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GAMMA#457 Carlton v Kenichi 2 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chin Of A Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arstan Selmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chin Of A Girl could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Arstan Selmy's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chin Of A Girl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arstan Selmy!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Girl gets caught flat footed, as Selmy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Girl is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Selmy defends well.
Selmy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Girl looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Girl wants to stand up but Selmy is controlling him.
Selmy working some strikes from top position.
Selmy looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Selmy trying to control the position from guard on top but Girl is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Selmy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Girl's head.
Selmy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Girl throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Girl trying to keep a closed guard but Selmy is proving a slippery customer.
Selmy engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Girl trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Girl looking for a sweep. Not yet Girl, not yet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. 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.
A jab from Selmy misses.
Girl is trying hard to land a takedown here. Selmy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Selmy. Girl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Girl pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Girl turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Girl misses with the combination.
Girl has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Selmy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Selmy looks to land a left hand but Girl moved out of range nicely.
Girl wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Selmy misses with a straight left.
Arstan Selmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Selmy throws the left hand but Girl avoids the punch easily.
Selmy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Girl sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Girl shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Selmy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Selmy is controlling Girl's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Girl wants to stand but Selmy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Girl wants to control from the top but Selmy keeps moving.
Girl looking to sit in guard and control but Selmy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Selmy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Girl dives on top into guard.
Selmy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Girl preventing the sweep.
Girl has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Girl pushing down on Selmy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Girl moves nicely into side control.
Girl moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Girl stands up and beckons Selmy to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Arstan Selmy will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Selmy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Selmy lands a high kick!
It looks like Chin Of A Girl has been cut.
Selmy misses with a lunging right hand
and Girl decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Selmy's guard.
Girl sitting in guard here, content to control.
Selmy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Girl throwing strikes from guard but Selmy blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Selmy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Girl defends it easily.
Girl wants to stand but Selmy has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Girl stays in close to Selmy's body and controls the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Girl drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Selmy manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Girl has Selmy in his guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Girl pulls Selmy in close to prevent any damage.
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.
Selmy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Selmy tries to free his leg and advance position but Girl is retaining full guard.
Girl is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Selmy throwing strikes but missing.
Girl keeping moving, preventing Selmy from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Selmy drops back, looking for a kneebar! Girl looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Girl looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Girl!
Girl is staying tight to Selmy's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selmy can't do much from the bottom here.
Chin Of A Girl overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Girl wants to lay and pray for a moment but Selmy keeps working.
The strikes coming from Girl are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Girl wants to control but Selmy is keeping him busy.
Girl postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Selmy is trying to control Girl's posture but Girl avoids it.
Selmy parries the strikes from Girl easily there. Girl is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Selmy to escape.
Selmy gets back to half guard.
Selmy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Girl is working away from the top position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Girl wants to free his trapped foot but Selmy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Chin Of A Girl will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chin Of A Girl's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Girl lands the left hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Selmy, right into the meat.
Selmy misses with a body shot
and Selmy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Selmy lands a leg kick that knocks Girl off balance momentarily.
Girl misses with a hook. Selmy ducked under it nicely.
Selmy throws a head kick that misses.
Girl fails with the takedown.
Selmy thinks about the counter body kick.
Girl avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Selmy just misses with a punch to the body.
Selmy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Girl.
Girl looks for the body kick but Selmy saw that one coming.
Girl misses with a takedown attempt - Selmy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Selmy misses with a straight right.
Girl fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Selmy.
Selmy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Girl cracks a nice hook into Selmy's ribs.
Selmy is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Selmy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Girl on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Selmy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Selmy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Girl is trying to defend but Selmy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Selmy is pressing down on Girl's thigh, looking to free his foot. Girl is holding on for now.
Girl wants to improve his position but Selmy is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Girl trying to hold on to Selmy's head to control him but Selmy postures up.
Selmy is nestled in close to Girl, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Selmy has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Selmy is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Girl can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Girl regains half guard.
Selmy is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Selmy thows a huge punch but Girl dodges it nicely.
Girl wants to control but Selmy is keeping busy.
Selmy thows a huge punch but Girl dodges it nicely.
Selmy is just content to waste time from the top position. Girl takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Girl is trying to control the position but Selmy postures up.
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.
Girl looking for a sweep. Not yet Girl, not yet.
Selmy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Girl is keeping the position for now.
Selmy throws a big right hand that misses.
Selmy scoring with some ground and pound.
Girl is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Selmy defends well.
Selmy throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Selmy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Selmy stopping the sweep attempt from Girl.
Selmy wants to pass the guard but Girl is keeping the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arstan Selmy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Selmy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Parvati Mellia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennaro Gattuso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tired and clearly flustered, he entered the arena late and after a little discussion it was decided that the bout should take place.
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Parvati Mellia and Gennaro Gattuso. Mellia comes to the cage accompanied by KMA - Pommeja. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Gennaro Gattuso was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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171 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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166 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Parvati Mellia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gennaro Gattuso!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattuso throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gattuso keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mellia.
Mellia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gattuso wants to clinch up but Mellia keeps it at a distance.
Gattuso looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gattuso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mellia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gattuso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mellia is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gattuso is controlling him.
Gattuso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mellia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mellia keeping moving, preventing Gattuso from controlling successfully.
Gattuso landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattuso stopping the sweep attempt from Mellia.
Gattuso looking to pass the guard.
Gattuso stands up over Mellia, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Gattuso postures up and lands a big shot to Mellia's brow.
Mellia has his feet on Gattuso's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Mellia gets caught napping as Gattuso dives in and scores a takedown. Mellia manages to retain guard.
Gattuso is in close to Mellia's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gattuso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gattuso won't allow Mellia to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gattuso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gattuso throws an elbow that misses. Mellia uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gattuso's guard. Nice move by Mellia!
Mellia is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Gattuso has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Mellia is looking to defend but Gattuso has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Mellia! Gattuso pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Mellia taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Gennaro Gattuso!
Gennaro Gattuso made sure to mention his sponsor, DROPPIN BODIES in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sho Shinjo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augustus Belvedere IV (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinjo comes to the cage accompanied by Theme of Sho. Belvedere IV is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Young Forever - JAY Z | Mr. Hudson. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sho Shinjo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Augustus Belvedere IV!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belvedere IV tests Shinjo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Belvedere IV has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shinjo checks a leg kick nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Belvedere IV.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shinjo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shinjo. Belvedere IV does a little dance to reset his feet.
A lazy body kick from Belvedere IV
and Shinjo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Belvedere IV tries to keep at a distance but Shinjo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Belvedere IV is trying to break the clinch but Shinjo is controlling him.
Belvedere IV is trying to force a seperation but Shinjo has the dominant position.
Shinjo is trying to pull guard but Belvedere IV has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Shinjo fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinjo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Belvedere IV is looking to stand up but Shinjo won't let him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shinjo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belvedere IV wants to stand but Shinjo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Belvedere IV stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Belvedere IV looks to throw the jab but Shinjo is out of range.
Belvedere IV throws a body punch but Shinjo moves out of range.
Shinjo throws an off balance right hand
and Belvedere IV counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shinjo throws a front kick that sends Belvedere IV stumbling back into the cage.
Sho Shinjo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shinjo throws a leg kick which misses Belvedere IV's front leg but catches the back leg as Belvedere IV tries to avoid it.
Belvedere IV swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shinjo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shinjo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinjo misses with a series of wild punches.
Belvedere IV looks to score with a jab to the body but Shinjo is just out of range.
Shinjo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Belvedere IV.
Shinjo goes for a double leg but Belvedere IV avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Belvedere IV continues to drive forward.
Shinjo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shinjo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belvedere IV manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Belvedere IV keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Shinjo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Belvedere IV throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shinjo connects with a solid leg kick.
Shinjo tries to clinch up.
Belvedere IV looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Belvedere IV does it's job there.
Shinjo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Belvedere IV's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shinjo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Belvedere IV scrambles back to his feet.
Shinjo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sho Shinjo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Belvedere IV looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shinjo misses with a hook. Belvedere IV ducked under it nicely.
Belvedere IV misses with a few strikes there.
Shinjo misses with a leg kick
and Belvedere IV counters with a stiff right hand.
Shinjo misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belvedere IV connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A nice combination there by Shinjo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinjo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shinjo throws out a loose jab but Belvedere IV uses good head movement to avoid it.
Augustus Belvedere IV is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belvedere IV misses with a hook.
Shinjo fails to land the takedown.
Shinjo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Shinjo throws a combination. Belvedere IV tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Belvedere IV avoids the head kick by Shinjo.
Belvedere IV feints a counter leg kick.
Belvedere IV fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shinjo manages to avoid it.
Belvedere IV 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sho Shinjo 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.
Shinjo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A low kick from Shinjo is predictable there
and Belvedere IV counters with a head kick.
Belvedere IV fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shinjo.
Shinjo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Belvedere IV misses.
Belvedere IV stuffs the takedown attempt from Shinjo. Shinjo gets slowly back to his feet.
Shinjo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Belvedere IV manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shinjo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Belvedere IV. Shinjo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Augustus Belvedere IV seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shinjo throws a low kick but Belvedere IV avoids it.
Belvedere IV checks a leg kick.
Belvedere IV cracks Shinjo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belvedere IV ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Belvedere IV flicks out a counter leg kick but Shinjo steps away.
Belvedere IV scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Belvedere IV's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Belvedere IV misses with a low kick as Shinjo jumps back.
Shinjo drives through with a takedown into Belvedere IV's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Shinjo tries to free his leg and advance position but Belvedere IV is retaining full guard.
Belvedere IV is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shinjo is controlling him.
Belvedere IV scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Belvedere IV is looking to land body kicks.
Belvedere IV throws a right and a left that Shinjo avoids nicely.
Belvedere IV cracks Shinjo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Shinjo works over Belvedere IV's head and body with a nice combination.
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!
Belvedere IV moves out of range of the strikes.
Belvedere IV with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Belvedere IV avoids the head kick by Shinjo.
Belvedere IV appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Belvedere IV lunges at Shinjo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shinjo's hand.
Belvedere IV throws a head kick that misses.
Belvedere IV lands with a right that hurts Shinjo. Shinjo looks to clinch but Belvedere IV throws a short knee that drops Shinjo. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Augustus Belvedere IV!
Augustus Belvedere IV made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Islam seeks to destroy each and every culture, this is what is does by design. 90% of pedophile convictions in the UK this year are muslim men against white girls.... NS'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alastair Gridlock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gridlock's entrance music is Robbie Williams - Come Undone. A fine choice. Le has chosen Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alastair Gridlock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gridlock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le momentarily.
Gridlock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gridlock.
Gridlock throws a looping overhand right but Le ducks down to avoid it.
Le tries to counter with a clinch but Gridlock shakes him off and moves away.
Le tries to clinch but Gridlock is having none of it.
A lazy left from Gridlock finds it's target.
Gridlock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le.
Le lands a jab.
Alastair Gridlock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gridlock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Le lands with a cross.
Gridlock misses with a wild body shot.
Gridlock misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gridlock, as that shot connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gridlock moves away.
Gridlock throws a shot from downtown. Le moves away and avoids it.
Le is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gridlock with a body shot.
Gridlock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gridlock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gridlock scores with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Gridlock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gridlock throws a jab but it's blocked by Le.
Gridlock throws out a loose jab but Le uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le slips under a jab from Gridlock.
Gridlock lands with a nice body punch.
Gridlock throws an overhand right that lands on Le's shoulder, as Le tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Le was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gridlock tried to score with a low kick but Le checks it.
Le's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gridlock connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Le scrambles back to his feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Gridlock lands a right hand.
Le pressing his opponent against the cage.
Le lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gridlock tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Gridlock back against the cage.
Gridlock blocks an elbow strike from Le.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le lands with a left to the head.
Le looking to stall.
Le misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gridlock.
Gridlock lands with a light punch inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le pushes Gridlock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gridlock blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Gridlock pushes Le back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gridlock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Le throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Le looking to stall.
Gridlock lands a shoulder strike.
Gridlock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
Le goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Le misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gridlock tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Gridlock effectively controlling the action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gridlock avoids the elbow strike from Le, against the cage.
Gridlock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Gridlock.
A right handed body shot lands from Gridlock.
Le throws a punch but it's blocked by Gridlock.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gridlock's brow.
Gridlock works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Gridlock.
Nice body punch from Gridlock.
Le looks winded!
Gridlock lands a nice shot to the body.
Le working aggressively here.
Gridlock misses with a body punch.
Gridlock wants to stall.
Le blocks a body shot from Gridlock.
Le misses with the head strike.
Gridlock tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gridlock.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gridlock.
Gridlock lands a right hand.
Gridlock is pushing Le up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gridlock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gridlock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
Gridlock lands a hook that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Le tries to land knees in the clinch but Gridlock avoids the damage to the body.
The referee calls for Gridlock to work.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gridlock.
Le prevents a body shot from Gridlock.
Le lands an elbow inside that Gridlock shrugs off.
Gridlock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gridlock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Le.
Gridlock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gridlock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gridlock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alastair Gridlock dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A left and a right from Gridlock both land. Nice combination.
Le is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gridlock.
Gridlock misses with a kick to the body.
Alastair Gridlock is winning the standup battle so far.
Gridlock swings for the body but Le moves out of range.
Le throws a looping overhand right but Gridlock ducks down to avoid it.
Le looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gridlock scores with a sloppy right hand. Le should have avoided that one.
Gridlock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Le misses with a hook.
Gridlock throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gridlock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gridlock misses with a straight right.
Gridlock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gridlock - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le darts in trying to clinch
and Gridlock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gridlock stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gridlock moves out of range of the body kick from Le.
Le closes the distance and clinches.
Gridlock blocks a body shot from Le.
Gridlock is trying to maintain a safe position but Le gets an underhook and turns Gridlock into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Gridlock.
A short right from Gridlock on the inside.
Gridlock tries a body shot but Le blocks it.
Gridlock struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Gridlock misses with the head strike.
Le holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Le scores with a shoulder strike.
Alastair Gridlock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gridlock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gridlock stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gridlock tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Le.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock blocks a body shot from Le.
Le trying to land knees to the body.
Gridlock lands an uppercut.
Gridlock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le works on Gridlock's body with a couple of short punches.
Le looking to stall.
Gridlock has Le pushed against the cage.
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!
Gridlock is working Le over against the cage.
Gridlock lands a nice shot to the body.
Gridlock lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
Le swings wildly with an uppercut but Gridlock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gridlock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Le is breathing heavily.
Gridlock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice body punch from Gridlock - that landed with a thud.
Gridlock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le looking to slow down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Le as Gridlock tries to tie him up.
Gridlock pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Gridlock leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Gridlock - that landed with a thud.
Gridlock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gridlock lands with a light punch inside.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Gridlock tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Gridlock back against the cage.
Gridlock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gridlock struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Le.
Gridlock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Gridlock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le can do to turn this around?
Gridlock misses with a body punch.
Gridlock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gridlock misses with a body punch.
Le throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Le utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gridlock lands a body shot.
Le lands a nice shot to the body.
Gridlock'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.
Le lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gridlock.
Gridlock lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Le throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alastair Gridlock dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Le wants to clinch.
Le lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gridlock circles away quickly and effectively.
Gridlock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Le has time to react.
Gridlock lands a jab to the nose.
Gridlock lands an overhand right.
Gridlock throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Le is rocked!
Le misses with a head kick.
Le misses the shot to the body.
Gridlock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gridlock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Le is still on wobbly legs! Can Gridlock finish him?
It looks like Gridlock has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Gridlock tries a head kick but it misses.
Le darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Le seems to have recovered his senses.
Gridlock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Le misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gridlock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gridlock bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Le has Gridlock up against the cage in a clinch.
Gridlock tries to throw a body punch but Le avoids it by throwing Gridlock back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Gridlock.
Le takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Le prevents a body shot from Gridlock.
Gridlock works on Le's body with a couple of short punches.
Le wants to stall.
Gridlock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gridlock stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gridlock digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
Gridlock taking a breather.
Gridlock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gridlock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Phan Tran Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le throws an elbow that misses.
Gridlock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Le misses with the head strike.
Gridlock is pushing Le up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Le has a couple of punches blocked by Gridlock.
Gridlock lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gridlock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Le digs a right hand underneath Gridlock's ribcage. Gridlock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gridlock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Le's elbow.
Gridlock tries to work over Le's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gridlock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gridlock scores with a hook to the body.
Gridlock presses Le against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gridlock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Le.
Gridlock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gridlock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gridlock blocks the elbow strike.
Gridlock lands an uppercut.
Gridlock stalling the fight.
Gridlock is working Le over against the cage.
Le tries a body shot but Gridlock blocks it.
Gridlock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gridlock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Gridlock as the two fighters clinch.
Gridlock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gridlock digs a right hand into Le's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Le's gas tank.
Gridlock gets through Le's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Le can't find room to land a body shot as Gridlock controls the action.
Gridlock drops Le onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Le is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le blocks a body shot from Gridlock.
Le struggles to land a body shot inside as Gridlock controls his hands.
Gridlock struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le blocks a body shot from Gridlock.
Le lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gridlock backwards.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Alastair Gridlock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gridlock misses with a punch to the body.
Gridlock scores with a shoulder strike.
Le gets through Gridlock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gridlock gets through Le's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gridlock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gridlock trying to control the position but instead, Le has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gridlock into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gridlock drops Le onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Le is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Le misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Gridlock.
Gridlock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gridlock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Le lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alastair Gridlock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gridlock has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alastair Gridlock!
Our winner, Alastair Gridlock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Phan Tran Le had this to say: 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pops Cama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamias Poochyena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cama might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lollipop. Poochyena has chosen This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tamias Poochyena was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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295 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pops Cama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 3, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tamias Poochyena!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Poochyena lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cama moves out of range of the strikes.
Cama throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Poochyena.
Cama lands with a nice body kick.
Poochyena gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cama.
Cama has had enough of the clinch but Poochyena keeps him there for the moment.
A body shot lands from Cama.
Poochyena lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cama backwards.
Poochyena has Cama pressed against the cage, preventing Cama from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poochyena working aggressively here.
Poochyena lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cama looking to stall.
Poochyena misses with a punch to the body.
Cama tries to break the clinch but Poochyena is controlling the position.
Cama tries to stall but Poochyena uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cama tries to break free but Poochyena pushes him back against the cage.
Cama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cama fails to land.
We've been informed that Poochyena has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Poochyena is leaning against Cama and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Poochyena effectively controlling the action here.
I was talking to Cama's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Poochyena working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cama trying to control the position but instead, Poochyena has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cama into the cage.
Cama tries to break the clinch but Poochyena is controlling the position.
Poochyena lands a nice uppercut.
Cama wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cama tries to work over Poochyena's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cama dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Poochyena as Cama tries to tie him up.
Cama throws a punch but it's blocked by Poochyena.
Poochyena misses with a body punch.
Poochyena is trying to maintain a safe position but Cama gets an underhook and turns Poochyena into the cage.
Poochyena lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Poochyena lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cama stalling in the clinch.
Poochyena tries to work over Cama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poochyena tries a body shot but Cama blocks it.
Poochyena tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poochyena lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Poochyena misses with a punch on the inside.
Poochyena lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cama backwards.
Cama blocks a body shot from Poochyena.
Cama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cama lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Poochyena scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poochyena tries to stall but Cama uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Poochyena lands a body shot in the clinch.
Poochyena working aggressively here.
Poochyena misses with the head strike.
Cama is trying to push Poochyena away but Poochyena has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cama is looking to control Poochyena's arms but Poochyena gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cama has his back to the cage.
Poochyena throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Poochyena as Cama tries to tie him up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena pushes Cama back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poochyena lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cama tries to break the clinch but Poochyena is controlling the position.
Cama breaks the clinch.
Cama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Poochyena counters with a body kick.
Poochyena clinches up against the cage.
Poochyena lands a hook that snaps the head of Cama backwards.
Poochyena tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cama's elbow.
Poochyena lands an uppercut.
Poochyena goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poochyena lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cama or not.
Cama has had enough of the clinch but Poochyena keeps him there for the moment.
Poochyena manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Poochyena blocks a body shot from Cama.
Poochyena lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cama tries to circle away but Poochyena has him pinned against the cage.
Poochyena lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cama is trying to maintain a safe position but Poochyena gets an underhook and turns Cama into the cage.
Poochyena tries to work over Cama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cama tries to circle away but Poochyena has him pinned against the cage.
Poochyena lands with a left to the head.
Cama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cama can't break the clinch.
Cama wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poochyena working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cama tries a body shot but Poochyena blocks it.
Poochyena scores with a shot to the side of Cama's head.
Poochyena blocking some punches.
Poochyena gets through Cama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Poochyena slows down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Poochyena scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cama lands a nice shot to the body.
Cama displaying some good clinch control by pressing Poochyena up against the cage.
Poochyena tries to throw a body punch but Cama avoids it by throwing Poochyena back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tamias Poochyena dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Poochyena cracks a nice hook into Cama's ribs.
Poochyena checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poochyena lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Poochyena fails in his attempt to clinch.
Poochyena cracks the inside of Cama's front leg.
Cama moves out of range of the body kick.
Cama looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cama moves out of range as Poochyena strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Poochyena. Beautiful body shot.
Poochyena looks to score with a jab to the body but Cama is just out of range.
Poochyena moves out of range of the body kick from Cama.
Cama looks to land a body kick but Poochyena moved away.
Poochyena lands with a slapping head kick.
Pops Cama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poochyena ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cama moves away.
Cama throws a big counter combination but Poochyena scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Poochyena throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Poochyena throws a body punch but Cama moves out of range.
Poochyena throws a push kick but Cama slaps the foot to one side.
Poochyena thows a body kick. Cama tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Poochyena throws a lazy body kick
and Cama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cama misses with a kick to the body
and Poochyena counters with a thumping low kick.
Cama throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Poochyena has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poochyena.
Poochyena appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Poochyena looks to land a body kick but Cama moved away.
Cama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Poochyena avoids the head kick by Cama.
Crunch! Poochyena slams his shin into Cama's torso.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cama scores with a kick to the body.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poochyena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Poochyena misses with a body shot.
Poochyena moves out of range of the body kick from Cama.
Poochyena tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cama was well out of range. Poor timing from Poochyena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poochyena takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poochyena throws a big counter head kick but Cama avoids it with no problem.
Cama tries to land a front kick but Poochyena steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Poochyena flicks out a counter leg kick but Cama steps away.
Cama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cama throws a push kick but Poochyena slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cama. Poochyena does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cama gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Poochyena counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cama throws a right hand that misses
and Poochyena counters with a body kick that stops Cama in his tracks momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poochyena cracks Cama with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Poochyena misses with a two punch combination.
Cama looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Poochyena throws a low kick but Cama moves out of range easily.
Cama quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Cama swings for the body but Poochyena moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Cama - just one landing.
Poochyena lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cama will feel that in the morning.
Poochyena lands with a nice body kick.
Cama swats away the attempt to clinch by Poochyena.
Good exchange - Poochyena coming out on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cama throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cama takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
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!
Poochyena tries to clinch
and Cama counters with a solid body kick.
Cama fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Poochyena throws a front kick that sends Cama stumbling back into the cage.
Poochyena tries to clinch but Cama is having none of it.
Poochyena drives through and clinches with Cama against the cage.
Cama misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tamias Poochyena seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Poochyena dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Poochyena.
Poochyena tries to throw a body punch but Cama avoids it by throwing Poochyena back against the cage.
Poochyena misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poochyena tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Poochyena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tamias Poochyena 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. And we move into the final round!
Some wild striking there from Poochyena.
Cama throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Poochyena throws a wild body kick that Cama sees coming a mile off.
Cama looks for the body kick but Poochyena saw that one coming.
Poochyena misses with a wild body shot.
Cama misses with a body kick.
Poochyena tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cama was well out of range. Poor timing from Poochyena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Poochyena takes one to the side of the head.
Poochyena throws a push kick but Cama slaps the foot to one side.
Cama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Poochyena throws a counter combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Poochyena scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poochyena.
Cama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cama throws a head kick that misses.
Good work by Poochyena as he checks the leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Poochyena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poochyena tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice jab there from Cama.
Cama takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cama tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Poochyena works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Poochyena explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A thudding body kick lands there by Poochyena!
Poochyena throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poochyena throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cama throws a half hearted mid kick.
Poochyena pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cama throws a head kick that misses
letting Poochyena counter with a right hand.
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!
Cama moves out of range of the body kick from Poochyena.
Poochyena is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cama rather than just go for the knockout.
Cama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Poochyena blocks a jab.
Cama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poochyena.
And Poochyena responds with a good body kick, but Cama manages to step out the way in time.
Poochyena swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cama looks to throw a body kick
and Poochyena counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Cama.
Cama throws a jab but it's blocked by Poochyena.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Despite the aggression on Poochyena's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Poochyena lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Cama.
Cama throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Poochyena to counter with a crisp jab.
Pops Cama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cama lands a front kick.
Poochyena keeps Cama at a distance using the push kick.
Poochyena throws a jab but it's blocked by Cama.
Poochyena throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Cama was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Poochyena swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cama swings widly with a right hand
and Poochyena connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tamias Poochyena is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cama. Poochyena does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poochyena avoids the head kick by Cama.
Cama misses with an attempted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Poochyena jabs at Cama's body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Poochyena.
Poochyena connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick by Cama misses
and Poochyena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Poochyena moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cama wants to get back to striking at distance but Poochyena won't allow it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cama.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tamias Poochyena comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Poochyena has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tamias Poochyena!
Tamias Poochyena tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Umberto Sotto Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timofey Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyko comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kamaedzitca - Колазварl kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Umberto Sotto Jr is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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146 lbs
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156 lbs
27 - 12 - 1 |
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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
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Umberto Sotto Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timofey Boyko!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boyko takes one on the button.
Sotto Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Sotto Jr shoots in looking for a takedown but Boyko manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sotto Jr's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've been hearing reports that Sotto Jr has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sotto Jr.
Umberto Sotto Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sotto Jr lands with a good body shot.
Sotto Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Boyko misses.
Some wild striking there from Sotto Jr.
A cross from Sotto Jr lands.
Boyko throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Sotto Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sotto Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sotto Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
Boyko has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A shot to the liver by Boyko. Beautiful body shot.
Boyko drops his hands momentarily and Sotto Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Boyko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sotto Jr throws the left hand but Boyko avoids the punch easily.
Boyko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick by Sotto Jr misses
and Boyko counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sotto Jr wants to slow Boyko down by chopping away at his legs.
Boyko replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Sotto Jr blocks it well.
Sotto Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Sotto Jr throws a head kick that Boyko semi-blocks.
Sotto Jr scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sotto Jr misses with a double jab
and Boyko counters with a straight right hand.
Sotto Jr throws a body kick that misses
and Boyko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotto Jr misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Sotto Jr does it's job there.
Sotto Jr shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Boyko but Boyko pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boyko throws an overhand right that lands on Sotto Jr's shoulder, as Sotto Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Boyko misses the shot to the body.
Sotto Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sotto Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Boyko is able to avoid easily.
Sotto Jr misses with a double jab.
Boyko misses the shot to the body.
Boyko misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sotto Jr.
Sotto Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Boyko throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sotto Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotto Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Sotto Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boyko can pounce on him.
Boyko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sotto Jr.
Sotto Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Boyko throws out a powerful jab.
Sotto Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Boyko is just out of range.
Sotto Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sotto Jr throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Boyko is looking for the big counter here.
Sotto Jr moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Boyko catches Sotto Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sotto Jr is rocked!
Boyko feints a jab and as Sotto Jr dips his head, Boyko unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Sotto Jr right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Sotto Jr falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Boyko smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Timofey Boyko!
A very excited looking Timofey Boyko made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yngve Ingvar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snuka has chosen Superfly by Curtis Mayfield as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yngve Ingvar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snuka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ingvar manages to avoid it.
Ingvar is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Snuka works over Ingvar's head and body with a nice combination.
Snuka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ingvar.
Snuka is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've been informed that Snuka has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Snuka scores with a jab to the body.
Snuka moves out of range as Ingvar strikes.
Snuka tries to close the distance and clinch but Ingvar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snuka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ingvar.
Ingvar missing with a left hand there. Snuka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ingvar throws a hook to the side of Snuka's head but Snuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snuka's corner calls for a 1-2. Snuka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ingvar misses with a straight right.
A jab from Ingvar misses.
Snuka misses with a wild body shot.
Ingvar throws a jab but it's blocked by Snuka.
Snuka wants to counter with a clinch but Ingvar pushes him away.
Snuka throws out a loose jab but Ingvar uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingvar misses with a looping left.
Snuka is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Snuka tries to clinch
and Ingvar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Snuka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ingvar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ingvar looks to land a body kick but Snuka moved away.
Ingvar misses with a straight right.
Ingvar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Snuka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Snuka closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Ingvar's guard.
Ingvar escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Snuka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Snuka throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ingvar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Snuka tries to free his leg and advance position but Ingvar is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snuka is working Ingvar over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ingvar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Snuka is one step ahead there.
Ingvar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snuka keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ingvar's head.
Ingvar escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Snuka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Snuka postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ingvar controls Snuka momentarily but Snuka frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingvar wants to control the position but Snuka says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Ingvar is looking to control Snuka's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ingvar avoid being mounted?
Ingvar wants to improve his position but Snuka is controlling well.
Ingvar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Snuka scores with a couple of nice shots.
Snuka keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Snuka wants to free his trapped foot but Ingvar is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ingvar tries to get to full guard but Snuka has control of the leg.
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.
Snuka thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Snuka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ingvar actively working from the bottom here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Snuka throws a body shot but no joy.
Ingvar avoids the body shot from Snuka.
Snuka fails with the takedown.
Ingvar throws a counter high kick but Snuka was just alert enough to avoid it.
Ingvar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ingvar.
Yngve Ingvar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ingvar throws a hook to the side of Snuka's head but Snuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snuka tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Ingvar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ingvar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Snuka lands an overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Snuka dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ingvar throws an off balance right hand
and Snuka counters with a one-two to the body.
Snuka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ingvar.
Snuka on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ingvar is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Snuka looks to land a left hand but Ingvar moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Ingvar misses.
Snuka is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ingvar with a body shot.
Snuka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ingvar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ingvar there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ingvar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Snuka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Snuka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Snuka fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ingvar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Snuka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Snuka jabs Ingvar right on the nose. Ingvar blinks but takes it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snuka tries to close the distance and clinch but Ingvar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snuka misses with a takedown
and Ingvar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Snuka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Snuka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Ingvar as Snuka shoots in.
Yngve Ingvar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Snuka.
Snuka tries to clinch up.
Snuka with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ingvar scores with a nice strike.
Snuka goes for a double leg but Ingvar avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ingvar continues to drive forward.
Snuka looks to land a combination. Ingvar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jimmy Snuka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Snuka shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ingvar stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ingvar wants it to stay on the feet.
Snuka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Ingvar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Snuka avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snuka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ingvar.
Ingvar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Snuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ingvar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As Snuka looks to move away, Ingvar throws a big counter combo bu Snuka just gets out of the way.
Ingvar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snuka looks to land a combination but Ingvar avoids it well.
Snuka pushes Ingvar up against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Ingvar.
A shot in the inside from Ingvar.
Snuka lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Snuka fails to land.
Snuka ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Snuka no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Snuka keeping moving, preventing Ingvar from controlling successfully.
Ingvar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snuka is trying to get back to half guard.
Ingvar trying to control the position but Snuka is working away.
Snuka tries to buck Ingvar off but Ingvar is having none of it.
Snuka is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Snuka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Snuka keeping moving, preventing Ingvar from controlling successfully.
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.
Ingvar is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Snuka is looking for a triangle but Ingvar pushes his legs off easily.
Ingvar wants to stand but Snuka is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ingvar won't allow Snuka to sweep him here.
Snuka trying to keep a closed guard but Ingvar is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jimmy Snuka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ingvar.
Ingvar throws a hook to the side of Snuka's head but Snuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Snuka blocks a head kick by Ingvar.
Snuka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ingvar.
Ingvar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Snuka.
Jimmy Snuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snuka cracks Ingvar with a good jab.
A lazy left from Snuka finds it's target.
Snuka with a poor takedown
and Ingvar counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Snuka is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ingvar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Snuka's head backwards.
Ingvar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Snuka lunges at Ingvar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ingvar's hand.
Snuka closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Snuka lands in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snuka won't allow Ingvar to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingvar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ingvar keeping full guard, as Snuka tries to pass.
Ingvar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ingvar seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Snuka is staying active underneath Ingvar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Snuka wants to control but Ingvar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ingvar prevents Snuka from improving his position.
Snuka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ingvar seems to be looking for submissions.
Snuka actively working from the bottom here.
Ingvar wants to pass the guard but Snuka is defending well.
Ingvar stalling away here and it's allowed Snuka to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ingvar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ingvar trying to control the position from guard on top but Snuka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Snuka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ingvar trying to control here.
Snuka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Yngve Ingvar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Snuka is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
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.
Snuka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ingvar keeps working.
Snuka controlling the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ingvar trying to control here.
Snuka trying to control the action but Ingvar is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Snuka lands a jab to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Snuka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Snuka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Snuka!
Jimmy Snuka very nearly forgot to thank GREEN!160 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giuseppe Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tio Malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maldini's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Just one cornetto. Malone has chosen Get Ready For This as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. 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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266 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Giuseppe Maldini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tio Malone!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malone throws a body punch but Maldini moves out of range.
Malone tries to clinch up but Maldini circles away and keeps his distance.
Malone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Maldini goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Maldini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Maldini throws a left and a right that both miss
and Malone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maldini takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Maldini jabs Malone to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Maldini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Maldini throws a shot from downtown. Malone moves away and avoids it.
Maldini looks to score with a jab to the body but Malone is just out of range.
Maldini looks to land a combination but Malone avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maldini ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malone moves away.
Maldini steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Malone. That one must have hurt.
Maldini misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malone.
Malone swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maldini takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've been informed that Malone has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Malone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Malone blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malone instigates a clinch.
Maldini prevents a body shot from Malone.
Malone lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Giuseppe Maldini has been cut.
Malone prevents Maldini from breaking the clinch.
Maldini misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Malone.
Malone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Maldini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maldini working hard to break the clinch.
Malone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Maldini backwards.
Malone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maldini's elbow.
Malone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Malone lands an elbow inside.
Malone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Malone - that landed with a thud.
Malone misses with a punch to the body.
Maldini can't break the clinch.
Maldini misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maldini blocking some punches.
Maldini misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Maldini fails to land.
Malone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maldini's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maldini takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Malone throws a body kick that misses.
Malone lands the left hand.
Malone avoids the head kick by Maldini.
Malone was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Malone slips under a jab.
Maldini throws a jab when Malone was well out of range.
Malone appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Malone's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Malone duly obliges.
Malone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Maldini throws a head kick that misses.
Maldini throws a poor cross that misses
and Malone counters with a left and a right that stings Maldini.
Maldini moves out of range as Malone throws a body kick.
Malone lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maldini is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Malone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maldini.
Malone blocks a head kick by Maldini.
Malone throws a fast counter high kick but Maldini manages to duck under it in time.
Jab by Malone.
Malone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maldini manages to avoid it.
Malone is looking to slow Maldini down with leg kicks.
Malone throws a looping overhand right but Maldini ducks down to avoid it.
Malone connects with a looping right hand.
Maldini throws a sloppy head kick
and Malone counters with a solid body kick.
Maldini looks to land a left hand but Malone moved out of range nicely.
Malone lands a slapping body shot.
Maldini is breathing heavily.
Malone lands a big uppercut and Maldini crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Maldini looks OK. Malone waves Maldini back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maldini doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Maldini takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Malone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maldini stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Malone lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh!!! Malone has knocked Maldini down with a huge combo! Malone steps away and waves a wobbly Maldini back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Maldini takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Malone moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Malone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Malone lands a big uppercut and Maldini crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Maldini looks OK. Malone waves Maldini back to his feet!
Maldini is rocked!
Maldini takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Malone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Malone cracks Maldini with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Malone has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Maldini to stand back up!
Oh Maldini is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Malone jabs Maldini to the body, keeping him at a distance.
and Malone counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Maldini! He's just covering up as Malone starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tio Malone!
After winning the bout, Tio Malone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystian Wojnasiewicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wojnasiewicz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ministry - Lies lies lies. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Sanchez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Krystian Wojnasiewicz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Wojnasiewicz misses.
Sanchez takes a swing at Wojnasiewicz's ribcage but misses.
Sanchez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sanchez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sanchez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Wojnasiewicz unleashes a big counter combination but Sanchez bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez loads up on a big right hand but Wojnasiewicz slips the punch.
Wojnasiewicz moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Sanchez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wojnasiewicz's head backwards.
Wojnasiewicz slips under a jab.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wojnasiewicz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sanchez is looking to counter with a body kick.
Wojnasiewicz looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Wojnasiewicz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
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!
Wojnasiewicz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz connects with an inside leg kick.
Wojnasiewicz looks to land a combination but Sanchez avoids it well.
Wojnasiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Wojnasiewicz avoids a kick to the body.
Sanchez swinging wildly here.
Wojnasiewicz misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Wojnasiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wojnasiewicz's calf.
Sanchez throws a low kick, looking for Wojnasiewicz's leg but Wojnasiewicz calmly moves out of range.
Wojnasiewicz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sanchez throws out the jab.
Wojnasiewicz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wojnasiewicz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wojnasiewicz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to throw a body punch but Wojnasiewicz avoids it by throwing Sanchez back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wojnasiewicz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sanchez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Wojnasiewicz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez has Wojnasiewicz pushed against the cage.
Sanchez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Wojnasiewicz controls the action.
Wojnasiewicz lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
Wojnasiewicz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sanchez fails to land.
Sanchez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wojnasiewicz blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez stalls.
Wojnasiewicz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sanchez.
Sanchez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wojnasiewicz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanchez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sanchez throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez misses with a body punch.
Sanchez looking to stall.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanchez can't find room to land a body shot as Wojnasiewicz controls the action.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanchez swings wildly with an uppercut but Wojnasiewicz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Wojnasiewicz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Wojnasiewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike from Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wojnasiewicz lands an elbow just above Sanchez 's eye.
It looks like Diego Sanchez has been cut.
Wojnasiewicz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanchez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wojnasiewicz stalls.
Wojnasiewicz lands an elbow inside.
Wojnasiewicz just leaning against Sanchez, taking a breather.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Wojnasiewicz blocks it.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sanchez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wojnasiewicz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sanchez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wojnasiewicz can turn it around.
Sanchez is trying to maintain a safe position but Wojnasiewicz gets an underhook and turns Sanchez into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Krystian Wojnasiewicz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Sanchez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanchez throws a one two combo.
Diego Sanchez is winning the standup battle so far.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Wojnasiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez is looking to chop away at Wojnasiewicz's legs.
Sanchez misses with a kick to the body.
Sanchez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Wojnasiewicz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Wojnasiewicz ducks down to avoid it.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez avoids a kick to the body.
Wojnasiewicz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanchez looks to land a right hand but Wojnasiewicz moved out of range.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Wojnasiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a one-two to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sanchez looks to throw the jab but Wojnasiewicz is out of range.
Sanchez misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz moves out of range of the body kick.
Sanchez misses with a hook. Wojnasiewicz ducked under it nicely.
Sanchez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wojnasiewicz takes one to the side of the head.
Wojnasiewicz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanchez.
Sanchez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wojnasiewicz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a nice right hand.
Wojnasiewicz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a hook but Wojnasiewicz blocks it.
Wojnasiewicz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez scores with a sloppy right hand. Wojnasiewicz should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sanchez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wojnasiewicz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wojnasiewicz moves away from the strike by Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz's corner calls for a 1-2. Wojnasiewicz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wojnasiewicz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanchez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanchez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wojnasiewicz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wojnasiewicz thumps Sanchez with a low kick.
Nice shot by Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diego Sanchez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wojnasiewicz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz cracks the inside of Sanchez's front leg.
Wojnasiewicz throws a chopping leg kick but Sanchez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz tries to land a leg kick but Sanchez saw it coming and moves away.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head kick but Sanchez moves out of range.
Sanchez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sanchez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wojnasiewicz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sanchez - that will leave a mark!
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sanchez scores with a nice strike.
Wojnasiewicz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wojnasiewicz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanchez manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a looping overhand right but Wojnasiewicz ducks down to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanchez slips under a jab.
Sanchez cracks the inside of Wojnasiewicz's front leg.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wojnasiewicz at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wojnasiewicz moves into range and clinches up with Sanchez.
Sanchez blocks an elbow strike.
Sanchez tries to stall but Wojnasiewicz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sanchez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wojnasiewicz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wojnasiewicz or not.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanchez working aggressively here.
Sanchez lands a shoulder strike.
Wojnasiewicz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Diego Sanchez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diego Sanchez's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wojnasiewicz avoids the head kick by Sanchez.
Sanchez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez throws a lazy right hand but Wojnasiewicz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sanchez in his tracks.
Wojnasiewicz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Sanchez misses its target.
Sanchez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice sprawl there from Sanchez as Wojnasiewicz shoots in.
Sanchez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a three punch combo!
Sanchez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wojnasiewicz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sanchez takes one to the chin there.
Wojnasiewicz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Wojnasiewicz. That's going to slow Sanchez down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanchez scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Sanchez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wojnasiewicz looks to throw the jab but Sanchez is out of range.
Wojnasiewicz moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wojnasiewicz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sanchez lands with a cross.
The fighters circling - Wojnasiewicz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for Sanchez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz blocks a low kick nicely.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sanchez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanchez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sanchez as he avoids it easily.
Sanchez lands a jab to the nose.
Sanchez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sanchez swings for the body but Wojnasiewicz moves out of range.
A left lands for Sanchez.
Sanchez lands a leg kick that knocks Wojnasiewicz off balance momentarily.
Wojnasiewicz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good leg kick by Wojnasiewicz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a spinning back kick!
Sanchez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wojnasiewicz checks a leg kick.
Sanchez thuds his right hand into Wojnasiewicz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wojnasiewicz jabs Sanchez right on the nose. Sanchez blinks but takes it well.
Sanchez misses with a leg kick
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a decent looking hook.
Sanchez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanchez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Wojnasiewicz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wojnasiewicz moves out of range as Sanchez throws a body kick.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab from Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanchez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Wojnasiewicz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanchez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wojnasiewicz wants to clinch.
Sanchez connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz is looking to clinch but Sanchez is avoiding it.
Wojnasiewicz staying out of range there.
Wojnasiewicz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wojnasiewicz moves away.
Wojnasiewicz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Wojnasiewicz thows a leg kick but Sanchez checks it
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good shot there by Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz throws the left hand but Sanchez avoids the punch easily.
Sanchez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a jab. Sanchez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wojnasiewicz misses the body punch
and Sanchez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wojnasiewicz scores with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Diego Sanchez did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Diego Sanchez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sanchez throws a jab when Wojnasiewicz was well out of range.
Sanchez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanchez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wojnasiewicz takes a step back to recover.
Sanchez tries a low kick but Wojnasiewicz avoids it.
Sanchez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Sanchez moves out of range of the body kick from Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz moves out of range of the body kick from Sanchez.
The fighters circling - Wojnasiewicz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sanchez throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick from Wojnasiewicz misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Sanchez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sanchez. Wojnasiewicz does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Wojnasiewicz throws an overhand right that lands on Sanchez's shoulder, as Sanchez tries to avoid the shot.
Wojnasiewicz connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz has taken the fight to the clinch.
I was talking to Sanchez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez blocks an uppercut.
Sanchez throws a punch but it's blocked by Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz can't find room to land a body shot as Sanchez controls the action.
Wojnasiewicz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sanchez's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wojnasiewicz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanchez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Sanchez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sanchez scores with a shot to the side of Wojnasiewicz's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz blocks a body shot from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Wojnasiewicz controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Wojnasiewicz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wojnasiewicz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sanchez backwards.
Wojnasiewicz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanchez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Sanchez tries a body shot but Wojnasiewicz blocks it.
Nice elbow from Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Wojnasiewicz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Wojnasiewicz letting Sanchez take a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wojnasiewiczs head.
Sanchez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wojnasiewicz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanchez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sanchez.
Sanchez lands with a right to the head.
Sanchez trying to stall but Wojnasiewicz improves his position.
A short body shot lands from Wojnasiewicz as the two fighters clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wojnasiewicz gets through Sanchez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wojnasiewicz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wojnasiewicz cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wojnasiewicz lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head punch that misses.
Sanchez struggles to land a body shot inside as Wojnasiewicz controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wojnasiewicz pushes off an throws an elbow but Sanchez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wojnasiewicz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanchez is defending well for now.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanchez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanchez is trying to push Wojnasiewicz away but Wojnasiewicz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanchez lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wojnasiewicz.
Sanchez misses with some punches.
Sanchez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wojnasiewicz cracks Sanchez with a nice body shot.
Wojnasiewicz misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krystian Wojnasiewicz dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Diego Sanchez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sanchez just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Wojnasiewicz.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz scores with a kick to the midsection.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
A little jabbing left from Wojnasiewicz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sanchez throws a push kick but Wojnasiewicz slaps the foot to one side.
Wojnasiewicz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sanchez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz throws a hook but Sanchez avoids it easily.
Sanchez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wojnasiewicz.
And Sanchez counters with a quick kick to the body but Wojnasiewicz blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Wojnasiewicz.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanchez on the side of the head.
Wojnasiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wojnasiewicz missing with a left hand there. Sanchez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanchez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wojnasiewicz defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
That kick from Sanchez tenderised Wojnasiewicz's leg. Wojnasiewicz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wojnasiewicz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sanchez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Wojnasiewicz slips a jab from Sanchez.
Wojnasiewicz throws a body kick that misses.
Sanchez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sanchez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wojnasiewicz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Wojnasiewicz cracks Sanchez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wojnasiewicz lands a head shot.
Wojnasiewicz looks to land a body kick but Sanchez moved away.
Wojnasiewicz defending well as Sanchez loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz throws a head kick that misses.
Sanchez lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wojnasiewicz tries to clinch but Sanchez is having none of it.
Wojnasiewicz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a straight left.
Sanchez looks to land a body kick but Wojnasiewicz moved away.
Wojnasiewicz lands with a straight right. Sanchez didn't see that one coming.
Sanchez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Wojnasiewicz at a distance.
Wojnasiewicz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Wojnasiewicz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sanchez misses with a lunging right hand
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wojnasiewicz throws a shot from downtown. Sanchez moves away and avoids it.
Sanchez swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sanchez throws a wild body kick that Wojnasiewicz sees coming a mile off.
And Wojnasiewicz tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanchez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws a hook to the side of Wojnasiewicz's head but Wojnasiewicz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wojnasiewicz steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sanchez.
A left lands for Wojnasiewicz.
Wojnasiewicz misses with a head kick.
Wojnasiewicz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sanchez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wojnasiewicz thows a body kick. Sanchez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sanchez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanchez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wojnasiewicz counters with an outside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sanchez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wojnasiewicz - the referee stops the clock and Sanchez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wojnasiewicz. Sanchez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wojnasiewicz staying out of range there.
Wojnasiewicz slips under a jab.
Sanchez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sanchez misses with a head kick.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a nice body kick.
Sanchez throws a shot from downtown. Wojnasiewicz moves away and avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wojnasiewicz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wojnasiewicz throws out a leg kick but Sanchez moves out of range and Wojnasiewicz only half commits.
A jab from Sanchez finds it's way through Wojnasiewicz's defenses.
Wojnasiewicz walks into a stiff left hand from Sanchez.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Wojnasiewicz counters with a straight right hand.
Wojnasiewicz lands an overhand right.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Wojnasiewicz.
Good work by Sanchez as he checks the leg kick.
Wojnasiewicz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sanchez digs a good hook to Wojnasiewicz's body.
Sanchez tries a low kick but Wojnasiewicz avoids it.
Wojnasiewicz misses with an uppercut.
Sanchez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Wojnasiewicz just manages to avoid it.
Sanchez throws a hook but Wojnasiewicz avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Krystian Wojnasiewicz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wojnasiewicz 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 47:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krystian Wojnasiewicz!
Krystian Wojnasiewicz is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Krystian Wojnasiewicz 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Carlton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenichi Shirahama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shirahama has chosen Fade To Black as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Carlton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenichi Shirahama!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shirahama blocks a jab.
Shirahama throws out a counter right but Carlton avoids it with no problem.
Carlton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shirahama doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shirahama takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shirahama scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Carlton manages to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shirahama throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Carlton wants to improve his position but Shirahama is controlling well.
Carlton is refusing to be controlled, as Shirahama sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirahama wants to pass the guard but Carlton is defending well.
Carlton keeping control of the position.
Carlton is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shirahama's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shirahama's back!
What can Shirahama do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Shirahama turns into Carlton and is now in his guard.
Carlton working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama throwing strikes but missing.
Shirahama drops back looking for a leg! Carlton is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carlton manages to kick Shirahama off! Shirahama jumps back into Carlton's guard.
Shirahama trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shirahama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Shirahama postures up in Carlton's guard and throws a big left but Carlton blocks it.
Carlton trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carlton is adopting a defensive guard.
Shirahama has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
My spies in Ryōzanpaku Dojo inform me that Shirahama has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Shirahama keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carlton's head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shirahama advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Carlton's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shirahama throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shirahama tries to score with some ground and pound. Carlton controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Shirahama wants to control but Carlton is keeping him busy.
Shirahama fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Carlton is looking to reverse the position.
Carlton definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shirahama throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Carlton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Carlton gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenichi Shirahama dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Shirahama will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Carlton fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Shirahama on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A big left from Carlton misses.
Carlton darts in trying to clinch
and Shirahama counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shirahama keeps the fight on the outside.
Shirahama scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Carlton looks to throw a body kick
and Shirahama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carlton gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Shirahama wants to pass the guard but Carlton is keeping the position.
Carlton is trying to keep Shirahama in close.
Shirahama being controlled here momentarily.
Carlton is looking to stand up but Shirahama isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlton has momentary wrist control but Shirahama slips an elbow through the middle.
Shirahama trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shirahama is looking to work some ground and pound but Carlton has wrist control.
Shirahama is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jab, jab by Shirahama - just one landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carlton defends it nicely.
Carlton swings for the body but Shirahama moves out of range.
Shirahama fails with a takedown attempt.
Kyle Carlton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenichi Shirahama.
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.
Shirahama moves out of range as Carlton strikes.
Shirahama with the counter takedown but Carlton avoids it easily.
Carlton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shirahama.
Carlton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shirahama with a lazy takedown attempt
and Carlton counters with a low kick, right behind Shirahama 's knee.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Good standup being displayed there by Shirahama as he connects with a hook.
Shirahama has a takedown stuffed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenichi Shirahama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Carlton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Carlton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shirahama moves away.
Carlton lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Kenichi Shirahama has been cut.
Shirahama scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Shirahama is defended easily by Carlton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shirahama ducks under a wild hook from Carlton.
Carlton throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlton misses with a series of wild punches.
Carlton connects with a leg kick. Shirahama looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Carlton throws a body punch but Shirahama moves out of range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Carlton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shirahama.
Shirahama throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Carlton on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carlton throws a front kick aimed at Shirahama's knee but Shirahama avoids it well.
Carlton tries to clinch there but Shirahama circles away.
Shirahama tries to keep at a distance but Carlton has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shirahama tries to pull guard but Carlton won't allow it.
Shirahama is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kyle Carlton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenichi Shirahama.
Shirahama tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Carlton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shirahama jumps guard but Carlton stands there with Shirahama around his waist. Shirahama gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shirahama is trying to pull guard but Carlton has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Carlton as the two fighters clinch.
Shirahama manages to pull guard.
Shirahama controls Carlton momentarily but Carlton frees himself.
Carlton engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Shirahama throws his legs up looking for a submission but Carlton uses it to pass to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carlton gets to mount! Shirahama was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Shirahama is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Shirahama tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carlton controlling from the full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carlton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Carlton clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kenichi Shirahama's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Donk. Carlton catches Shirahama right on the button with a cross.
Shirahama throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carlton throws a leg kick but Shirahama sees it coming and moves out of range.
Carlton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shirahama manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shirahama.
Carlton throws a big shot that misses.
Shirahama tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirahama gets a double leg takedown into Carlton's guard.
Carlton has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Shirahama controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carlton has Shirahama pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carlton is keeping the position for now.
Carlton trying to keep a closed guard but Shirahama is proving a slippery customer.
Shirahama missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Shirahama lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shirahama is fighting to break Carlton's control of his arms but Carlton is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Shirahama with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama lands with a nice body kick.
Jab from Carlton.
Kyle Carlton is winning the standup battle so far.
Shirahama doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Carlton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kyle Carlton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shirahama lands a jab.
Carlton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shirahama was well out of range. Poor timing from Carlton.
Shirahama misses with an uppercut. Carlton saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carlton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carlton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Shirahama is predictable there
and Carlton counters with a nice uppercut.
Shirahama looks to score with a jab to the body but Carlton is just out of range.
Carlton swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Carlton takes a swing at Shirahama's ribcage but misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shirahama.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carlton ducks right into an uppercut from Shirahama.
Shirahama cracks Carlton with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenichi Shirahama dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kenichi Shirahama'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. This is the final round!
Carlton tried to score with a low kick but Shirahama checks it.
Carlton is looking to wear down Shirahama with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Carlton tries to clinch but Shirahama moves out of range.
Carlton tries to clinch there but Shirahama circles away.
Shirahama shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Shirahama was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Shirahama in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carlton is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Carlton can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirahama tries to advance to mount but Carlton denies him.
Carlton can't do much from the bottom here.
Shirahama in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Shirahama tries to move to mount but Carlton blocks the move with his legs.
Shirahama fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Shirahama in side control, throwing shots but Carlton defends.
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.
Shirahama throwing strikes but Carlton manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Shirahama is trying to get back to half guard.
Shirahama keeps trying to improve his position.
Shirahama struggling a bit here.
Shirahama stops Carlton from passing to mount.
Shirahama manages to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Carlton's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Carlton's back!
Shirahama punches Carlton on the ear.
You can see the frustration on Carlton's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Shirahama lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carlton is taking damage to the body and head.
Shirahama is working for a rear naked choke. Carlton is not defending it well and Shirahama has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Carlton refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Carlton's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kenichi Shirahama!
Kenichi Shirahama is the new super heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kenichi Shirahama thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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