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MAWC _3 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adam Slate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donovan Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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183 lbs
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187 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam Slate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Donovan Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robertson tries to clinch there but Slate circles away.
Slate fails with a takedown attempt.
Slate really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Robertson gets the takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Slate tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Slate's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robertson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Slate has escaped the position, nice work there.
Robertson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Slate knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Robertson working the ground and pound.
Robertson landing strikes.
Slate struggling a bit here.
Robertson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Slate!
Robertson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Slate is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Total Impact that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Slate wants to hold on but Robertson pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Robertson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Slate looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robertson. Slate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Robertson. Those never looked like landing.
Slate tries to score a power double leg takedown but Robertson sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Slate somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adam Slate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slate has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slate has his takedown stuffed
and Robertson counters with a straight right hand.
Slate is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Robertson.
Slate misses with a takedown attempt - Robertson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Robertson has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Slate is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Robertson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Slate.
A head kick misses from Robertson.
Nice sprawl there from Robertson as Slate shoots in.
Slate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Robertson counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Robertson prevents the takedown attempt.
Slate jumps guard but Robertson stands there with Slate around his waist. Slate gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Robertson jumps into guard, dragging Slate to the mat.
Robertson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Slate makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Robertson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Slate wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
Robertson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Slate doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Slate manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Slate won't allow Robertson to sweep him here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Robertson looking for a guillotine here but Slate defends easily.
Robertson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donovan Robertson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Slate keeps the fight on the outside.
Slate shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Robertson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Slate working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Slate is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Robertson actively working from the bottom here.
Robertson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slate prevents Robertson from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Slate seems content to control.
Robertson pushes Slate off looking to stand but Slate dives back in and keeps control.
Slate working over Robertson with some ground and pound. Robertson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Slate thows a huge punch but Robertson dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson is trying to get back to full guard.
Robertson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Robertson is staying active underneath Slate, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Slate scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Robertson actively working from the bottom here.
Robertson is refusing to be controlled, as Slate sits in half guard.
Slate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Slate working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Robertson gets full guard.
Robertson kicks Slate off and gets to his feet.
Robertson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Robertson shoots in for a takedown but Slate shows good takedown defense.
Robertson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson darts in trying to clinch
and Slate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robertson wants to clinch but Slate slips to the side
and Slate counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Slate is looking to clinch but Robertson is avoiding it.
Robertson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slate tried to counter with a leg kick but Robertson avoided it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Slate swats away the attempt to clinch by Robertson.
Robertson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Robertson wants it to stay on the feet.
Donovan Robertson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robertson clinches up with Slate and pushes him back against the cage.
Robertson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slate pulls guard successfully.
Slate trying to control the position.
Donovan Robertson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Robertson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slate is keeping the position for now.
Slate trying to control the position.
Robertson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Robertson slips nicely into half guard.
Slate trying to hold on to Robertson's head to control him but Robertson postures up.
Slate wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson lands strikes from half guard.
Slate gets back to full guard.
Robertson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Slate is keeping the position for now.
Robertson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Slate is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Slate is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Robertson defends well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robertson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Slate dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Robertson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Slate swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Robertson misses.
Robertson wants to clinch
and Slate counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Robertson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Slate!
Slate is trying to control Robertson's posture but Robertson avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson is trying to get an arm triangle but Slate is defending well.
Slate is trying to control Robertson's posture but Robertson avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Slate tries to bench press Robertson off him but Robertson keeps the position.
Robertson swings around for an armbar but Slate sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Robertson's guard.
Robertson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Slate defends it easily.
Slate controls from within his opponent's guard.
Robertson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Slate looking to sit in guard and control but Robertson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Slate controls Robertson momentarily but Robertson frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson is looking to work some ground and pound but Slate has wrist control.
Slate lands a decent punch to the body there.
Slate is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Robertson is aware though and is defending well.
Robertson stands and throws Slate's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Robertson working away.
Robertson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Slate, who protects the arm well.
Robertson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Slate some visible discomfort.
Robertson misses with the ground and pound.
Slate is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson tries for a kimura but Slate is defending well.
Robertson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Slate is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Slate gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Slate looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Slate trying to control here.
Robertson has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Slate defend it? Robertson steps over the head and cranks it - Slate is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Robertson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Donovan Robertson!
An out of breath Donovan Robertson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Lloyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Stanford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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176 lbs
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181 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Lloyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeremy Stanford!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyd misses the shot to the body.
Lloyd tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stanford is able to avoid easily.
Stanford steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lloyd.
Lloyd swings for the body but Stanford moves out of range.
Stanford wants to counter with a clinch but Lloyd pushes him away.
Lloyd forces Stanford back against the cage and clinches.
Stanford misses with some punches.
Stanford blocks an uppercut.
Stanford misses with a punch on the inside.
Lloyd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stanford content to slow the pace in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stanford.
Lloyd digs a right hand underneath Stanford's ribcage. Stanford let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stanford trying to stall but Lloyd improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stanford can't get the takedown.
Stanford has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Lloyd uses from the top position.
Stanford throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stanford is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanford trying to keep a closed guard but Lloyd is proving a slippery customer.
Stanford working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lloyd doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lloyd manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lloyd is looking to pass into half guard but Stanford pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Stanford is in guard.
Stanford trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stanford throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lloyd is pulling down on Stanford's head to control his posture.
Stanford tries to free his leg and advance position but Lloyd is retaining full guard.
Lloyd is trying to keep Stanford in close.
Stanford is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lloyd keeping moving, preventing Stanford from controlling successfully.
Stanford wants to pass the guard but Lloyd is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanford drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Stanford jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Stanford looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Stanford with a poor takedown
and Lloyd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stanford fails to land with a series of punches.
Lloyd appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Stanford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lloyd manages to avoid it.
Lloyd throws a body shot but no joy.
Lloyd misses with an uppercut. Stanford saw that one coming.
A jab from Lloyd misses.
Stanford shoots for a takedown but Lloyd saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
John Lloyd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Stanford.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd throws a low kick but Stanford avoids it.
John Lloyd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lloyd throws a body shot but no joy.
Jeremy Stanford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stanford lands with a straight right. Lloyd didn't see that one coming.
Lloyd darts in and clinches Stanford up against the cage.
Stanford throws a head punch that misses.
Lloyd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lloyd.
A nice left hand lands by Lloyd.
Lloyd gets through Stanford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stanford has a couple of punches blocked by Lloyd.
A head punch on the inside from Stanford fails to land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stanford is trying to stall.
Lloyd is defending well against a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Lloyd will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lloyd throws a front kick aimed at Stanford's knee but Stanford avoids it well.
Lloyd is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lloyd connects with a body shot that sends Stanford's belly button to the back.
Jeremy Stanford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stanford fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lloyd throws an overhand right that lands on Stanford's shoulder, as Stanford tries to avoid the shot.
Stanford tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lloyd gets a clinch.
Lloyd throws a head punch that misses.
Stanford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stanford is trying to force a seperation but Lloyd has the dominant position.
Lloyd lands a body punch.
Lloyd throws a head punch that misses.
Lloyd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lloyd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lloyd misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd tries to throw a body punch but Stanford avoids it by throwing Lloyd back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stanford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lloyd.
Lloyd gets underhooks to prevent Stanford's takedown attempt.
Stanford is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lloyd is defending well.
John Lloyd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Stanford.
Lloyd lands with a short shot to the head.
Stanford goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lloyd prevents it.
Lloyd scores with a shoulder strike.
Lloyd tries to throw a body punch but Stanford avoids it by throwing Lloyd back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stanford.
A head punch on the inside from Lloyd fails to land.
Stanford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lloyd misses with a punch on the inside.
Lloyd misses with a punch to the body.
Lloyd misses with the head strike.
Lloyd definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Stanford is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lloyd to keep the fight standing.
Lloyd has a couple of punches blocked by Stanford.
Lloyd scores with a shot to the side of Stanford's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stanford is trying to drag Lloyd to the mat but Lloyd just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lloyd misses with a punch to the body.
Lloyd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stanford can do to turn this around?
Lloyd misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Stanford takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lloyd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanford's elbow.
Lloyd has a couple of punches blocked by Stanford.
Lloyd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Stanford.
Lloyd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Lloyd.
Stanford has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lloyd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Stanford can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Lloyd scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stanford is trying to break the clinch but Lloyd is controlling him.
Lloyd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lloyd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
John Lloyd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lloyd misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Lloyd.
Stanford is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Lloyd.
Lloyd lands a right hand.
Lloyd throws a punch but it's blocked by Stanford.
Stanford drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lloyd pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lloyd takes a swing at Stanford's ribcage but misses.
Stanford blocks a jab.
Lloyd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lloyd looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanford is just out of range.
Stanford looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lloyd is fending him off so far but Stanford persists. Nope, Lloyd circles away and we're back to standing.
Stanford tries for a takedown but Lloyd sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Stanford lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lloyd circles away quickly and effectively.
Lloyd forces Stanford back against the cage and clinches.
A shot in the inside from Lloyd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Stanford trying to control the position but instead, Lloyd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stanford into the cage.
Lloyd misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Lloyd working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lloyd scores with a shoulder strike.
Lloyd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lloyd lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Lloyd.
Lloyd scores with a shoulder strike.
Lloyd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stanford has Lloyd pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Lloyd manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Lloyd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stanford's elbow.
Lloyd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stanford backwards.
Stanford trying to control the position but instead, Lloyd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stanford into the cage.
Lloyd cracks Stanford with a nice body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Lloyd dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Stanford fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lloyd displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Stanford.
Lloyd swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lloyd walks into a straight right hand from Stanford.
Stanford shoots in looking for a takedown. Lloyd tries to sprawl out of it but Stanford keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lloyd manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Donk. Lloyd catches Stanford right on the button with a cross.
Lloyd misses with a jab, cross combination.
John Lloyd is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lloyd slaps away a takedown attempt from Stanford, before circling back to the center of the mat.
John Lloyd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Stanford.
Lloyd throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Stanford coming out on top.
Lloyd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanford manages to avoid it.
Lloyd pushes Stanford up against the cage in a clinch.
Lloyd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lloyd lands with a left to the head.
Lloyd works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stanford takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stanford is trying to stall.
Lloyd tries a body shot but Stanford blocks it.
Stanford trying to control the position but instead, Lloyd has worked for underhooks and has pushed Stanford into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd tries to work over Stanford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lloyd softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stanford misses with a body punch.
Lloyd lands a hook that snaps the head of Stanford backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lloyd.
Lloyd presses Stanford against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hand to the body from Lloyd.
Lloyd works on Stanford's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lloyd lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lloyd cracks Stanford with a nice body shot.
Lloyd lands a shoulder strike.
Lloyd works on Stanford's body with a couple of short punches.
Lloyd is working Stanford over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd lands a body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Lloyd.
Lloyd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stanford backwards.
Lloyd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lloyd lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stanford has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lloyd after a bit of a struggle.
Lloyd is leaning against Stanford and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Lloyd scores with a nice short uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lloyd lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lloyd gets through Stanford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lloyd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lloyd works on Stanford's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Lloyd on the inside.
Stanford is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lloyd lands a right hand.
Stanford is still on wobbly legs! Can Lloyd finish him?
Lloyd has a couple of punches blocked by Stanford.
Lloyd lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stanford or not.
Lloyd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stanford takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lloyd.
A right hook to the body lands for Lloyd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lloyd.
Lloyd unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Stanford! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lloyd is unloading with more strikes now! Stanford drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Lloyd!
John Lloyd took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'why did you even take this fight?'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marin Pivchy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karlos Kondiitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pivchy comes to the cage accompanied by Cowboys from hell. Kondiitti has chosen Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Hei Scully as his entrance music. Marin Pivchy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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192 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marin Pivchy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Karlos Kondiitti!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kondiitti moves into the clinch.
Kondiitti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kondiitti closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kondiitti landing knees to the head.
Kondiitti misses with an elbow strike.
The referee calls for Kondiitti to work.
Kondiitti continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Kondiitti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pivchy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pivchy is breathing heavily.
Kondiitti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kondiitti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kondiitti crunches a lovely knee into Pivchy's ribcage.
Kondiitti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kondiitti scores a nice knee to the body.
Kondiitti has Pivchy pressed against the cage.
Kondiitti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pivchy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kondiitti connects with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pivchy blocks it with crossed arms.
Kondiitti with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pivchy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kondiitti avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kondiitti landing knees to the body.
Kondiitti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kondiitti manages to break the clinch.
Kondiitti clinches up against the cage.
Kondiitti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks with his arms.
Kondiitti turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Kondiitti manages to end up in side control.
Kondiitti has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Kondiitti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kondiitti clinches.
Pivchy has Kondiitti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kondiitti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pivchy takes an elbow to the temple.
Kondiitti tries a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks it.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks with his arms.
Kondiitti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pivchy's face.
Pivchy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pivchy tries to score a body lock takedown but Kondiitti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kondiitti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kondiitti dives in for a single leg takedown but Pivchy sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kondiitti moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kondiitti shoots in but Pivchy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kondiitti tries to clinch
and Pivchy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Pivchy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pivchy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pivchy tries to pass to full mount but Kondiitti defends it.
Pivchy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pivchy in particular looking to stall.
Pivchy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Pivchy works his way into side control.
Kondiitti wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Pivchy looking to control but instead Kondiitti has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karlos Kondiitti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kondiitti rushes Pivchy and presses him up against the cage.
Kondiitti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pivchy is looking to take this one to the mat.
Kondiitti breaks the clinch.
Marin Pivchy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A right-left combo lands from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti moves into the clinch.
Pivchy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kondiitti walks away with a smile on his face. Pivchy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kondiitti wants to clinch up but Pivchy keeps it at a distance.
Kondiitti lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kondiitti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kondiitti clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kondiitti's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pivchy swats away the attempt to clinch by Kondiitti.
Pivchy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kondiitti gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pivchy is pressed up against the cage. Kondiitti has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pivchy down to the mat. Pivchy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Kondiitti as Pivchy shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kondiitti closes the distance and clinches.
Kondiitti landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kondiitti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pivchy.
Kondiitti crunches a lovely knee into Pivchy's ribcage.
Pivchy goes for a takedown attempt but Kondiitti pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kondiitti throws a series of punches but Pivchy moves out of range.
Pivchy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kondiitti.
Pivchy tries to clinch up.
Kondiitti is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kondiitti clinches with his opponent.
Kondiitti misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pivchy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kondiitti gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pivchy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Kondiitti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kondiitti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kondiitti is working Pivchy over against the cage.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kondiitti looking to throw knees to the head but Pivchy is blocking nicely.
Kondiitti tries a knee to the head but Pivchy blocks it.
Kondiitti misses with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti landing knees to the head.
Kondiitti connects with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good work by Pivchy as he checks the leg kick.
Kondiitti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pivchy, pushing him back against the cage.
Pivchy tries to break free but Kondiitti pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pivchy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kondiitti to keep the fight standing.
Kondiitti lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kondiitti lands a knee to the body.
Kondiitti missing with knees to the body.
Kondiitti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pivchy blocks it with crossed arms.
Pivchy has had enough of the clinch but Kondiitti keeps him there for the moment.
Pivchy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kondiitti walks away with a smile on his face. Pivchy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pivchy shoots in looking for a takedown. Kondiitti tries to sprawl out of it but Pivchy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kondiitti manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice combination there by Kondiitti.
Pivchy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kondiitti was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Kondiitti or perhaps it was just good defense by Pivchy, which made it look bad.
Kondiitti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kondiitti breaks the clinch.
Pivchy darts in looking for a takedown but Kondiitti gets double underhooks and turns Pivchy into the cage.
Karlos Kondiitti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kondiitti buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pivchy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kondiitti. Kondiitti obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pivchy shoots in and gets a takedown into Kondiitti's guard.
Kondiitti seems keen to control Pivchy's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karlos Kondiitti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A combination from Kondiitti does no damage.
Kondiitti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice sprawl there from Kondiitti as Pivchy shoots in.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kondiitti with a knee to the head.
Kondiitti looking to throw knees to the head but Pivchy is blocking nicely.
Pivchy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kondiitti smiles and moves away.
Kondiitti moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pivchy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pivchy is trying to control. Kondiitti wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kondiitti is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Pivchy jumps into side control!
Pivchy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kondiitti is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pivchy trying to control the action but Kondiitti is working from the bottom.
Kondiitti is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pivchy asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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.
You can see the frustration on Kondiitti's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Kondiitti is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pivchy asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kondiitti wants to slow Pivchy down by chopping away at his legs.
Kondiitti shoots in for a double leg but Pivchy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pivchy is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kondiitti.
Kondiitti clinches.
Kondiitti'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.
Pivchy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Kondiitti pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marin Pivchy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kondiitti shoots in and drives through. Pivchy sprawls well.
Pivchy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kondiitti as he jumps to the side.
Pivchy fails with the takedown.
Karlos Kondiitti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pivchy fails with a takedown attempt.
Pivchy backing away here, and Kondiitti unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kondiitti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pivchy shoots in for a takedown but Kondiitti shows good takedown defense.
Kondiitti clinches with his opponent.
Kondiitti pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kondiitti gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kondiitti - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pivchy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kondiitti dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kondiitti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kondiitti breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kondiitti.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kondiitti clinches up with Pivchy and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kondiitti manages to break the clinch.
Marin Pivchy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kondiitti clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Karlos Kondiitti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Kondiitti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karlos Kondiitti!
Karlos Kondiitti thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Marin Pivchy was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck it '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Tossgrove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Dick could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Carl Tossgrove's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Dick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Tossgrove!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tossgrove lands a nice hook to Dick's body. Dick takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dick slips a jab and a cross from Tossgrove.
Tossgrove scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tossgrove lands a jab-cross combination.
Tossgrove swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dick with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tossgrove to score with a decent uppercut.
Tossgrove throws a series of punches but Dick moves out of range.
Tossgrove throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tossgrove throws a lazy uppercut
and Dick holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tossgrove's efforts to push away.
Tossgrove's coach down at Soul Supremacy - UK was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Tossgrove's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A frustrated look appears on Tossgrove's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Dick keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tossgrove's efforts to push away.
Tossgrove is pressed up against the cage. Dick has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tossgrove down to the mat. Tossgrove avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tossgrove misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tossgrove throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dick counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dick.
Dick tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tossgrove stops a takedown attempt from Dick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Dick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tossgrove is looking to break free of the clinch but Dick has double underhooks.
Tossgrove escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dick shoots in looking for a takedown but Tossgrove manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dick's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tossgrove throws a jab when Dick was well out of range.
Tossgrove sizes up Dick with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tossgrove lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dick is rocked!
Dick gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Tossgrove gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Tossgrove!
After the fight, Carl Tossgrove was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Niklas Backstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asa Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Asa Sharp has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Niklas Backstrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Asa Sharp!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Backstrom looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sharp bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Backstrom's head.
A jab from Sharp does it's job there.
Sharp shoots in but Backstrom avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sharp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Backstrom misses its target.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Backstrom was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Backstrom appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sharp's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sharp duly obliges.
Backstrom is rocked!
Nice sprawl there from Backstrom as Sharp shoots in.
It looked like Backstrom was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sharp takes a swing at Backstrom's ribcage but misses.
Sharp throws a good cross that connects.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sharp misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Backstrom counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Sharp is looking for a sweep. Backstrom is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sharp has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Backstrom is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Backstrom is working for a kimura but Sharp is defending it quite comfortably.
Backstrom is thwarting Sharp's attempts to control the position.
Sharp is looking for a sweep. Backstrom is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sharp wants to control the action here but instead Backstrom manages to pass to full mount!
Backstrom will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Backstrom landing strikes, looking to finish!
Backstrom sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Sharp really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Backstrom controlling the pace for now.
Sharp tries to lock up and control but Backstrom gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Backstrom is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Sharp to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Sharp shrugs it off.
Sharp is working to get back to half guard.
Backstrom has hold of Sharp's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Sharp manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Backstrom with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Sharp is working to get back to half guard.
Backstrom looking to control but Sharp is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Backstrom prevents Sharp from getting the reversal.
Sharp regains half guard.
Backstrom not doing much here.
Sharp is defending against the submission attempts here by Backstrom.
Sharp is looking to escape.
Backstrom is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sharp actively working from the bottom here.
Sharp is pressing down on Backstrom's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Backstrom can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Backstrom not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sharp is looking for a triangle but Backstrom pushes his legs off easily.
Backstrom with a flurry of punches that miss.
Backstrom trying to control but Sharp is working from the bottom.
Backstrom postures up.
Sharp has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Backstrom can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Backstrom won't allow Sharp to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Niklas Backstrom will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sharp lands with a hook. Backstrom tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Sharp misses.
Backstrom jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Sharp scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Backstrom doesn't seem bothered though.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Backstrom was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Backstrom feinted with a counter takedown.
Sharp is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Backstrom rather than just go for the knockout.
Backstrom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Backstrom is looking for a counter combo.
Backstrom displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sharp throws out the jab.
Sharp ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Backstrom moves away.
Backstrom changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Sharp throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Backstrom changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sharp tries to avoid it but Backstrom manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sharp to the ground. Sharp escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown but Backstrom shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Asa Sharp seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp fails with a takedown attempt.
Backstrom throws a big counter combination but Sharp scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sharp shoots for a takedown but Backstrom saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Niklas Backstrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Asa Sharp.
Backstrom defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sharp.
Sharp misses with a jab to the body
and Backstrom makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sharp misses with a takedown attempt
and Backstrom counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Backstrom passes Sharp's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Backstrom is looking to take a break and control but Sharp is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sharp looks like he's trying to stand up.
Sharp is defending against the submission attempts here by Backstrom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp trying to get back to full guard but Backstrom takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Sharp keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Backstrom can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sharp is looking to escape.
Backstrom controlling his opponent.
Sharp is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Niklas Backstrom overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sharp bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp got a little sloppy there for a moment and Backstrom has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sharp has managed to get both his arms back between Backstrom's legs - danger averted.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Backstrom not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Backstrom keeping moving, preventing Sharp from controlling successfully.
Backstrom looking for a sweep. Not yet Backstrom, not yet.
Sharp advances position into side control!
Backstrom is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sharp off and has taken his back!
Sharp is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Backstrom is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Sharp is defending well though. Backstrom let's go of the attempt for now.
Backstrom working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Sharp is doing well to defend. Backstrom seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Sharp is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Niklas Backstrom!
In defeat, Asa Sharp stepped up to the mic, saying 'First, I want to give all praise to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I also want to thank all my fans for your support!!!I will get better form this. I will be back!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Makoto Nagano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Makoto Nagano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Samuel Duke!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagano throws a hook but Duke blocks it.
Nagano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ford Lane Fight Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Duke misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Nagano misses the target.
Nagano throws a hook to the side of Duke's head but Duke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nagano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Duke as he avoids it easily.
Duke tries to counter by closing the distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duke tries to bum rush Nagano with a series of wild strikes but Nagano uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nagano shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Duke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nagano.
Duke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nagano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A jab from Nagano misses.
Nagano closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Nagano lands in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duke working a defensive guard here.
Nagano thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagano postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Duke is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Nagano, into his guard.
Duke is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Nagano has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Duke is looking to defend but Nagano has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Duke! Nagano pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Duke taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Makoto Nagano!
Makoto Nagano thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Lu Da Concei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalle Palikka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Concei comes to the cage accompanied by O que é, O que é?. Ronaldo Lu Da Concei could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kalle Palikka's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronaldo Lu Da Concei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kalle Palikka!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palikka misses with a hook. Da Concei ducked under it nicely.
Da Concei misses with a series of wild punches.
Palikka walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Palikka closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Da Concei's guard.
Da Concei trying to keep a closed guard but Palikka is proving a slippery customer.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Palikka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palikka wants to control from the top but Da Concei keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Concei manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Palikka manages to get himself to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Concei trying to control the position from guard on top but Palikka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palikka lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Palikka wants to pass the guard but Da Concei is keeping the position.
Palikka is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Palikka's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Palikka trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Da Concei keeping moving, preventing Palikka from controlling successfully.
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 big thud reverberates around the arena there as Palikka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palikka stopping the sweep attempt from Da Concei.
Da Concei trying to control the position.
Da Concei keeping full guard, as Palikka tries to pass.
Da Concei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Da Concei throws a head kick but Palikka moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Palikka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Palikka lands a jab to the nose.
Palikka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palikka throws an overhand right that lands on Da Concei's shoulder, as Da Concei tries to avoid the shot.
Da Concei seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A telegraphed right hand from Da Concei misses the target.
Palikka cracks Da Concei with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Palikka misses with a straight left.
A leg kick checked by Palikka.
Palikka staying out of range there.
Da Concei attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good exchange - Palikka coming out on top.
Palikka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Da Concei.
Palikka avoids the body shot from Da Concei.
Da Concei slaps away a takedown attempt from Palikka, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Palikka lands a jab to the head.
Palikka moves away from the strike by Da Concei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palikka digs a good body shot into Da Concei's ribs.
Palikka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Da Concei throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Palikka.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Concei explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Da Concei connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Da Concei looks for a takedown but Palikka sprawls well.
Palikka steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Da Concei.
Da Concei dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Palikka. That did some damage!
Da Concei misses with a takedown attempt
and Palikka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Palikka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Da Concei.
Palikka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Da Concei uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palikka.
Palikka lands a nice hook to Da Concei's body. Da Concei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalle Palikka dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A jab from Da Concei finds it's way through Palikka's defenses.
Palikka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Concei moves away.
Da Concei throws a head kick that Palikka semi-blocks.
Palikka shoots in for a takedown but Da Concei shows good takedown defense.
Da Concei misses with an uppercut.
Da Concei's jab looks to have found its range, popping Palikka under the eye.
Da Concei wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Da Concei.
Da Concei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Concei throws a hook but Palikka avoids it easily.
Palikka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Concei manages to avoid it.
Palikka with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Da Concei.
Da Concei throws a front kick that sends Palikka stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palikka misses with an uppercut. Da Concei saw that one coming.
Da Concei is looking to counter punch.
Palikka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palikka shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Da Concei as he avoids it easily.
Da Concei tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palikka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ronaldo Lu Da Concei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kalle Palikka.
Da Concei thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palikka is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Palikka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Da Concei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Palikka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Palikka thuds his right hand into Da Concei's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Da Concei moves forwards but Palikka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Da Concei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Palikka in his tracks.
Palikka goes for a double leg but Da Concei avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Da Concei continues to drive forward.
Da Concei jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Palikka is trying to maintain a safe position but Da Concei gets an underhook and turns Palikka into the cage.
Da Concei is looking to control Palikka's arms but Palikka gets an underhook and turns him. Now Da Concei has his back to the cage.
Palikka drags the fight down to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Concei looking to sit in guard and control but Palikka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palikka wants to pass the guard but Da Concei is keeping the position.
Palikka trying to control but Da Concei is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palikka is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Concei has wrist control.
Da Concei is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Da Concei lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palikka is looking for a sweep. Da Concei is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Palikka looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Palikka actively working from the bottom here.
Da Concei scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Da Concei wants to control but Palikka is keeping him busy.
Da Concei not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Da Concei missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Palikka manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Da Concei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Palikka swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Palikka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Palikka working for a triangle but Da Concei defends it easily.
Da Concei pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Palikka is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronaldo Lu Da Concei dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Da Concei cracks Palikka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Da Concei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Palikka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Concei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palikka does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Palikka moves out of range of the strikes.
Palikka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ronaldo Lu Da Concei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palikka takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Palikka misses with a double jab.
Palikka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Da Concei moves away.
Palikka misses with an uppercut.
Da Concei swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Palikka there.
Palikka looks to throw the jab but Da Concei is out of range.
Da Concei scores with a body shot.
Palikka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Palikka! But no joy.
Da Concei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palikka throws a body punch but Da Concei moves out of range.
It looked like Da Concei wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Palikka throws a lazy right hand but Da Concei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Da Concei defending well as Palikka loads up on a big left hand.
Da Concei swings away with a body shot that misses
and Palikka counters with a nice uppercut.
Palikka throws a head kick that misses.
Da Concei tries a low kick but Palikka avoids it.
Palikka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Palikka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Da Concei sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circling - Palikka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Da Concei lands a right hook to the body.
Da Concei plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Da Concei attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Palikka misses with a looping left.
Some wild striking there from Da Concei.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Concei throws a low kick but it's checked well by Palikka.
Palikka ducks under a wild hook from Da Concei.
Palikka missing with a left hand there. Da Concei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Da Concei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palikka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Da Concei tries to counter by clinching up but Palikka breaks away and moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Da Concei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palikka lands a head shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Da Concei.
Palikka avoids the body shot from Da Concei.
Palikka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Da Concei.
Da Concei takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palikka moves away from the strike by Da Concei.
Da Concei misses with a leg kick
and Palikka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ronaldo Lu Da Concei is winning the standup battle so far.
Palikka misses with a right hand
and Da Concei counters with a good, hard body kick but Palikka shrugs it off.
Palikka avoids the body shot from Da Concei.
Palikka lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Da Concei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Concei tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Palikka is able to avoid easily.
Da Concei shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Palikka sprawls well. Palikka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Da Concei gets slowly back to his feet.
Palikka throws out a counter right but Da Concei avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Da Concei.
Jab by Da Concei.
Palikka blocks a jab.
Palikka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Da Concei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Da Concei.
Da Concei lands with a shot 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!
Palikka misses with a looping right.
Palikka throws a big shot that misses.
Palikka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palikka looks to land a right hand but Da Concei moved out of range.
Da Concei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Palikka.
Palikka throws a body kick that misses.
Palikka throws a shot to the body.
Da Concei looking to score a takedown here. Palikka is defending well but Da Concei drives through and ends up in Palikka's guard.
Da Concei is fighting to break Palikka's control of his arms but Palikka is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Da Concei postures up and lands a big shot to Palikka's brow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ronaldo Lu Da Concei showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Da Concei has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronaldo Lu Da Concei!
An out of breath Ronaldo Lu Da Concei thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kagen Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sveddi Tonn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kagen Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sveddi Tonn!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knight doesn't seem bothered though.
Tonn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tonn swings widly with a right hand
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
A short right from Tonn on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tonn.
Tonn trying to control the position but instead, Knight has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tonn into the cage.
Tonn tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tonn lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tonn fails to land.
Tonn struggles to land a body shot inside as Knight controls his hands.
Knight struggles to land a body shot inside as Tonn controls his hands.
Knight misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Tonn.
Tonn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knight lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tonn backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight pushes Tonn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A body shot lands from Knight.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Tonn prevents a body shot from Knight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight can't find room to land a body shot as Tonn controls the action.
Tonn struggles to land a body shot inside as Knight controls his hands.
Tonn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Knight lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
Nice body punch from Knight - that landed with a thud.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tonn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tonn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tonn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knight prevents a body shot from Tonn.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
Tonn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Knight seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tonn can turn it around.
Tonn slowing the pace effectively.
Knight struggles to land a body shot inside as Tonn controls his hands.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Tonn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Knight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tonn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tonn.
Tonn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tonn swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tonn lands with a light punch inside.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tonn can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Tonn pushes Knight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tonn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knight tries to break free but Tonn pushes him back against the cage.
Tonn misses with a body punch.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
Tonn tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tonn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to break free but Tonn pushes him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Knight.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Tonn.
Tonn misses with a punch to the body.
Knight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tonn tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight misses with a body punch.
Tonn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tonn looking to stall.
Knight lands an uppercut.
Tonn tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Tonn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tonn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Tonn is controlling him.
Tonn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tonn trying to stall but Knight improves his position.
Tonn prevents a body shot from Knight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight gets through Tonn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight misses with a punch to the body.
Knight blocks a body shot from Tonn.
Tonn lands an uppercut.
Tonn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tonn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tonn.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tonn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Tonn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Tonn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Tonn's head.
Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tonn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knight shoots and misses
and Tonn counters with a stiff right hand.
Knight is rocked!
Tonn connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sveddi Tonn will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Knight misses with an uppercut
and Tonn counters by clinching up.
Oh Knight is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knight is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tonn to keep the fight standing.
Knight seems to have got his legs back now.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Tonn.
Knight lands a right hand.
Tonn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tonn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tonn lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Tonn.
Tonn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tonn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tonn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tonn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Tonn.
Tonn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Tonn.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Knight bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tonn's head.
Tonn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knight changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Tonn ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight thows a leg kick but Tonn checks it
and Tonn scores with a counter punch that sends Knight to the canvas! Tonn smells blood - he's punishing Knight with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Knight has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sveddi Tonn!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao Paulo Filho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chan Sung Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joao Paulo Filho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chan Sung Aoki!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki closes the distance and clinches.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki breaks from the clinch.
Filho takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Aoki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Filho if he has to take too many more of those.
Filho looks to land a right hand but Aoki moved out of range.
Aoki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aoki stuffs the takedown attempt from Filho. Filho gets slowly back to his feet.
Aoki keeps the fight on the outside.
Aoki looks to land a combination but Filho avoids it well.
Aoki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Filho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filho throws a leg kick
letting Aoki counter with a right hand.
Joao Paulo Filho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Filho shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Aoki as he avoids it easily.
Filho misses with a looping right.
Filho digs a good hook to Aoki's body.
Filho throws a leg kick but Aoki checks it.
Aoki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki blocks a leg kick.
We've been hearing reports that Filho has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Filho throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aoki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Filho ducks under a wild hook from Aoki.
Filho moves in looking to clinch but Aoki pushes him off.
Filho throws a body punch but Aoki moves out of range.
Aoki avoids the body shot from Filho.
Aoki thinks about the counter body kick.
Filho catches Aoki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Aoki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Filho.
Aoki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Filho walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Aoki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Aoki clinches.
Filho lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aoki or not.
Filho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Filho misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho scores with a shoulder strike.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki tries to land a front kick but Filho steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Filho tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Aoki manages to circle out of the way.
Aoki looks to land a body kick but Filho moved away.
Filho throws the kick towards the body but Aoki avoids it.
Aoki throws a body punch but Filho moves out of range.
Filho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Filho takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Chan Sung Aoki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Filho moves out of range easily.
Filho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Filho is looking to score with low kicks.
Filho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Aoki defending well as Filho loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filho.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Filho blocks a body shot from Aoki.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Filho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Aoki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho blocks an uppercut.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Filho lands a hook that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filho blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Filho fails to land.
Filho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Filho throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aoki blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Filho.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Filho fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Filho misses with some punches.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Filho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Aoki backwards.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Aoki.
Aoki working aggressively here.
Filho tries to throw a body punch but Aoki avoids it by throwing Filho back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Joao Paulo Filho will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Filho takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Filho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Aoki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Filho on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Aoki throws a lazy uppercut
and Filho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Chan Sung Aoki has been cut.
Filho tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Aoki moves out of range of the strikes.
Aoki throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Aoki scores with a jab. Filho acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Filho stuns Aoki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filho tries for a takedown but Aoki circles away easily
and Aoki counters by moving into the clinch.
Joao Paulo Filho has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Aoki misses with some punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Aoki in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Filho misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Filho.
Filho lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Filho as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Filhos head.
Filho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Aoki as the two fighters clinch.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Filho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Filho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Filho.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Filho manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Aoki on his heels. He'll look to pass Aoki's guard now, I'm sure.
Filho pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Aoki is keeping the position for now.
Filho passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Filho uses his free foot to push down on Aoki's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Aoki.
Aoki tries to hold on but Filho postures up.
Filho trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filho avoids the attempt from Aoki to control.
Aoki is looking to improve his position but Filho isn't that keen on the idea.
Aoki blocking the ground and pound.
Aoki wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Filho.
Aoki holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Filho tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Aoki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filho misses with some ground and pound and Aoki recovers position to half guard.
Filho seems to be working for a kimura but Aoki defends the submission attempt.
Aoki manages to get to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Filho accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Filho stands and throws Aoki's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao Paulo Filho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chan Sung Aoki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Good work by Aoki as he checks the leg kick.
Filho misses with a lunging right hand
and Aoki counters with a low kick, right behind Filho 's knee.
Filho throws a series of punches but Aoki avoids them all with ease.
A left lands for Aoki.
Jab by Filho.
Aoki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Filho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Aoki's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Filho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Aoki scrambles back to his feet.
Aoki has Filho up against the cage in a clinch.
Aoki pushes Filho back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki presses Filho against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Filho misses with the head strike.
Filho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Filho fails to land.
Filho misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki digs a right hand underneath Filho's ribcage. Filho let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho lands a nice uppercut.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Filho prevents a body shot from Aoki.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Filho.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Aoki.
Aoki lands a shoulder strike.
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Filho.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho working aggressively here.
Filho throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Chan Sung Aoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Filho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Filho tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
Aoki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Aoki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Filho.
Aoki scores with a shoulder strike.
Filho tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
Filho has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Filho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aoki's elbow.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filho tries a body shot but Aoki blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Filho.
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Filho has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki cracks Filho with a nice body shot.
Filho misses with some punches.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Filho controls the action.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Filho blocks a body shot from Aoki.
A body shot lands from Aoki.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Aoki.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Filho.
Filho throws a head punch that misses.
Filho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aoki lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Filho.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Filho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki scores with a shot to the side of Filho's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Aoki fails to land.
Aoki blocks an uppercut.
Filho lands with a short shot to the head.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Filho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filho misses with a punch on the inside.
Filho working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A left hand lands to the body for Aoki.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Filho.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Chan Sung Aoki.
I think Filho has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao Paulo Filho!
Joao Paulo Filho spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Kraken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Iron Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Iron Tyson's choice of entrance music: Baha Men-Holla. Shogun Iron Tyson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jack Kraken's chin.
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Excellent MT
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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
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Kraken!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shogun Iron Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kraken keeps the fight on the outside.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up but Kraken circles away and keeps his distance.
Iron Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch there but Kraken circles away.
Iron Tyson is looking to clinch but Kraken is avoiding it.
Kraken misses the shot to the body.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch there but Kraken circles away.
Kraken connects with a solid leg kick.
Iron Tyson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kraken misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Iron Tyson.
Kraken lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kraken is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Iron Tyson is keeping busy.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kraken blocking some punches.
Kraken blocks an uppercut.
Kraken pushes Iron Tyson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Iron Tyson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kraken backwards.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson has a couple of punches blocked by Kraken.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraken wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Iron Tyson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kraken seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Iron Tyson can turn it around.
Iron Tyson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Krakens head.
Kraken lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Iron Tyson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kraken.
Iron Tyson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kraken.
Iron Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraken blocks an uppercut.
Kraken tries to work over Iron Tyson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson blocking some punches.
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!
Kraken breaks the clinch.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kraken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kraken connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Iron Tyson closes the distance and clinches.
Kraken stalling the fight.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Kraken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Iron Tyson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Iron Tyson wants to clinch up but Kraken keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Kraken finds it's way through Iron Tyson's defenses.
Kraken throws a looping overhand right but Iron Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Iron Tyson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kraken, pushing him back against the cage.
Kraken has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Iron Tyson clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Iron Tyson covers up after that shot from Kraken.
Iron Tyson is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraken throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Iron Tyson moves into the clinch.
Kraken blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Kraken scores with a nice short uppercut.
Iron Tyson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kraken.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kraken misses with a body punch.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Iron Tyson misses with some punches.
Iron Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Iron Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kraken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kraken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Iron Tyson's elbow.
Still in the clinch, Iron Tyson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Kraken throws a punch but it's blocked by Iron Tyson.
Kraken lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Iron Tyson.
Kraken misses with a hook from the clinch.
Iron Tyson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Kraken blocking some punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson working aggressively here.
Kraken lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Iron Tyson backwards.
Kraken misses with the head strike.
Kraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Iron Tyson misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Kraken fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kraken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Iron Tyson fails to land.
Iron Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Iron Tyson.
Kraken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jack Kraken will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Iron Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kraken gets tackled into the cage by Iron Tyson. Iron Tyson maintains the clinch.
Iron Tyson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
A short right from Iron Tyson on the inside.
Kraken breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Kraken catches Iron Tyson right on the button with a cross.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch but Kraken is having none of it.
Iron Tyson checks a low kick from Kraken.
Iron Tyson doesn't manage to clinch there - Kraken circles away.
Kraken scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Kraken. That snapped Iron Tyson's head back.
Iron Tyson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Iron Tyson with the counter takedown but Kraken avoids it easily.
Iron Tyson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jack Kraken is winning the standup battle so far.
Iron Tyson clinches.
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!
Iron Tyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Kraken misses with a punch to the body.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken misses with some punches.
Kraken lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Iron Tyson or not.
Kraken scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Kraken.
Kraken blocking some punches.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Iron Tyson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kraken.
Kraken lands a right hand that snaps the head of Iron Tyson backwards.
Kraken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kraken blocking some punches.
Kraken tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Iron Tyson fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
Kraken can't find room to land a body shot as Iron Tyson controls the action.
Kraken misses with a punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
Iron Tyson prevents a body shot from Kraken.
Iron Tyson lands a shoulder strike.
Kraken lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kraken has a couple of punches blocked by Iron Tyson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kraken drops down looking for an ankle pick but Iron Tyson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Kraken connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kraken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kraken scores with a decent looking hook.
Kraken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kraken fires out a quick counter leg kick but Iron Tyson just manages to avoid it.
Kraken tries a head kick but it misses.
Iron Tyson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kraken manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kraken does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kraken counters with a nice double leg into side control. Iron Tyson won't be happy with that.
Iron Tyson is pushing Kraken's head away, looking to escape. Kraken manages to hold on to the position though.
Kraken scoring with punches and elbows.
Kraken looking to control but instead Iron Tyson has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Kraken with the ground and pound but Iron Tyson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraken trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kraken postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kraken trying to control the position from guard on top but Iron Tyson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Iron Tyson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kraken trying to control but Iron Tyson is working from the bottom.
Kraken missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kraken is looking to work some ground and pound but Iron Tyson has wrist control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
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.
Iron Tyson needs to keep his hands up - Kraken had a free shot at his head there.
Shogun Iron Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Iron Tyson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kraken misses the shot to the body.
Kraken connects with a leg kick. Iron Tyson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Iron Tyson has Kraken up against the cage in a clinch.
Kraken lands a shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Iron Tyson as Kraken tries to tie him up.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Iron Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kraken lands a left hand that snaps the head of Iron Tyson backwards.
Shogun Iron Tyson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kraken is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Iron Tyson can do to turn this around?
Kraken blocks an uppercut.
Kraken lands a body punch.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Kraken dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Kraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Iron Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kraken paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kraken scores with the left hand. Iron Tyson knows he should have avoided that one.
No luck for Kraken with that takedown attempt.
Kraken throws a looping overhand right but Iron Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Kraken avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Iron Tyson moves into range and clinches up with Kraken.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraken blocks an uppercut.
Kraken misses with a punch on the inside.
Kraken pushes Iron Tyson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iron Tyson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kraken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kraken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Iron Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Iron Tyson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kraken tries a body shot but Iron Tyson blocks it.
Kraken misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kraken.
Kraken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Iron Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
Iron Tyson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Iron Tyson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kraken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Iron Tyson throws a head punch that misses.
Iron Tyson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kraken.
Iron Tyson prevents a body shot from Kraken.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kraken has Iron Tyson pressed against the cage.
Iron Tyson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shogun Iron Tyson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Kraken.
Iron Tyson working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
Kraken scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Iron Tyson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kraken blocking some punches.
Iron Tyson lands a nice uppercut.
Iron Tyson blocking some punches.
Kraken tries to throw a body punch but Iron Tyson avoids it by throwing Kraken back against the cage.
Iron Tyson has a couple of punches blocked by Kraken.
Iron Tyson working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Iron Tyson fails to land.
Kraken misses with a body punch.
Iron Tyson misses with some punches.
Iron Tyson has a couple of punches blocked by Kraken.
Kraken swings wildly with an uppercut but Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kraken misses with a punch to the body.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kraken misses with a body punch.
Iron Tyson working aggressively here.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kraken lands with a short shot to the head.
Iron Tyson working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kraken has a couple of punches blocked by Iron Tyson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kraken.
Iron Tyson misses with the head strike.
Kraken working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kraken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Kraken.
Kraken is working Iron Tyson over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Iron Tyson.
A shot in the inside from Kraken.
A right hand to the body from Kraken.
Iron Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kraken manages to break the clinch.
Shogun Iron Tyson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Kraken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Iron Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kraken swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kraken dips to his left and cracks Iron Tyson with an uppercut!
Kraken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kraken connects with a single shot there.
Iron Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Iron Tyson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kraken connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Iron Tyson wants to clinch
and Kraken counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Iron Tyson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kraken with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Kraken showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kraken, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Kraken!
A relieved looking Jack Kraken thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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