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Umbrella 75 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willy Wuzz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos comes into a darkened arena with his song building. No Church In The Wind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
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Solid boxing
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World class MT
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Willy Wuzz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oscar Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos cracks Wuzz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wuzz with a poor takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Wuzz moves out of range.
Willy Wuzz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dos Santos.
Wuzz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dos Santos counters with a straight right hand.
Wuzz looks for a takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Wuzz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Wuzz ducks under and follows up with a left that Wuzz also avoids with ease.
Wuzz moves out of range of the body kick.
Wuzz walks into a stiff left hand from Dos Santos.
Wuzz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wuzz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wuzz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos with a hook.
Wuzz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dos Santos. Dos Santos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wuzz takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dos Santos tries to keep at a distance but Wuzz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos is stalling here.
Wuzz tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Wuzz drops back down to his feet.
Wuzz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wuzz tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Wuzz drops back down to his feet.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wuzz shoots in looking for a takedown. Dos Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Wuzz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wuzz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Wuzz.
Dos Santos has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Wuzz moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Wuzz blocks a head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dos Santos blocks a jab.
Wuzz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Dos Santos sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wuzz somewhat.
Wuzz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dos Santos but Dos Santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wuzz closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wuzz.
Dos Santos prevents a takedown attempt there.
Wuzz tries to break free but Dos Santos pushes him back against the cage.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos lands with a light punch inside.
Wuzz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dos Santos smiles and moves away.
Wuzz moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice shot by Dos Santos.
Wuzz misses with a takedown
and Dos Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos looks to land a body kick but Wuzz moved away.
Wuzz tries for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away easily
and Dos Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Wuzz moves out of range.
A low kick from Wuzz misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dos Santos leaves Wuzz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Wuzz. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Wuzz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wuzz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
Oscar Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wuzz darts in looking for a takedown but Dos Santos gets double underhooks and turns Wuzz into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos stalling against the cage.
Wuzz is trying to pull guard but Dos Santos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Dos Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wuzz digs a good hook to Dos Santos's body.
Dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wuzz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wuzz prevents Dos Santos from escaping the position.
Wuzz throws a strike aimed at the side of Dos Santos's head but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Dos Santos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wuzz is refusing to be controlled, as Dos Santos sits in half guard.
Wuzz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wuzz.
Dos Santos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Wuzz, up you get!
A jab from Dos Santos finds it's way through Wuzz's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Dos Santos.
Wuzz shoots for a double leg takedown but Dos Santos sprawls well. He's pushed Wuzz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dos Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dos Santos throws a jab when Wuzz was well out of range.
Wuzz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Wuzz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos gets a clinch.
Wuzz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch.
Wuzz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Wuzz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a head kick.
Dos Santos clobbers Wuzz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Dos Santos takes the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wuzz wants the takedown. Dos Santos is fighting it off but Wuzz persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Dos Santos's guard against the cage.
Wuzz throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Dos Santos wants to stand and escape but Wuzz is having none of it.
Wuzz throws an elbow that misses. Dos Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Wuzz's guard. Nice move by Dos Santos!
Wuzz looking for a sweep. Not yet Wuzz, not yet.
Dos Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dos Santos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dos Santos gets to his feet. Wuzz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wuzz tries to clinch there but Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos throws a hook but Wuzz blocks it.
Wuzz misses with a takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Wuzz backing up. Wuzz nods at Dos Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
It looks like Willy Wuzz has been cut.
Wuzz shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos shows good takedown defense.
Wuzz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dos Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wuzz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wuzz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos throws a lazy right hand but Wuzz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wuzz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Wuzz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dos Santos as he avoids it easily.
Wuzz with a poor takedown
and Dos Santos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wuzz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dos Santos defends well and Wuzz ends up having to push Dos Santos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Wuzz tries to score a body lock takedown but Dos Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wuzz letting Dos Santos take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wuzz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dos Santos counters with a nice leg kick.
Wuzz tries to close the distance and clinch but Dos Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wuzz shoots in but Dos Santos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wuzz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a good low kick that Wuzz was not able to check.
Dos Santos scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dos Santos.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Dos Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dos Santos pushes Wuzz up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oscar Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Willy Wuzz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Wuzz. Wuzz gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Wuzz. Wuzz gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Wuzz. Wuzz gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Wuzz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dos Santos lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wuzz backs up against the cage.
Dos Santos keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wuzz with a poor takedown
and Dos Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos working Wuzz over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Dos Santos with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wuzz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos knocks Wuzz to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Wuzz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Oh Wuzz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Wuzz seems to have got his legs back now.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dos Santos, as that shot connected.
Dos Santos lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dos Santos cracks Wuzz with a right hand to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a big head kick that sends Wuzz to the canvas! Dos Santos follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Dos Santos!
Oscar Dos Santos looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I hope this will be the first of many wins during my time at Umbrella Corporation!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Denis Burza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burza's entrance music is Du Hast - Rammstein. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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148 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid boxing
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Denis Burza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Ant!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ant throws a lazy right hand but Burza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Burza misses with a takedown
and Ant cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ant's coach down at Evade MMA-LOD was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ant's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ant gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Burza tries to free his leg and advance position but Ant is retaining full guard.
Ant is trying to keep Burza in close.
Burza throws a big right hand that misses.
Burza thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Burza wants to control from the top but Ant keeps moving.
Burza lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burza 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.
Burza postures up.
Burza throwing strikes from guard but Ant blocks nicely.
Burza wants to pass the guard but Ant is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ant not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burza throws a strike but Ant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ant won't allow Burza to sweep him here.
Ant postures up in Burza's guard and throws a big left but Burza blocks it.
Burza looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Burza manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ant is in all sorts of trouble here.
Burza lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ant hang on?
The referee warns Ant that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Burza lands a heavy elbow.
Burza is landing with some decent strikes but Ant is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ant is rocked!
Burza is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ant has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Ant is still in real trouble! Can Burza finish him?
Burza fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Burza drops a big elbow. That's hurt Ant! More shots from Burza and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denis Burza!
Denis Burza really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Imma Bag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esquiva Falcao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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195 lbs
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186 lbs
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Imma Bag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Esquiva Falcao!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bag blocks a jab.
Falcao misses with an attempted mid kick.
Falcao misses with a hook
and Bag counters with a nice leg kick.
Bag ducks under a wild hook from Falcao.
Falcao scores with a jab.
Falcao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Falcao misses with an uppercut.
Falcao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bag jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Falcao takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Falcao throws a jab but it's blocked by Bag.
Falcao slips under a jab from Bag.
Falcao throws a head kick that misses.
Imma Bag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bag lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bag slips a straight right by Falcao.
Falcao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bag.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcao stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Falcao moves out of range as Bag strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bag connects with a solid leg kick.
Bag ducks under a wild hook from Falcao.
Bag throws a low kick but Falcao moves out of range easily.
Falcao throws a sloppy body shot
and Bag counters with an outside leg kick.
Falcao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bag lands a front kick.
Bag displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Falcao throws out the jab.
Bag ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Falcao moves away.
Bag throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bag scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bag throws a low kick, looking for Falcao's leg but Falcao calmly moves out of range.
Falcao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Falcao misses with a straight left.
Bag dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Falcao. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Falcao misses the jab.
Bag throws a jab when Falcao was well out of range.
Falcao circles away from the clinch attempt
and Falcao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Imma Bag has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Bag.
Falcao has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bag.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bag.
Falcao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bag is out of range and Falcao settles back down.
Bag displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Falcao throws out the jab.
Bag misses with a head kick.
Falcao swings for the body but Bag moves out of range.
Bag scores with a nice body kick.
Falcao throws a hook but Bag avoids it easily.
Bag swings for the body but Falcao moves out of range.
Bag moves into the clinch.
Bag lands with a left to the head.
Falcao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bag is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Falcao takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Falcao. Bag does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bag fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Falcao checks it well.
Bag blocks a leg kick.
Bag throws a front kick that sends Falcao stumbling back into the cage.
Falcao misses the shot to the body.
Falcao thows a body shot but no joy.
Falcao jabs Bag to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Falcao throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Falcao.
Falcao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bag counters with a nice leg kick.
Bag cracks Falcao with an open hand slap.
Falcao's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Falcao takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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!
Falcao throws an overhand right that lands on Bag's shoulder, as Bag tries to avoid the shot.
Bag connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Falcao's hands.
A left lands for Falcao.
Bag uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Falcao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bag takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bag throws a half hearted mid kick.
A solid body kick from Bag.
Bag scoring well with a low kick there.
Falcao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bag.
Bag feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Falcao's calf.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bag.
Falcao has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Falcao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Falcao throws a hook to the side of Bag's head but Bag sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Falcao blocks a head kick by Bag.
Bag throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bag throws a nice inside leg kick.
Falcao walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imma Bag dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Imma Bag's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Falcao takes a swing at Bag's ribcage but misses.
Bag goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Falcao misses with a looping right.
Bag lands a really nice looking cross but Falcao seems unphased.
Falcao throws a low kick but Bag moves out of range easily.
Bag is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Falcao takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Falcao looks to land a left hand but Bag moved out of range nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Falcao in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bag throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bag has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bag is trying to stall.
Falcao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Falcao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcao dips to his left and cracks Bag with an uppercut!
Falcao cracks Bag with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Falcao blocks a head kick by Bag.
Falcao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bag was well out of range. Poor timing from Falcao.
Bag has closed the distance and engaged Falcao in a clinch.
Falcao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bag fakes the leg kick and cracks Falcao in the body.
Falcao takes a swing at Bag's ribcage but misses.
Bag uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bag connects with a crisp jab.
Falcao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bag moves away.
Bag finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bag on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Falcao throws a nice inside leg kick.
Falcao slips under a jab from Bag.
Falcao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao tries to bum rush Bag with a series of wild strikes but Bag uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from Bag both land. Nice combination.
A cross from Falcao lands.
Falcao throws a lazy right hand but Bag sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bag throws a big shot that misses.
Falcao throws an off balance right hand
and Bag counters with a nice body shot.
Bag lands with a good body shot.
Falcao checks a low kick from Bag.
Falcao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bag walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bag fakes the leg kick and cracks Falcao in the body.
Bag misses with a double jab.
Bag is looking to score with low kicks.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bag misses with a kick to the body.
Falcao has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Bag.
Falcao works Bag's body with a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Falcao - just one landing.
Falcao connects with a body shot.
Bag moves into range and clinches up with Falcao.
Falcao tries to break the clinch but Bag is controlling the position.
Falcao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bag blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falcao blocks a body shot from Bag.
Falcao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Imma Bag's cut is getting worse.
Falcao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bag trying to land knees to the body.
Bag looking to slow down the pace here.
Bag tries to work over Falcao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bag misses with a knee strike.
Bag throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bag blocking some punches.
Falcao misses with a punch to the body.
Falcao blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bag blocks an uppercut.
Bag keeps control of Falcao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bag looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bag lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Falcao.
Bag fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falcao is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bag throws an elbow but misses.
Bag is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Falcao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falcao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bag utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Esquiva Falcao will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Imma Bag's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Falcao fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bag.
Bag's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Falcao connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bag scrambles back to his feet.
Falcao throws a jab when Bag was well out of range.
Imma Bag is winning the standup battle so far.
Bag misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Falcao there.
Falcao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bag circles away quickly and effectively.
An inside leg kick lands from Bag.
Falcao has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bag.
Falcao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Bag doesn't manage to clinch there - Falcao circles away.
Bag closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Falcao misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Falcao fails to land.
Falcao takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bag's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bag takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Falcao takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Falcao takes one to the chin there.
Good leg kick by Bag there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Falcao ducks under a wild hook from Bag.
Bag gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Imma Bag's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Falcao lands a jab to the nose.
Bag is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Falcao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bag momentarily.
Oh Bag is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bag misses with a jab, cross combination.
Falcao tries to bum rush Bag with a series of wild strikes but Bag uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bag seems to have got his legs back now.
Bag lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bag throws a leg kick but Falcao moved away.
Falcao checks a low kick from Bag.
Bag throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Falcao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bag.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bag scores with a leg kick.
Falcao works the jab nicely.
Falcao misses with a wild body shot.
Falcao avoids the body shot from Bag.
Falcao lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bag's sensitive parts.
Bag lands a jab to the nose.
Falcao throws a push kick but Bag slaps the foot to one side.
Bag tries to bum rush Falcao with a series of wild strikes but Falcao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bag tries to clinch but Falcao moves out of range.
Falcao throws a shot to the body.
Bag ducks under a wild hook from Falcao.
Falcao stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bag.
Bag takes one to the side of the head.
Jeez, Imma Bag's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcao stalks Bag and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bag's face. Bag staggers backwards, shaken.
Falcao connects with a nice looking jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Imma Bag's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Esquiva Falcao!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dahl Haas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Gustafsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haas comes to the cage accompanied by Ten Typ Mes - Trze'a było. Gustafsson has chosen The Prodigy - Omen as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dahl Haas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 3, fighting out of London, Erik Gustafsson!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gustafsson's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gustafsson duly obliges.
It looks like Dahl Haas has been cut.
Haas misses with a body shot
and Gustafsson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Haas's knee momentarily.
Gustafsson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gustafsson keeps the fight on the outside.
A low kick from Haas misses
and Gustafsson counters with a crisp one two that drops Haas! Gustafsson thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Haas to his feet! Haas is in big trouble!
Haas is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gustafsson fakes the body blow, causing Haas to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Haas goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Erik Gustafsson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mohammed Jihad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnito Mustacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jihad comes into the arena with America! Fuck Yeah! blaring out of the sound system. Donnito Mustacho will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mohammed Jihad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Donnito Mustacho!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Mustacho. No joy for Jihad on that attempt.
Mustacho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mustacho bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mustacho 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.
Mustacho connects with a crisp jab.
Jihad on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jihad takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jihad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jihad walks into a straight right hand from Mustacho.
Mustacho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jihad misses with a looping right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mustacho. That's going to slow Jihad down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jihad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mustacho was well out of range. Poor timing from Jihad.
Nice uppercut there from Jihad.
Mustacho takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mustacho throws a leg kick which misses Jihad's front leg but catches the back leg as Jihad tries to avoid it.
Mustacho steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jihad.
Mustacho scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustacho scores with a nice strike.
Mustacho slips under a jab.
Jihad lands a jab-cross combination.
Mustacho connects with a solid leg kick.
Jihad fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mustacho takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Mustacho lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jihad fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mustacho connects with a body shot.
Mustacho is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That kick from Mustacho tenderised Jihad's leg. Jihad is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mustacho thuds a left hand into Jihad's body.
Jihad just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Mustacho.
Jihad looks to land a left hand but Mustacho moved out of range nicely.
Mustacho throws out a leg kick but Jihad moves out of range and Mustacho only half commits.
Mustacho scores with a hook.
Jihad misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jihad lands a slapping body shot.
Mustacho cracks Jihad with an open hand slap.
Mustacho moves into the clinch.
Mustacho tries to throw a body punch but Jihad avoids it by throwing Mustacho back against the cage.
Mustacho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Mustacho tries to throw a body punch but Jihad avoids it by throwing Mustacho back against the cage.
Jihad is working for takedown but Mustacho is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammed Jihad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jihad wants a takedown but no success here.
Jihad wants to get back to striking at distance but Mustacho won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jihad.
A left hand lands to the body for Mustacho.
Mustacho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mustacho takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mustacho works the jab nicely.
Mustacho is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jihad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mustacho takes a swing at Jihad's ribcage but misses.
Mustacho fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jihad manages to avoid it.
Mustacho moves in looking to clinch but Jihad pushes him off.
Mustacho misses with a low kick.
Mustacho lands a nice looking body shot.
Jihad checks the leg kick.
Jihad throws a series of strikes that have Mustacho backpedaling.
Jihad looks to score with a jab to the body but Mustacho is just out of range.
Mustacho connects with a jab.
Mustacho is looking to slow Jihad down with leg kicks.
Mustacho connects with a nice looking jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jihad misses with a wild body shot.
Jihad misses with a wild body shot.
Jihad throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mustacho to counter with a crisp jab.
Mustacho lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jihad at a distance.
Donnito Mustacho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho throws a front kick aimed at Jihad's knee but Jihad avoids it well.
Mustacho misses with a head kick.
Mustacho defending well as Jihad loads up on a big left hand.
Mustacho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
No joy there for Jihad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mustacho scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice body punch from Mustacho.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mustacho.
Jihad misses the shot to the body.
Mustacho cracks Jihad with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mustacho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jihad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mustacho.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That kick from Mustacho tenderised Jihad's leg. Jihad is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jihad checks a low kick from Mustacho.
Mustacho misses with a head kick.
Mustacho is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnito Mustacho dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jihad scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jihad misses with the ground and pound.
Mustacho managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jihad.
Sloppy strikes there by Jihad.
Jihad goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Mustacho rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Jihad's guard! Nice work there by Mustacho!
Jihad keeping moving, preventing Mustacho from controlling successfully.
Mustacho pushing down on Jihad's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jihad looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Mustacho is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Jihad might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jihad is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in half guard, Mustacho seems content to control.
Mustacho is looking to take a break and control but Jihad is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jihad tries to get to full guard but Mustacho has control of the leg.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Donnito Mustacho wasn't active enough on the ground.
Mustacho scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Mustacho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Mustacho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jihad.
Jihad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mustacho moves away.
Mustacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jihad was well out of range. Poor timing from Mustacho.
Jihad shoots in for a double leg but Mustacho sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jihad. Mustacho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mustacho lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mustacho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mustacho stuns Jihad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Mustacho misses the target.
Mustacho ducks under a wild hook from Jihad.
Mustacho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jihad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jihad shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mustacho has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mustacho lands with a kick to the ribs.
Donnito Mustacho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jihad avoids the body shot from Mustacho.
Mustacho on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jihad loads up on a big right hand but Mustacho slips the punch.
Jihad misses with an uppercut.
Mustacho slips under a jab from Jihad.
Jihad misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Mustacho.
Jihad avoids the body shot from Mustacho.
Jihad cracks Mustacho with an open hand slap.
Jihad stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mustacho.
Jihad takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mustacho cracks the inside of Jihad's front leg.
Jihad on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mustacho lands with a nice body kick.
Jihad swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice body kick there by Mustacho.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mustacho cracks Jihad with an open hand slap.
Jihad is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mustacho.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mustacho looks to score with a jab to the body but Jihad is just out of range.
Jihad works the jab nicely.
Mustacho scores with a punch to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho scores with a body shot.
Jihad will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mustacho thumps Jihad with a low kick.
Mustacho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mustacho lands with a kick to the ribs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mustacho.
Mustacho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jihad with a jab.
Mustacho thumps Jihad with a low kick.
Jihad swings for the body but Mustacho moves out of range.
Jihad takes a swing at Mustacho's ribcage but misses.
Mustacho connects with a leg kick. Jihad looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jihad misses with a few strikes there.
Jihad misses with a body shot.
Jihad is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mustacho lands a body shot.
Mustacho scores with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnito Mustacho showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Mustacho feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jihad's calf.
Jihad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mustacho connects with a solid leg kick.
Jihad throws an off balance right hand
and Mustacho counters with an outside leg kick.
Mustacho explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mustacho scores with a hook.
Mustacho instigates a clinch.
Mustacho has a couple of punches blocked by Jihad.
Jihad tries for a takedown but Mustacho manages to get underhooks.
Jihad slowing the pace effectively.
Jihad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mustacho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Mustacho lands a body punch.
Mustacho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mustacho lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mustacho works on Jihad's body with a couple of short punches.
Mustacho presses Jihad against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jihad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mustacho has Jihad pushed against the cage.
Jihad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
I was talking to Jihad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jihad looking for a takedown.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mustacho pushes Jihad back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mustacho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jihad backwards.
Mustacho dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mustacho is working Jihad over against the cage.
Mustacho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mohammed Jihad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho stalling.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mustacho creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
Mustacho lands an uppercut.
Jihad looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Mustacho lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Mustacho - that landed with a thud.
Jihad doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jihad goes for a takedown attempt but Mustacho pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammed Jihad. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mustacho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jihad's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho catches Jihad with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mustacho tests Jihad's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mustacho connects with an inside leg kick.
Mustacho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jihad misses with a wild body shot.
Jihad throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mustacho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jihad throws a jab but it's blocked by Mustacho.
Mustacho scores with a kick to the body.
Jihad throws a body punch but Mustacho moves out of range.
Jihad misses with a left hand
and Jihad takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mustacho thuds his shin into the meat of Jihad's side.
Jihad swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mustacho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jihad takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That kick from Mustacho tenderised Jihad's leg. Jihad is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mustacho tries to clinch up but Jihad circles away and keeps his distance.
Mustacho cracks Jihad with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mustacho.
The crowd cheers as Mustacho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jihad doesn't seem phased though.
Mustacho scores with a head kick.
Mustacho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jihad.
Jihad on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mustacho cracks Jihad with a good jab.
Mustacho tests Jihad's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mustacho lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mustacho scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jihad tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mustacho sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jihad somewhat.
Mustacho lands a leg kick that knocks Jihad off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donnito Mustacho comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Mustacho winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnito Mustacho!
Donnito Mustacho decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Mohammed Jihad spoke after the fight, saying 'Well...shit!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Vector (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Pegg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Vector!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Pegg!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vector throws a looping overhand right but Pegg ducks down to avoid it.
Vector waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pegg.
Vector swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pegg looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vector!
Pegg controls the position.
Vector is not content to let Pegg control the position.
Pegg tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pegg has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pegg trying to control the action but Vector is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegg just content to control the position.
Pegg wants to control but Vector is keeping him busy.
Pegg misses with the ground and pound.
Pegg content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Vector is trying to get back to half guard.
Vector is working hard here to advance position.
Pegg is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Vector looks calm but he's in trouble here. Pegg gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Vector is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Pegg lets go of the hold and Vector can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Simon Pegg!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dr John Zoidberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmitry Volkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dmitry Volkov is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 lbs
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180 lbs
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Dr John Zoidberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dmitry Volkov!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Volkov lands a nice leg kick that just misses Zoidberg's sensitive parts.
Zoidberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Volkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Zoidberg ducks right into an uppercut from Volkov.
Volkov lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Volkov lands with a nice body kick.
Zoidberg takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoidberg bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zoidberg moves away from the strike by Volkov.
Zoidberg on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Volkov is looking to land body kicks.
Zoidberg moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Volkov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Volkov works Zoidberg's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Volkov tenderised Zoidberg's leg. Zoidberg is trying to keep his angry face on.
A left lands for Volkov.
Volkov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Volkov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zoidberg misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Volkov finds it's target.
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!
An inside leg kick from Volkov misses.
No joy there for Zoidberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Volkov.
Volkov throws a good cross that connects.
Volkov sends Zoidberg crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Volkov is motioning to the referee to let Zoidberg up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Zoidberg is rocked!
Volkov lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dmitry Volkov!
Dmitry Volkov looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Yeah bitches.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Elric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns's entrance music is Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire. A fine choice. Elric has chosen Lil Wayne - Rolling In The Deep (Sorry 4 The Wait) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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218 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brian Burns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Edward Elric!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Burns misses its intended target.
Burns avoids a punch combination nicely.
Elric scores with a nice head shot.
Elric misses with a double jab.
Elric takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Elric loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
Burns misses with an uppercut. Elric saw that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
Burns bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Elric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burns seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Elric buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Elric ducks under a wild hook from Burns.
Elric leaves Burns with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Burns shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Elric's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Elric is trying to control the position but Burns postures up.
Elric has his foot on Burns's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Burns works his way back into a safe position though.
Elric wants to sweep but no luck.
Burns wants to control from the top but Elric keeps moving.
Burns missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Elric is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Burns throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns trying to control but Elric is working from the bottom.
Burns throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elric utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Burns trying to control the position from guard on top but Elric is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burns working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Elric's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elric utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Elric keeping full guard, as Burns tries to pass.
Burns postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elric is trying to keep Burns in close.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Elric holds on and takes a little breather.
Burns postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Elric is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Burns, into his guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Elric looking to pass the guard.
Elric pushes down on Burns's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elric stalling away here and it's allowed Burns to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Burns is trying to control the position but Elric postures up.
Burns looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burns looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elric 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Burns dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A lazy left from Elric finds it's target.
Elric lands with a good body shot.
Burns scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Elric on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Burns throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Elric on the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Elric.
Elric thows a body shot but no joy.
Elric uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns.
Burns avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Elric wants to slow Burns down by chopping away at his legs.
Burns lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Elric fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Burns has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Burns looks to score with a jab to the body but Elric is just out of range.
Elric takes a swing at Burns's ribcage but misses.
Burns missing with a left hand there. Elric was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Edward Elric seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burns cracks a nice hook into Elric's ribs.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Burns.
Burns decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Elric moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Elric throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns postures up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Elric 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.
Elric looking to control.
Burns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burns trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Burns is looking to work some ground and pound but Elric has wrist control.
Burns makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burns throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elric wants to sweep but no luck.
Elric seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Burns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burns trying to control but Elric is working from the bottom.
Elric looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burns throwing strikes but missing.
Burns postures up in Elric's guard and throws a big left but Elric blocks it.
Elric seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Elric lands a lovely overhand right.
Edward Elric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns staying out of range there.
Elric misses with a lunging right hand
and Burns counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Elric takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Burns is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Elric.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brian Burns will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Elric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burns.
Elric pushes Burns up against the cage in a clinch.
Elric tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Burns's elbow.
Elric is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Burns wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Elric will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burns up against the cage.
Elric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Elric stalling in the clinch but Burns improves position.
Burns tries for a takedown. No joy.
Burns is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Elric is defending well.
Elric misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elric lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Elric lands a body punch.
Elric slowing the pace effectively.
A nice right hand lands inside from Elric.
Elric tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Elric lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Burns. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Elric is leaning against Burns and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Elric - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elric lands a body shot.
Burns turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Burns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Elric keeps working.
Brian Burns is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elric gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Brian Burns overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Burns stalling.
Elric is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Burns is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elric actively working from the bottom here.
Burns 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.
Burns perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Elric is looking to control Burns's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Elric avoid being mounted?
Burns content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brian Burns has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Elric throws a right hand that Burns ducks under and follows up with a left that Burns also avoids with ease.
Edward Elric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elric swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Burns misses with a hook.
Elric gets caught flat footed, as Burns shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Elric is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Burns defends well.
Burns is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Elric comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Burns has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Burns!
Brian Burns was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luzhin comes to the cage accompanied by Toccata and Fugue. Lewis has chosen Nelly - Hot In Herre as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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174 lbs
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179 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai Luzhin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ray Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Luzhin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Luzhin punishes Lewis's body with a nice straight punch.
Luzhin cracks the inside of Lewis's front leg.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Lewis checks it.
Luzhin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lewis throws a combination that misses
and Luzhin counters with a slapping leg kick.
A jab from Luzhin finds it's way through Lewis's defenses.
Luzhin with a hook.
Luzhin lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Luzhin counters with a nice body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luzhin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lewis has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lewis and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good leg kick by Luzhin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Luzhin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Luzhin throws a nice looking combination but Lewis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lewis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin tries to work over Lewis's front leg with a kick but Lewis checks it.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luzhin throws a right hand that Lewis ducks under and follows up with a left that Lewis also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin punishes Lewis's body with a nice straight punch.
Luzhin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Luzhin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Luzhin staying out of range there.
Luzhin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Luzhin clobbers Lewis with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lewis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lewis blocks a low kick nicely.
Luzhin throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
Luzhin scores with a nice right hand.
Lewis throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin is looking to wear down Lewis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Luzhin lands with a hook. Lewis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luzhin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Luzhin.
Lewis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lewis throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lewis digs a good body shot into Luzhin's ribs.
Luzhin lands a really nice looking cross but Lewis seems unphased.
Luzhin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin pushes Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.
Luzhin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luzhin lands with a right to the head.
Luzhin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lewis is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lewis.
Luzhin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lewis blocks it with crossed arms.
Lewis is trying to break free.
Still in the clinch, Luzhin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lewis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lewis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Lewis.
Lewis blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Luzhin has the dominant position.
Lewis stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ray Lewis has been cut.
Luzhin throws a head punch that misses.
Lewis wants to get back to striking at distance but Luzhin won't allow it.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Lewis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lewis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Luzhin is defending well for now.
Luzhin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luzhin working aggressively here.
Lewis is trying to break free.
Luzhin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Luzhin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Luzhin lands a hook that snaps the head of Lewis backwards.
Luzhin landing knees to the head.
Luzhin crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Lewis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Luzhin obliges.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis is trying to force a seperation but Luzhin has the dominant position.
Lewis is trying to break free.
Lewis blocking some punches.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin crunches a lovely knee into Lewis's ribcage.
Luzhin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luzhin.
A short left from Luzhin.
Luzhin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lewis misses with some punches.
Lewis manages to break the clinch.
Lewis connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big left from Luzhin misses.
Lewis lands with an overhand left.
Lewis throws a hook but Luzhin blocks it.
Decent striking displayed by Luzhin there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
That's time! Luzhin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Luzhin misses with a body shot
and Lewis counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Luzhin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lewis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
Lewis swings for the body but Luzhin moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Luzhin. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lewis misses with a straight left.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lewis counters with a straight right hand.
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin tries to clinch up.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Lewis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lewis throws a lazy uppercut
and Luzhin counters with a low kick, right behind Lewis 's knee.
Luzhin throws a jab when Lewis was well out of range.
Luzhin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin looks for the body kick but Lewis saw that one coming.
Luzhin scores with a shot to the body.
Lewis throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
Luzhin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Lewis lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lewis.
Lewis clobbers Luzhin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Luzhin throws a low kick, looking for Lewis's leg but Lewis calmly moves out of range.
Luzhin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A lazy left from Luzhin finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lewis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luzhin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that misses.
Lewis throws a shot from downtown. Luzhin moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lewis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Lewis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Luzhin counters with a leg kick.
Luzhin throws a hook but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lewis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Luzhin lands.
Luzhin misses with a looping left.
Lewis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Lewis throws a good cross that connects.
Luzhin connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Luzhin scores with a four punch combination!
Luzhin lands a leg kick that knocks Lewis off balance momentarily.
Lewis throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lewis stuns Luzhin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lewis misses with an uppercut.
Luzhin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lewis throws a lazy uppercut
and Luzhin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luzhin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Lewis throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Lewis has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nikolai Luzhin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luzhin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lewis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to break the clinch but Luzhin is controlling the position.
Lewis is trying to break the clinch but Luzhin is controlling him.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lewis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luzhin landing knees to the head.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luzhin misses with a body punch.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Luzhin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lewis gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luzhin blocks a body shot from Lewis.
Lewis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
Luzhin prevents a body shot from Lewis.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Lewis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lewis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Luzhin swinging wildly here.
Luzhin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lewis misses with a leg kick
and Luzhin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lewis's knee momentarily.
Luzhin misses with a double jab.
Lewis's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lewis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Luzhin throws a jab when Lewis was well out of range.
Nikolai Luzhin is winning the standup battle so far.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lewis manages to avoid it.
Luzhin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lewis ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Luzhin misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis moves out of range of the body kick from Luzhin.
Donk. Lewis catches Luzhin right on the button with a cross.
Luzhin tests Lewis's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lewis scores with a shot to the body.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luzhin throws out the jab.
Luzhin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lewis looks to land a right hand but Luzhin moved out of range.
Luzhin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lewis.
Lewis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Luzhin tries a low kick but Lewis avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
Lewis throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luzhin misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luzhin throws out the jab.
Lewis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luzhin.
Lewis throws the left hand but Luzhin avoids the punch easily.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lewis throws a sloppy head kick and Luzhin moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Luzhin.
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!
Lewis throws a jab but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Luzhin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Luzhin.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Lewis jabs Luzhin right on the nose. Luzhin blinks but takes it well.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin misses with a body punch
letting Lewis counter with a right hand.
Lewis jabs at Luzhin's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin staying out of range there.
Luzhin doesn't manage to clinch there - Lewis circles away.
Luzhin lands a body shot.
Luzhin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lewis misses the body punch
and Luzhin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lewis's knee momentarily.
A big left from Lewis misses.
Luzhin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lewis.
Luzhin tries to clinch up but Lewis circles away and keeps his distance.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
A big right from Luzhin misses.
Luzhin slips under a jab from Lewis.
Luzhin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lewis.
Luzhin moves in looking to clinch but Lewis pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Luzhin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luzhin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Luzhin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Luzhin scores with a jab. Lewis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lewis lands a nice looking body shot.
Luzhin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lewis is out of range.
Luzhin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A swing and a miss from Lewis.
Luzhin thows a leg kick but Lewis checks it
and Luzhin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lewis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Lewis really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Luzhin missing with a left hand there. Lewis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luzhin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lewis.
Lewis throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin slips a jab from Lewis.
Lewis misses with an uppercut
and Luzhin counters with a nice uppercut.
Lewis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Luzhin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lewis. That did some damage!
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Luzhin.
Lewis scores with a sloppy right hand. Luzhin should have avoided that one.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Lewis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin scores with the left hand. Lewis knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis throws a jab when Luzhin was well out of range.
Luzhin stuns Lewis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Luzhin slips a jab from Lewis.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Lewis crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Luzhin - the referee stops the clock and Lewis gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Luzhin. Lewis manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Luzhin misses with an uppercut.
Luzhin throws out a leg kick but Lewis moves out of range and Luzhin only half commits.
Lewis lands with an uppercut that bounces Luzhin off the cage and back into range.
Lewis throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Luzhin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lewis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
Lewis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luzhin.
A big right from Lewis misses.
Lewis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Luzhin as he connects with a hook.
Luzhin throws a body punch but Lewis moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Luzhin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Luzhin ducks under a wild hook from Lewis.
Luzhin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lewis. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin lands with a good body shot.
Lewis scores with a sloppy right hand. Luzhin should have avoided that one.
Luzhin lands a nice hook to Lewis's body. Lewis takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Lewis.
Lewis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Luzhin can pounce on him.
Luzhin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lewis was well out of range. Poor timing from Luzhin.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
Luzhin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Luzhin checks the leg kick.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Lewis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Lewis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Luzhin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice jab there from Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Lewis checks it.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Lewis moved out of range nicely.
Luzhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lewis keeps the fight on the outside.
Lewis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Luzhin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Luzhin cracks the inside of Lewis's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin scores with a punch to the head.
Lewis cracks Luzhin with a good jab.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Lewis moves out of range easily.
Lewis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luzhin throws a leg kick which misses Lewis's front leg but catches the back leg as Lewis tries to avoid it.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Lewis moves out of range easily.
Lewis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Luzhin 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.
Luzhin lands a leg kick that knocks Lewis off balance momentarily.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Luzhin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luzhin works Lewis's body with a nice hook.
Lewis misses with an uppercut.
Lewis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luzhin.
Lewis misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikolai Luzhin had his way with Ray Lewis in that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Lewis's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Luzhin!
Lewis misses with a hook. Luzhin ducked under it nicely.
Luzhin swings for the body but Lewis moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Luzhin as he connects with a hook.
A nice combination there by Lewis.
Lewis misses with a straight right.
Lewis misses with a body shot.
Luzhin jabs at Lewis's body.
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Luzhin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Luzhin looks to land a body kick but Lewis moved away.
Lewis misses with a straight left.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Luzhin.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lewis misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Lewis misses the target.
Luzhin throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luzhin was well out of range. Poor timing from Lewis.
No joy there for Luzhin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Luzhin looks to score with a jab to the body but Lewis is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luzhin.
Lewis throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lewis. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Luzhin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lewis takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Lewis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luzhin moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis misses with a double jab.
Lewis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luzhin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Lewis. Beautiful body shot.
Luzhin moves into the clinch successfully.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Lewis tries to throw a body punch but Luzhin avoids it by throwing Lewis back against the cage.
Lewis lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luzhin throws a head punch that misses.
Lewis wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head.
Lewis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luzhin blocking some punches.
Luzhin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luzhin has Lewis pressed against the cage, preventing Lewis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luzhin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lewis has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lewis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luzhin has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the head but Lewis blocks with his arms.
Luzhin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lewis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Lewis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Luzhin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luzhin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lewis struggles to land a body shot inside as Luzhin controls his hands.
Luzhin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luzhin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luzhin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lewiss head.
Lewis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lewis lands a nice shot to the body.
Lewis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lewis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lewis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lewis misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Luzhin scores a nice knee to the body.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but Lewis blocks it.
Lewis manages to break the clinch.
Ray Lewis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lewis doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lewis avoids the body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin slips a straight right by Lewis.
Lewis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Luzhin's head backwards.
Luzhin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lewis.
Luzhin has Lewis up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Luzhin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Luzhin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luzhin landing knees to the body.
Luzhin scores with a knee to the head.
Lewis is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Luzhin digs a right hand underneath Lewis's ribcage. Lewis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nikolai Luzhin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Luzhin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 49:46
Judge William Gold scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikolai Luzhin!
A relieved looking Nikolai Luzhin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Dean Rockefeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rockefeller comes to the cage accompanied by Kreator - Violent Revolution. Lang is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fuck your mother. 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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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Dean Rockefeller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Lang!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang connects with an inside leg kick.
Lang has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rockefeller checks the leg kick.
Rockefeller really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rockefeller misses with a low kick.
Rockefeller closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lang 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.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Lang postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lang looking to pass the guard.
Rockefeller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rockefeller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lang trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rockefeller keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Rockefeller is trying to keep Lang in close.
Lang makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lang in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rockefeller looking for a sweep. Not yet Rockefeller, not yet.
Lang engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lang stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rockefeller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang lands a couple of elbows.
Lang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rockefeller throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lang throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lang scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lang won't allow Rockefeller to sweep him here.
Lang postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rockefeller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rockefeller looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lang is one step ahead there.
Rockefeller keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang is in close to Rockefeller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lang trying to control but Rockefeller is working from the bottom.
Rockefeller has momentary wrist control but Lang slips an elbow through the middle.
Rockefeller 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Lang is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rockefeller's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rockefeller's back!
Rockefeller turns into Lang and is now in his guard.
Lang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rockefeller manages to get himself to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lang's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lang scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rockefeller will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rockefeller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lang stopping the sweep attempt from Rockefeller.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lang dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rockefeller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rockefeller wants to clinch.
Lang is looking to clinch but Rockefeller is avoiding it.
Rockefeller throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rockefeller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rockefeller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lang scores with a nice body kick.
Lang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rockefeller slips under a jab.
Nice jab there from Rockefeller.
Lang moves into the clinch successfully.
Lang manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Rockefeller misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang slips under a jab.
Lang thuds a left hand into Rockefeller's body.
Lang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lang is looking to land body kicks.
Lang throws a low kick but Rockefeller moves out of range easily.
Lang throws a push kick but Rockefeller slaps the foot to one side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lang.
Rockefeller blocks a low kick nicely.
Rockefeller thows a body kick. Lang tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rockefeller lands with a right hand.
A combination from Lang does no damage.
Nice body kick there by Lang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rockefeller tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lang sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rockefeller somewhat.
Lang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang misses with a two punch combination.
Rockefeller misses with a hook. Lang ducked under it nicely.
Lang throws a head kick but Rockefeller moves out of range.
Rockefeller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
David Lang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lang connects with a leg kick. Rockefeller looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lang tries a head kick but it misses.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rockefeller swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've been told by Rockefeller's head coaches at RNC Sport Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rockefeller scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lang circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rockefeller throws the kick towards the body but Lang avoids it.
Rockefeller connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lang misses with a wild body shot.
Rockefeller thumps Lang with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rockefeller is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Rockefeller lands a shoulder strike.
Lang holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rockefeller misses with some punches.
Rockefeller works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rockefeller has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lang after a bit of a struggle.
Lang misses with a punch to the body.
Lang is trying to pull guard but Rockefeller turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rockefeller lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rockefeller is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Dean Rockefeller. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lang blocks a body shot from Rockefeller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rockefeller lands a hook that snaps the head of Lang backwards.
Lang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rockefeller.
Rockefeller has Lang pressed against the cage, preventing Lang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rockefeller trying to stall but Lang improves his position.
Lang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lang creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockefellers head.
Rockefeller misses with a body punch.
Rockefeller prevents a body shot from Lang.
Rockefeller blocks a body shot from Lang.
Lang struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockefeller controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Lang.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rockefeller lands a nice shot to the body.
Rockefeller misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lang presses Rockefeller against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rockefeller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lang connects with a solid leg kick.
Rockefeller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lang just misses with a punch to the body.
Rockefeller keeps the fight on the outside.
Rockefeller takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rockefeller misses with an uppercut.
Rockefeller scores with a hook to the body. Lang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lang looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lang misses with a body kick.
Lang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rockefeller's sensitive parts.
Lang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller is looking to score with low kicks.
Lang throws a leg kick
and Rockefeller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lang throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rockefeller connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rockefeller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lang swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lang tried to score with a low kick but Rockefeller checks it.
Rockefeller throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lang's head.
A big right from Lang misses.
Lang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rockefeller's sensitive parts.
Rockefeller thows a body shot but no joy.
Rockefeller is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rockefeller misses with a body shot.
Lang ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rockefeller keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Lang.
Lang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fighters circling - Rockefeller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lang throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lang feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rockefeller's calf.
Rockefeller takes a swing at Lang's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rockefeller takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lang bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rockefeller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lang misses with a body punch
and Rockefeller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot by Lang.
Rockefeller lands a lovely overhand right.
Lang throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rockefeller clinches.
Lang pulls guard.
Lang manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rockefeller manages to get himself to full guard.
Lang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang trying to control the position from guard on top but Rockefeller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lang is in close to Rockefeller's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rockefeller 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.
Rockefeller is trying to keep Lang in close.
Lang wants to control from the top but Rockefeller keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rockefeller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lang throws a big elbow that misses.
Rockefeller keeping moving, preventing Lang from controlling successfully.
Rockefeller wants to sweep here but Lang controlling him for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lang working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lang really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Lang fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rockefeller is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rockefeller swings for the body but Lang moves out of range.
Lang ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rockefeller moves away.
Rockefeller moves out of range as Lang strikes.
Lang goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rockefeller. Rockefeller obviously looking to wear him down.
Lang takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lang is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rockefeller rather than just go for the knockout.
Lang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rockefeller throws a head punch that misses.
Rockefeller lands a shoulder strike.
Rockefeller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lang breaks the clinch.
Lang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rockefeller is out of range.
Rockefeller instigates a clinch.
Rockefeller lands a left hand.
Lang is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lang tries a body shot but Rockefeller blocks it.
Lang can't find room to land a body shot as Rockefeller controls the action.
Rockefeller blocking some punches.
Rockefeller struggles to land a body shot inside as Lang controls his hands.
Lang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lang blocks an uppercut.
Lang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lang blocks a body shot from Rockefeller.
Lang lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rockefeller working aggressively here.
Rockefeller is looking to control Lang's arms but Lang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rockefeller has his back to the cage.
Lang blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lang throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockefeller.
Rockefeller prevents a body shot from Lang.
Rockefeller tries to work over Lang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lang lands an uppercut.
Lang misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lang is trying to maintain a safe position but Rockefeller gets an underhook and turns Lang into the cage.
Rockefeller lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rockefeller misses with some punches.
Lang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockefeller or not.
Rockefeller misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockefeller keeps control of Lang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lang pushes Rockefeller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lang blocks a body shot from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lang lands a left hand.
Lang breaks the clinch.
Rockefeller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rockefeller shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rockefeller misses with a right hand
and Lang counters with a shoot takedown. Rockefeller fights it but they end up in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lang passes into half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rockefeller regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rockefeller works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang trying to control the position from guard on top but Rockefeller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rockefeller controls Lang momentarily but Lang frees himself.
Lang working some strikes from top position.
Rockefeller keeping full guard, as Lang tries to pass.
Rockefeller wants to sweep here but Lang controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lang postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Lang dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rockefeller takes a swing at Lang's ribcage but misses.
Lang delivers a nice body kick.
Lang feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rockefeller's calf.
Lang keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rockefeller throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good exchange - Rockefeller coming out on top.
Lang throws an overhand right that lands on Rockefeller's shoulder, as Rockefeller tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Lang.
Rockefeller checks the leg kick nicely there.
A swing and a miss from Lang.
Lang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lang throws a hook to the side of Rockefeller's head but Rockefeller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lang fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rockefeller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lang swats away the attempt to clinch by Rockefeller.
Rockefeller throws a leg kick but Lang moved away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockefeller takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rockefeller misses with a few strikes there.
Lang misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Rockefeller misses.
Lang moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lang takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lang misses with a leg kick
and Rockefeller counters with a single leg into guard. Lang didn't expect that.
Lang is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rockefeller is aware though and is defending well.
Lang working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rockefeller doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rockefeller manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lang is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Rockefeller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
James Dean Rockefeller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
David Lang is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rockefeller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lang works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lang is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller trying to control the position from guard on top but Lang is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang pulls Rockefeller in close to prevent any damage.
Lang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rockefeller avoids the head kick by Lang.
Rockefeller circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rockefeller counters with a body kick that stops Lang in his tracks momentarily.
Lang with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rockefeller connects with a right hand. Lang shakes it off.
Rockefeller throws a leg kick that misses.
Lang misses the body punch
and Rockefeller counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller tries a body shot but Lang blocks it.
Rockefeller tries to work over Lang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rockefeller throws a head punch that misses.
Lang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rockefeller can't find room to land a body shot as Lang controls the action.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
David Lang seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rockefeller can't find room to land a body shot as Lang controls the action.
Rockefeller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lang taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rockefeller lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lang wants to get back to striking at distance but Rockefeller won't allow it.
Rockefeller makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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 James Dean Rockefeller.
Well Lang has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 45:50
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Lang!
David Lang is the new featherweight champion!
David Lang made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Welcome to the david lang era. Im more famous and more good looking then any of these chumps out here. Ive done lots of great things but beating JDR isnt one of them. Were not equal.I would like to take this opportunity to once again call out the 135 champ. Dont be scared homie'.
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