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SPNY 220: Waitzel - Danze 3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Julio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by Roll Right. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 lbs
39 - 26 - 2 |
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186 cm
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175 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
39 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Julio!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Julio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Julio cracks the inside of Watson's front leg.
Julio throws a body kick that misses.
Watson throws a right and a left that Julio avoids nicely.
Julio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Julio throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Julio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Julio misses the shot to the body.
Julio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Watson avoids the head kick by Julio.
Julio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watson.
Julio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Julio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Watson gets the takedown into side control.
Watson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ground and pound from Watson seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Julio felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Watson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Watson trying to control the position but Julio is working away.
Julio is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Watson trying to control the action but Julio is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Watson avoids the body shot from Julio.
Julio blocks a low kick nicely.
A big left from Julio misses.
Watson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson gets a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio is looking to escape.
Watson is keen to just control but Julio is a slippery customer.
Julio kicks Watson off and gets back to his feet.
Watson connects with a single shot there.
Julio misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by Watson.
Watson takes one to the side of the head.
Watson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Julio pinned against the cage. Julio gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Julio misses with a hook. Watson ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Julio defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watson.
The fighters circling - Julio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donk. Watson catches Julio right on the button with a cross.
Watson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown. Julio tries to sprawl out of it but Watson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Julio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A slapping body kick lands there for Julio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watson lands a nice shot to the body.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.
Julio misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Julio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Julio is looking to slow Watson down with leg kicks.
Julio looks to land a right hand but Watson moved out of range.
Julio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Julio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watson.
Watson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Julio's waist but Julio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Watson off to one side.
No joy there for Julio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Julio throws a body shot but no joy.
Julio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Watson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Julio but Julio pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Watson lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Julio thows a leg kick but Watson checks it
and Watson counters with a single leg into guard. Julio didn't expect that.
Watson wants to control from the top but Julio keeps moving.
Watson stands and throws Julio's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio is not content to let Watson control the position.
Watson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Julio is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Watson throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Julio works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Watson stops Julio from getting back to his feet.
Watson throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Julio to regain full guard.
Watson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Julio swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Julio keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Julio works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Julio connects with a nice looking jab.
Julio misses with a looping right.
Watson shoots in looking for a takedown but Julio manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Watson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson scores with a nice head shot.
Julio leaves Watson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brian Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Watson or perhaps it was just good defense by Julio, which made it look bad.
Julio scores with the left hand. Watson knows he should have avoided that one.
Julio lands a glancing blow to the side of Watson's head.
Watson has his takedown stuffed
and Julio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Watson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Julio's waist but Julio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Watson off to one side.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Julio shows good takedown defense.
Watson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Julio lands with a nice body punch.
Julio throws a big shot that misses.
Julio tries to score with a low kick but Watson moves his leg out of the way.
Watson throws an overhand right that lands on Julio's shoulder, as Julio tries to avoid the shot.
Watson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Julio thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice takedown defense from Julio. No joy for Watson on that attempt.
Watson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Julio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Watson.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Julio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Watson moves forwards but Julio connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Julio feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Watsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Julio swings for the body but Watson moves out of range.
Watson is looking to clinch but Julio is avoiding it.
Watson walks into a straight right hand from Julio.
Watson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Julio swivels and escapes.
Watson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Julio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson fails with the takedown.
Watson tries for a takedown but Julio sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Julio fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Julio misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Julio turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Julio lunges at Watson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Watson's hand.
Julio scores with a sloppy right hand. Watson should have avoided that one.
Julio throws out a loose jab but Watson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Julio sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Watson somewhat.
Julio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watson moves away.
Julio slaps away a takedown attempt from Watson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Julio throws a poor cross that misses
and Watson counters with a takedown into side control.
Watson working the ground and pound but Julio is defending the strikes.
Julio is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson working the strikes but Julio uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Brian Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julio manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Watson keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Julio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Julio stops a takedown attempt from Watson.
Watson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Julio is trying to push Watson away but Watson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Julio is pressed up against the cage. Watson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Julio down to the mat. Julio avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Julio is looking to stand up but Watson isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Watson is looking to work some ground and pound but Julio has wrist control.
Julio keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Julio is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Watson is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Watson wants to control from the top but Julio keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Watson moves out of range of the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watson.
Watson fails with the takedown.
Watson shoots in for a takedown but Julio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt
and Julio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Julio throws a big shot that misses.
Don Julio is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Julio fakes the leg kick and cracks Watson in the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Julio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Julio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Julio 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Julio!
Don Julio made sure to mention his sponsor, Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160) in his post fight interview.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arttu Mahtisaari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Day Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man has chosen Day Man Remix as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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197 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arttu Mahtisaari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Day Man!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahtisaari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Man throws a hook to the side of Mahtisaari's head but Mahtisaari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Mahtisaari counter with a right hand.
Mahtisaari bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Man's head backwards.
Man connects with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Man has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mahtisaari slips a straight right by Man.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man throws a hook to the side of Mahtisaari's head but Mahtisaari sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahtisaari lands a jab to the nose.
Mahtisaari looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Man blocks a jab.
Mahtisaari thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Man moves forwards but Mahtisaari connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahtisaari misses with a left hand
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahtisaari stuffs the takedown.
Mahtisaari throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
Mahtisaari swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Man misses with a straight right.
Mahtisaari misses with a straight right.
Mahtisaari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Mahtisaari lands a lovely overhand right.
Mahtisaari throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahtisaari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mahtisaari throws a lazy uppercut
and Man counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mahtisaari thinking.
Mahtisaari tries to clinch up.
Man defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari slips under a jab.
Mahtisaari is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big left from Man misses.
Man throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mahtisaari looks to land a right hand but Man moved out of range.
Man looks to land a right hand but Mahtisaari moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahtisaari connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahtisaari lands a lovely overhand right.
Man walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Man misses with a few strikes there.
Mahtisaari throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Man sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mahtisaari throws a big shot that misses.
Man leaves Mahtisaari with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Man connects with a crisp jab.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mahtisaari swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mahtisaari misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Mahtisaari takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Man throws a hook but Mahtisaari blocks it.
Mahtisaari has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arttu Mahtisaari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sloppy strikes from Mahtisaari. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahtisaari fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mahtisaari clobbers Man with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mahtisaari takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Man misses with a hook
and Mahtisaari counters with a nice uppercut.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Mahtisaari's shoulder, as Mahtisaari tries to avoid the shot.
Mahtisaari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahtisaari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahtisaari misses with some punches.
Man is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
I was talking to Mahtisaari's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Mahtisaari on the inside.
Mahtisaari misses with a body punch.
Man lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Mahtisaari fails to land.
Man misses with some punches.
A short right from Mahtisaari on the inside.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Mahtisaari avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Man blocks a body shot from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari misses with a punch to the body.
Mahtisaari scores with a shoulder strike.
Man has a couple of punches blocked by Mahtisaari.
Man blocks an uppercut.
Man lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mahtisaari backwards.
Man is working Mahtisaari over against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Man fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arttu Mahtisaari dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari scores with a nice head shot.
Mahtisaari throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mahtisaari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arttu Mahtisaari is winning the standup battle so far.
Mahtisaari throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Man shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mahtisaari lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mahtisaari. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Man moves away from the strike by Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari takes one to the chin there.
Mahtisaari jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man looks to throw the jab but Mahtisaari is out of range.
Mahtisaari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Mahtisaari throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Man closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Mahtisaari's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Man trying to control but Mahtisaari is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahtisaari wants to sweep but no luck.
Man throws a strike but Mahtisaari rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mahtisaari is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Man can do to turn this around?
Mahtisaari controls from within his opponent's guard.
Mahtisaari prevents Man from getting back to his feet.
Mahtisaari trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mahtisaari throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mahtisaari drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Man manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mahtisaari has Man in his guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mahtisaari is on top in guard.
Man utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mahtisaari looking to pass the guard.
Mahtisaari is fighting to break Man's control of his arms but Man is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahtisaari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mahtisaari trying to control but Man is working from the bottom.
Man has control of Mahtisaari's left arm, preventing Mahtisaari from doing any damage.
Mahtisaari is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Man on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mahtisaari throws a predictable looking body shot
and Man connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Mahtisaari counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mahtisaari throws out the jab.
Mahtisaari misses with a body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mahtisaari, as that shot connected.
Mahtisaari throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mahtisaari moves out of range of the strikes.
Man misses with a straight right.
Man throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Man takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Man's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mahtisaari under the eye.
Man slips a straight right by Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari misses the shot to the body.
Mahtisaari ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man avoids the body shot from Mahtisaari.
Man throws a looping overhand right but Mahtisaari ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arttu Mahtisaari dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Mahtisaari slips under a jab from Man.
Man with a hook.
Man throws a body punch but Mahtisaari moves out of range.
Man scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mahtisaari tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Man darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Man slips under a jab from Mahtisaari.
Mahtisaari shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Man as he jumps to the side.
Mahtisaari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahtisaari fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Mahtisaari. Mahtisaari gets slowly back to his feet.
Mahtisaari staying out of range there.
Mahtisaari shoots in and drives through. Man sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arttu Mahtisaari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man misses with a hook to the body
and Mahtisaari counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Mahtisaari.
Man wants to stand but Mahtisaari is controlling the position.
Mahtisaari trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mahtisaari loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Man looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Arttu Mahtisaari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mahtisaari working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mahtisaari postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mahtisaari pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Man is keeping the position for now.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Day Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahtisaari stands and throws Man's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Man tries to improve position but can't.
Mahtisaari wants to control but Man is keeping him busy.
Mahtisaari has control of an arm but Man manages to advance to Mahtisaari's back!
Man throwing damaging strikes from the back! Mahtisaari could be in trouble here!
Man controlling well, preventing Mahtisaari from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahtisaari just trying to survive but Man is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
A lull in the action here.
Man biding his time, controlling Mahtisaari.
Man missing with strikes.
Man controlling well, preventing Mahtisaari from escaping the position.
Arttu Mahtisaari is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Man punches the canvas rather than the man.
Mahtisaari might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Man misses with a punch to the head.
Man punches the canvas rather than the man.
Mahtisaari tries to roll but Man sticks to his back.
Man throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Even with his hooks in, Man manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Man has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Man is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Mahtisaari defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
And that's the end of the fight!
Day Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mahtisaari 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arttu Mahtisaari!
During a confident post fight interview, Arttu Mahtisaari thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Orion Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Otis Gein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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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
22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orion Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 27 - 2, fighting out of New York, Otis Gein!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gein comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cook looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gein is fending him off so far but Cook persists. Nope, Gein circles away and we're back to standing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gein. Cook does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cook.
Gein shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cook defends it nicely.
Gein sizes up Cook with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gein throws a big shot that misses.
Gein misses with a takedown attempt - Cook sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cook tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cook looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gein misses with a hook. Cook ducked under it nicely.
Gein gets a takedown into half guard.
Gein keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Gein prevents Cook from improving his position.
Cook keeping control of the position.
Cook moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gein with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cook trying to control the position.
Gein missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gein postures up in Cook's guard and throws a big left but Cook blocks it.
Cook is trying to keep Gein in close.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cook is on top in guard.
Gein trying to keep a closed guard but Cook is proving a slippery customer.
Cook postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cook throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cook trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cook postures up in Gein's guard and throws a big left but Gein blocks it.
Gein is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gein is thwarting Cook's attempts to control the position.
Gein throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cook to regain full guard.
Cook looking for a sweep. Not yet Cook, not yet.
Gein passes into half guard.
Gein thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cook is staying active underneath Gein, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gein throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cook is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gein's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gein's back!
Cook lands a shot to the head.
Gein tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook with a couple of short strikes.
Gein working to try and regain half guard.
Cook raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook working the ground and pound effectively.
Cook unloading with bombs!
Cook postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Gein bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Cook and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orion Cook!
A victorious Orion Cook thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Katsu Laoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laoka comes to the cage accompanied by The Bell Tolls. Kruger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Tnt. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Katsu Laoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laoka lands a really nice looking cross but Kruger seems unphased.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kruger.
Laoka slips under a jab from Kruger.
Kruger throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laoka on the side of the head.
Laoka avoids the head kick by Kruger.
Kruger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Laoka throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Kruger.
Laoka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kruger scores with a hook.
Laoka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kruger has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kruger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
Laoka gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kruger counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laoka keeping full guard, as Kruger tries to pass.
Kruger throws a strike but Laoka rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kruger wants to control but Laoka passes easily into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger tries to roll over but Laoka keeps him under control.
Laoka stalling.
Laoka is thwarting Kruger's attempts to control the position.
Kruger is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Laoka sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Laoka's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Laoka prevents Kruger from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger is trying to control but can't.
Kruger wants to get back to full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Laoka not doing much here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Laoka misses with a kick to the body.
Kruger misses the jab.
Kruger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laoka wants to clinch up but Kruger keeps it at a distance.
Laoka takes the fight into the clinch.
Laoka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kruger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kruger lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laoka backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laoka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
I was talking to Laoka's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kruger lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laoka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruger blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruger turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kruger manages to end up in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laoka sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Laoka has hold of Kruger's hands but Kruger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kruger throwing shots but Laoka is blocking nicely.
Kruger not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kruger throws a strike but Laoka avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Kruger trying to control but Laoka is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kruger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kruger avoids the body shot from Laoka.
Laoka lands with a kick to the temple. Kruger shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kruger throws a sloppy head kick and Laoka moves out of range easily.
Kruger moves out of range as Laoka throws a body kick.
Kruger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kruger shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Laoka is trying to defend but Kruger finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Kruger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kruger working Laoka over with strikes.
Kruger is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Laoka is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruger throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Laoka because Kruger loaded up on that one.
Kruger throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kruger working the ground and pound effectively.
Kruger trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kruger sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Laoka regains half guard.
Kruger is looking for a kimura here.
Kruger is nestled in close to Laoka, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kruger looks to land a strike but Laoka avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Laoka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger trying to control the position from guard on top but Laoka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kruger looking to pass the guard.
Kruger is looking to pass into half guard but Laoka pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Laoka is in guard.
Kruger not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kruger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kruger looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kruger looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kruger wants to improve his position but instead Laoka has moved into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kruger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Laoka is working away from the top position though.
Kruger gets full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kruger looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kruger 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. This is the final round!
Kruger swats away the attempt to clinch by Laoka.
Kruger displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laoka throws out the jab.
Kruger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laoka.
Laoka throws a hook but Kruger blocks it.
Kruger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kruger lands a leg kick that knocks Laoka off balance momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kruger.
Kruger lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kruger gets tackled into the cage by Laoka. Laoka maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laoka prevents Kruger from breaking the clinch.
Kruger throws a head punch that misses.
Laoka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruger.
Kruger is trying to break the clinch but Laoka is controlling him.
Laoka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Laoka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laoka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kruger.
Kruger misses with an uppercut.
Laoka tries to score with a low kick but Kruger moves his leg out of the way.
Kruger works the jab nicely.
Laoka throws a body shot but no joy.
Kruger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Laoka enables Kruger to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Laoka manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Laoka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kruger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Laoka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Laoka keeping moving, preventing Kruger from controlling successfully.
Kruger tries to free his leg and advance position but Laoka is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger trying to control the position from guard on top but Laoka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kruger with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kruger looking to pass the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Katsu Laoka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laoka misses with a wild body shot.
John Kruger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Laoka clinches up with Kruger and pushes him back against the cage.
Laoka keeps control of Kruger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laoka tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruger avoids the damage to the body.
Kruger working aggressively here.
Kruger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Laoka pulls him back up using the underhooks.
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!
Kruger takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger avoiding damage as Laoka throws knees to the body.
Laoka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kruger.
Kruger misses with a body punch.
Laoka trying to land knees to the body.
Laoka lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kruger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kruger prevents a body shot from Laoka.
Laoka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kruger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kruger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Laoka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laoka digs a right hand underneath Kruger's ribcage. Kruger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Laoka misses with a knee strike.
Laoka lands a nice knee to the body.
Laoka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Laoka unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Laoka landing knees to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laoka missing with knees to the body.
Kruger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kruger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
John Kruger is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Laoka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kruger checks it well.
Katsu Laoka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laoka throws a lazy head kick
and Kruger counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kruger is looking for a kimura but Laoka is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kruger to get the leverage.
Laoka is refusing to be controlled, as Kruger sits in half guard.
Kruger is looking to stall here but Laoka recovers full guard.
Kruger trying to control the position from guard on top but Laoka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katsu Laoka showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kruger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Kruger!
During a confident post fight interview, John Kruger thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Iivana Jalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jalo's choice of entrance music: Aino Venna - Waltz to Paris. Iivana Jalo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hoy Nelson's chin.
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263 lbs
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266 lbs
20 - 13 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hoy Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Iivana Jalo!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jalo.
Nelson slips under a jab.
Nelson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jalo is able to avoid easily.
Jalo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jalo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a leg kick.
Jalo misses with an uppercut
and Jalo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jalo looks to land a combination. Nelson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jalo.
Nelson moves away from the strike by Jalo.
Nelson lands a head kick. Jalo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Iivana Jalo has been cut.
A jab from Nelson does it's job there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalo blocks a head kick by Nelson.
Jalo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Jalo digs a good body shot into Nelson's ribs.
Jalo cracks Nelson with an open hand slap.
Nelson looks for the body kick but Jalo saw that one coming.
Jalo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jalo throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson slips under a jab from Jalo.
Jalo connects with a looping right hand.
Nelson connects with an inside leg kick.
Jalo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nelson's head.
Jalo throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Jalo throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
Jalo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jalo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nelson.
Nelson walks into a jab.
Jalo lands a jab to the head.
Nelson throws a leg kick but Jalo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jalo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jalo avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jalo misses with an uppercut. Nelson saw that one coming.
Jalo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Decent striking displayed by Jalo there.
Jalo has closed the distance and engaged Nelson in a clinch.
Jalo misses with a body punch.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nelson is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson looking to slow down the pace here.
Nelson scores a nice knee to the body.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jalo.
Nelson is struggling to control the position.
Nelson tries to land knees in the clinch but Jalo avoids the damage to the body.
Nelson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hoy Nelson.
Jalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelson moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jalo tries to keep at a distance but Nelson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nelson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nelson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jalo throws a head punch that misses.
Nelson stalls.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iivana Jalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jalo throws a body shot but no joy.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Hoy Nelson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jalo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nelson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Come on Nelson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Jalo.
Jalo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but Jalo blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Jalo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Jalo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jalo.
Jalo managing to block the knees to the body from Nelson.
Jalo avoiding damage as Nelson throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jalo.
Nelson trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Jalo - that landed with a thud.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Jalo is blocking nicely.
Jalo lands an uppercut.
Nelson wants to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jalo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo misses with the head strike.
Jalo has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Jalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jalo working aggressively here.
Jalo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jalo tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing Jalo back against the cage.
Jalo lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a knee strike.
Nelson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson stalling.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson avoiding damage.
Nelson gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Jalo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Iivana Jalo seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jalo can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
Jalo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short right from Jalo.
Nelson looking to stall.
Jalo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Jalo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jalo misses with some punches.
Nelson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
Nelson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jalo is defending well for now.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Nelson is looking to control Jalo's arms but Jalo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nelson has his back to the cage.
Jalo lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nelson slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hoy Nelson.
Jalo scores with a decent looking hook.
Jalo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jalo throws out the jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jalo misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iivana Jalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Iivana Jalo's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice uppercut there from Jalo.
Jalo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nelson.
Jalo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nelson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jalo.
Nelson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Iivana Jalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jalo throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Jalo.
Iivana Jalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nelson ducks under a wild hook from Jalo.
Jalo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jalo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Jalo.
Jalo scores with a hook to the body. Nelson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nelson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jalo finds it's way round the side to connect with Nelson's head.
Nelson is rocked!
Nelson throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jalo throws a hook to the side of Nelson's head but Nelson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jalo.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nelson.
Jalo lands a jab.
Oh Nelson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jalo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Jalo closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Nelson out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iivana Jalo!
A victorious Iivana Jalo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nate Alldren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eildon Heap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alldren comes into the arena with OK State Fight Song blaring out of the sound system. This should be a great matchup!
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30
225 lbs
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220 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Nate Alldren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eildon Heap!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alldren misses with a hook. Heap ducked under it nicely.
Alldren shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Heap defends it nicely.
The fighters circling - Alldren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Heap takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heap tries to clinch
and Alldren counters with a nice double leg into side control. Heap won't be happy with that.
Alldren tries to score with some ground and pound. Heap controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Alldren wants to control but Heap is keeping him busy.
Alldren tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Heap takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The strikes coming from Alldren are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Alldren sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Heap is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Alldren cracks Heap with a big right hand but Heap just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alldren misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alldren is working Heap over with some ground and pound from side control.
Alldren tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The strikes coming from Alldren are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Heap tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Alldren wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Alldren advances to full mount.
Alldren is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Alldren dominating with strikes here.
Alldren looking to finish with strikes here!
Heap is desperately trying to improve his position but Alldren has a good base and remains in mount.
Alldren tries to control but Heap wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alldren working the ground and pound effectively.
Heap is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Heap can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alldren cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heap is in all sorts of trouble here.
Alldren looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Alldren throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Alldren with good strikes from the mount here!
Alldren unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Heap wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Alldren celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Alldren!
A victorious Nate Alldren thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nick Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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149 lbs
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153 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Franklyn Lucas and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shaw looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Shaw shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Evans is trying to defend but Shaw finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Shaw sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Evans definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Evans is trying to maintain the position but Shaw is very close to passing his half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw wants to pass to mount but Evans is defending the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans wants to control but Shaw is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shaw throwing shots but Evans is blocking nicely.
Shaw is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Shaw is working for a submission of some sort.
Evans won't allow Shaw to pass to mount.
Evans is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shaw is looking for a kimura here.
Shaw passes to full mount!
Evans wants to hold on but Shaw pushes him away.
Evans is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Evans tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw lands a big shot there that rocks Evans but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
A nice elbow there by Shaw.
Evans is squirming around, avoiding Shaw's attempts to control the action.
Shaw wants to take Evans's back here but Evans is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Evans is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Evans is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shaw pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Evans tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shaw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Evans is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Shaw connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Evans avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shaw.
Shaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Evans tries to lock up and control but Shaw gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shaw controlling his opponent.
Evans is in a horrible position here. Shaw smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shaw goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Evans is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Shaw dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shaw misses the shot to the body.
Evans misses with a body kick.
Shaw avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Evans stuffs the takedown attempt from Shaw. Shaw gets slowly back to his feet.
Shaw on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shaw misses with a body shot.
Shaw loads up on a big right hand but Evans slips the punch.
Evans throws the kick towards the body but Shaw avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans misses with a head kick.
Evans lands with a hook. Shaw tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Evans throws a sloppy head kick and Shaw moves out of range easily.
Shaw looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
Shaw throws a jab but it's blocked by Evans.
Shaw moves to clinch but Evans breaks away
and Evans counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shaw is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Shaw misses with a low kick.
Shaw checks a leg kick nicely.
Evans lands a really nice looking cross but Shaw seems unphased.
Brad Shaw is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Evans avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evans lands with a kick to the temple. Shaw shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a low kick but Shaw moves out of range easily.
Evans rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shaw moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shaw looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Brad Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shaw avoids the head kick by Evans.
Nick Evans is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shaw misses with a body shot.
Evans scores with a body shot.
Evans looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shaw avoids the head kick by Evans.
Shaw connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaw throws a shot from downtown. Evans moves away and avoids it.
A low kick from Evans misses
and Shaw counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shaw stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shaw fails to land with a series of punches.
Evans scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Shaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw avoids the body shot from Evans.
Evans throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
No luck for Shaw with that takedown attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evans.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Evans back to the cage. Shaw follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Evans is looking to wear down Shaw with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Shaw. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans lands a nice looking body kick.
Shaw throws a push kick but Evans slaps the foot to one side.
Shaw tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Shaw.
Shaw lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Evans lands a jab to Shaw's midsection.
Shaw rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Evans moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shaw moves in looking to clinch but Evans pushes him off.
Shaw will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shaw just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Evans dominated that second round.
That's time! Evans's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Evans lands a front kick.
Shaw on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Shaw throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evans throws a body punch but Shaw moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Shaw.
Shaw avoids the head kick by Evans.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Shaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shaw rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Evans counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Shaw tries to land a leg kick but Evans saw it coming and moves away.
A jab lands there for Shaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evans feints and then cracks Shaw's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shaw down.
Evans lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shaw misses with an uppercut.
Shaw throws a leg kick but Evans sees it coming and moves out of range.
Evans thuds a left hand into Shaw's body.
Evans throws a head kick but Shaw moves out of range.
Evans swings for the body but Shaw moves out of range.
Shaw misses with a wild body shot.
Shaw clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaw fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Evans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shaw.
Shaw is working for takedown but Evans is calmly controlling the position for now.
Shaw is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nick Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brad Shaw.
Shaw misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evans lands an elbow that stopped Shaw in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Brad Shaw has been cut.
Shaw is trying to break free.
Shaw avoids a wild elbow strike from Evans.
Evans landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Evans tries to land knees in the clinch but Shaw avoids the damage to the body.
Shaw is trying to force a seperation but Evans has the dominant position.
Come on Evans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws an elbow but it misses.
Evans tries a knee to the head but Shaw blocks it.
Evans has Shaw pressed against the cage, preventing Shaw from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Evans is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Evans tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shaw's elbow.
Shaw can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Shaw has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Evans seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shaw can turn it around.
Shaw tries for a takedown. No joy.
Evans avoiding damage.
Shaw is looking to break free of the clinch but Evans has double underhooks.
Evans misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shaw tries for a takedown but Evans manages to get underhooks.
Evans trying to stall but Shaw improves his position.
Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shaw throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Evans throws a body shot but no joy.
Evans bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shaw. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shaw checks a low kick from Evans.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Evans.
No luck for Shaw with that takedown attempt.
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Evans 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Evans!
Nick Evans really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that The Empire Clothing and Laundry 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Marabou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Marabou has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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33
266 lbs
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42
268 lbs
49 - 28 - 1 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gary Marabou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
49 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marabou connects with the punch.
Mendez tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Marabou defends well and Mendez ends up having to push Marabou into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Mendez tries for a takedown but Marabou manages to get underhooks.
Mendez lands with a light punch inside.
Marabou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marabou misses with a few strikes there.
Mendez swings for the body but Marabou moves out of range.
Marabou misses with a straight right.
Mendez blocks a jab.
Mendez moves out of range of the strikes.
Mendez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marabou misses with a wild combination.
Marabou throws an overhand right that lands on Mendez's shoulder, as Mendez tries to avoid the shot.
Marabou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marabou misses with the combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mendez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marabou.
A punch combination from Marabou misses.
Mendez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marabou's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mendez scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice sprawl there from Marabou as Mendez shoots in.
Gary Marabou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Mendez.
Nice takedown defense from Marabou. No joy for Mendez on that attempt.
Mendez dodges the punch combination from Marabou.
Marabou misses with a double jab.
Marabou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marabou misses with a hook.
Mendez tries for a takedown but Marabou sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Mendez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marabou.
Marabou throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mendez.
Marabou swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mendez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marabou.
Mendez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marabou.
Marabou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mendez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gary Marabou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws a hook to the side of Marabou's head but Marabou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gary Marabou is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marabou misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Marabou.
Mendez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Mendez misses with a takedown attempt - Marabou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mendez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Marabou misses the target.
Mendez lands with a shot to the body.
Marabou takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice jab there from Marabou.
Marabou is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mendez cracks Marabou with a right hand to the side of the head.
Marabou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mendez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marabou 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.
Mendez tests Marabou's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mendez wants to clinch.
Donk. Marabou catches Mendez right on the button with a cross.
Mendez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Marabou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mendez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marabou.
Mendez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Marabou's guard.
Mendez working some strikes from top position.
Marabou trying to control the position here.
Marabou has momentary wrist control but Mendez slips an elbow through the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marabou utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mendez trying to control but Marabou is working from the bottom.
Mendez working some strikes from top position.
Mendez lands a couple of elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mendez wants to control from the top but Marabou keeps moving.
Mendez wants to pass the guard but Marabou is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gary Marabou will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mendez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marabou at a distance.
Marabou tries to bum rush Mendez with a series of wild strikes but Mendez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marabou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mendez.
Nice shot by Mendez.
Marabou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marabou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mendez fails with a takedown attempt.
Mendez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gary Marabou is winning the standup battle so far.
Mendez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Marabou but Marabou pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Marabou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marabou connects with the punch.
Marabou gets caught napping as Mendez dives in and scores a takedown. Marabou manages to retain guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marabou controls Mendez momentarily but Mendez frees himself.
Mendez throwing strikes from guard but Marabou blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez trying to control the position from guard on top but Marabou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marabou trying to keep a closed guard but Mendez is proving a slippery customer.
Mendez slips nicely into half guard.
Marabou gets full guard.
Marabou utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mendez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mendez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marabou working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
Marabou wants to stand but Mendez is controlling the position.
Mendez with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mendez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marabou is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mendez is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Marabou takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mendez misses with a two punch combination.
Mendez throws a leg kick that misses.
Marabou scores with a jab to the head.
Marabou chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mendez can pounce on him.
Marabou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marabou swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez connects with a solid leg kick.
Mendez lands a nice shot to the body.
Marabou ducks under a wild hook from Mendez.
Marabou connects with a jab.
Mendez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marabou lands with a straight right. Mendez didn't see that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Marabou checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marabou with a jab.
Marabou on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marabou doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marabou connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mendez momentarily.
Marabou throws a right hand that misses
and Mendez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Marabou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mendez circles away quickly and effectively.
Mendez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mendez tries to free his leg and advance position but Marabou is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marabou's guard.
Mendez works his way into side control.
Mendez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marabou keeps working.
Mendez in side control, throwing shots but Marabou defends.
Marabou is trying to control Mendez's posture but Mendez avoids it.
Mendez in side control, throwing shots but Marabou defends.
Mendez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Marabou sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Mendez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mendez scores with a jab. Marabou acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marabou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mendez closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mendez lands in his opponent's guard.
Mendez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mendez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mendez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tony Mendez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marabou working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendez won't allow Marabou to get back to his feet.
Mendez cracks Marabou with a solid left hand.
Marabou avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mendez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marabou is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marabou preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Marabou is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Marabou managing to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mendez thumps Marabou with a low kick.
Marabou closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Mendez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mendez lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez dives in for a single leg takedown but Marabou sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Mendez lands a hook that snaps the head of Marabou backwards.
Mendez breaks from the clinch.
Marabou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mendez.
Mendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marabou moves away.
Marabou's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mendez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marabou scrambles back to his feet.
Marabou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mendez.
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!
Marabou lunges at Mendez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mendez's hand.
Mendez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mendez shoots for a double leg takedown but Marabou sprawls well. He's pushed Mendez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mendez.
Good shot there by Mendez.
Marabou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mendez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marabou lands a glancing blow to the side of Mendez's head.
Marabou misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marabou takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch combination from Marabou misses.
Mendez lands a jab.
Marabou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mendez.
An elbow from Mendez crashes against the mat.
Mendez tries to advance to mount but can't.
Marabou struggling a bit here.
An elbow from Mendez crashes against the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez throws an elbow but Marabou slips to the side and avoids it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marabou prevents Mendez from improving position.
Mendez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Mendez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marabou to see if he's OK.
Marabou taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marabou wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Mendez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mendez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Mendez!
Tony Mendez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinichi Onizuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Santa Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Onizuka comes to the cage accompanied by Nate Dogg - First We Pray. Santa Cruz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 50 cent P.I.M.P. 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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32
176 lbs
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31
175 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shinichi Onizuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Santa Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santa Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Onizuka.
Onizuka checks a leg kick nicely.
Santa Cruz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Onizuka throws the left hand but Santa Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Onizuka keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santa Cruz moves forwards but Onizuka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz throws a head kick but Onizuka moves out of range.
Santa Cruz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Santa Cruz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Onizuka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An inside leg kick lands from Santa Cruz.
Onizuka moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Onizuka throws a jab when Santa Cruz was well out of range.
Onizuka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santa Cruz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Santa Cruz is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Onizuka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Santa Cruz has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Onizuka checks the leg kick.
Onizuka 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.
Rafael Santa Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santa Cruz wants to slow Onizuka down by chopping away at his legs.
Onizuka looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Santa Cruz scoring well with a low kick there.
Onizuka scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Onizuka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santa Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Onizuka throws a lazy uppercut
and Santa Cruz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Onizuka is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Onizuka takes a swing at Santa Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Onizuka looks to land a left hand but Santa Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Onizuka scores with a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santa Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Santa Cruz wants to land a leg kick but Onizuka is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz fakes the leg kick and cracks Onizuka in the body.
Onizuka lands a glancing blow to the side of Santa Cruz's head.
Santa Cruz misses with a leg kick
and Onizuka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santa Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Onizuka misses with a looping right.
Onizuka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Onizuka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Santa Cruz moves out of range as Onizuka strikes.
Santa Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santa Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Onizuka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Onizuka throws a jab when Santa Cruz was well out of range.
Santa Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Onizuka scores with a leg kick.
Santa Cruz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santa Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Onizuka moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Danga de danga de dang - Onizuka scores with a four punch combination!
Santa Cruz avoids the body shot from Onizuka.
Santa Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Onizuka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Santa Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santa Cruz misses with a looping left.
Onizuka misses with a wild body shot.
Santa Cruz tries to work over Onizuka's front leg with a kick but Onizuka checks it.
Onizuka swings for the body but Santa Cruz moves out of range.
Santa Cruz scores with a leg kick.
Onizuka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Santa Cruz looks to land a body kick but Onizuka moved away.
Onizuka scores with a body shot.
Onizuka throws the left hand but Santa Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Santa Cruz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Onizuka. Onizuka circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Onizuka loads up on a big right hand but Santa Cruz slips the punch.
Onizuka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Santa Cruz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Onizuka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Onizuka throws a leg kick but Santa Cruz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Onizuka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Santa Cruz lands with a nice body punch.
Santa Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
Onizuka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Santa Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Onizuka scrambles back to his feet.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Onizuka misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santa Cruz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santa Cruz looks to land a left hand but Onizuka moved out of range nicely.
Onizuka misses with a hook.
Santa Cruz throws a lazy body kick
and Onizuka counters with a left and a right that stings Santa Cruz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Shinichi Onizuka will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santa Cruz connects with a leg kick. Onizuka looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Santa Cruz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Onizuka is out of range and Santa Cruz settles back down.
Onizuka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz throws a sloppy head kick and Onizuka moves out of range easily.
Santa Cruz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Santa Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Onizuka walks into a jab.
Onizuka looks to score with a jab to the body but Santa Cruz is just out of range.
Santa Cruz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Onizuka.
Onizuka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santa Cruz thumps Onizuka with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Onizuka shoots in but Santa Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santa Cruz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santa Cruz shoots in but Onizuka avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Santa Cruz throws a chopping leg kick but Onizuka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Onizuka.
Onizuka blocks the body kick.
Santa Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Onizuka.
Onizuka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Santa Cruz has time to react.
Onizuka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafael Santa Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Santa Cruz defending well as Onizuka loads up on a big left hand.
Onizuka scores with a sloppy right hand. Santa Cruz should have avoided that one.
Onizuka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santa Cruz manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Onizuka on his heels. He'll look to pass Onizuka's guard now, I'm sure.
Santa Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Onizuka wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Onizuka keeping moving, preventing Santa Cruz from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka is trying to keep Santa Cruz in close.
Santa Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Onizuka looking to control.
Santa Cruz distracts Onizuka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Onizuka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Santa Cruz defends it easily.
Santa Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Onizuka is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka 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.
Santa Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santa Cruz is looking to pass into half guard but Onizuka pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Onizuka is in guard.
Onizuka pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santa Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Onizuka works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Onizuka is working away from the top position though.
Onizuka trying to control the pace.
Onizuka working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Santa Cruz's thigh. Santa Cruz counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Santa Cruz wants to hit a switch here but Onizuka passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Santa Cruz there!
Onizuka dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rafael Santa Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Santa Cruz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Onizuka's calf.
Santa Cruz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santa Cruz works Onizuka's body with a nice hook.
Onizuka tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Santa Cruz throws a leg kick but Onizuka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Onizuka 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.
Santa Cruz tries to score with a low kick but Onizuka moves his leg out of the way.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Santa Cruz.
Onizuka throws a low kick but Santa Cruz moves out of range easily.
Santa Cruz lands a front kick.
Santa Cruz throws a leg kick
and Onizuka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santa Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Onizuka is able to avoid easily.
Santa Cruz misses with a low kick.
Santa Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Onizuka.
Onizuka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Onizuka keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Onizuka throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santa Cruz's waist but Santa Cruz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Onizuka off to one side.
Santa Cruz thumps Onizuka with a low kick.
Onizuka misses with a combination
and Santa Cruz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Onizuka's knee momentarily.
Santa Cruz misses with a low kick.
Santa Cruz misses with a leg kick
and Onizuka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Onizuka takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Santa Cruz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santa Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Onizuka shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santa Cruz sprawls well. Santa Cruz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Onizuka gets slowly back to his feet.
Onizuka shoots in and bounces Santa Cruz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Santa Cruz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Onizuka has passed into half guard!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Onizuka is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Onizuka wants to free his trapped foot but Santa Cruz is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Santa Cruz controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz trying to control here.
Onizuka sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Onizuka looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santa Cruz gets back to full guard.
Onizuka trying to control the position from guard on top but Santa Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santa Cruz keeping full guard, as Onizuka tries to pass.
Santa Cruz 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.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Onizuka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santa Cruz.
A nice leg kick lands there from Santa Cruz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Santa Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santa Cruz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Santa Cruz!
Rafael Santa Cruz took some time post fight to say the following; 'I'm a fucking beast. Been a pleasure. You best get me the god dam champ!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Waitzel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Danze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danze has chosen Handle ur Bizness by the Mash Out Possee as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Waitzel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Danze!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danze throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Waitzel counters with a nice uppercut.
Danze shoots in and drives through. Waitzel sprawls well.
Danze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Waitzel.
Waitzel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Waitzel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danze throws out the jab.
Waitzel throws a big shot that misses.
Danze misses with a body shot
and Waitzel counters with a three punch combo that has Danze backing up. Danze nods at Waitzel to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Waitzel connects with a body shot that sends Danze's belly button to the back.
Danze paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Danze misses with a looping right.
We've been told by Waitzel's head coaches at Mugler Jiu Jitsu that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel misses with a hook.
Danze throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Waitzel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Waitzel slips under a jab from Danze.
Waitzel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danze. That did some damage!
Waitzel misses with a straight right.
Danze connects with a single shot there.
Waitzel lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Waitzel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Danze misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Danze feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Waitzels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Danze scores with a body shot.
Billy Danze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Waitzel, as that shot connected.
Waitzel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Danze misses with a right hand
letting Waitzel counter with a right hand.
Danze shoots in and drives through. Waitzel sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danze takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Danze throws an overhand right that lands on Waitzel's shoulder, as Waitzel tries to avoid the shot.
Danze throws a jab when Waitzel was well out of range.
Waitzel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Danze's sensitive parts.
Waitzel swings for the body but Danze moves out of range.
Danze lands a glancing blow to the side of Waitzel's head.
Danze might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Danze scores with a hook.
Waitzel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel looks to throw the jab but Danze is out of range.
Waitzel dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Danze. That did some damage!
Nice shot lands for Waitzel.
Danze throws a lazy right hand but Waitzel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waitzel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waitzel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Waitzel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Danze dodges the punch combination from Waitzel.
Danze swings for the body but Waitzel moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Waitzel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Waitzel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Waitzel misses.
Waitzel loads up on a big right hand but Danze slips the punch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Waitzel here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Danze missing with a left hand there. Waitzel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Waitzel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Danze misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Danze misses the target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Danze might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Waitzel has got the better of the exchanges.
Danze tests Waitzel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Waitzel throws a jab but it's blocked by Danze.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waitzel misses with an uppercut
so Danze counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Danze tries to free his leg and advance position but Waitzel is retaining full guard.
Danze content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Waitzel has his hands on Danze's head, controlling the position.
Waitzel might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Danze postures up.
Danze trying to control but Waitzel is working from the bottom.
Waitzel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Danze working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Danze jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Waitzel walks away with a smile on his face. Danze gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Waitzel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Danze was well out of range. Poor timing from Waitzel.
Waitzel moves out of range of the strikes.
Waitzel misses with a hook to the body
and Danze counters with a nice double leg into side control. Waitzel won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waitzel wants to control but Danze postures up.
Waitzel is looking to regain half guard here but Danze keeps moving and retains side control.
Danze laying and praying for a moment but Waitzel takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Waitzel defending well though.
Danze stalling away here and it's allowed Waitzel to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Danze is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Waitzel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Danze.
Danze throws a big right hand that misses.
Danze postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Danze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Waitzel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Danze connects with a couple of short punches.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Waitzel is adopting a defensive guard.
Danze throwing strikes from guard but Waitzel blocks nicely.
Waitzel trying to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Danze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waitzel moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Danze showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Waitzel looks to throw the jab but Danze is out of range.
Shane Waitzel is winning the standup battle so far.
Waitzel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danze.
Waitzel looks to land a right hand but Danze moved out of range.
Danze misses with a takedown attempt - Waitzel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Danze lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danze throws a hook to the side of Waitzel's head but Waitzel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Waitzel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Waitzel throws a leg kick but Danze sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waitzel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Danze circles away quickly and effectively.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Waitzel. Danze shrugs it off though.
Danze misses with a looping left.
Danze looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Waitzel trying to keep a closed guard but Danze is proving a slippery customer.
Danze controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waitzel seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Danze working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Waitzel trying to control the position.
Danze scoring with some ground and pound.
Danze passes into half guard.
Danze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danze throwing shots but Waitzel is blocking nicely.
Waitzel is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Danze scores with a couple of nice shots.
Danze has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Danze missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Danze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Danze throws a strike but Waitzel avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Danze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Waitzel's head.
Waitzel trying to keep a closed guard but Danze is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Danze throwing strikes but missing.
Danze showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Waitzel.
Danze misses with a few strikes there.
Danze darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Danze misses with an uppercut. Waitzel saw that one coming.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Waitzel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Danze.
Danze throws a poor cross that misses
and Waitzel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Danze really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Danze takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Danze is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Waitzel's corner calls for a 1-2. Waitzel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice shot by Waitzel.
A jab from Danze misses.
Waitzel misses with a hook
and Danze counters with a nice double leg into side control. Waitzel won't be happy with that.
Danze in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Waitzel gets back to half guard.
Danze trying to control the action but Waitzel is working from the bottom.
Danze lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Danze connects with a nice short shot to Waitzel's temple.
Nice strikes from Danze there.
Waitzel wants to improve his position but Danze is controlling well.
Danze is keen to just control but Waitzel is a slippery customer.
Danze thows a huge punch but Waitzel dodges it nicely.
Waitzel is trying to get back to full guard.
Danze sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Waitzel defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waitzel is refusing to be controlled, as Danze sits in half guard.
Danze working Waitzel over with strikes.
Danze is trying to control. Waitzel wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Danze missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Danze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A thudding body kick lands there by Waitzel!
Waitzel cracks Danze with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Danze scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Waitzel.
Danze misses with a looping right.
Waitzel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Danze.
Waitzel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Danze swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Waitzel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Danze misses the target.
Waitzel misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danze is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Waitzel.
Danze throws a shot to the body.
Danze goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A big left from Waitzel misses.
Waitzel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Danze throws an off balance right hand
and Waitzel counters with a three punch combo that has Danze backing up. Danze nods at Waitzel to acknowledge the strikes.
Shane Waitzel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danze throws a jab when Waitzel was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Danze dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Decent striking displayed by Danze there.
Danze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waitzel moves away.
Jab, jab by Danze - just one landing.
Waitzel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Danze ducks under a wild hook from Waitzel.
Waitzel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danze manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danze scores with a takedown into Waitzel's guard.
Danze trying to control but Waitzel is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danze wants to pass the guard but Waitzel is keeping the position.
Danze keeps trying to improve his position.
Waitzel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Danze.
Danze is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Danze throwing strikes from guard but Waitzel blocks nicely.
Waitzel looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Danze trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Waitzel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Danze.
Danze misses with a few strikes there.
Danze misses with an uppercut. Waitzel saw that one coming.
Danze throws a poor cross that misses
and Waitzel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Danze misses with a right hand
and Waitzel counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Danze misses with a body shot
and Waitzel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Danze is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danze looks to score with a jab to the body but Waitzel is just out of range.
Waitzel slips under a jab from Danze.
Danze throws a poor cross that misses
and Waitzel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Danze thinking.
Danze lands a right hook to the body.
Billy Danze is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Waitzel misses with a hook. Danze ducked under it nicely.
Waitzel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Danze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Waitzel sprawls well. Waitzel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Danze gets slowly back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Waitzel misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danze moves out of range as Waitzel strikes.
Shane Waitzel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Waitzel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Danze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Waitzel.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Danze throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Waitzel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Danze slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Billy Danze.
I think Danze has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 47:49
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Danze!
Billy Danze is the new heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Billy Danze made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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