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The New Start PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tipene Rawhiti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tipene Rawhiti has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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266 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alberto Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tipene Rawhiti!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawhiti has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rawhiti breaks from the clinch.
Rawhiti looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rawhiti is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rawhiti cracks Da Silva with a solid left hand.
Da Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rawhiti can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rawhiti postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Da Silva is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Rawhiti, into his guard.
Rawhiti manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawhiti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rawhiti takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rawhiti is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Da Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
You get the feeling that Da Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Da Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Da Silva is squirming around, avoiding Rawhiti's attempts to control the action.
Rawhiti lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawhiti looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rawhiti should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rawhiti looking to control and managing it successfully.
Rawhiti working for a guillotine from mount but Da Silva is in no mood to give up.
Rawhiti sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Da Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawhiti landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rawhiti unloading with bombs!
Da Silva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Rawhiti has eaten all the pies!
Rawhiti lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rawhiti. What's that going to do exactly?
Rawhiti landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rawhiti has hold of Da Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Da Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rawhiti with the ground and pound from mount.
Rawhiti with shots to the head and body - Da Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rawhiti with a couple of short strikes.
Da Silva is rocked!
Rawhiti tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oh Da Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Da Silva tries to buck Rawhiti off but he can't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawhiti lands a big elbow.
Da Silva takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Rawhiti's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tipene Rawhiti!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Osama Burhani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dallas Rooney has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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240 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Osama Burhani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dallas Rooney!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burhani takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rooney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burhani lands with an uppercut that bounces Rooney off the ropes and back into range.
It looks like Dallas Rooney has been cut.
Burhani wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice straight punches there by Burhani. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burhani.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burhani avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Burhani displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rooney gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rooney fails to land with a series of punches.
Burhani connects with an inside leg kick.
Dallas Rooney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rooney looks winded!
Burhani displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rooney throws out the jab.
Burhani misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rooney misses with a few strikes there.
Rooney misses with a straight right.
Burhani scores with a decent looking hook.
Burhani lands an overhand right.
That has opened up Dallas Rooney's cut even more.
Rooney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Burhani paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burhani scoring well with a low kick there.
Rooney misses with a wild combination.
Burhani lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Burhani connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Rooney tumbling to the canvas! Burhani pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Rooney was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Osama Burhani!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mariusz Nikiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Game Time Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikiel comes to the ring accompanied by Krystian Pudzianowski - Slowianski wiatr. Jones has chosen Smooth Operator as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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265 lbs
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255 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mariusz Nikiel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Game Time Jones!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nikiel.
Jones checks the leg kick.
Nikiel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Nikiel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nikiel looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Nikiel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Nikiel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Nikiel didn't expect that.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nikiel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Nikiel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nikiel wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikiel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nikiel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nikiel is looking to improve his position.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nikiel defending well though.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Nikiel is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Nikiel wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Nikiel has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the action but Nikiel is working from the bottom.
Jones works his way into full mount!
Nikiel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nikiel is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nikiel is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Nikiel is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones looking to control but Nikiel is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Nikiel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nikiel tries to get out of the position.
Jones scoring with strikes but Nikiel is staying in there.
Nikiel is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Nikiel is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones has hold of Nikiel's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Nikiel manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
The referee warns Nikiel that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones lands with some strikes.
Nikiel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jones is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Nikiel is surviving well by controlling Jones's body position as best he can.
Nikiel is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.
Jones lands with some strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
BOOM! Jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jones raining down shots from the mount!
Jones connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Game Time Jones 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.
Nikiel misses with a shot to the body
and Jones counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Nikiel!
Jones wants to control but Nikiel is keeping him busy.
Nikiel can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Nikiel down.
Jones grinds an elbow into Nikiel's temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikiel taking a bit of punishment here - Jones scoring with strikes.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones in side control, throwing shots but Nikiel defends.
Nikiel wants to get back to his feet.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jones lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries for a kimura but Nikiel is defending well.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
The ground and pound from Jones seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jones grinds an elbow into Nikiel's temple.
Nikiel dodges the ground and pound from Jones.
Jones scoring with punches from side control.
Jones working the body and head with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes there by Jones.
An elbow from Jones crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikiel is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Jones is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Nikiel looks calm but he's in trouble here. Jones gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Nikiel is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Jones lets go of the hold and Nikiel can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Game Time Jones!
Game Time Jones is the new heavyweight champion!
A victorious Game Time Jones thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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