a decent uppercut.
Faber is rocked!
Are you kidding me?! Conteh ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Faber clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Conteh!
An out of breath John Conteh thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Barnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoran Miloshevich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barnes comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be. Miloshevich has chosen Kosovskiy front as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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32
217 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Barnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zoran Miloshevich!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnes throws a body punch but Miloshevich moves out of range.
Miloshevich misses with a hook.
Barnes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Miloshevich swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barnes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Miloshevich tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnes was well out of range. Poor timing from Miloshevich.
Miloshevich looks to clinch
and Barnes counters with a good low kick that Miloshevich was not able to check.
Barnes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Miloshevich rushes Barnes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Miloshevich creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Miloshevich prevents a body shot from Barnes.
Miloshevich controlling the action here for a moment.
Miloshevich misses with an elbow over the top.
Barnes avoids a wild elbow strike from Miloshevich.
Miloshevich lands an elbow just above Barnes 's eye.
It looks like Nate Barnes has been cut.
A hook to the body from Barnes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miloshevich pushes Barnes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barnes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miloshevich is defending well for now.
Miloshevich pushes off an throws an elbow but Barnes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Barnes scores with a nice short uppercut.
Miloshevich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Miloshevich swings wildly with an uppercut but Barnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barnes can't find room to land a body shot as Miloshevich controls the action.
Miloshevich lands an elbow inside that Barnes shrugs off.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Miloshevich lands an elbow that stopped Barnes in his tracks for a moment.
Miloshevich throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miloshevich throws an elbow but misses.
Barnes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Zoran Miloshevich has been cut.
Barnes blocks an uppercut.
Barnes tries to throw a body punch but Miloshevich avoids it by throwing Barnes back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Miloshevich throws an elbow but misses.
Barnes missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miloshevich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barnes backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barnes blocks the elbow strike.
Barnes misses with a punch on the inside.
Miloshevich throws an elbow but it misses.
Barnes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Barnes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Miloshevich lands a damaging elbow.
Nate Barnes's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Miloshevich stalling the fight.
Miloshevich comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Miloshevich lands a left hand.
Jeez, Nate Barnes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Miloshevich lands a left hand.
Barnes is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nate Barnes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Zoran Miloshevich!
Zoran Miloshevich seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Nate Barnes was interviewed post fight and said 'Two losses in a row is never a good thing but I have never lost 3 in a row. There will be hell to pay for whoever my next opponent is.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Donelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki's entrance music is I've Just Seen a Face. A fine choice. Donelly has chosen Jump Around as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Masaru Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Donelly!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki misses with a combination
and Donelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Donelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Hideki should have avoided that one.
Donelly misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Hideki misses the target.
Hideki takes a swing at Donelly's ribcage but misses.
Donelly throws a jab when Hideki was well out of range.
Donelly misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Hideki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hideki blocks a jab.
Donelly scores with the left hand. Hideki knows he should have avoided that one.
Hideki looks to land a right hand but Donelly moved out of range.
Hideki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Donelly is fending him off so far but Hideki persists. Nope, Donelly circles away and we're back to standing.
Donelly looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hideki misses with a straight left.
Hideki goes for a double leg but Donelly avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Donelly continues to drive forward.
We've been hearing reports that Hideki has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Donelly swings wildly with an uppercut but Hideki uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
It looks like Masaru Hideki has been cut.
Donelly told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hideki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hideki misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Donelly.
Hideki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hideki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Donelly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Donelly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hideki misses with an uppercut.
Hideki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Donelly.
Donelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Donelly misses with the combination.
Hideki misses with an uppercut
and Donelly counters with an outside leg kick.
Donelly tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hideki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Donelly throws a big shot that misses.
Hideki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donelly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly lands a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donelly slips under a jab from Hideki.
Hideki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Donelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hideki throws a right hand that misses
and Donelly counters with a two punch combo.
Donelly checks a leg kick nicely.
Hideki misses with an uppercut.
Hideki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joseph Donelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Donelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A lazy left from Donelly finds it's target.
Hideki drives through and clinches with Donelly against the cage.
Hideki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donelly lands a nice looking body shot.
Hideki tries a head kick but it misses.
Donelly connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly throws a hook but Hideki avoids it easily.
Hideki clinches up with Donelly and pushes him back against the cage.
Donelly lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Hideki.
Hideki working aggressively here.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hideki breaks from the clinch.
Donelly lands a body shot.
Donelly moves into range and clinches up with Hideki.
Donelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Donelly.
Hideki lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donelly tries a body shot but Hideki blocks it.
Hideki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Donelly can't find room to land a body shot as Hideki controls the action.
Donelly tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hideki avoids it.
Donelly scores with a shot to the side of Hideki's head.
Donelly misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Donelly back against the cage.
Hideki is looking to break free of the clinch but Donelly has double underhooks.
Hideki is trying to break the clinch but Donelly is controlling him.
Donelly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Donelly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Donelly cracks Hideki with a nice body shot.
Donelly lands an uppercut.
Donelly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hidekis head.
Hideki throws a punch but it's blocked by Donelly.
Hideki breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Hideki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Donelly doesn't seem phased though.
Donelly misses with a right hand
and Hideki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hideki is thwarting Donelly's attempts to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donelly blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hideki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Donelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Masaru Hideki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Donelly.
Hideki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Donelly manages to avoid it.
Hideki throws a leg kick but Donelly sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hideki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Donelly tries to clinch there but Hideki circles away.
Hideki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Donelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hideki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Donelly misses with a straight left.
Donelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donelly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hideki moves out of range of the leg kick from Donelly.
Hideki checks a leg kick nicely.
Donelly feints and then cracks Hideki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hideki down.
Nice body punch from Donelly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly checks a low kick from Hideki.
Donelly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donelly jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hideki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Donelly has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hideki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hideki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Donelly misses with a double jab.
Hideki throws a front kick aimed at Donelly's knee but Donelly avoids it well.
Hideki loads up on a big right hand but Donelly slips the punch.
A cross from Donelly lands.
Hideki motions for Donelly to come forward. Hideki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donelly lands a right hook to the body.
Donelly scores with a punch to the head.
Donelly lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hideki circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joseph Donelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hideki moves out of range of the body kick.
Hideki throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donelly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Donelly there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donelly looks to land a combination. Hideki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hideki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hideki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hideki misses with a straight right.
Donelly misses with a wild body shot.
Hideki avoids the head kick by Donelly.
Donelly wants to slow Hideki down by chopping away at his legs.
Donelly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hideki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly blocks a low kick nicely.
Donelly lands with a cross.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Hideki throws an off balance right hand
and Donelly counters with a left to the body.
A jab from Hideki does it's job there.
Hideki keeps the fight on the outside.
Donelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Hideki looks to land a combination but Donelly avoids it well.
Donelly throws a lazy right hand but Hideki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donelly buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Hideki.
Hideki throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Donelly on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Hideki. Those never looked like landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donelly has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Donelly there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Donelly looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Donelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hideki.
Left hook, right uppercut from Donelly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Donelly. Hideki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hideki connects with a solid leg kick.
Donelly blocks a jab.
Hideki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masaru Hideki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hideki looks to score with a jab to the body but Donelly is just out of range.
Donelly checks a low kick from Hideki.
Donelly lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hideki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Donelly.
Hideki misses with a hook. Donelly ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Donelly.
Nice uppercut lands for Donelly. That snapped Hideki's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Donelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Masaru Hideki's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hideki throws a sloppy head kick and Donelly moves out of range easily.
Hideki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Donelly. Donelly obviously looking to wear him down.
Donelly wants to clinch up but Hideki keeps it at a distance.
Hideki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hideki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Donelly misses with a body shot.
Donelly moves out of range of the leg kick from Hideki.
Hideki scores with a jab.
Donelly thows a body shot but no joy.
Hideki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Donelly tries to clinch but Hideki moves out of range.
Donelly throws a shot from downtown. Hideki moves away and avoids it.
Donelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Donelly is looking to slow Hideki down with leg kicks.
Donelly scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Donelly throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot.
Donelly takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Donelly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hideki.
Donelly throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Donelly blocks the leg kick.
Hideki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Donelly checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Donelly misses with a straight left.
Hideki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Donelly, pushing him back against the cage.
Hideki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donelly lands an elbow just above Hideki 's eye.
Donelly lands a nice uppercut.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Donelly working aggressively here.
Hideki blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donelly lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hideki backwards.
Donelly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Donelly controls his hands.
Donelly scores with a shoulder strike.
Joseph Donelly seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Donelly misses with some punches.
Hideki lands an uppercut.
Donelly lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Donelly throws an elbow that misses.
Donelly working aggressively here.
Donelly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hideki is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki.
Donelly prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Donelly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hideki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hideki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hideki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Donelly regains guard immediately.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donelly is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
Hideki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hideki won't allow Donelly to sweep him here.
Donelly is looking to stand up but Hideki isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hideki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Donelly is keeping the position for now.
Hideki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Masaru Hideki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donelly keeping moving, preventing Hideki from controlling successfully.
Joseph Donelly is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Hideki throws a big right hand that misses.
Hideki drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Donelly dives on top into guard.
Donelly wants to control from the top but Hideki keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Masaru Hideki.
Donelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Donelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Donelly 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 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Donelly!
An out of breath Joseph Donelly thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geralt Of Ravia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Of Ravia has chosen The Witcher as his entrance music. Geralt Of Ravia acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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30
215 lbs
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28
203 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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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
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Pierre Trudeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Geralt Of Ravia!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Of Ravia throws a jab but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Of Ravia avoids a kick to the body.
A head kick from Of Ravia lands but Trudeau takes it in his stride.
It looks like Pierre Trudeau has been cut.
Of Ravia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trudeau.
Trudeau takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Trudeau lands with an overhand left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Trudeau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Trudeau slips under a jab from Of Ravia.
Of Ravia lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Of Ravia scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Trudeau slips under a jab.
Of Ravia 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.
Of Ravia throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trudeau.
Of Ravia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Of Ravia was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Of Ravia.
A bone on bone clash there as Trudeau blocks the leg kick.
Trudeau moves out of range of the strikes.
Trudeau throws a wild body kick that Of Ravia sees coming a mile off.
Trudeau thuds a left hand into Of Ravia's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Ravia lands a head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Trudeau.
Of Ravia avoids the head kick by Trudeau.
Of Ravia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fight stays on the outside here - Of Ravia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Of Ravia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trudeau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Of Ravia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Of Ravia's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trudeau under the eye.
Of Ravia wants to clinch.
Trudeau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Of Ravia.
Of Ravia slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Of Ravia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Of Ravia avoids the body shot from Trudeau.
Trudeau lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau lunges at Of Ravia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Of Ravia's hand.
Of Ravia cracks the inside of Trudeau's front leg.
Trudeau misses the shot to the body.
Of Ravia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trudeau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trudeau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Of Ravia checks a leg kick.
Of Ravia fails to land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Of Ravia.
Trudeau getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Of Ravia slips under a jab from Trudeau.
Trudeau wants to slow Of Ravia down by chopping away at his legs.
Trudeau is looking to wear down Of Ravia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trudeau on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Trudeau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Of Ravia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trudeau throws a right and a left that Of Ravia avoids nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Of Ravia.
Of Ravia looks to land a right hand but Trudeau moved out of range.
Of Ravia tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Ravia connects with a nice looking jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Trudeau blocks the leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Trudeau misses with a low kick.
Trudeau is looking to land body kicks.
Trudeau does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Of Ravia cracks Trudeau with a good jab.
A big right from Trudeau misses.
Trudeau throws the kick towards the body but Of Ravia avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Of Ravia, right into the meat.
Trudeau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Of Ravia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Of Ravia connects with a leg kick. Trudeau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Trudeau takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Trudeau.
Trudeau shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Of Ravia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trudeau throws a low kick but it's checked well by Of Ravia.
Trudeau is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Trudeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Of Ravia scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trudeau doesn't seem bothered though.
Of Ravia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Trudeau 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.
Of Ravia fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Trudeau, pushing him back against the cage.
Of Ravia misses with a punch on the inside.
Trudeau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Of Ravia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Of Ravia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Of Ravia blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geralt Of Ravia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Of Ravia throws a front kick aimed at Trudeau's knee but Trudeau avoids it well.
Trudeau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Trudeau rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Of Ravia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Of Ravia throws a jab but it's blocked by Trudeau.
Trudeau does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A low kick from Of Ravia misses
and Trudeau counters with a stiff right hand.
Of Ravia throws a body punch but Trudeau moves out of range.
Of Ravia takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trudeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Of Ravia.
Trudeau clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Of Ravia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Of Ravia lands a hook that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Of Ravia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trudeau's face.
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Ravia misses with a knee strike.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Of Ravia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Of Ravia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Of Ravia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trudeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
Of Ravia misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Of Ravia scores with a shot to the side of Trudeau's head.
Pierre Trudeau's cut is getting worse.
A head punch on the inside from Of Ravia fails to land.
Trudeau lands with a light punch inside.
Trudeau tries a body shot but Of Ravia blocks it.
Of Ravia misses with some punches.
Trudeau throws a punch but it's blocked by Of Ravia.
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
Of Ravia working aggressively here.
Trudeau lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Of Ravia.
Of Ravia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Of Ravia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Of Ravia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trudeau throws a head punch that misses.
Of Ravia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Of Ravia fails to land.
Of Ravia pressing his opponent against the cage.
Geralt Of Ravia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Of Ravia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Trudeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Of Ravia controls his hands.
Of Ravia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trudeau has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Of Ravia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Of Ravia working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pierre Trudeau will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pierre Trudeau's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Of Ravia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trudeau is out of range.
Trudeau swats away the attempt to clinch by Of Ravia.
Of Ravia turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Trudeau tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Trudeau avoids the body shot from Of Ravia.
Trudeau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Trudeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Ravia with a hook.
Of Ravia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Trudeau is able to avoid easily.
Trudeau blocks a low kick nicely.
Of Ravia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but Trudeau blocks it.
Trudeau blocks an uppercut.
Trudeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Ravia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trudeau's face.
Of Ravia misses with a knee strike.
Trudeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Of Ravia's elbow.
Trudeau working aggressively here.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Of Ravia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Of Ravia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trudeau blocks it with crossed arms.
Of Ravia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trudeau backwards.
Of Ravia jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Trudeau walks away with a smile on his face. Of Ravia gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Trudeau looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia wants to land a leg kick but Trudeau is out of range.
Trudeau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Of Ravia on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trudeau thows a body shot but no joy.
Of Ravia tries to clinch but Trudeau moves out of range.
Of Ravia tries a head kick but it misses.
An inside leg kick from Of Ravia misses.
Trudeau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Trudeau lands a lovely overhand right.
Trudeau avoids the head kick by Of Ravia.
Of Ravia throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Of Ravia.
Trudeau lunges at Of Ravia with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Of Ravia's hand.
Of Ravia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Trudeau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Of Ravia works the jab nicely.
Of Ravia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Of Ravia thumps Trudeau with a low kick.
Trudeau throws a series of punches but Of Ravia avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau avoids the body shot from Of Ravia.
Trudeau takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Of Ravia moves out of range of the body kick.
Trudeau moves out of range of the strikes.
Of Ravia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trudeau.
Of Ravia staying out of range there.
Trudeau tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Of Ravia is able to avoid easily.
That kick from Of Ravia tenderised Trudeau's leg. Trudeau is trying to keep his angry face on.
Of Ravia connects with a leg kick. Trudeau looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Geralt Of Ravia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trudeau lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice cross by Trudeau.
Of Ravia tries to work over Trudeau's front leg with a kick but Trudeau checks it.
Of Ravia checks a low kick from Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trudeau drives through and clinches with Of Ravia against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Of Ravia misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Ravia working aggressively here.
Trudeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Of Ravia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trudeau blocks it with crossed arms.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Of Ravia looking to slow down the pace here.
Of Ravia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Trudeau blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Of Ravia trying to stall but Trudeau improves his position.
Of Ravia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Geralt Of Ravia.
Well Of Ravia 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 William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Geralt Of Ravia!
After winning the bout, Geralt Of Ravia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Begbie Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Gray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franco kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Born Slippy. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gray's choice of entrance music: make love not war baby. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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29
190 lbs
18 - 8 - 0 |
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193 lbs
24 - 13 - 2 |
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World class MT
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World class boxer
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Begbie Franco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 13 - 2, fighting out of London, Mr Gray!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gray steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Franco. That one must have hurt.
Gray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gray moves in looking to clinch but Franco pushes him off.
Franco with a jab.
Franco circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Franco dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gray. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gray throws a solid leg kick but Franco takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gray.
Gray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Franco.
Gray tries to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gray scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gray wants to free his trapped foot but Franco is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gray misses with a head shot. Franco uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gray is looking to work some ground and pound but Franco has wrist control.
Gray is looking to work some ground and pound but Franco has wrist control.
Gray trying to control but Franco is working from the bottom.
Gray throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Franco works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gray wants to pass the guard but Franco is keeping the position.
Franco looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gray is one step ahead there.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Franco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gray stands up over Franco, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gray looking to pass the guard.
Gray chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franco avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gray content to stall in guard here.
Franco is trying to control the position but Gray postures up.
Franco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gray.
Gray trying to control the position from guard on top but Franco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
My spies in GTI-2 inform me that Gray has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Franco working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gray.
Franco preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gray passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Franco is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at ~T~ Troid - Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Gray tries to score with some ground and pound. Franco controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gray looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Franco is avoiding damage well.
Franco avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Gray.
Gray creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Franco sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gray creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gray wants to control but Franco is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Gray dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gray clinches.
A right hand to the body from Franco.
Gray tries to pull guard but Franco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Franco takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Franco.
Gray jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Franco walks away with a smile on his face. Gray gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gray throws the left hand but Franco avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot lands for Franco.
Gray tries to clinch
and Franco counters with a left to the body.
Franco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Franco misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Franco keeps the fight on the outside.
Franco misses with a left hand
and Gray counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gray manages to avoid it.
Gray fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Begbie Franco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Gray.
Gray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Franco misses with a straight left.
Gray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gray fails to land the takedown.
Good exchange - Gray coming out on top.
Gray explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gray shoots in looking for a takedown. Franco tries to sprawl out of it but Gray keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Franco manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Franco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Franco misses the jab.
Gray bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Franco's head backwards.
Gray lands a right hook to the body.
Gray misses with a body kick.
Gray tries to clinch up.
Gray clobbers Franco with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice cross by Franco.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray closes the distance and clinches up with Franco, looking for a takedown. Gray pushes Franco against the cage but Franco circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Franco misses with a low kick.
Franco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gray throws a head kick that misses.
Franco motions for Gray to come forward. Franco throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gray dodges the punch combination from Franco.
Mr Gray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Franco gets tackled into the cage by Gray. Gray maintains the clinch.
Gray pushes Franco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Franco lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gray is trying to break free.
Gray tries to work over Franco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Franco scores with a shoulder strike.
Franco misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Gray.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gray lands with a short shot to the head.
Gray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gray tries to pull guard but Franco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gray moves in looking to clinch but Franco pushes him off.
Franco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gray has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gray there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gray lands with a straight right. Franco didn't see that one coming.
Gray is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mr Gray will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Franco looks for the body kick but Gray saw that one coming.
Gray misses with a takedown attempt - Franco sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Franco.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Franco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Begbie Franco is winning the standup battle so far.
Gray connects with a jab.
Gray thuds his right hand into Franco's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gray tries to close the distance and clinch but Franco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gray drives through and clinches with Franco against the cage.
Franco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Franco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gray doesn't seem phased though.
Gray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gray tries to clinch up.
Gray wants to clinch
and Franco counters with an inside leg kick.
Begbie Franco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Franco misses with a low kick as Gray jumps back.
Gray tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Franco counter with a right hand.
Gray is rocked!
Franco ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Gray out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Begbie Franco!
Begbie Franco thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kung Lao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wilfredo Cacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cacho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Fink U Freeky kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
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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
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kung Lao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilfredo Cacho!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cacho tried to score with a low kick but Lao checks it.
The fighters circling - Cacho throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lao digs a good hook to Cacho's body.
Lao misses with a body shot.
Lao throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cacho sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Lao avoids the body shot from Cacho.
Cacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lao manages to avoid it.
Cacho throws a low kick but Lao avoids it.
Lao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cacho there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lao scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cacho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lao. That did some damage!
Cacho moves out of range as Lao strikes.
Cacho chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cacho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cacho misses with a leg kick
and Lao counters with a head kick.
Cacho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lao.
Cacho lands with a cross.
Wilfredo Cacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cacho misses with a low kick as Lao jumps back.
Cacho connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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!
Cacho fails to land with a series of punches.
Lao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lao misses with a body kick.
Lao lunges at Cacho with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cacho's hand.
Cacho wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cacho ducks under a wild hook from Lao.
Cacho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lao takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cacho throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cacho misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cacho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cacho has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cacho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lao is out of range and Cacho settles back down.
Cacho throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Lao stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Cacho follows into mount!
Cacho throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Lao because Cacho loaded up on that one.
Lao is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cacho avoids the attempt from Lao to control.
Lao is working to get back to half guard.
Cacho throws some wild stikes that Lao manages to avoid easily.
Lao is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cacho lands a big shot there that rocks Lao but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cacho avoids the attempt from Lao to control.
Lao is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Team Anarchy MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Lao is squirming around, avoiding Cacho's attempts to control the action.
Lao manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Cacho scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lao is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cacho pulls his head out easily.
Lao looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lao looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cacho missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cacho wants to stand but Lao has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cacho wants to pass to mount but Lao is defending the position.
Lao moves into full guard.
Lao wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cacho stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Lao has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Cacho manages to get his head free but now Lao has transitioned to an armbar! Cacho grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Lao! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kung Lao!
Kung Lao seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Alexandrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandrov comes into the arena with Pelageya & Darya Moroz-Oy, da ne vecher (russian folk music) blaring out of the sound system. Hunt has chosen Smells Like Teen Spirit as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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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
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fedor Alexandrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexandrov shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Alexandrov showed some decent athleticism there.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Hunt moves into full guard.
Alexandrov throws an elbow that misses. Hunt uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alexandrov's guard. Nice move by Hunt!
Alexandrov wants to stand and escape but Hunt is having none of it.
Hunt wants to control from the top but Alexandrov keeps moving.
Alexandrov has his hands on Hunt's head, controlling the position.
Hunt preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov working for a triangle but Hunt defends it easily.
Hunt works over Alexandrov with some ground and pound from guard.
Hunt throws a big elbow that misses.
Hunt throws a strike but Alexandrov rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hunt controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov throws a big elbow that misses.
Alexandrov trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexandrov is really struggling to control Hunt but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Hunt wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hunt jabs at Alexandrov's body.
Alexandrov throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Alexandrov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hunt fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alexandrov has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hunt with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alexandrov counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hunt wants to sweep here but Alexandrov controlling him for the moment.
Hunt working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Alexandrov.
Hunt is controlling Alexandrov's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hunt trying to keep a closed guard but Alexandrov is proving a slippery customer.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mike Hunt wasn't active enough on the ground.
Hunt throws a series of punches but Alexandrov moves out of range.
Nice cross by Hunt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt looks to land a body kick but Alexandrov moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexandrov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Hunt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hunt feints and then cracks Alexandrov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alexandrov down.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Fedor Alexandrov will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fedor Alexandrov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alexandrov is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hunt sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alexandrov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alexandrov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunt can pounce on him.
Alexandrov throws a lazy uppercut
and Hunt counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hunt working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunt scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alexandrov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hunt defends well.
Hunt is looking to pass into half guard but Alexandrov pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Alexandrov is in guard.
Hunt looking for a sweep. Not yet Hunt, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt is trying to control the position but Alexandrov postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Alexandrov accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Alexandrov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Alexandrov working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunt not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Hunt was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Alexandrov chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunt can pounce on him.
Hunt throws a low kick but it's checked well by Alexandrov.
Alexandrov fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Alexandrov slips a straight right by Hunt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Alexandrov to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Alexandrov trying to control but Hunt is working from the bottom.
Alexandrov postures up and lands a big shot to Hunt's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov wants to pass the guard but Hunt is keeping the position.
Alexandrov throwing strikes but missing.
Alexandrov postures up in Hunt's guard and throws a big left but Hunt blocks it.
Alexandrov trying to control the position from guard on top but Hunt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alexandrov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Alexandrov is one step ahead there.
Alexandrov sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Hunt's guard.
Alexandrov wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hunt keeps working.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunt blocking the ground and pound attempt from Alexandrov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike Hunt will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Alexandrov with a jab.
Alexandrov throws a hook to the side of Hunt's head but Hunt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt scores with a sloppy right hand. Alexandrov should have avoided that one.
Alexandrov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hunt momentarily.
Hunt throws a push kick but Alexandrov slaps the foot to one side.
Alexandrov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
An inside leg kick from Alexandrov misses.
Alexandrov throws a right hand that Hunt ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunt also avoids with ease.
Hunt misses with a wild body shot.
Alexandrov on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hunt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Alexandrov misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunt counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Alexandrov!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Alexandrov some visible discomfort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt throws an elbow but Alexandrov slips to the side and avoids it well.
Alexandrov struggling a bit here.
Alexandrov avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hunt.
Check out the look on Hunt's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Alexandrov gets back to half guard.
Hunt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alexandrov defending well though.
Hunt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Alexandrov blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hunt.
Hunt is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alexandrov is trying to maintain the position but Hunt is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hunt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Alexandrov defending well though.
Hunt blocks the strikes from Alexandrov.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alexandrov is looking to control Hunt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Alexandrov avoid being mounted?
Hunt is looking to take a break and control but Alexandrov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alexandrov is trying to maintain the position but Hunt is very close to passing his half guard.
Hunt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hunt works his way into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Hunt throwing shots but Alexandrov is blocking nicely.
Alexandrov is looking for a sweep. Hunt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hunt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alexandrov is trying to get back to full guard.
Alexandrov is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hunt's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hunt's back!
Hunt tries to escape but Alexandrov has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Alexandrov throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Hunt has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Hunt wants to control his opponent's hands but Alexandrov gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov struggling to keep hold of the position.
Alexandrov throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Alexandrov controlling well, preventing Hunt from escaping the position.
Hunt looking very determined here, making life difficult for Alexandrov.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alexandrov throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Hunt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hunt 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mike Hunt!
Our winner, Mike Hunt, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Freeman Blackford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gun Slinga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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252 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Freeman Blackford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gun Slinga!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slinga wants to slow Blackford down by chopping away at his legs.
Blackford checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Slinga tries to clinch up.
Gun Slinga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slinga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blackford was well out of range. Poor timing from Slinga.
Blackford tries to score with a low kick but Slinga moves his leg out of the way.
Slinga throws a body kick that misses
and Slinga takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blackford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slinga throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slinga scores with a decent looking hook.
Blackford throws a leg kick
and Slinga counters with a body kick.
Blackford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slinga swings for the body but Blackford moves out of range.
Slinga throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Slinga has Blackford up against the cage in a clinch.
Blackford tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Slinga can't find room to land a body shot as Blackford controls the action.
Blackford gets control of Slinga's arms and successfully pulls guard. Blackford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Slinga sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Slinga tries to free his leg and advance position but Blackford is retaining full guard.
Slinga looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Blackford looking for subs off his back but Slinga has passed one foot through into half guard.
Slinga keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackford has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Slinga escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Slinga!
Blackford is looking to regain half guard here but Slinga keeps moving and retains side control.
Slinga tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Blackford is trying to control Slinga's posture but Slinga avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackford is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackford holds on to Slinga's head and controls the position momentarily.
Blackford sneaks back into half guard.
Blackford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blackford is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Slinga pulls his head out easily.
Blackford looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Slinga keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackford is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blackford preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Slinga is thwarting Blackford's attempts to control the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Gun Slinga hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Slinga works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Slinga takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gun Slinga 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.
That kick from Blackford tenderised Slinga's leg. Slinga is trying to keep his angry face on.
It looks like Gun Slinga has been cut.
Slinga tries to clinch there but Blackford circles away.
Blackford thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Slinga if he has to take too many more of those.
Blackford is looking to score with low kicks.
Blackford throws a quick inside leg kick.
Slinga throws the kick towards the body but Blackford avoids it.
Blackford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Slinga manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Slinga lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Blackford misses.
Slinga moves away from the strike by Blackford.
Blackford shoots in and drives through. Slinga sprawls well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slinga throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slinga throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blackford is looking to chop away at Slinga's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackford moves out of range of the body kick.
Blackford walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Slinga scores with the left hand. Blackford knows he should have avoided that one.
Blackford moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Slinga.
Slinga bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Slinga lands a jab to the nose.
Slinga misses with a body kick.
Slinga clinches.
Blackford jumps guard and drags Slinga to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slinga wants to get up but he can't break Blackford's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Slinga pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blackford is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slinga avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Slinga is looking to stand up but Blackford won't let him.
Slinga 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.
Slinga tries to free his leg and advance position but Blackford is retaining full guard.
Slinga wants to control from the top but Blackford keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Slinga stays in close to Blackford's body and controls the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Gun Slinga was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Slinga throws a wild body kick that Blackford sees coming a mile off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blackford moves out of range of the leg kick from Slinga.
Jab, jab by Blackford - just one landing.
A shot to the liver by Blackford. Beautiful body shot.
Blackford circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Slinga.
Blackford checks a low kick from Slinga.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Slinga turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blackford swinging wildly here.
Slinga feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blackfords jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Blackford moves out of range as Slinga strikes.
Blackford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackford throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blackford has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blackford there as he acknowledges the shot.
Blackford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slinga moves in looking to clinch but Blackford pushes him off.
Slinga punishes Blackford's body with a nice straight punch.
Slinga lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Blackford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Slinga misses.
Blackford moves out of range of the leg kick from Slinga.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slinga misses with a body shot
and Blackford counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Slinga's guard now.
Blackford stopping the sweep attempt from Slinga.
Blackford showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gun Slinga showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gun Slinga's cut.
That's time! Blackford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Slinga lands with a good body shot.
Blackford pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Slinga thuds his right hand into Blackford's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Freeman Blackford has been cut.
Slinga swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Slinga.
Slinga throws a wild body kick that Blackford sees coming a mile off.
Slinga lands a front kick.
Slinga motions for Blackford to come forward. Slinga throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Slinga throws a leg kick but Blackford checks it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big left from Slinga misses.
Blackford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slinga throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Slinga throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blackford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Slinga tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Slinga misses with a body punch
and Blackford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Slinga scores with a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blackford shoots in looking for a takedown but Slinga manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Blackford's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Slinga tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blackford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blackford fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Slinga sprawls well initially but Blackford persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Blackford perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Blackford seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Blackford wants to control but Slinga is keeping him busy.
Freeman Blackford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackford is looking to advance position but Slinga won't allow it.
Slinga blocking the ground and pound attempt from Blackford.
Slinga is looking for a sweep. Blackford is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slinga keeps trying to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Freeman Blackford.
That kick from Slinga tenderised Blackford's leg. Blackford is trying to keep his angry face on.
Slinga closes the distance but Blackford moves to the side
and Blackford counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Slinga!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
What's Slinga going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Slinga wants to control but Blackford postures up.
Blackford is looking to take a break and control but Slinga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blackford tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blackford working the strikes but Slinga uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Blackford wants to pass to mount but Slinga is defending the position.
Blackford perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Slinga wants to control but Blackford is keeping busy.
Gun Slinga is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Slinga throws a leg kick but Blackford sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gun Slinga.
I've got Slinga 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gun Slinga!
A victorious Gun Slinga thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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