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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel McHughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryan's entrance music is Flight of the Valkyries. A fine choice. McHughes has chosen Welcome To My Hood as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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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
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nigel McHughes!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McHughes moves out of range of the body kick from Bryan.
Bryan gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Bryan throws a leg kick
and McHughes counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Daniel Bryan has been cut.
Bryan takes a swing at McHughes's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like McHughes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bryan closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Bryan takes a swing at McHughes's ribcage but misses.
McHughes doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bryan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McHughes thuds a left hand into Bryan's body.
Bryan throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling McHughes to counter with a crisp jab.
Bryan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McHughes has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Bryan is landing a low percentage of strikes.
McHughes scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McHughes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bryan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Bryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryan throws a leg kick
and McHughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bryan thinking.
McHughes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. McHughes showed some decent athleticism there.
McHughes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McHughes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bryan defends it well.
Bryan wants to improve his position but McHughes is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes wants to free his trapped foot but Bryan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
McHughes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
McHughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bryan defending well though.
Bryan trying to hold on to McHughes's head to control him but McHughes postures up.
McHughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bryan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McHughes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bryan defending well though.
Bryan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McHughes.
Bryan moves into full guard.
McHughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes wants to pass the guard but Bryan is keeping the position.
McHughes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bryan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
McHughes tries to get to full guard but Bryan has control of the leg.
Bryan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHughes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
McHughes managing to control the position.
McHughes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
McHughes wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Bryan is now in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
McHughes throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
McHughes is trying to maintain the position but Bryan is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nigel McHughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Bryan's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McHughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bryan.
Daniel Bryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bryan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McHughes defends well and Bryan ends up having to push McHughes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bryan motions for McHughes to come forward. Bryan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bryan, right into the meat.
Bryan moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McHughes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bryan.
McHughes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bryan did well to prevent McHughes getting side control.
Bryan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McHughes's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McHughes's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bryan is hanging on to McHughes's back as he tries to escape.
McHughes trying to control the action but Bryan just sinks the hooks in.
McHughes is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan is trying to stick to McHughes's back but McHughes is turning into Bryan. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Bryan's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by McHughes.
Bryan is trying to keep McHughes in close.
McHughes trying to control but Bryan is working from the bottom.
McHughes wants to pass the guard but Bryan is keeping the position.
Bryan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. McHughes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
McHughes is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McHughes wants to pass the guard but Bryan is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes is working Bryan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McHughes wants to control from the top but Bryan keeps moving.
McHughes pushing down on Bryan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
McHughes is looking to advance position but Bryan won't allow it.
Bryan wants to get back to full guard.
McHughes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bryan keeps working.
McHughes tries to pass to full mount but Bryan defends it.
McHughes wants to stand up but Bryan has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes trying to mount his opponent but Bryan defends it.
Bryan is trying to maintain the position but McHughes is very close to passing his half guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
McHughes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bryan regains full guard. Nicely done.
McHughes wants to control from the top but Bryan keeps moving.
McHughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McHughes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bryan feints and then cracks McHughes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McHughes down.
Bryan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McHughes throws a body shot but no joy.
Bryan misses with a hook to the body
and McHughes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bryan throws out a leg kick but McHughes moves out of range and Bryan only half commits.
Bryan throws a leg kick but McHughes moved away.
Bryan lands a nice looking body kick.
Bryan shoots and misses
and McHughes counters with a nice uppercut.
Bryan scores with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McHughes, as that shot connected.
Nigel McHughes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bryan throws a body punch but McHughes moves out of range.
McHughes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McHughes throws a big shot that misses.
Bryan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Daniel Bryan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Bryan's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Bryan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bryan throws a body shot but no joy.
McHughes is looking for the big counter here.
McHughes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bryan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but McHughes defends well and Bryan ends up having to push McHughes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McHughes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bryan throws a leg kick that is checked
and McHughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bryan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McHughes moves away.
Bryan fails with the takedown
and McHughes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bryan thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryan tries for a takedown but McHughes circles away easily
letting McHughes counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Bryan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bryan looks to throw a body kick
letting McHughes counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McHughes catches Bryan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab lands there for McHughes.
Good leg kick by Bryan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
McHughes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bryan.
McHughes moves out of range of the body kick.
McHughes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McHughes throws a counter combo.
McHughes lands the left hand.
Bryan is rocked!
McHughes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bryan doesn't seem bothered though.
McHughes misses with an uppercut.
Bryan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bryan tries to land a front kick but McHughes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McHughes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McHughes shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McHughes wants to pass to mount but Bryan is defending the position.
McHughes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bryan is refusing to be controlled, as McHughes sits in half guard.
McHughes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
McHughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Bryan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McHughes tries to pass to full mount but Bryan defends it.
McHughes wants to control but Bryan is keeping him busy.
Bryan trying to hold on to McHughes's head to control him but McHughes postures up.
Bryan is looking for a sweep. McHughes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
McHughes wants to take a breather but Bryan is having none of it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
McHughes wants to pass to mount but Bryan is defending the position.
Bryan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from McHughes.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Bryan throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and McHughes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bryan has his takedown stuffed
and McHughes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bryan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bryan throws a sloppy body shot
letting McHughes counter with a right hand.
Bryan fails with the takedown
and McHughes counters with a nice body shot.
McHughes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bryan is defended easily by McHughes.
McHughes ducks under a wild hook from Bryan.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel McHughes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McHughes has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nigel McHughes!
Nigel McHughes managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Walhalla Clothing + 10 % LAUNDRY, into his post fight interview.
Daniel Bryan spoke after the fight, saying 'NO! NO! NO! NO!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Gorden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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160 lbs
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151 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Heavy handed |
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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
15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Gorden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny White!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gorden throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters circling a little - White finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
White avoids the head kick by Gorden.
Gorden tries to work over White's front leg with a kick but White checks it.
Gorden checks a low kick from White.
Gorden seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
White swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
White has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorden wants a takedown.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.
Gorden gets underhooks to prevent White's takedown attempt.
White misses with a body punch.
Gorden blocks a body shot from White.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A low kick from White is predictable there
and Gorden counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gorden looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Gorden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on White. That did some damage!
White shoots in and drives through. Gorden sprawls well.
The fighters circling - Gorden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Despite the aggression on White's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gorden misses with a body punch
and White counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gorden thinking.
Gorden throws a head kick that misses.
White slips a jab from Gorden.
White is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
White will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jeff Gorden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny White.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gorden throws out the jab.
White gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for White to work.
White stalling in the clinch but Gorden improves position.
White scores a nice knee to the body.
Gorden dodges an elbow strike from White.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, White just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gorden's brow.
White with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gorden avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
White displaying some good clinch control by pressing Gorden up against the cage.
Gorden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gorden avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
White pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorden walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gorden lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and White has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from White and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
Gorden throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
Gorden fails with an attempt to clinch.
White displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gorden throws out the jab.
Gorden throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Gorden pulls out of a head kick attempt.
White gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Gorden.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gorden.
White takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Gorden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gorden thows a left - swing and a miss!
White with the counter takedown but Gorden avoids it easily.
White looks to land a body kick but Gorden moved away.
White throws a predictable looking body shot
and Gorden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gorden with a body shot.
White throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gorden was covering up waiting for the punch and White finishes the takedown easily into guard.
White controls from within his opponent's guard.
White must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gorden keeping moving, preventing White from controlling successfully.
Gorden is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Danny White will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
White closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gorden manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
White is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gorden gets back to full guard.
Gorden wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorden can't keep his opponent in guard - White advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gorden moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to control from the top but Gorden keeps moving.
Gorden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gorden can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as White controls the pace.
Gorden manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. White manages to get himself to full guard.
Gorden wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
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.
White has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gorden controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is trying to keep Gorden in close.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gorden misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White looking to score a takedown here. Gorden is defending well but White drives through and ends up in Gorden's guard.
Gorden is controlling White's posture.
Gorden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
White is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gorden's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gorden's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorden just trying to survive but White is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
White is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. White gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. White gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. White apologises and we restart here on the feet.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White cracks Gorden with a good jab.
White misses with a takedown attempt - Gorden sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
White takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
White misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by White. That's going to slow Gorden down.
Danny White is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice sprawl there from Gorden as White shoots in.
Gorden leaves White with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danny White showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
White tries to clinch but Gorden moves out of range.
Gorden throws a hook but White blocks it.
Gorden's corner calls for a 1-2. Gorden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gorden throws out a loose jab but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
White just misses with a punch to the body.
Gorden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by White.
White misses with a wild combination.
Gorden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gorden throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
White is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gorden rather than just go for the knockout.
White shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gorden as he jumps to the side.
It looked like Gorden was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from White.
Gorden works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorden throws a wild body kick that White sees coming a mile off.
Jeff Gorden is winning the standup battle so far.
Gorden throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
White fails to land with a series of punches.
Gorden is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jeff Gorden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gorden lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
Gorden works White's body with a nice hook.
Gorden throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gorden swats away the attempt to clinch by White.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Gorden finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
Gorden connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
White scores with a spinning back kick!
White shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Danny White is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorden throws a head kick but White moves out of range.
Gorden slips a jab and a cross from White.
Gorden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
White stops a takedown attempt from Gorden.
White'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.
Gorden looking to stall.
Gorden keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gorden avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
Gorden avoids the elbow strike from White, against the cage.
Gorden swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gorden stalling in the clinch but White improves position.
Gorden is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Gorden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gorden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gorden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
Gorden is looking to control White's arms but White gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gorden has his back to the cage.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gorden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gorden tries to pull guard but White forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Gorden swings wildly with an uppercut but White uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gorden lands with a left to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Gorden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny White!
A less than humble Danny White misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giordano Bruno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvatore Lucania (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bruno's entrance music is Preliator. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Giordano Bruno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Salvatore Lucania!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Lucania. Those never looked like landing.
Lucania lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Giordano Bruno has been cut.
Bruno throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lucania pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucania throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bruno counters with a right hand to the body.
Bruno buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lucania takes a swing at Bruno's ribcage but misses.
Lucania tries a head kick but it misses.
Bruno circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bruno counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bruno looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bruno takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruno.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruno fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lucania checks it well.
Lucania wants to land a leg kick but Bruno is out of range.
Lucania just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBruno.
Bruno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bruno blocks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lucania.
Salvatore Lucania seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno throws a body shot but no joy.
Giordano Bruno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruno misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bruno takes a swing at Lucania's ribcage but misses.
Lucania throws a low kick but Bruno avoids it.
Lucania throws a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bruno.
Bruno looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bruno clobbers Lucania with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lucania.
Bruno scores with a head kick.
Lucania blocks a head kick by Bruno.
We've been informed that Lucania has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lucania throws a series of punches but Bruno moves out of range.
Lucania just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBruno.
Bruno throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruno misses with a two punch combination.
Bruno throws a right hand that Lucania ducks under and follows up with a left that Lucania also avoids with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania lands with a kick to the temple. Bruno shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bruno connects with a body shot.
Lucania throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bruno counters with a leg kick.
Lucania avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bruno lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lucania on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lucania misses with a body kick.
Bruno wants to slow Lucania down by chopping away at his legs.
Bruno misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bruno wants to slow Lucania down by chopping away at his legs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bruno, as that shot connected.
Bruno avoids a kick to the body.
Bruno thinks about countering with a head kick.
Lucania takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bruno misses the shot to the body.
Bruno is looking to wear down Lucania with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lucania misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lucania misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucania just misses with a punch to the body.
Lucania throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Lucania blocks the leg kick.
A left lands for Lucania.
Lucania throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lucania moves into range and clinches up with Bruno.
Lucania content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Lucania.
Lucania being controlled against the cage.
Bruno goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bruno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lucania avoids it.
Bruno misses with a punch to the body.
Bruno stalling in the clinch but Lucania improves position.
Bruno on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno lands with a short shot to the head.
Bruno tries to work over Lucania's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lucania has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lucania blocks a body shot from Bruno.
Lucania is looking to break free of the clinch but Bruno has double underhooks.
Bruno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lucania takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bruno has Lucania pressed against the cage.
Bruno tries to work over Lucania's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lucania tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucania is trying to break the clinch but Bruno has him pressed against the cage.
Lucania trying to land knees to the body.
Lucania lands a good knee to the midsection. Bruno won't want to take too many of those.
Bruno is breathing heavily.
Lucania is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bruno is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giordano Bruno dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giordano Bruno's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lucania.
Lucania scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bruno takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Salvatore Lucania is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lucania tries a head kick but it misses.
Lucania lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bruno avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bruno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lucania throws a head kick but Bruno moves out of range.
Lucania throws a body punch but Bruno moves out of range.
Bruno misses with a head kick.
Lucania misses with a low kick as Bruno jumps back.
Bruno 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.
Bruno connects with a solid leg kick.
Lucania misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A quick step to the side and Bruno tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucania throws a leg kick but Bruno moved away.
Lucania takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bruno scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruno throws a push kick but Lucania slaps the foot to one side.
Bruno scores with the left hand. Lucania knows he should have avoided that one.
Bruno tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lucania.
Lucania darts in and clinches Bruno up against the cage.
Bruno struggles to land a body shot inside as Lucania controls his hands.
Lucania throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bruno tries a body shot but Lucania blocks it.
Bruno wants to stall.
Bruno misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lucania blocks an elbow strike from Bruno.
Bruno is trying to maintain a safe position but Lucania gets an underhook and turns Bruno into the cage.
Bruno is trying to stall.
Lucania trying to control the position but instead, Bruno has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lucania into the cage.
Lucania's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucania working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lucania prevents a body shot from Bruno.
Bruno tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lucania is trying to break the clinch but Bruno is controlling him.
Bruno is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bruno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bruno taking a breather.
Bruno takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lucania blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lucania trying to control the position but instead, Bruno has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lucania into the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lucania.
Bruno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lucania's efforts to push away.
Lucania misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bruno misses with a knee strike.
Lucania breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lucania throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Lucania tries to clinch up.
Bruno swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lucania keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lucania! But no joy.
Giordano Bruno is winning the standup battle so far.
Lucania shoots in but Bruno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bruno tests Lucania's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Some wild striking there from Lucania.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruno lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bruno.
Lucania misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruno takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bruno throws a leg kick but Lucania sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lucania now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lucania walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucania throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nice straight punches there by Bruno. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bruno.
Lucania throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bruno thumps Lucania with a low kick.
Bruno lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bruno connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lucania throws a leg kick
and Bruno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Giordano Bruno will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giordano Bruno's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Lucania tries to work over Bruno's front leg with a kick but Bruno checks it.
Bruno blocks a head kick by Lucania.
Bruno motions for Lucania to come forward. Bruno throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lucania throws a counter combo.
Bruno tries to work over Lucania's front leg with a kick but Lucania checks it.
Lucania looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lucania has Bruno up against the cage in a clinch.
Lucania has Bruno pushed against the cage.
Lucania throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lucania is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bruno is keeping busy.
Lucania tries to land a knee to the head but Bruno blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruno lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lucania backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bruno.
Nice elbow from Lucania.
Bruno lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Salvatore Lucania has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucania using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bruno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bruno misses with a punch on the inside.
Come on Bruno - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lucania blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lucania'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.
Lucania displaying some good clinch control by pressing Bruno up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Bruno is pushing Lucania up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bruno is pushing Lucania up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lucania landing knees to the body.
Lucania will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bruno up against the cage.
Salvatore Lucania seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lucania is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bruno looking to stall.
Stalling in the clinch from Bruno.
Lucania using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucania will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bruno up against the cage.
Lucania utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Giordano Bruno is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucania lands a nice knee to the body.
Salvatore Lucania has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lucania throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bruno takes an elbow to the temple.
Lucania tries to break the clinch but Bruno is controlling the position.
Lucania misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bruno.
Bruno avoids a wild elbow strike from Lucania.
Lucania lands an elbow inside.
Giordano Bruno's cut is getting worse.
Lucania tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bruno avoids it.
Lucania trying to control the position but instead, Bruno has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lucania into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucania stalling against the cage.
Bruno misses with some punches.
Lucania using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bruno has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lucania misses with an elbow strike.
Bruno managing to block the knees to the body from Lucania.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bruno managing to block the knees to the body from Lucania.
Bruno avoids the elbow strike from Lucania, against the cage.
Lucania misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Salvatore Lucania comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bruno 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Giordano Bruno!
Post fight, Giordano Bruno took to the microphone: 'Domine Iesu, Per vagitus Tui in praesepio pro me nascentis, Per lacrimas Tui in cruce pro me morientis, Per amorem Tui in tabernaculo pro me viventis, Miserere mei et salva me. '.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Craig Rave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rave might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What Happened?. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
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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
32 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Rave!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Williams!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
Rave definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rave checks a leg kick.
Rave drops down looking for a counter takedown but Williams sprawls and moves away.
Rave connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams lands a big head kick that sends Rave tumbling to the mat! Williams takes a step backwards and waves Rave back to his feet - he wants the finish!
BOOM! Williams lands a beautiful left hook that drops Rave. Rave tries to recover but Williams is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Rave lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hector Williams!
After winning the bout, Hector Williams thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Gutz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marko Torturo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gutz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Everyday. Torturo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Mogwai - Katrien. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cormac Gutz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 20 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marko Torturo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torturo looks to land a body kick but Gutz moved away.
Torturo blocks a head kick by Gutz.
Cormac Gutz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gutz tries to clinch up.
Torturo wants to slow Gutz down by chopping away at his legs.
Gutz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Torturo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A telegraphed right hand from Gutz misses the target.
Gutz throws an overhand right that lands on Torturo's shoulder, as Torturo tries to avoid the shot.
Gutz throws a hook to the side of Torturo's head but Torturo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gutz feints and then cracks Torturo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Torturo down.
Gutz blocks a leg kick.
Gutz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Torturo.
Gutz moves out of range as Torturo throws a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Torturo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Torturo walks into a jab.
Torturo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gutz.
Torturo is looking to score with low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torturo lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Gutz fails to land.
Gutz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gutz throws a head punch that misses.
Gutz lands a shoulder strike.
Gutz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torturo is keeping busy.
Gutz lands with a left to the head.
Torturo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gutz throws a punch but it's blocked by Torturo.
Torturo lands a nice uppercut.
Gutz lands with a right to the head.
A shot in the inside from Gutz.
Torturo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gutz throws a head punch that misses.
Torturo prevents a body shot from Gutz.
Gutz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gutz can't find room to land a body shot as Torturo controls the action.
Gutz lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gutz.
Gutz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Torturo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gutz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Torturo can turn it around.
Still in the clinch, Torturo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gutz misses with the head strike.
Torturo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torturo blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Torturo.
Torturo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torturo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torturo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gutz throws a punch but it's blocked by Torturo.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
Torturo blocks an uppercut.
Gutz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torturo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gutz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torturo.
Torturo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gutz misses with a punch on the inside.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo tries to throw a body punch but Gutz avoids it by throwing Torturo back against the cage.
Gutz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gutz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gutz lands an uppercut.
Gutz lands with a light punch inside.
Torturo tries a body shot but Gutz blocks it.
Gutz has a couple of punches blocked by Torturo.
Gutz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Torturo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
Gutz lands a hook that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
Torturo blocks an uppercut.
Torturo tries a body shot but Gutz blocks it.
Gutz misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gutz fails to land.
Gutz throws a head punch that misses.
Gutz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz blocks a body shot from Torturo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torturo lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gutz working hard to break the clinch.
Gutz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Gutz.
A head punch on the inside from Torturo fails to land.
Nice body punch from Gutz - that landed with a thud.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Torturo as Gutz tries to tie him up.
Torturo working aggressively here.
Gutz has Torturo pressed against the cage.
Gutz working aggressively here.
Gutz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Torturo misses with a body punch.
Gutz swings wildly with an uppercut but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Torturo lands with a short shot to the head.
Gutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gutz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gutz blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cormac Gutz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gutz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Torturo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Torturo jabs at Gutz's body.
Gutz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torturo throws out a counter right but Gutz avoids it with no problem.
Torturo moves out of range as Gutz strikes.
Torturo misses with a leg kick.
Gutz throws the left hand but Torturo avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Torturo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gutz misses with an uppercut. Torturo saw that one coming.
Gutz wants to clinch.
Gutz keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gutz is looking to clinch.
Gutz keeps the fight on the outside.
Torturo is looking to chop away at Gutz's legs.
Torturo staying out of range there.
Gutz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Torturo under the eye.
Gutz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gutz is looking to chop away at Torturo's legs.
Gutz scores with a hook to the body. Torturo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Torturo throws a front kick aimed at Gutz's knee but Gutz avoids it well.
As Torturo tries to get set, Gutz tries to push him back and clinch up but Torturo manages to avoid the attempt.
Torturo throws the kick towards the body but Gutz avoids it.
Torturo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gutz throws a leg kick
and Torturo counters with a nice body kick.
Torturo lands with a nice body kick.
Gutz cracks Torturo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Torturo delivers a nice body kick.
Good exchange - Gutz coming out on top.
Gutz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torturo.
Torturo scores with a punch to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torturo.
Gutz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Torturo is looking to land body kicks.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gutz here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gutz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torturo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cormac Gutz is winning the standup battle so far.
Gutz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gutz has Torturo up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Torturo - that landed with a thud.
Torturo misses with a body punch.
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gutz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torturo lands a left hand.
Torturo works on Gutz's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gutz fails to land.
Gutz tries a body shot but Torturo blocks it.
Gutz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gutz throws a punch but it's blocked by Torturo.
Torturo tries a body shot but Gutz blocks it.
Torturo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torturo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gutz lands with a light punch inside.
Gutz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torturo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torturo.
Torturo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gutz prevents a body shot from Torturo.
Gutz throws a punch but it's blocked by Torturo.
Gutz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Torturo throws a punch but it's blocked by Gutz.
Torturo misses with the head strike.
Torturo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gutz misses with a body punch.
Gutz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gutz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torturo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Torturo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torturo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gutz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Torturo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gutz.
Gutz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torturo backwards.
Gutz misses with a punch to the body.
Torturo blocks an uppercut.
Gutz takes a shot to the head.
Cormac Gutz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gutz looking to slow down the pace here.
Gutz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Torturo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Torturo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gutz backwards.
Torturo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torturo struggles to land a body shot inside as Gutz controls his hands.
Gutz swings wildly with an uppercut but Torturo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Torturo.
Gutz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Torturo is working Gutz over against the cage.
Torturo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Torturo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Torturo swings wildly with an uppercut but Gutz uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marko Torturo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A leg kick checked by Gutz.
Gutz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Torturo just manages to avoid it.
Torturo throws a head kick that misses.
Gutz tries to clinch but Torturo is having none of it.
Torturo with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torturo.
Gutz misses the shot to the body.
Torturo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gutz was well out of range. Poor timing from Torturo.
Gutz lands a head kick!
Torturo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torturo checks the leg kick.
Gutz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Torturo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torturo misses the shot to the body.
Torturo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Torturo throws a head kick but Gutz moves out of range.
Gutz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torturo.
Gutz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Torturo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torturo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Torturo takes one to the chin there.
Gutz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gutz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torturo avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick misses from Gutz.
Torturo scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Torturo throws a body shot but no joy.
Torturo thuds his shin into the meat of Gutz's side.
Torturo tries to land a front kick but Gutz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gutz misses with a right hand
and Torturo counters with a nice body kick.
Torturo throws a sloppy head kick and Gutz moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Torturo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gutz throws a body kick that misses.
Torturo throws a body kick that misses.
Torturo misses with an uppercut. Gutz saw that one coming.
Torturo throws out a loose jab but Gutz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torturo lands a leg kick that knocks Gutz off balance momentarily.
Gutz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torturo misses with a head kick.
Gutz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torturo lands the left hand.
Torturo thumps Gutz with a low kick.
A low kick from Torturo misses
letting Gutz counter with a right hand.
Gutz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Torturo.
Gutz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gutz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torturo slips a straight right by Gutz.
Gutz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gutz throws a jab when Torturo was well out of range.
Gutz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gutz moves in looking to clinch but Torturo pushes him off.
Torturo checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gutz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Torturo - the referee stops the clock and Gutz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Torturo. Gutz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gutz tries to clinch but Torturo moves away
and Torturo finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Gutz throws a chopping leg kick but Torturo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
It seemed like Torturo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Torturo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gutz. That did some damage!
Torturo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gutz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Torturo.
Torturo slips under a jab.
Gutz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Torturo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gutz.
Torturo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torturo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gutz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gutz throws a big shot that misses.
Torturo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Torturo checks a leg kick nicely.
Torturo digs a good hook to Gutz's body.
Gutz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Torturo throws a body punch but Gutz moves out of range.
It looked like Gutz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Torturo.
Torturo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gutz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torturo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gutz in his tracks.
Jab, jab by Torturo - just one landing.
Gutz misses with a few strikes there.
Torturo throws a solid leg kick but Gutz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Torturo.
A good leg kick by Torturo.
Gutz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Torturo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marko Torturo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Torturo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marko Torturo!
Our winner, Marko Torturo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Cormac Gutz was interviewed post fight and said 'Syytän peliä ja vannon lopettavani. Palaan tunnin päästä takaisin.'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jurmas Uusisto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phan Tran Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uusisto kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.. Le has chosen Dukes of Hazard Theme Song - Waylon Jennings as his entrance music. Jurmas Uusisto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Phan Tran Le's chin.
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178 lbs
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182 lbs
25 - 16 - 0 |
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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
37 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jurmas Uusisto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phan Tran Le!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uusisto moves away from the strike by Le.
Le scores with a hook.
Le throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Uusisto's head.
Uusisto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Le.
Le misses with a hook. Uusisto ducked under it nicely.
Uusisto moves into the clinch successfully.
Le working aggressively here.
Uusisto can't find room to land a body shot as Le controls the action.
Le comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Uusisto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Le pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short left from Uusisto.
A right hand to the body from Uusisto.
Uusisto stalling in the clinch but Le improves position.
Uusisto gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've been hearing that Uusisto has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le keeping hold of Uusisto's head, controlling as best he can.
Uusisto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Le's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Uusisto.
Le slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Uusisto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Le controls Uusisto momentarily but Uusisto frees himself.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
Uusisto 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.
Le managing to control the position.
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.
Uusisto passes Le's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Uusisto looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Le is defending against the submission attempts here by Uusisto.
Uusisto tries to pass to full mount but Le defends it.
Uusisto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto with the ground and pound but Le uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Uusisto trying to control but Le is working from the bottom.
Uusisto throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Uusisto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Uusisto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Uusisto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Uusisto cracks the inside of Le's front leg.
Le tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Le uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Uusisto.
Uusisto needs to keep his hands up - Le had a free shot at his head there.
Le throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Uusisto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Uusisto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Le.
Uusisto avoids the body shot from Le.
Uusisto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Uusisto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Uusisto landing with the ground and pound.
Uusisto tries to free his leg and advance position but Le is retaining full guard.
Uusisto's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Uusisto wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
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 Jurmas Uusisto will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Uusisto.
Uusisto trying to control the action but Le is working from the bottom.
Uusisto has knee on belly and moves into mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Uusisto looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Uusisto is stalling here but it's allowed Le to get half guard.
Uusisto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le can do to turn this around?
Uusisto is looking to pass Le's guard but actually Le recovers to full guard.
Uusisto trying to control the position from guard on top but Le is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uusisto stops Le from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Le is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Uusisto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Uusisto throwing strikes but missing.
Le not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Uusisto scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Le controls Uusisto momentarily but Uusisto frees himself.
Uusisto lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Uusisto slips nicely into half guard.
Uusisto thows a huge punch but Le dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Uusisto is just content to waste time from the top position. Le takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Le keeping moving, preventing Uusisto from controlling successfully.
Le keeping full guard, as Uusisto tries to pass.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Uusisto moves into the clinch.
Le misses with the head strike.
Uusisto lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Uusisto.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Uusisto manages to break the clinch.
Le fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Le takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Uusisto slips under a jab from Le.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jurmas Uusisto dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Uusisto misses with an uppercut. Le saw that one coming.
Uusisto scores with a three punch combo!
Le feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Uusisto's calf.
Le tries a head kick but it misses.
Uusisto scores with a jab to the head.
Le is rocked!
Uusisto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Le's sensitive parts.
Le buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Uusisto tries to score with a low kick but Le moves his leg out of the way.
Uusisto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Le swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Le has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Le there as he acknowledges the shot.
Uusisto swats away the attempt to clinch by Le.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Uusisto lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Uusisto moves into range and clinches up with Le.
Le lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Le lands a shoulder strike.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Le blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Le is working Uusisto over against the cage.
Uusisto looking to stall.
Le blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uusisto.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Uusisto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Uusisto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Le backwards.
Uusisto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Uusisto wants to break free but Le has control.
Phan Tran Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Uusisto.
Uusisto looking to slow down the pace here.
Uusisto is pushing Le up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Uusisto blocks a body shot from Le.
Le lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jurmas Uusisto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Le lands an elbow that stopped Uusisto in his tracks for a moment.
Uusisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Uusisto lands a body punch.
Uusisto breaks the clinch.
Uusisto misses the jab.
Le doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Le with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Uusisto to score with a decent uppercut.
Uusisto moves out of range of the strikes.
Uusisto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Le.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto clinches up with Le and pushes him back against the cage.
Le misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Uusisto up against the cage.
Uusisto struggles to land a body shot inside as Le controls his hands.
Le blocks an uppercut.
Uusisto has clasped his hands together around Le's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uusisto looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Uusisto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Jurmas Uusisto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uusisto working away.
Le is not content to let Uusisto control the position.
Uusisto looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Le is avoiding damage well.
Uusisto tries to move into full mount but can't pass Le's legs.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Uusisto seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Le for as long as he can get away with.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jurmas Uusisto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Uusisto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jurmas Uusisto!
A relieved looking Jurmas Uusisto thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Phan Tran Le stepped up to the mic, saying 'You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sepp Maier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illias Illiadis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maier comes to the cage accompanied by Apaga mas năo bate. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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38
192 lbs
45 - 33 - 1 |
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29
185 lbs
15 - 5 - 1 |
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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
45 - 33 - 1, fighting out of London, Sepp Maier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Illias Illiadis!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Illiadis lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Maier tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Illiadis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Maier has his takedown stuffed
and Maier takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Illiadis just misses with a punch to the body.
Illiadis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Illiadis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Maier shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Illiadis pinned against the cage. Illiadis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Maier closes this distance looking for a takedown but Illiadis circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sepp Maier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Illiadis.
Maier closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Illiadis is trying to maintain the position but Maier is very close to passing his half guard.
Maier landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Illiadis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maier.
Illiadis works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maier with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Illiadis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Maier defends it easily.
Illiadis has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Maier should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Illiadis has tightened it up now! Maier should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Illias Illiadis!
Illias Illiadis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baraka Simengwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Simengwa comes to the cage accompanied by Afande Sele feat Ditto - Darubini kali. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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33
200 lbs
22 - 13 - 0 |
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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
20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Baraka Simengwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy takes a swing at Simengwa's ribcage but misses.
We've been hearing reports that Simengwa has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Charlie Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy lands a big head kick that sends Simengwa tumbling to the mat! Murphy takes a step backwards and waves Simengwa back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Simengwa is rocked!
It looks like Baraka Simengwa has been cut.
Murphy drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Simengwa's head, knocking him out cold! Murphy is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charlie Murphy!
Charlie Murphy decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Renan St Juste (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snuka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Superfly by Curtis Mayfield. Renan St Juste could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jimmy Snuka'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
43 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Renan St Juste!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snuka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Snuka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Juste.
Snuka pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from St Juste misses the target.
Snuka throws out a loose jab but St Juste uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been told by St Juste's head coaches at The Barracks - LOD that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Snuka misses with a left hand
enabling St Juste to counter with a crisp jab.
St Juste fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snuka manages to avoid it.
St Juste throws a hook to the side of Snuka's head but Snuka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Snuka on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jimmy Snuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snuka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from Snuka.
St Juste dodges the punch combination from Snuka.
The fighters circling - St Juste throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Snuka steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from St Juste.
St Juste misses with a body kick.
Snuka has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Snuka looks to land a left hand but St Juste moved out of range nicely.
Snuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Juste lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snuka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Snuka tries to clinch but St Juste moves away
and St Juste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Snuka swings away with a body shot that misses
and St Juste makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
St Juste walks into a jab.
St Juste misses the jab.
Snuka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Snuka is rocked!
St Juste fakes the body blow, causing Snuka to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Snuka goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Renan St Juste!
Our winner, Renan St Juste, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Jimmy Snuka had this to say: 'What the hell just happened? Anyone get the license plate number off that truck?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Virgil Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keller comes into a darkened arena with his song building. War Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
47 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Virgil Keller!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Keller catches Curry with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Keller closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keller is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Curry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Keller lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Keller takes one on the button.
Keller steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Curry. That one must have hurt.
Curry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Curry cracks Keller with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Keller has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Curry takes a swing at Keller's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry throws a sloppy body shot
and Keller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curry throws the kick towards the body but Keller avoids it.
Curry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Curry swings away with a body shot that misses
and Keller counters with a nice body shot.
Keller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller lands with a nice body punch.
A jab from Curry does it's job there.
An inside leg kick lands from Curry.
Keller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Keller looks to land a right hand but Curry moved out of range.
Curry thuds a left hand into Keller's body.
Curry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Curry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Keller scores with a jab to the body.
We've been told by Curry's head coaches at The Barracks - LOD that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Keller cracks the inside of Curry's front leg.
Curry misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Keller defending well as Curry loads up on a big left hand.
Keller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A jab from Keller misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller tries a low kick but Curry avoids it.
Keller with a jab.
Curry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Curry throws a lazy uppercut
and Keller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Curry.
Curry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Curry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Curry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Keller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Keller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curry.
Curry thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Keller if he has to take too many more of those.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keller.
The fighters circling - Keller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Curry.
Curry throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller cracks a nice hook into Curry's ribs.
Keller slips a jab from Curry.
Keller looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curry scoring well with a low kick there.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keller.
Keller on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Curry scores with a hook.
Curry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Curry there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice straight punches there by Curry. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Curry.
Keller pivots, looking for a leg kick but Curry is out of range and Keller settles back down.
Keller takes one on the button.
Keller moves out of range of the body kick from Curry.
Curry is looking to chop away at Keller's legs.
Keller needs to keep his hands up - Curry had a free shot at his head there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry throws a low kick but Keller avoids it.
Keller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curry.
Keller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Curry.
Curry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Curry misses with a hook to the body
and Keller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keller checks a leg kick.
Curry takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Curry throws out a loose jab but Keller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curry looks to score with a jab to the body but Keller is just out of range.
Curry cracks Keller with a right hand to the side of the head.
Keller throws out a loose jab but Curry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Curry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Curry throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Curry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Keller.
Keller throws out a loose jab but Curry uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Curry dominated that round.
That's time! Curry's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Good leg kick by Curry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Curry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A clash of legs there as Curry blocks the low kick.
Curry tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry throws a leg kick
and Keller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Keller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Keller misses with a shot to the body
and Curry counters with a nice uppercut.
A big right from Keller misses.
Keller comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Keller connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller misses with an uppercut. Curry saw that one coming.
Keller scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Curry lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curry connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Arthur Curry is winning the standup battle so far.
Curry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller misses with a straight right.
Keller just misses with a punch to the body.
Curry lands a slapping body shot.
A big left from Keller misses.
Curry throws a quick counter kick to the body but Keller avoids it.
No joy there for Keller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As Keller tries to get set, Curry tries to push him back and clinch up but Keller manages to avoid the attempt.
A punch combination from Curry misses.
Keller misses with a straight left.
Curry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Keller manages to circle out of the way.
Curry throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Keller counters with a nice kick to the body.
Keller scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Curry.
Keller misses with a body shot.
Curry is looking to counter punch.
Curry throws a jab when Keller was well out of range.
Keller doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Keller moves out of range of the body kick.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keller.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands a jab to the nose.
Curry throws an overhand right that lands on Keller's shoulder, as Keller tries to avoid the shot.
Curry looks to land a right hand but Keller moved out of range.
A good leg kick by Curry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab by Keller.
Curry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Keller throws a body shot but no joy.
Curry avoids the body shot from Keller.
Keller misses with an uppercut.
Keller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Curry throws a solid leg kick but Keller takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Curry.
Keller looks to land a combination but Curry avoids it well.
Curry throws a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Keller might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Curry has got the better of the exchanges.
A nice inside leg kick there by Curry. That's going to slow Keller down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller misses with a hook.
Keller scores with a three punch combo!
Keller has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Curry finds it's way round the side to connect with Keller's head.
Curry throws out a loose jab but Keller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Keller's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Curry loads up on a big right hand but Keller slips the punch.
Curry tries to score with a low kick but Keller moves his leg out of the way.
Keller lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Curry tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keller stuns Curry with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Keller moves out of range as Curry strikes.
Keller looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A jab from Keller misses.
Curry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Keller throws out the jab.
Curry was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Curry misses with a straight left.
Keller looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Curry steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Keller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws a body shot but no joy.
Curry throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keller pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Keller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curry.
Keller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Curry counters with a left and a right that stings Keller.
Curry lands the left hand.
Keller tries to land a front kick but Curry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Keller misses with a right hand
and Curry counters with a left to the body.
Curry scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Curry cracks the inside of Keller's front leg.
Keller takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Curry throws a big shot that misses.
Keller unleashes a big counter combination but Curry bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A slow jab from Keller misses its intended target.
A counter left hand to the body from Curry misses its target.
Curry jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Curry dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Curry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Keller now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Keller tries to work over Curry's front leg with a kick but Curry checks it.
Keller's corner calls for a 1-2. Keller obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Keller connects with a high kick.
Curry misses the shot to the body.
Curry misses with a leg kick.
Keller misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Curry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A bone on bone clash there as Curry blocks the leg kick.
Donk. Curry catches Keller right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry misses with a kick to the body.
Keller swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Keller slips under a jab.
Keller keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keller! But no joy.
Keller is looking to chop away at Curry's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Keller lands a nice shot that snaps Curry's head back.
Keller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Curry's head backwards.
Keller jabs at Curry's body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Curry.
Curry misses the jab.
Keller lands with a straight right. Curry didn't see that one coming.
Keller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curry.
Curry feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Curry.
Curry checks the leg kick.
Keller has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Keller checks a leg kick.
Keller throws out a loose jab but Curry uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curry. Keller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Curry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keller counters with a nice low kick that buckles Curry's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry connects with a looping right hand.
Curry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Curry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curry throws a leg kick but Keller checks it.
Curry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Keller counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Curry misses its intended target.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
Keller throws a leg kick
and Keller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Curry misses with a lunging right hand
and Keller counters with a straight right hand.
Curry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Curry pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Keller takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Keller.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Curry lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Keller has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Keller and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Curry is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Keller can do to turn this around?
Nice shot lands for Curry.
A slow jab from Curry misses its intended target.
Keller throws out a counter right but Curry avoids it with no problem.
A nice leg kick lands there from Keller.
Curry blocks a jab.
Keller staying out of range there.
Curry fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Keller is out of range.
Keller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Curry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keller blocks the body kick.
Keller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Curry.
Keller throws a lazy right hand but Curry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Keller takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Curry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Keller.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry walks into a straight right hand from Keller.
Keller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Keller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry avoids the body shot from Keller.
Curry swings for the body but Keller moves out of range.
A jab from Keller misses.
Keller has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Curry.
Keller getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Curry lands a jab to the nose.
Curry throws a shot to the body.
Curry cracks the inside of Keller's front leg.
Curry scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Curry looks to land a body kick but Keller moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Keller misses.
Curry tries to clinch there but Keller circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Arthur Curry did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Keller takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Keller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curry slips under a jab from Keller.
Curry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curry throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Curry loads up on a big right hand but Keller slips the punch.
Keller is looking for the big counter here.
Keller slips under a jab.
Keller looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Keller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Curry counters with a nice uppercut.
Curry lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Curry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry misses with an uppercut. Keller saw that one coming.
Curry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keller is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nice shot by Curry.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry throws a lazy body kick
and Keller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Curry throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keller. That's going to slow Curry down.
Curry throws a head kick that Keller semi-blocks.
It looks like Virgil Keller has been cut.
Keller finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Curry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keller! But no joy.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keller.
Despite the aggression on Keller's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Keller connects with an inside leg kick.
Keller moves away from the strike by Curry.
Keller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Keller tries to move into range but Curry moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Curry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keller slips a jab from Curry.
Keller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
Keller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curry.
Curry drops his hands momentarily and Keller takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Curry throws a low kick but Keller avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Keller! But no joy.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
Keller feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Currys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Keller throws a jab but it's blocked by Curry.
Curry fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Keller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Curry misses with a left hand
letting Keller counter with a right hand.
Curry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Keller blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller looks to land a left hand but Curry moved out of range nicely.
Curry takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Curry misses with a jab, cross combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Curry.
Keller tries to bum rush Curry with a series of wild strikes but Curry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Curry rushes Keller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keller breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Curry.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Curry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Keller moves away.
Keller scores with a head kick.
Keller looks to land a right hand but Curry moved out of range.
A swing and a miss from Curry.
Curry throws a leg kick but Keller sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws a right hand that misses
and Keller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Keller slips under a jab.
Curry backing away here, and Keller unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Curry finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Keller lands a nice hook to Curry's body. Curry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Curry misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Keller misses the target.
Keller misses with a left hand
and Curry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Curry checks a low kick from Keller.
Keller connects with a right hand. Curry shakes it off.
Keller takes a swing at Curry's ribcage but misses.
Curry throws a quick inside leg kick.
Keller throws a right and a left that Curry avoids nicely.
Curry throws an overhand right that lands on Keller's shoulder, as Keller tries to avoid the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Arthur Curry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Virgil Keller's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Curry rushes Keller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Keller pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Curry staying out of range there.
Curry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Curry scores with a nice body kick.
Keller on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Curry. Curry obviously looking to wear him down.
Curry moves out of range of the body kick from Keller.
Curry misses with a hook. Keller ducked under it nicely.
Curry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Keller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Curry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keller looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Curry misses its target.
Curry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Keller misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Curry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keller.
Curry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keller throws a body shot but no joy.
Keller with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Curry to score with a decent uppercut.
Keller cracks Curry with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Keller swings away with a body shot that misses
and Curry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
You can see that Keller has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Keller has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Curry finds it's way round the side to connect with Keller's head.
Keller steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Curry. That one must have hurt.
Keller throws a lazy right hand but Curry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Curry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Curry defending well as Keller loads up on a big left hand.
Curry misses with an uppercut
and Keller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Curry throws a hook but Keller blocks it.
Keller swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Arthur Curry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Curry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curry listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Keller throws a looping overhand right but Curry ducks down to avoid it.
Keller scores with a shot to the body.
Keller dips to his left and cracks Curry with an uppercut!
Curry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
Keller ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Curry blocks a jab.
Keller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Keller throws a jab when Curry was well out of range.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Keller.
Curry feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A big left from Curry misses.
Keller is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller looks to land a right hand but Curry moved out of range.
Curry throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Keller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Curry lands a head kick!
Keller just misses with a punch to the body.
Curry moves out of range of the leg kick from Keller.
Keller misses with a lunging right hand
and Curry counters with a low kick, right behind Keller 's knee.
Keller is looking to score with low kicks.
Virgil Keller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Curry with a nice cross.
Keller throws a lazy uppercut
and Curry counters with a nice body shot.
Keller gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Curry.
Curry lands with a straight right. Keller didn't see that one coming.
Curry takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Decent striking displayed by Curry there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Curry scores with a leg kick.
Keller closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Keller throws a leg kick but Curry checks it.
Curry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A clash of legs there as Curry blocks the low kick.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Keller.
Keller throws a combination that misses
and Curry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Curry.
Keller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curry lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Keller.
Curry is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Keller tries to throw a body punch but Curry avoids it by throwing Keller back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Curry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Curry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:46
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:46
Judge William Gold scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Curry!
Arthur Curry retains his middleweight title!
A very excited looking Arthur Curry made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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