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Feral Combat finale PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Puempel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severi Suhonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Suhonen has chosen Lentävä Kalakukko 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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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent MT
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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
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Puempel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Severi Suhonen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suhonen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puempel.
Suhonen checks a leg kick nicely.
We've been told by Puempel's head coaches at Nights Watch MMA Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Puempel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Suhonen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Puempel has managed to clinch.
Puempel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Suhonen backwards.
Puempel slows down the pace here.
Puempel manages to break the clinch.
Puempel lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puempel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matt Puempel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puempel closes the distance and clinches.
Suhonen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Puempel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Suhonen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Puempel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puempel.
The referee calls for Puempel to work.
Puempel lands an elbow inside that Suhonen shrugs off.
Puempel scores with a shoulder strike.
Puempel has a couple of punches blocked by Suhonen.
Puempel manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puempel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Suhonen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puempel throws a leg kick but Suhonen moved away.
Puempel looks to land a left hand but Suhonen moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Puempel.
Suhonen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Puempel throws a head kick that misses.
Puempel scores with a head kick.
Suhonen has managed to clinch.
Suhonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Suhonen is struggling to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Puempel lands with a short shot to the head.
Puempel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Puempel gets through Suhonen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Puempel fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Suhonen.
A short right from Puempel.
Puempel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Suhonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puempel rushes Suhonen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puempel.
Puempel tries a body shot but Suhonen blocks it.
Puempel is pushing Suhonen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Puempel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suhonen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Suhonen defending well as Puempel loads up on a big left hand.
Suhonen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Suhonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Puempel doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puempel attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Puempel tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Puempel dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Suhonen avoids the head kick by Puempel.
Puempel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Puempel connects with a leg kick. Suhonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Suhonen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Puempel manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Suhonen advances to half guard.
Suhonen wants to take a breather but Puempel is having none of it.
Puempel manages to get to full guard.
Puempel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Puempel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Suhonen manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puempel wants to control from the top but Suhonen keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suhonen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Puempel gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Suhonen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Suhonen wants to hit a switch here but Puempel passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Suhonen there!
Puempel landing strikes from the mount.
Puempel working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Suhonen is desperately trying to improve his position but Puempel has a good base and remains in mount.
Suhonen is in a horrible position here. Puempel smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen is looking to improve his position but Puempel isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Puempel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puempel landing strikes, looking to finish!
Puempel is working for a guillotine from mount but Suhonen frees his head quite easily.
Suhonen wants to hold on but Puempel pushes him away.
Puempel landing strikes, looking to finish!
Suhonen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Suhonen keeps trying to improve his position.
Puempel is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Puempel cracks Suhonen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Suhonen hang on?
Puempel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Suhonen tries to reverse the position but Puempel maintains control.
Puempel is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Suhonen has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Puempel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Suhonen is looking to escape.
Suhonen swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Suhonen in a bad spot here, taking shots to 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!
Suhonen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Suhonen can't escape the position.
Puempel is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Puempel controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suhonen tries to hold on but Puempel pushes him away.
Puempel raining down shots from the mount!
Suhonen working to try and regain half guard.
Puempel swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Suhonen is now in Puempel's guard. A big mistake from Puempel there, giving up the dominant position!
Suhonen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Puempel keeping moving, preventing Suhonen from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puempel managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puempel can't keep his opponent in guard - Suhonen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Puempel dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Suhonen throws a body punch but Puempel moves out of range.
Puempel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Puempel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Suhonen.
Suhonen gets tackled into the cage by Puempel. Puempel maintains the clinch.
Suhonen takes an elbow to the temple.
Puempel lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Puempel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Suhonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suhonen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Suhonen wants a takedown.
Puempel misses with the head strike.
Puempel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suhonen can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puempel lands with a short shot to the head.
Puempel controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puempel.
Puempel controlling the action here for a moment.
Suhonen wants to break free but Puempel has control.
Puempel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Puempel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puempel gets underhooks to prevent Suhonen's takedown attempt.
Suhonen manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puempel misses with a low kick as Suhonen jumps back.
Suhonen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Suhonen connects with the punch.
Puempel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Puempel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Puempel throws a sloppy head kick
and Suhonen counters with a straight right hand.
Puempel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Suhonen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Puempel scrambles back to his feet.
Puempel throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puempel connects with a solid leg kick.
Puempel defending well as Suhonen loads up on a big left hand.
Suhonen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Suhonen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matt Puempel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Severi Suhonen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puempel slips a straight right by Suhonen.
Suhonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oooooh!!! Puempel has knocked Suhonen down with a huge combo! Puempel steps away and waves a wobbly Suhonen back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Suhonen is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puempel jabs Suhonen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Suhonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Puempel finish him?
Suhonen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Puempel works the jab nicely.
Puempel fakes the body blow, causing Suhonen to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Suhonen goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Puempel!
Matt Puempel gave a mention to Fury Nutrition Inc. in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lawrance Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Rogers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Lawrance Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Rogers!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rogers counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Adams trying to keep a closed guard but Rogers is proving a slippery customer.
Adams on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Adams tries to get out of the position.
Rogers wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
Rogers tries to free his leg and advance position but Adams is retaining full guard.
Adams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We're going to have a standup here because Lawrance Adams wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rogers ducks under a wild hook from Adams.
Adams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
It looks like Steve Rogers has been cut.
Rogers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rogers moves out of range as Adams strikes.
Rogers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Adams pinned against the cage. Adams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Adams throws a series of punches but Rogers moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams slaps away a takedown attempt from Rogers, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Adams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Adams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rogers.
Adams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Adams throws a hook to the side of Rogers's head but Rogers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Adams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rogers.
Lawrance Adams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rogers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Adams as he jumps to the side.
Lawrance Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Adams stuffs the takedown.
Rogers dives in for a single leg takedown but Adams sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rogers gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Adams regains guard.
Rogers pushing down on Adams's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Adams is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Adams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rogers.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rogers lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rogers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rogers not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rogers tries to pass the half guard into mount. Adams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rogers wants to take a breather but Adams is having none of it.
Rogers working the head and body with strikes.
Rogers trying to mount his opponent but Adams defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers misses with a head shot. Adams uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rogers won't allow Adams to get back to his feet.
Rogers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Adams is trying to control the position but Rogers postures up.
Rogers chips away with some ground and pound.
Rogers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rogers looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Adams wants to sweep but no luck.
Rogers passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rogers wants to take a breather but Adams manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Rogers.
Rogers wants to control from the top but Adams keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers looking to pass the guard.
Rogers postures up in Adams's guard and throws a big left but Adams blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
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.
Adams misses with an uppercut
and Rogers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Adams connects with a jab.
Steve Rogers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adams.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Rogers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adams scores with a nice head shot.
Rogers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Adams sprawls well initially but Rogers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Rogers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams trying to hold on to Rogers's head to control him but Rogers postures up.
Rogers seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Adams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Adams is looking for a sweep. Rogers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Adams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rogers on the ground.
Rogers lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rogers wants to free his trapped foot but Adams is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rogers trying to control the action but Adams is working from the bottom.
Rogers wants to pass to mount but Adams is defending the position.
Adams is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Rogers trying to pass the guard but Adams defending well.
Adams is trying to stand back up but Rogers is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rogers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Adams is not content to let Rogers control the position.
Rogers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogers lands with a punch from half guard.
Rogers throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rogers missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rogers trying to control the action but Adams is working from the bottom.
Rogers is looking to stall here but Adams recovers full guard.
Rogers slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rogers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Adams keeps working.
Rogers stops Adams from getting back to his feet.
Rogers is keen to just control but Adams is a slippery customer.
Adams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rogers wants to take a breather but Adams is having none of it.
Rogers thows a huge punch but Adams dodges it nicely.
Rogers looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rogers looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Adams pushes Rogers off looking to stand but Rogers dives back in and keeps control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rogers throws a strike but Adams avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Rogers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Adams's head.
Adams is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rogers is controlling him.
Adams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rogers advances position into side control!
Rogers is looking to take a break and control but Adams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rogers creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Rogers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Steve Rogers's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rogers tries to score a power double leg takedown but Adams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rogers somewhat.
Adams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rogers fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rogers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Adams.
Rogers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Adams was well out of range. Poor timing from Rogers.
Adams ducks under a wild hook from Rogers.
Adams throws a hook but Rogers avoids it easily.
Rogers walks into a stiff left hand from Adams.
Adams stuffs the takedown.
Lawrance Adams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Rogers.
Rogers swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Adams.
The crowd cheers as Adams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rogers doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rogers on the side of the head.
Rogers is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rogers throws a body punch but Adams moves out of range.
Rogers is still on wobbly legs! Can Adams finish him?
Horrible takedown by Rogers or perhaps it was just good defense by Adams which made him look bad.
Rogers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adams.
Rogers walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Rogers limp body while Adams jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lawrance Adams!
Lawrance Adams tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Fluke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Four Loko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loko has chosen marry yourdaughter as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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26
175 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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31
185 lbs
16 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luke Fluke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Four Loko!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fluke shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Loko but Loko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fluke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Luke Fluke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fluke darts in and clinches Loko up against the cage.
Fluke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fluke looks to land a right hand but Loko moved out of range.
Loko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick by Fluke misses
and Loko finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Loko moves away from the strike by Fluke.
Fluke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Loko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fluke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fluke throws a leg kick that misses.
Fluke throws a leg kick
enabling Loko to counter with a crisp jab.
Fluke digs a good body shot into Loko's ribs.
Fluke tries to land a leg kick but Loko saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fluke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loko takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fluke throws out a loose jab but Loko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loko gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Loko thuds a left hand into Fluke's body.
Fluke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fluke with a poor takedown
and Loko counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Fluke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good leg kick by Fluke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fluke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fluke darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Loko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fluke pulls his head out easily.
Loko is defending against the submission attempts here by Fluke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loko trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fluke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fluke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Loko is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fluke pulls his head out easily.
Loko keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loko is not content to let Fluke control the position.
Fluke perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fluke is looking to advance position but Loko won't allow it.
Fluke is stalling here. Loko is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Fluke seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Loko has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Fluke is not content to let Loko control the position.
Fluke manages to work his way to half guard, despite Loko's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loko is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fluke is just riding it out for now. Loko eventually gives up the hold.
Loko is trying to control the action in half guard but Fluke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loko is working for a kimura here but Fluke manages to reverse the position and he's now in Loko's guard.
Loko keeping moving, preventing Fluke from controlling successfully.
Fluke connects with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Fluke dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Loko cracks Fluke with a good jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Fluke misses the target.
Loko dodges the punch combination from Fluke.
Fluke throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Loko.
Loko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fluke.
Loko connects with a single shot there.
Loko checks a low kick from Fluke.
Loko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fluke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Loko throws the kick towards the body but Fluke avoids it.
Loko stalks Fluke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fluke's face. Fluke staggers backwards, shaken.
Loko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fluke was well out of range. Poor timing from Loko.
Fluke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fluke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loko was well out of range. Poor timing from Fluke.
Luke Fluke is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loko gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Loko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Fluke buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fluke is looking to slow Loko down with leg kicks.
Fluke swings widly with a right hand
and Loko counters with an inside leg kick.
Loko throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fluke's head.
Fluke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Loko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A good leg kick by Fluke.
Four Loko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fluke swings away with a body shot that misses
and Loko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fluke throws a hook but Loko avoids it easily.
Four Loko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loko misses with a body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loko, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fluke is defended easily by Loko.
Loko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fluke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fluke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fluke misses the body punch
and Loko counters with a three punch combo that has Fluke backing up. Fluke nods at Loko to acknowledge the strikes.
Loko pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fluke is out of range and Loko settles back down.
Fluke attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fluke bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fluke 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loko connects with a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fluke.
Loko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fluke moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fluke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loko manages to avoid it.
Loko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fluke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Loko fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fluke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Loko, right into the meat.
Fluke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fluke throws a shot from downtown. Loko moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Loko misses its intended target.
No luck for Fluke with that takedown attempt.
Fluke connects with a nice looking jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Fluke does no damage.
Fluke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crunch! Fluke slams his shin into Loko's torso.
Fluke takes a swing at Loko's ribcage but misses.
Loko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fluke is looking to clinch but Loko is avoiding it.
Loko steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fluke.
Fluke has Loko up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loko blocks a body shot from Fluke.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fluke.
Loko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Fluke dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fluke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loko moves away.
Loko bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fluke's head backwards.
Loko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Loko jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fluke takes a swing at Loko's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fluke.
Loko misses with a wild combination.
Sloppy strikes from Loko. Those never looked like landing.
Loko moves out of range of the body kick from Fluke.
Nice defenses there by Loko.
Fluke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fluke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fluke tries to score with a low kick but Loko moves his leg out of the way.
Fluke cracks Loko with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Loko defending well as Fluke loads up on a big left hand.
Fluke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Loko looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fluke takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fluke misses the shot to the body.
Loko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fluke on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fluke looks to land a left hand but Loko moved out of range nicely.
Loko scores with a three punch combo!
A clash of legs there as Loko blocks the low kick.
Loko checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fluke loads up on a big right hand but Loko slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Loko connects with the punch.
Loko throws a head kick that half lands.
Fluke is rocked!
Fluke changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Loko tries to avoid it but Fluke manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Loko to the ground. Loko escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Oh Fluke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Some wild striking there from Loko.
Fluke seems to have got his legs back now.
Loko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fluke.
Loko misses with a wild combination.
Fluke swings for the body but Loko moves out of range.
Fluke looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fluke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fluke tries to clinch there but Loko circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Loko scores with a four punch combination!
Fluke misses with a low kick.
Loko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fluke throws a body punch but Loko moves out of range.
Loko looks for the body kick but Fluke saw that one coming.
Fluke lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fluke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Loko.
Loko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Loko moves out of range of the strikes.
Four Loko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A telegraphed right hand from Fluke misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fluke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fluke jabs at Loko's body.
The fighters circling - Fluke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Loko misses with a head kick.
Fluke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Loko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fluke changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fluke thows a leg kick but Loko checks it
and Loko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Loko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fluke.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Fluke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Loko slips under a jab.
Fluke moves into range and clinches up with Loko.
Luke Fluke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Loko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Luke Fluke.
Well Fluke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luke Fluke!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Heisman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle has chosen Biohazard- Punishment 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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26
275 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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285 lbs
21 - 14 - 0 |
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, TJ Heisman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Castle!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heisman scores with a push kick.
A head kick misses from Heisman.
Castle avoids the body shot from Heisman.
Heisman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Frank Castle has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heisman throws a head kick that Castle semi-blocks.
Heisman looks to land a combination but Castle avoids it well.
Heisman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Heisman misses with a head kick.
Heisman tries a head kick but it misses.
Castle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Castle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Castle is looking to work some ground and pound but Heisman has wrist control.
Castle throws a strike but Heisman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Heisman is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisman trying to control but Castle is working from the bottom.
Castle looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heisman is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of TJ Heisman.
Heisman tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heisman slips a jab from Castle.
Castle avoids the head kick by Heisman.
Heisman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Heisman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Castle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Heisman tries to avoid it but Castle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Heisman to the ground. Heisman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Castle takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heisman throws a leg kick but Castle checks it.
Castle misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Heisman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Heisman misses with a wild body shot.
Heisman avoids the body shot from Castle.
A big right from Castle misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Castle avoids the head kick by Heisman.
Castle lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Heisman lands a head kick!
That has opened up Frank Castle's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heisman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Castle counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Castle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Heisman defending well though.
Castle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Heisman's head.
Castle not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Castle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Castle is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Heisman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Castle.
Castle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Heisman's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heisman manages to get to full guard.
Castle postures up in Heisman's guard and throws a big left but Heisman blocks it.
Castle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Castle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Castle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Castle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Heisman is adopting a defensive guard.
Castle throws an elbow that misses. Heisman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Castle's guard. Nice move by Heisman!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TJ Heisman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Castle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Castle throws an overhand right that lands on Heisman's shoulder, as Heisman tries to avoid the shot.
Heisman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Castle with a poor takedown
enabling Heisman to counter with a crisp jab.
TJ Heisman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castle lands a right hook to the body.
Heisman misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Castle counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
TJ Heisman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Heisman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heisman defending well as Castle loads up on a big left hand.
Heisman stuffs the takedown attempt from Castle. Castle gets slowly back to his feet.
Heisman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heisman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heisman throws a head kick that misses.
Castle lands a nice shot to the body.
Heisman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castle shoots in but Heisman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
TJ Heisman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Castle.
Heisman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Castle staying out of range there.
TJ Heisman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heisman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Castle misses with a body shot.
Heisman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The cut above Frank Castle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Heisman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castle.
Castle moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castle drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Castle throws a big right hand that misses.
Castle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Castle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Heisman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Castle.
Castle tries to free his leg and advance position but Heisman is retaining full guard.
Heisman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Castle postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Heisman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Castle manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Castle manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Castle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Castle misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heisman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heisman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Castle has hold of one of Heisman's legs. Heisman is fighting the takedown attempt but Castle gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Frank Castle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Heisman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Castle loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Castle trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Heisman manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Heisman sitting in guard here, content to control.
Castle trying to control the position.
Castle controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Heisman wants to control from the top but Castle keeps moving.
Castle wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Heisman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castle is looking to regain half guard here but Heisman keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Castle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Castle's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Castle throws a hook to the side of Heisman's head but Heisman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heisman avoids the body shot from Castle.
Heisman lands a nice shot to the body.
Heisman needs to keep his hands up - Castle had a free shot at his head there.
Heisman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Heisman misses the jab.
Heisman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crunch! Heisman slams his shin into Castle's torso.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Heisman. No joy for Castle on that attempt.
Heisman misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Castle misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heisman connects with a right hand. Castle shakes it off.
Some wild striking there from Heisman.
Heisman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Heisman misses with a wild body shot.
Heisman tries to land a front kick but Castle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Heisman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heisman throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Castle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heisman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Castle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Castle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Heisman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Castle.
Frank Castle's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heisman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heisman lands with a nice body punch.
Castle misses with a left hand
and Heisman counters with a body kick.
Heisman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Frank Castle's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). TJ Heisman!
TJ Heisman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salim Al Muri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Montgomery Nagendra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nagendra comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mozart - Lacrimosa kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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219 lbs
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29
223 lbs
16 - 18 - 0 |
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Excellent 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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Salim Al Muri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Montgomery Nagendra!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Nagendra finds it's target.
We've been told by Al Muri's head coaches at GTi Boot Camp that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Al Muri attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Al Muri misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nagendra scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Al Muri digs a good hook to Nagendra's body.
Al Muri throws a low kick but Nagendra avoids it.
Al Muri closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nagendra did well to prevent Al Muri getting side control.
Nagendra wants to get back to full guard.
Al Muri sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nagendra defending well though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagendra is trying to get back to full guard.
Al Muri looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nagendra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Al Muri is thwarting Nagendra's attempts to control the position.
Nagendra felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Al Muri looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Al Muri is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nagendra defends it well.
Al Muri 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagendra wants to get back to full guard.
Al Muri throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Nagendra to regain full guard.
Nagendra lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Al Muri!
Nagendra scoring with strikes but Al Muri is staying in there.
Nagendra looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Al Muri is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagendra lands a big elbow.
Al Muri tries to hold on but Nagendra postures up.
Nagendra jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Al Muri manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Al Muri to see if he's OK.
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!
Al Muri is looking to regain half guard here but Nagendra keeps moving and retains side control.
Al Muri struggling a bit here.
Nagendra misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Nagendra is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Al Muri has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nagendra misses with the ground and pound.
Al Muri is trying to control Nagendra's posture but Nagendra avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Al Muri is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Nagendra off and has taken his back!
Nagendra manages to reverse the position and now he's in Al Muri's guard. Nice work there by Nagendra.
Al Muri manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nagendra manages to get himself to full guard.
Al Muri wants to pass the guard but Nagendra is keeping the position.
Nagendra trying to keep a closed guard but Al Muri is proving a slippery customer.
Nagendra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Al Muri accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nagendra is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nagendra accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Al Muri looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Al Muri is looking for a triangle but Nagendra pushes his legs off easily.
Nagendra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagendra won't allow Al Muri to sweep him here.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Muri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Muri is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nagendra defends well.
Nagendra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nagendra preventing the sweep.
Nagendra trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Muri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nagendra might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Al Muri haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Montgomery Nagendra will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Al Muri avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nagendra fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Al Muri avoids it really well and circles away.
Nagendra shoots for a takedown but Al Muri saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nagendra shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Salim Al Muri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montgomery Nagendra.
Nagendra fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Al Muri throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Al Muri shoots in but no luck this time.
Nagendra fails to land with a series of punches.
Al Muri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Al Muri looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Muri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nagendra's sensitive parts.
Al Muri misses with a jab, cross combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Muri.
Nagendra is breathing heavily.
Nagendra shoots in and drives through. Al Muri sprawls well.
Montgomery Nagendra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Muri shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nagendra manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Al Muri trying to control the position from guard on top but Nagendra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Muri slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nagendra is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Muri looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Nagendra is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Al Muri's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri looks to land a strike but Nagendra avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Al Muri drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Nagendra dives on top into guard.
Nagendra is looking to work some ground and pound but Al Muri has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Al Muri is on top in guard.
Al Muri throws a big right hand that misses.
Al Muri preventing the sweep.
Al Muri working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Nagendra's head.
Nagendra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Nagendra looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Al Muri stands up over Nagendra, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Al Muri makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Al Muri wants to control from the top but Nagendra keeps moving.
Al Muri pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nagendra is keeping the position for now.
Al Muri postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Al Muri passes into half guard.
Al Muri is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Al Muri thows a huge punch but Nagendra dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagendra works his way to full guard. Good work.
Al Muri trying to control but Nagendra is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Muri won't allow Nagendra to get back to his feet.
Al Muri postures up in Nagendra's guard and throws a big left but Nagendra blocks it.
Al Muri connects with a couple of short punches.
Al Muri throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Muri is looking to work some ground and pound but Nagendra has wrist control.
Nagendra keeping full guard, as Al Muri tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Salim Al Muri dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Nagendra fails with the takedown
and Al Muri counters with a good, hard body kick but Nagendra shrugs it off.
Al Muri clinches.
Al Muri looking to throw knees to the head but Nagendra is blocking nicely.
Nagendra blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Al Muri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Al Muri leaning against his opponent.
Al Muri lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nagendra fails to pull guard.
Al Muri goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nagendra prevents it.
Al Muri lands an uppercut.
Al Muri is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Al Muri lands with a light punch inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Muri stops a takedown attempt from Nagendra.
Salim Al Muri has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Montgomery Nagendra.
Al Muri pushes Nagendra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Al Muri gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Nagendra regains guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagendra wants to sweep but no luck.
Al Muri lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Al Muri lands a couple of digs.
Al Muri is in close to Nagendra's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nagendra is trying to keep Al Muri in close.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Muri throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nagendra works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Al Muri postures up in Nagendra's guard and throws a big left but Nagendra blocks it.
Al Muri lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Muri trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Al Muri with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Al Muri is looking to work some ground and pound but Nagendra has wrist control.
Nagendra keeping moving, preventing Al Muri from controlling successfully.
Nagendra can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Al Muri controls the pace.
Nagendra is pulling down on Al Muri's head to control his posture.
Al Muri trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Al Muri makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nagendra looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery Nagendra has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Al Muri throws the kick towards the body but Nagendra avoids it.
Nagendra shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Al Muri but Al Muri pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nagendra fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Al Muri sprawls well initially but Nagendra persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nagendra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Al Muri manages to get to full guard.
Al Muri 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.
Al Muri is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Nagendra frees his head nicely. Oh but Al Muri has switched to an armbar! Nagendra is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Salim Al Muri!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicky Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Eildon Heap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nicky Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez throws out a loose jab but Heap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heap has been working on his boxing with his coaches at SWF GYM - JUDO 'n' MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Fernandez misses with a straight right.
Heap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Heap.
Fernandez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Heap darts in and clinches Fernandez up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Heap scores with a nice short uppercut.
Heap lands an elbow inside that Fernandez shrugs off.
It looks like Nicky Fernandez has been cut.
Fernandez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Heap lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Nicky Fernandez's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heap looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Heap lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fernandez takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Nicky Fernandez's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Heap lands an elbow inside that Fernandez shrugs off.
Nicky Fernandez's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nicky Fernandez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Eildon Heap!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Bateman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Llewelyn Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Bateman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Llewelyn Carter!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Carter lands a right hook to the body.
We've been told by Bateman's head coaches at Allstars MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Bateman throws a leg kick but Carter moved away.
Carter lands with a slapping head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Carter takes one to the side of the head.
Bateman throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Llewelyn Carter has been cut.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bateman was well out of range. Poor timing from Carter.
Carter takes a swing at Bateman's ribcage but misses.
Bateman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bateman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bateman. That's going to slow Carter down.
Bateman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bateman thuds his shin into the meat of Carter's side.
Carter closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bateman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carter just leaning against Bateman, taking a breather.
Bateman is trying to push Carter away but Carter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bateman is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bateman has his back to the cage.
Carter is trying to maintain a safe position but Bateman gets an underhook and turns Carter into the cage.
Carter pushes Bateman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bateman takes a shot to the head.
Bateman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A knee to the head by Carter.
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!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bateman is trying to push Carter away but Carter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bateman is trying to break the clinch but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Carter taking a breather.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Carter.
Bateman misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Carter.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bateman has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bateman backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carter obliges.
Bateman is breathing heavily.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Bateman's ribcage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Carter digs a right hand underneath Bateman's ribcage. Bateman let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Carter lands a nice shot to the body.
Carter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bateman is trying to break the clinch but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Carter lands a nice elbow.
Carter pushes Bateman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
Carter working Bateman over with knees to the body.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Carter.
Carter lands a big knee to the head and Bateman goes down! Carter pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Llewelyn Carter!
Llewelyn Carter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Ryback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is All Within My Hands. Casey Ryback has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eric Cartman's chin.
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280 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Eric Cartman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Casey Ryback!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ryback lands with an overhand left.
Cartman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ryback counters with a shoot takedown. Cartman fights it but they end up in guard.
Cartman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cartman wants to sweep but no luck.
Cartman working a defensive guard but Ryback passes into half guard.
Cartman is looking to improve his position.
Cartman is staying active underneath Ryback, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ryback lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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!
Cartman is looking for a sweep. Ryback is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ryback is thwarting Cartman's attempts to control the position.
Ryback working over Cartman with some ground and pound. Cartman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cartman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cartman manages to get to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ryback trying to control the position from guard on top but Cartman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ryback won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Ryback chips away with some ground and pound.
Cartman wants to sweep here but Ryback controlling him for the moment.
Ryback pushing down on Cartman's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cartman wants to get back to full guard.
Ryback is looking to take a break and control but Cartman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ryback has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ryback uses his free foot to push down on Cartman's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cartman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryback fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartman tries to hold on but Ryback postures up.
Cartman is working to get back to half guard.
Cartman tries to hold on but Ryback postures up.
Cartman is desperately trying to improve his position but Ryback has a good base and remains in mount.
Cartman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ryback. What's that going to do exactly?
Cartman regains half guard.
Cartman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ryback trying to control but Cartman is working from the bottom.
Ryback controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ryback tries to free his leg and advance position but Cartman is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ryback is still trying to improve position.
Ryback preventing the sweep.
Cartman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ryback!
Ryback swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Cartman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ryback in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ryback really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Cartman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cartman lands a big shot there that rocks Ryback but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ryback is trying to escape the mount.
Cartman landing punches.
Cartman unloading with bombs!
Ryback tries to hold on but Cartman pushes him away.
Cartman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ryback tries to hold on but Cartman postures up.
Cartman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ryback tries to hold on but Cartman postures up.
Ryback is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Cartman dominated that round.
That's time! Cartman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cartman instigates a clinch.
Ryback prevents a body shot from Cartman.
Cartman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cartman has Ryback up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cartman.
Cartman blocks a body shot from Ryback.
Cartman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ryback's elbow.
Cartman lands with a left to the head.
Cartman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cartman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cartman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ryback manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ryback dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cartman tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ryback counters with a shoot takedown. Cartman fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cartman is on top in guard.
Cartman scoring with some ground and pound.
Cartman is working Ryback over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartman throws a strike but Ryback rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cartman 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.
Ryback trying to control the position from guard on top but Cartman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cartman 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.
Cartman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cartman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ryback's head.
Ryback is trying to get back to full guard.
Cartman working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ryback taking some punishment here, with Cartman in his half guard.
Cartman scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cartman looks to land a strike but Ryback avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
We've been hearing that Cartman has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Ryback has momentary wrist control but Cartman slips an elbow through the middle.
Cartman working some strikes from top position.
Cartman pushing down on Ryback's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cartman with the ground and pound but Ryback uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman throws a big elbow that misses.
Cartman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cartman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ryback works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cartman throws a big elbow that misses.
Eric Cartman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cartman throws an elbow that misses. Ryback uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cartman's guard. Nice move by Ryback!
Ryback won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Cartman is working hard here to advance position.
Ryback throws a big elbow that misses.
Cartman wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ryback is standing up over Cartman. Cartman looks to escape but Ryback dives into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cartman tries to buck Ryback off but Ryback is having none of it.
Cartman manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ryback is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ryback throwing shots but Cartman is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cartman is not content to let Ryback control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Cartman dominated that second 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.
Ryback looks to land a left hand but Cartman moved out of range nicely.
Cartman blocks a leg kick.
Ryback looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Cartman wants to control but Ryback is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ryback trying to mount his opponent but Cartman defends it.
Cartman makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cartman.
Ryback preventing the sweep.
Cartman working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman keeping moving, preventing Ryback from controlling successfully.
Ryback forces his way into half guard.
Cartman manages to get to full guard.
Cartman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ryback is one step ahead there.
Ryback stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cartman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ryback won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Ryback wants to pass the guard but Cartman is keeping the position.
Cartman wants to sweep here but Ryback controlling him for the moment.
Cartman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ryback's guard.
Cartman throws a strike but Ryback rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ryback trying to control but Cartman is working from the bottom.
Cartman 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cartman is on top in guard.
Ryback working a defensive guard here.
Cartman throws an elbow that misses. Ryback uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cartman's guard. Nice move by Ryback!
Cartman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ryback!
Cartman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ryback?
Cartman lands a couple of good shots and Ryback has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cartman softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback covering up well under a series of strikes from Cartman.
Cartman lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Ryback hold on?!
Cartman lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Cartman.
Ryback is trapped and Cartman is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Ryback is in bad spot here.
Cartman throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Ryback!
Cartman is punishing Ryback with some ground and pound.
Ryback takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cartman punches Ryback on the ear.
Cartman looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Can Ryback hold on?! Cartman is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Cartman clearly takes 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.
Cartman drives through and clinches with Ryback against the cage.
Cartman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ryback can do to turn this around?
Cartman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cartman.
It looks like Casey Ryback has been cut.
Cartman tries to land a knee to the head but Ryback blocks with his arms.
Cartman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cartman moves out of range of the strikes.
Ryback throws a chopping leg kick but Cartman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ryback throws the left hand but Cartman avoids the punch easily.
Ryback gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ryback working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartman.
Cartman chips away with some ground and pound.
Ryback is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cartman is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cartman postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cartman wants to stand but Ryback has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Ryback is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cartman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartman postures up in Ryback's guard and throws a big left but Ryback blocks it.
Cartman throws a strike but Ryback rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ryback postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ryback stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cartman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cartman looking for a sweep. Not yet Cartman, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ryback's guard.
Cartman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ryback has momentary wrist control but Cartman slips an elbow through the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cartman lands a couple of digs.
Cartman connects with a couple of short punches.
Ryback trying to keep a closed guard but Cartman is proving a slippery customer.
Cartman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cartman landing with the ground and pound.
Cartman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartman throwing strikes from guard but Ryback blocks nicely.
Ryback trying to keep a closed guard but Cartman is proving a slippery customer.
Cartman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cartman is in close to Ryback's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cartman cracks Ryback with a solid left hand.
Cartman throws an elbow that misses. Ryback uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cartman's guard. Nice move by Ryback!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ryback wants to pass the guard but Cartman is keeping the position.
Cartman trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryback won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Ryback trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ryback wants to control from the top but Cartman keeps moving.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Casey Ryback has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cartman moves out of range of the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cartman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ryback, pushing him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Cartman.
Cartman blocks a body shot from Ryback.
Cartman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Cartman had his way with Casey Ryback in that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Ryback's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Ryback circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cartman wants to clinch up but Ryback keeps it at a distance.
Ryback scores with a jab to the head.
Cartman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ryback swats away the attempt to clinch by Cartman.
Cartman moves to clinch but Ryback breaks away
and Ryback counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cartman is wriggling around but Ryback manages to pass to half guard.
Cartman slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ryback is stalling in the full guard.
Ryback wants to control from the top but Cartman keeps moving.
Cartman wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cartman keeping moving, preventing Ryback from controlling successfully.
Ryback 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.
Cartman wants to sweep but no luck.
Casey Ryback has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Casey Ryback wasn't active enough on the ground.
Cartman rushes Ryback and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ryback jumps guard.
Cartman working some strikes from top position.
Cartman postures up and lands a big shot to Ryback's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cartman throws a big right hand that misses.
Ryback working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartman.
Cartman is looking to work some ground and pound but Ryback has wrist control.
Cartman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ryback is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cartman is aware though and is defending well.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ryback keeping full guard, as Cartman tries to pass.
Cartman landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ryback is looking for a triangle but Cartman pushes his legs off easily.
Cartman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cartman throwing strikes from guard but Ryback blocks nicely.
Ryback bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cartman's guard.
Ryback trying to control the position from guard on top but Cartman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ryback preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cartman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartman landing punches.
Cartman lands a nice shot to the head.
Ryback is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Cartman in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Eric Cartman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big strike lands for Cartman! That's really hurt Ryback and he's turned his back - Cartman keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Cartman jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Cartman!
Eric Cartman retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Eric Cartman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Hagen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - Enter Sandman. Tom Hagen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Burza!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Hagen!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hagen moves away.
Hagen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Burza defends it nicely.
Burza looks to throw the jab but Hagen is out of range.
Hagen closes the distance and clinches up with Burza, looking for a takedown. Hagen pushes Burza against the cage but Burza circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Burza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hagen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burza counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hagen thinking.
John Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Hagen.
Burza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Burza swinging wildly here.
John Burza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burza scores with a jab to the head.
Burza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hagen was well out of range. Poor timing from Burza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Burza.
Nice takedown defense from Burza. No joy for Hagen on that attempt.
Burza misses with a straight left.
Nice takedown defense from Burza. No joy for Hagen on that attempt.
Burza looks to land a combination but Hagen avoids it well.
Burza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hagen slips a jab and a cross from Burza.
Burza stuffs the takedown attempt from Hagen. Hagen gets slowly back to his feet.
Hagen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Burza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza misses with a two punch combination.
Burza takes a swing at Hagen's ribcage but misses.
Burza misses with a looping left.
Burza lands with a good body shot.
Burza swinging wildly here.
Hagen slips under a jab from Burza.
Burza stuffs the takedown.
Hagen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Burza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Burza misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burza throws out the jab.
Burza scores with a nice right hand.
Hagen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burza.
Burza misses with a few strikes there.
Hagen shoots in for a takedown but Burza shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Burza misses with a wild body shot.
Burza misses with a few strikes there.
Hagen misses with a takedown
and Burza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hagen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Hagen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Burza sprawls well. Burza wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hagen gets slowly back to his feet.
Burza lands a slapping body shot.
Hagen shoots in for a takedown but Burza shows good takedown defense.
Hagen ducks under a wild hook from Burza.
The fighters circling - Burza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hagen slips a jab and a cross from Burza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burza. Hagen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Burza as Hagen shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Burza dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A decent looking cross lands there for Burza.
Burza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Burza misses with the combination.
Hagen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hagen is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Burza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hagen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hagen wants to work for an arm triangle but Burza is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hagen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Burza has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza won't allow Hagen to pass to mount.
Hagen is looking for a kimura here.
Hagen is looking for a kimura but Burza is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hagen to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hagen wants to free his trapped foot but Burza is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Burza wants to control but Hagen passes into side.
Hagen tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Burza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hagen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Burza, who protects the arm well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen tries for a kimura but Burza is defending well.
Burza is looking to regain half guard here but Hagen keeps moving and retains side control.
Burza stops Hagen from passing to mount.
Hagen is trying to get an arm triangle but Burza is defending well.
Hagen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Burza knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hagen advances nicely into full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza wants to hold on but Hagen pushes him away.
Hagen wants to take Burza's back here but Burza is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Burza bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Burza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hagen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Burza gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Burza passes Hagen's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hagen is trying to get back to full guard.
Burza tries to stand and escape but Hagen is controlling the position.
Hagen is looking to improve his position.
Burza tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Hagen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza trying to control the action but Hagen is working from the bottom.
Hagen is looking to control Burza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hagen avoid being mounted?
Burza wants to get back to his feet.
Burza is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John Burza just wasn't active enough.
Hagen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hagen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Burza defends well and Hagen ends up having to push Burza into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Hagen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hagen shoots in and drives through. Burza sprawls well.
Burza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John Burza is winning the standup battle so far.
Hagen fails with the takedown
and Burza counters with a straight right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Burza. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Burza.
Burza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hagen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Burza!
Some wild striking there from Burza.
Hagen fails with a takedown attempt.
John Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Hagen.
Nice sprawl there from Burza as Hagen shoots in.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hagen avoids the body shot from Burza.
Burza is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A big left from Burza misses.
Burza swings for the body but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen dives in for a single leg takedown but Burza sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Hagen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Burza is defending well.
Burza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've been told by Burza's head coaches at Wax on Wax off 'Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Burza misses with a wild combination.
Burza lands a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Burza's waist but Burza gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hagen off to one side.
John Burza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Burza works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - Burza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hagen goes for a double leg but Burza avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Burza continues to drive forward.
Burza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burza is pressed up against the cage. Hagen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Burza down to the mat. Burza avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hagen slips under a jab.
John Burza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hagen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Burza circles away.
Hagen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hagen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hagen has his takedown stuffed
enabling Burza to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burza misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hagen slips under a jab.
Burza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hagen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Burza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Burza keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Burza misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Burza misses its intended target.
Hagen dives in and grabs Burza's left leg, looking for a takedown. Burza pushes down on Hagen's head and hops out.
Burza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hagen circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hagen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Burza sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Burza scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Burza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Burza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hagen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Hagen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Burza throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Burza finds it's way through Hagen's defenses.
Burza misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Burza clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burza.
Burza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hagen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burza stuffs the takedown attempt from Hagen. Hagen gets slowly back to his feet.
Burza lands a two punch combo.
Burza jabs Hagen right on the nose. Hagen blinks but takes it well.
Hagen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burza finds it's way round the side to connect with Hagen's head.
Burza looks to score with a jab to the body but Hagen is just out of range.
Burza bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hagen's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen walks into a jab.
Burza swings for the body but Hagen moves out of range.
Hagen fails with the takedown.
Burza stuffs the takedown.
John Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Hagen.
Hagen throws a sloppy head kick and Burza moves out of range easily.
Burza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hagen moves away.
Burza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hagen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Burza throws a jab but it's blocked by Hagen.
Hagen with a poor takedown
and Burza counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hagen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Burza digs a good hook to Hagen's body.
Burza takes a swing at Hagen's ribcage but misses.
Burza throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
Burza connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hagen misses with a takedown
and Burza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hagen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Hagen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burza.
A punch combination from Burza misses.
Burza tests Hagen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza sizes up Hagen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hagen.
Hagen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Burza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hagen fails with a takedown attempt.
Burza throws a hook to the side of Hagen's head but Hagen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burza. Hagen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Burza connects with a right hand. Hagen shakes it off.
Hagen has a takedown stuffed.
Burza lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Burza.
Burza throws a body punch but Hagen moves out of range.
Burza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hagen.
Hagen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hagen slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Burza looks to score with a jab to the body but Hagen is just out of range.
A punch combination from Burza misses.
Hagen misses with a takedown attempt - Burza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Burza had his way with Tom Hagen in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Burza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hagen dives in for a single leg takedown but Burza sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Burza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hagen misses with a takedown attempt - Burza sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Burza wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Burza misses with an uppercut. Hagen saw that one coming.
Burza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hagen was well out of range. Poor timing from Burza.
Burza fails to land with a series of punches.
Burza cracks Hagen with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Burza finds it's way round the side to connect with Hagen's head.
Burza slaps away a takedown attempt from Hagen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
John Burza has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tom Hagen.
Burza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Burza throws a right and a left that Hagen avoids nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Burza. Those never looked like landing.
Hagen slips a jab and a cross from Burza.
Burza swinging wildly here.
Burza misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hagen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Burza defends well and Hagen ends up having to push Burza into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hagen can't get the takedown.
Hagen wants a takedown.
Burza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hagen can do to turn this around?
Burza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Burza breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burza thows a body shot but no joy.
Burza lands with a cross.
Burza moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hagen shoots in but Burza avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Burza defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hagen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burza connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hagen walks into a stiff left hand from Burza.
Hagen darts in looking for a takedown but Burza gets double underhooks and turns Hagen into the cage.
Burza prevents the takedown attempt.
Hagen is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Burza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hagen.
Burza tries to break free but Hagen pushes him back against the cage.
Burza pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burza works Hagen's body with a nice hook.
Burza scores with a decent looking hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Burza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burza lands with a cross.
Hagen fails with the takedown.
Burza misses the shot to the body.
Burza lands the left hand.
John Burza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Horrible takedown by Hagen or perhaps it was just good defense by Burza which made him look bad.
Tom Hagen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hagen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Burza scores with a shot to the body.
Hagen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Burza showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burza 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 49:46
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Burza!
John Burza retains his middleweight title!
Post fight, an emotional John Burza said 'Thank you Will Dickinson for everything you have done. You ran a first class organization. And thank you to the fans of Feral Combat.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orkan Dogu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orkan Dogu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Swanson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orkan Dogu!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dogu blocks a low kick nicely.
Dogu jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dogu has a takedown stuffed.
Dogu dives in and scores a takedown into Swanson's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dogu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Swanson keeping moving, preventing Dogu from controlling successfully.
Dogu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swanson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Swanson striking off his back but it's not causing Dogu any problems.
Dogu preventing the sweep.
Dogu advances to half guard.
Swanson trying to control but Dogu postures up.
Dogu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Swanson defending well though.
Dogu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson wants to improve his position but Dogu is controlling well.
Dogu working over Swanson with some ground and pound. Swanson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dogu thows a huge punch but Swanson dodges it nicely.
Dogu trying to mount his opponent but Swanson defends it.
Swanson is trying to stand up here but Dogu is controlling him well.
Swanson is trying to get back to full guard.
Dogu working Swanson over with strikes.
Dogu stalling away here and it's allowed Swanson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Swanson wants to sweep here but Dogu controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swanson trying to control the position.
Dogu throws a big elbow that misses.
Swanson trying to control the position.
Dogu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Swanson is looking to stand up but Dogu isn't so interested in that idea.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dogu throws a strike but Swanson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dogu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Swanson manages to get himself to full guard.
Swanson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson trying to keep a closed guard but Dogu is proving a slippery customer.
Dogu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dogu controlling from the top position.
Dogu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dogu lands a couple of elbows.
Swanson 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.
Swanson keeping moving, preventing Dogu from controlling successfully.
Swanson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Swanson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Dogu manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dogu trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Swanson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Swanson stopping the sweep attempt from Dogu.
Dogu is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Dogu keeping moving, preventing Swanson from controlling successfully.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Swanson stopping the sweep attempt from Dogu.
Swanson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orkan Dogu dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dogu listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dogu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Swanson to score with a decent uppercut.
Dogu throws a body punch but Swanson moves out of range.
Dogu misses the shot to the body.
Swanson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dogu misses with a hook.
Dan Swanson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Swanson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dogu misses with a hook.
Good work by Dogu as he checks the leg kick.
Dogu just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson avoids the body shot from Dogu.
Dogu misses the shot to the body.
Swanson slips a jab from Dogu.
Swanson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice uppercut there from Dogu.
Swanson misses with a few strikes there.
Dogu checks a leg kick.
Dogu looks to score with a jab to the body but Swanson is just out of range.
Jab from Swanson.
Dogu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Swanson can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Swanson does no damage.
Swanson throws a solid leg kick but Dogu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Swanson.
A big left from Swanson misses.
Dogu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Swanson to score with a decent uppercut.
Swanson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dogu slips under a jab from Swanson.
Dogu misses with an uppercut. Swanson saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Dogu.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Swanson looks to throw the jab but Dogu is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Swanson.
Dogu lands with an uppercut that bounces Swanson off the cage and back into range.
Dogu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Swanson doesn't seem bothered though.
Dogu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Swanson sprawls well. Swanson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dogu gets slowly back to his feet.
Swanson throws a right and a left that Dogu avoids nicely.
Swanson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Swanson throws a jab when Dogu was well out of range.
Swanson slips a straight right by Dogu.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson tries to clinch but Dogu is having none of it.
Swanson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dogu.
Dogu gets a double leg takedown into Swanson's guard.
Orkan Dogu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dogu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dogu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Swanson is looking to stand up but Dogu isn't so interested in that idea.
Dogu throws a big elbow that misses.
Swanson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dogu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dogu wants to control from the top but Swanson keeps moving.
Swanson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Orkan Dogu 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.
Dogu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Swanson.
Dogu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Swanson is fending him off so far but Dogu persists. Nope, Swanson circles away and we're back to standing.
Swanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dogu.
Swanson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dogu.
Dogu throws a body punch but Swanson moves out of range.
Swanson misses with a hook. Dogu ducked under it nicely.
Dogu misses with a straight right.
Swanson misses with a wild body shot.
Dogu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dogu manages to avoid it.
Swanson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dogu.
Dogu takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Swanson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dogu takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Swanson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dogu tries for a takedown but Swanson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Swanson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dogu.
Dogu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogu swats away the attempt to clinch by Swanson.
Dogu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dogu shoots in for a double leg but Swanson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dan Swanson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orkan Dogu.
Dogu slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Dogu.
Swanson swings widly with a right hand
and Dogu counters with a shoot takedown. Swanson fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swanson keeping full guard, as Dogu tries to pass.
Swanson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swanson wants to control but Dogu is keeping him busy.
Still in half guard, Swanson seems content to control.
We're going to have a standup here because Dan Swanson wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Swanson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dogu.
No luck for Dogu with that takedown attempt.
Dan Swanson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A left lands for Dogu.
Swanson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dogu uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Swanson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swanson misses with a wild body shot.
Dogu slips under a jab from Swanson.
Dogu just misses with a punch to the body.
Dogu ducks under a wild hook from Swanson.
Swanson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Swanson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dogu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dogu works his way into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swanson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dogu asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Dogu working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orkan Dogu really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dogu shoots in for a takedown but Swanson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Swanson misses with a straight left.
Dogu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Swanson in his tracks.
Dan Swanson is winning the standup battle so far.
Dogu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Swanson.
Swanson moves in looking to clinch but Dogu pushes him off.
Dogu lands a jab to Swanson's midsection.
Swanson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dogu.
Swanson throws an overhand right that lands on Dogu's shoulder, as Dogu tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swanson misses the body punch
and Dogu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Swanson trying to control but Dogu postures up.
Dogu throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dogu misses with a head shot. Swanson uses the momentum to regain guard.
Swanson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dogu is controlling him.
Dogu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dogu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dogu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dogu 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!
Dogu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dogu preventing the sweep.
Dogu throwing strikes but missing.
Dogu is looking to work some ground and pound but Swanson has wrist control.
Dogu advances position into side control!
Swanson defending against the ground and pound.
Dogu sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Swanson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dogu is working Swanson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dogu landing a few strikes.
Swanson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Swanson is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Dogu! That's hurt Swanson! Will he recover? Dogu fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orkan Dogu!
Orkan Dogu is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Orkan Dogu 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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