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Highland Games 35 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ardian Kurniawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MIlky Socks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ardian Kurniawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, MIlky Socks!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kurniawan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Socks's waist but Socks gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kurniawan off to one side.
Kurniawan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Socks avoids it really well and circles away.
Kurniawan tries for a takedown but Socks sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ardian Kurniawan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Socks drives through with a takedown into Kurniawan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Kurniawan keeping moving, preventing Socks from controlling successfully.
Socks postures up.
Socks is stalling in the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kurniawan wants to hit a switch here but Socks passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kurniawan there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurniawan is desperately trying to improve his position but Socks has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Socks throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Socks looking to control but Kurniawan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Socks throws some wild stikes that Kurniawan manages to avoid easily.
Socks punching from mount but Kurniawan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Socks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Socks looking to finish with strikes here!
Kurniawan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Socks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Socks in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurniawan is looking to improve his position.
Socks throwing shots but Kurniawan is blocking nicely.
Still in half guard, Socks seems content to control.
Kurniawan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Socks tries to pass to full mount but Kurniawan defends it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kurniawan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Socks fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Socks closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kurniawan to the mat! Kurniawan manages to get full guard.
Kurniawan keeping full guard, as Socks tries to pass.
Socks forces his way into half guard.
Socks not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Socks throwing shots but Kurniawan is blocking nicely.
Socks tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kurniawan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Socks is taking a breather. Kurniawan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socks wants to free his trapped foot but Kurniawan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Socks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Socks prevents Kurniawan from improving his position.
Socks passes to full mount!
Socks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kurniawan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Socks tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Socks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
MIlky Socks dominated that round.
That's time! Kurniawan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kurniawan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Socks defends it nicely.
Socks fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Socks tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kurniawan defends well and Socks ends up having to push Kurniawan into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Socks drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Socks is looking to work some ground and pound but Kurniawan has wrist control.
Socks throwing strikes from guard but Kurniawan blocks nicely.
Socks advances to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurniawan won't allow Socks to pass to mount.
Socks is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Kurniawan!
Socks misses with a head shot.
Socks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Socks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurniawan blocking the ground and pound.
Socks throws some wild stikes that Kurniawan manages to avoid easily.
Socks looking to finish with strikes here!
Kurniawan is looking to improve his position but Socks isn't that keen on the idea.
Socks tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Socks is landing with some decent strikes but Kurniawan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Socks punching from mount but Kurniawan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Socks throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kurniawan because Socks loaded up on that one.
Kurniawan is desperately trying to improve his position but Socks has a good base and remains in mount.
Socks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Socks lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Socks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Socks throws some wild stikes that Kurniawan manages to avoid easily.
Socks trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Kurniawan wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Socks.
Socks dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Socks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Socks throwing strikes here but Kurniawan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Socks thowing shots but they're missing.
Socks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Socks looking to control but Kurniawan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Socks looking to control and managing it successfully.
Socks throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socks trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Socks looking to ground and pound but Kurniawan is blocking nicely.
Kurniawan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Socks.
Socks lands a big shot there that rocks Kurniawan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Socks throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kurniawan because Socks loaded up on that one.
Socks looking to finish with strikes here!
Kurniawan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Socks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Socks sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Socks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Socks can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kurniawan is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
MIlky Socks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kurniawan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Socks shoots in but Kurniawan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kurniawan changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kurniawan fails with a takedown attempt.
Socks tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kurniawan fails to land the takedown.
Socks gets the takedown into side control.
Socks trying to control the position but Kurniawan is working away.
Socks happy to just control the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurniawan is not content to let Socks control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurniawan is trying to escape the position but Socks is controlling the position.
Socks trying to control the position but Kurniawan is working away.
Socks works to advance to full mount. Kurniawan defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Socks wants to control the pace but Kurniawan is squirming around nicely.
Kurniawan holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Socks tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Socks thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Socks throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kurniawan is desperately trying to improve his position but Socks has a good base and remains in mount.
Kurniawan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Socks.
Socks thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Socks landing strikes from the mount and Kurniawan is in trouble!
Poor strikes thrown by Socks there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Socks throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kurniawan because Socks loaded up on that one.
Socks loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Kurniawan scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Socks land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Socks stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). MIlky Socks!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Betty Cannon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Hartmann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Betty Cannon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Hartmann!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hartmann tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cannon takes one to the side of the head.
Hartmann darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hartmann bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cannon's head backwards.
Hartmann scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hartmann lunges at Cannon with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cannon's hand.
Hartmann throws a series of punches but Cannon moves out of range.
David Hartmann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hartmann looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cannon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hartmann instigates a clinch.
Cannon prevents Hartmann from breaking the clinch.
Hartmann working aggressively here.
Cannon tries to pull guard but Hartmann won't allow it.
Cannon is looking to break free of the clinch but Hartmann has double underhooks.
Cannon tries to circle away but Hartmann has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for Hartmann to work.
Hartmann looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cannon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cannon jumps guard but Hartmann turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hartmann pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hartmann instigates a clinch.
Hartmann manages to break the clinch.
Hartmann cracks Cannon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cannon dives in and grabs Hartmann's left leg, looking for a takedown. Hartmann pushes down on Cannon's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Betty Cannon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cannon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hartmann clobbers Cannon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cannon tries for a takedown but Hartmann sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cannon looks to score with a jab to the body but Hartmann is just out of range.
Nice shot by Hartmann.
Cannon goes for a double leg but Hartmann avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hartmann continues to drive forward.
As Cannon backs off Hartmann throws a huge counter combo but Cannon manages to avoid it all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann misses with a two punch combination.
Cannon tries to land a front kick but Hartmann steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hartmann jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cannon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hartmann as he jumps to the side.
Despite the aggression on Hartmann's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hartmann darts in and clinches Cannon up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hartmann.
Cannon tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hartmann gets underhooks to prevent Cannon's takedown attempt.
Hartmann keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cannon's efforts to push away.
Cannon is looking for a takedown.
Hartmann taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hartmann gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartmann lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cannon has had enough of the clinch but Hartmann keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hartmann.
Cannon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hartmann scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hartmann prevents the takedown attempt.
Hartmann lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cannon blocks an elbow strike from Hartmann.
Hartmann working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Hartmann.
Hartmann lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cannon looking to slow down the pace here.
Hartmann pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hartmann closes the distance and clinches.
Hartmann misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann breaks the clinch.
Cannon shoots in looking for a takedown. Hartmann tries to sprawl out of it but Cannon keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hartmann manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartmann misses with a leg kick.
Cannon moves out of range of the leg kick from Hartmann.
Cannon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hartmann moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hartmann bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hartmann avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cannon gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hartmann connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cannon walks into a jab.
Cannon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hartmann avoids it really well and circles away.
Hartmann scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Hartmann dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cannon shoots in and drives through. Hartmann sprawls well.
Cannon dodges the punch combination from Hartmann.
Cannon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hartmann cracks Cannon with an open hand slap.
David Hartmann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hartmann connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cannon tries to clinch up but Hartmann circles away and keeps his distance.
Cannon shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hartmann pinned against the cage. Hartmann gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hartmann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hartmann scores with a three punch combo!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cannon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hartmann!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice jab there from Hartmann.
Betty Cannon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hartmann throws a series of punches but Cannon moves out of range.
Cannon feinted with a counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cannon shoots and misses
and Hartmann counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Betty Cannon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hartmann tries to score with a low kick but Cannon moves his leg out of the way.
Hartmann has Cannon up against the cage in a clinch.
Cannon misses with a knee to the head.
Hartmann avoids a wild elbow strike from Cannon.
Hartmann manages to break the clinch.
Hartmann darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hartmann throws a series of punches but Cannon avoids them all with ease.
Cannon tries to counter by clinching up but Hartmann breaks away and moves out of range.
Hartmann cracks Cannon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hartmann jabs Cannon right on the nose. Cannon blinks but takes it well.
Hartmann closes the distance and clinches.
Cannon missing with knees to the body.
Cannon pulls guard effortlessly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hartmann controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cannon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hartmann postures up in Cannon's guard and throws a big left but Cannon blocks it.
Hartmann wants to stand but Cannon is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cannon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hartmann preventing the sweep.
Hartmann tries to free his leg and advance position but Cannon is retaining full guard.
Hartmann wants to control from the top but Cannon keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hartmann connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann scores with the left hand. Cannon knows he should have avoided that one.
Hartmann swinging wildly here.
Hartmann darts in and clinches Cannon up against the cage.
Hartmann lands with a light punch inside.
Cannon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hartmann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hartmann softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hartmann is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hartmann gets through Cannon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cannon is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hartmann is defending well.
Cannon has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hartmann avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hartmann lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon goes for a takedown attempt but Hartmann pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cannon tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hartmann counters with a stiff right hand.
Hartmann digs a good body shot into Cannon's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cannon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hartmann scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hartmann lands a nice shot that snaps Cannon's head back.
Cannon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hartmann's corner calls for a 1-2. Hartmann obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cannon shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hartmann counters by clinching up.
Cannon is trying to push Hartmann away but Hartmann has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hartmann lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cannon or not.
Cannon breaks from the clinch.
Hartmann connects with the punch.
Hartmann scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Hartmann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Hartmann has closed the distance and engaged Cannon in a clinch.
Cannon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cannon looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cannon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hartmann dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, jab by Hartmann - just one landing.
Cannon tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hartmann counters with a stiff right hand.
Hartmann darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cannon. Hartmann does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hartmann blocks a head kick by Cannon.
Cannon fails with the takedown
and Hartmann counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hartmann attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hartmann, as that shot connected.
Cannon with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Hartmann counter with a right hand.
Cannon is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Betty Cannon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hartmann throws a right and a left that Cannon avoids nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hartmann darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oh Cannon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hartmann lands a lovely overhand right.
Donk. Hartmann catches Cannon right on the button with a cross.
Hartmann clinches.
Hartmann lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cannon backwards.
Hartmann scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cannon tries to break the clinch but Hartmann is controlling the position.
Hartmann throws an elbow that misses.
Hartmann escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cannon seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hartmann connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cannon has a takedown stuffed.
Hartmann throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hartmann closes the distance and clinches.
Hartmann lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cannon backwards.
Hartmann slowing the pace effectively.
Cannon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hartmann avoids it.
Hartmann taking a breather.
Hartmann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hartmann slowing the pace effectively.
Hartmann lands with a left to the head.
Hartmann breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartmann lands with a shot to the body.
Hartmann moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cannon shoots in looking for a takedown but Hartmann manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cannon's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hartmann scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cannon tries a head kick but it misses.
Hartmann works the jab nicely.
Cannon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hartmann swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hartmann keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cannon tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hartmann swivels and escapes.
Hartmann lands an overhand right.
Hartmann bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hartmann throws a chopping leg kick but Cannon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hartmann.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hartmann defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cannon.
Hartmann connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cannon's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cannon takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cannon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cannon tries to move into range but Hartmann moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Hartmann.
Hartmann lands with a cross.
Hartmann closes the distance and clinches.
Hartmann breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
David Hartmann is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Decent striking displayed by Hartmann there.
Cannon takes one on the button.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hartmann.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hartmann lands with an uppercut that bounces Cannon off the cage and back into range.
Cannon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hartmann throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cannon on the side of the head.
Betty Cannon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hartmann lands with a cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Hartmann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hartmann 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 24:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Hartmann!
After winning the bout, David Hartmann thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Mihaylov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mihaylov comes to the cage accompanied by Telephone Banking. This should be fireworks!
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198 lbs
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187 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aleksandar Mihaylov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Michaels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mihaylov connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mihaylov 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.
Michaels connects with a high kick.
Mihaylov lands a head shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Mihaylov as he connects with a hook.
Michaels is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels lands a leg kick that knocks Mihaylov off balance momentarily.
Mihaylov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mihaylov scores with a nice right hand.
Michaels is still on wobbly legs! Can Mihaylov finish him?
Mihaylov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Michaels seems to have recovered his senses.
Michaels trying to control the position but instead, Mihaylov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Michaels into the cage.
Michaels is trying to break free.
Mihaylov blocks an elbow strike from Michaels.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mihaylov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Michaels throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mihaylov blocks it with crossed arms.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihaylov avoids the damage to the body.
Mihaylov is pushing Michaels up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Michaels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mihaylov.
Michaels throws an elbow that misses.
Michaels with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Michaels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mihaylov tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Michaels - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Mihaylov scores with a shoulder strike.
Michaels tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mihaylov avoids it.
A bit of stalling here from Michaels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mihaylov pushes Michaels back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mihaylov looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Mihaylov managing to block the knees to the body from Michaels.
Michaels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mihaylov is defending well for now.
Michaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Michaels misses with a body shot
and Mihaylov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mihaylov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Michaels can't break the clinch.
Mihaylov stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mihaylov avoids the elbow strike from Michaels, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mihaylov.
Michaels takes a shot to the head.
Mihaylov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mihaylov managing to block the knees to the body from Michaels.
Michaels lands a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Mihaylov.
Still in the clinch, Mihaylov scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mihaylov.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mihaylov.
Michaels tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihaylov avoids the damage to the body.
Mihaylov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matthew Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels misses with a head kick.
Mihaylov cracks Michaels with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Michaels looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Mihaylov finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mihaylov lands a jab.
Michaels lands a slapping body shot.
Mihaylov is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Michaels goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Michaels throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mihaylov's head.
Michaels on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mihaylov moves out of range of the strikes.
Mihaylov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mihaylov tries to counter by clinching up but Michaels breaks away and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Mihaylov feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Michaels sprawling to the canvas! Michaels rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Mihaylov finish him?!
Mihaylov works Michaels's body with a nice hook.
Michaels tries to clinch up.
Mihaylov avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick and Mihaylov moves out of range easily.
Mihaylov 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.
Mihaylov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Michaels tries to keep at a distance but Mihaylov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Michaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
Michaels lands a knee to the head.
Mihaylov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Michaels creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mihaylov's defenses.
Mihaylov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Michaels or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandar Mihaylov dominated that round.
That's time! Mihaylov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mihaylov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Michaels scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michaels tries to work over Mihaylov's front leg with a kick but Mihaylov checks it.
Michaels clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mihaylov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Michaels misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mihaylov.
Michaels looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Michaels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mihaylov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mihaylov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Mihaylov.
Michaels tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mihaylov trying to land knees to the body.
Mihaylov has Michaels pushed against the cage.
Michaels tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mihaylov avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mihaylov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Michaels throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Michaels lands an elbow inside.
Mihaylov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Michaels tries to land knees in the clinch but Mihaylov avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Michaels throws an elbow but misses.
Michaels takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Michaels throws an elbow but misses.
Mihaylov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mihaylov avoiding damage as Michaels throws knees to the body.
Michaels comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mihaylov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Michaels breaks the clinch.
Michaels gets tackled into the cage by Mihaylov. Mihaylov maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mihaylov has Michaels pressed against the cage, preventing Michaels from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Mihaylov.
Good body shot from Mihaylov.
A shot in the inside from Mihaylov.
We've been informed that Michaels has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mihaylov scores with a shoulder strike.
Mihaylov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mihaylov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Michaels can do to turn this around?
Michaels with a knee to the head.
Aleksandar Mihaylov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mihaylov cracks Michaels with a nice body shot.
Mihaylov lands a left hand.
Michaels wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Mihaylov.
Mihaylov lands a left hand.
Michaels with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mihaylov lands a nice shot to the body.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Mihaylov.
Mihaylov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Michaels trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mihaylov stalling against the cage.
Mihaylov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mihaylov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Michaels backwards.
Mihaylov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Michaels misses with an elbow strike.
Michaels misses with some punches.
Mihaylov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Michaels can't break the clinch.
Mihaylov lands with a left to the head.
Mihaylov dips a shoulder and cracks Michaels with a mighty uppercut! Michaels falls back against the cage and Mihaylov unloads with a barrage of strikes! Michaels is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Mihaylov screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Mihaylov!
After winning the bout, Aleksandar Mihaylov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Matthew Michaels stepped up to the mic, saying 'I zigged when I should have zagged and got tagged'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ne Hi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Pravola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Pravola has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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19
148 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ne Hi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Pravola!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pravola takes one to the side of the head.
Hi tries a head kick but it misses.
Pravola connects with the punch.
Pravola misses with a two punch combination.
Pravola misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Pravola throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pravola on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pravola misses with an uppercut
enabling Hi to counter with a crisp jab.
Hi checks the leg kick.
Pravola lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hi circles away quickly and effectively.
Pravola moves out of range of the strikes.
Hi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pravola rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hi scores with a push kick.
Hi lands a nice looking body kick.
Hi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pravola looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hi delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pravola avoids the body shot from Hi.
Pravola takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pravola misses with a straight right.
Hi swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pravola was well out of range. Poor timing from Hi.
Hi avoids the body shot from Pravola.
Hi thuds his right hand into Pravola's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pravola is rocked!
Pravola looks up at the clock. Bad move! Hi lands a right hand from hell, dropping Pravola. Hi pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ne Hi!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chikere Morce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chikere Morce will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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265 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chikere Morce!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morce tries to clinch there but Askren circles away.
Askren avoids the head kick by Morce.
Askren takes a swing at Morce's ribcage but misses.
Morce scores with a push kick.
Askren gets a clinch.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Askren blocks an elbow strike.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Askren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morce throws a head punch that misses.
Morce softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morce.
Morce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Askren blocks it with crossed arms.
Morce misses with the head strike.
Askren misses with a punch to the body.
Morce scores a nice knee to the body.
Askren is breathing heavily.
Askren takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Morce pushes Askren back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Askren takes a shot to the head.
Morce can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morce lands a nice uppercut.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Morce controls his hands.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Askren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Askren's elbow.
Morce swings wildly with an uppercut but Askren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Chikere Morce has been cut.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Morce lands with a short shot to the head.
Morce lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Benny Askren has been cut.
Askren comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Morce misses with a knee strike.
Morce misses with an elbow strike.
Morce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Morce lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce takes a shot to the head.
Morce misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Askren on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morce throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Askren.
Morce working aggressively here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Askren throws an elbow but misses.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Askren throws an elbow but it misses.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Askren presses Morce against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Morce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chikere Morce dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Askren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morce.
Morce tries to clinch but Askren is having none of it.
Askren clinches up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Morce misses with a body punch.
Askren lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Morce backwards.
Morce struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Morce can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
A short body shot lands from Askren as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morce backwards.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Chikere Morce seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Morce swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morce missing with knees to the body.
Askren takes a shot to the head.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but Askren blocks with his arms.
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Askren.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Morce misses with a knee strike.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
Morce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
Morce throws a punch but it's blocked by Askren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Chikere Morce's cut even more.
Morce tries a knee to the head but Askren blocks it.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
Morce blocks a body shot from Askren.
Morce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morce dodges an elbow strike from Askren.
Morce lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Askren blocks an uppercut.
Morce throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morce struggles to land a body shot inside as Askren controls his hands.
Morce lands a hook that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Morce working Askren over with knees to the body.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce blocks an elbow strike from Askren.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morce takes an elbow to the temple.
Morce takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Chikere Morce's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Morce dodges an elbow strike from Askren.
Askren creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Morce's defenses.
Chikere Morce's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Askren throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Askren throws an elbow that misses.
Morce avoids the elbow strike from Askren, against the cage.
Askren blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Askren dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Askren gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morce.
Morce throws a hook but Askren avoids it easily.
Askren looks to score with a jab to the body but Morce is just out of range.
Morce swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Morce fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Askren closes the distance and clinches.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren misses with an elbow over the top.
Morce misses with a knee to the head.
Askren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Morce.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morce tries to work over Askren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Askren avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Askren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Askren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Askren tries to work over Morce's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Askren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Askren prevents a body shot from Morce.
Morce looking to throw knees to the head but Askren is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Morce - that landed with a thud.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
Morce working aggressively here.
Askren lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Askren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Askren misses with an elbow over the top.
Askren scores with a nice hook to the head.
Askren working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren managing to block the knees to the body from Morce.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
Askren pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Askren.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Askren lands an elbow that stopped Morce in his tracks for a moment.
Askren tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morce's elbow.
Morce blocks the elbow strike.
Askren is leaning against Morce and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Askren just misses with a elbow thrown towards Morce's brow.
Morce tries to land knees in the clinch but Askren avoids the damage to the body.
Askren avoiding damage as Morce throws knees to the body.
Morce is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Askren is defending well for now.
Morce misses with a punch to the body.
Askren blocking some punches.
Askren can't find room to land a body shot as Morce controls the action.
Morce goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren misses with an elbow strike.
Askren lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morce or not.
Askren goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morce tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Morce back against the cage.
Morce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Askren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Askren avoids the elbow strike from Morce, against the cage.
Morce lands a right hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
Askren works on Morce's body with a couple of short punches.
Morce trying to land knees to the body.
Morce tries a body shot but Askren blocks it.
Askren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Morce takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Askren.
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!
Askren digs a right hand underneath Morce's ribcage. Morce let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Askren digs a right hand into Morce's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morce's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Askren showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Askren 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 David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Askren!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Snafu Mohajib (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnavut Sevket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
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192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Snafu Mohajib!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arnavut Sevket!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sevket lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mohajib circles away quickly and effectively.
Sevket darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mohajib tries to kick Sevket off but Sevket keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Sevket is trying to control. Mohajib wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mohajib knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sevket on the ground.
Sevket stops Mohajib from getting back to his feet.
Sevket trying to control the action but Mohajib is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sevket sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mohajib defending well though.
Sevket wants to take a breather but Mohajib is having none of it.
Sevket not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mohajib wants to get back to his feet.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Sevket loads up on a big right hand but Mohajib slips the punch.
Mohajib tries to close the distance and clinch but Sevket swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mohajib keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sevket just misses with a punch to the body.
Sevket takes a swing at Mohajib's ribcage but misses.
Mohajib gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sevket shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mohajib as he avoids it easily.
Sevket shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mohajib's guard.
Sevket is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mohajib wants to stand up but Sevket is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohajib on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mohajib tries to get out of the position.
Sevket sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mohajib's guard.
Sevket performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Sevket stops Mohajib from getting back to his feet.
Sevket is controlling the pace.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mohajib moves in looking to clinch but Sevket pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohajib tries to sprawl but Sevket drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Mohajib is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sevket scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sevket throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mohajib has hold of Sevket's hands but Sevket slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sevket looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sevket content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Mohajib has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Mohajib blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sevket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mohajib scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Sevket manages to mount him!
Sevket has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sevket content just to control the position here.
Sevket is landing with some decent strikes but Mohajib is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sevket in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mohajib really wants to buck Sevket off and get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sevket sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mohajib wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnavut Sevket dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mohajib moves out of range as Sevket strikes.
Some wild striking there from Sevket.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mohajib lands with a left to the head.
Sevket has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mohajib scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mohajib lands with a right to the head.
Mohajib lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sevket.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sevket misses with a punch on the inside.
Sevket breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sevket jabs Mohajib to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sevket throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mohajib is looking to counter the offense by Sevket and move into the clinch.
Sevket looks to land a right hand but Mohajib moved out of range.
Mohajib wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket misses with a body shot.
Mohajib is looking to counter punch.
Sevket is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mohajib rather than just go for the knockout.
Mohajib is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mohajib moves into the clinch.
Sevket blocks an uppercut.
Mohajib blocking some punches.
Mohajib misses with the head strike.
Mohajib swings wildly with an uppercut but Sevket uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sevket blocking some punches.
Sevket tries a body shot but Mohajib blocks it.
Sevket can't find room to land a body shot as Mohajib controls the action.
Sevket misses with a punch to the body.
Mohajib blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket misses with a body punch.
Sevket blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mohajib throws a head punch that misses.
Mohajib throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sevkets head.
Mohajib throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Mohajib as the two fighters clinch.
Sevket working aggressively here.
Sevket's coach down at Foot Loves was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sevket's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mohajib lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sevket backwards.
Mohajib misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mohajib lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sevket tries to work over Mohajib's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sevket blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mohajib lands with a light punch inside.
Mohajib letting Sevket take a breather here.
Mohajib misses with some punches.
Mohajib has a couple of punches blocked by Sevket.
Sevket blocks a body shot from Mohajib.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sevket tries to work over Mohajib's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sevket blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sevket manages to break the clinch.
Sevket pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mohajib wants to clinch.
Mohajib tries to clinch up.
Sevket throws a shot from downtown. Mohajib moves away and avoids it.
As Sevket tries to get set, Mohajib tries to push him back and clinch up but Sevket manages to avoid the attempt.
Sevket swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mohajib tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sevket manages to circle out of the way.
Sevket ducks right into an uppercut from Mohajib.
Sevket stuns Mohajib with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sevket misses with a few strikes there.
Mohajib was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mohajib slips under a jab from Sevket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sevket changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mohajib tries to avoid it but Sevket manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mohajib to the ground. Mohajib escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sevket misses with a wild body shot.
Mohajib slips a jab from Sevket.
Sevket swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mohajib ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mohajib tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sevket manages to circle out of the way.
Mohajib fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sevket appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Mohajib fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sevket, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mohajib creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mohajib fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mohajib tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sevket jumps guard and drags Mohajib to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sevket lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sevket advances to half guard.
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 Snafu Mohajib will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Sevket throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sevket looks to land a left hand but Mohajib moved out of range nicely.
Sevket connects with a single shot there.
Sevket thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mohajib tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sevket paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sevket let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sevket on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sevket shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sevket was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Mohajib is pushing Sevket's head away, looking to escape. Sevket manages to hold on to the position though.
Sevket is looking to take a break and control but Mohajib is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sevket lands a nice forearm strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sevket scoring with punches from side control.
Sevket has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Sevket looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mohajib trying desperately to get to his feet.
Sevket punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Sevket connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sevket raining down shots from the mount!
Sevket unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Mohajib wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sevket celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arnavut Sevket!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chiyono Fuji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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265 lbs
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250 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chiyono Fuji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christian Long!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuji with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Long buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice combination there by Fuji.
It looks like Christian Long has been cut.
Long misses with a low kick.
Donk. Fuji catches Long right on the button with a cross.
Fuji uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Long.
Long slips a jab from Fuji.
Long throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Long lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fuji backs up against the cage.
It looks like Chiyono Fuji has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuji lands with an overhand left.
Long throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fuji lands with an uppercut that bounces Long off the cage and back into range.
Long looks to land a right hand but Fuji moved out of range.
Long swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fuji uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Long.
Fuji misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Fuji backs off Long throws a huge counter combo but Fuji manages to avoid it all.
Fuji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fuji swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Long.
Long lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fuji lands with a shot to the body.
Long looks winded!
Fuji connects with a body shot.
Fuji scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Decent striking displayed by Fuji there.
Fuji has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The GYM (20 elite coaches on the Island !!!) in the buildup to the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fuji thuds a left hand into Long's body.
Long gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Long throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Long takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fuji throws a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuji cracks Long with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Fuji has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Long to stand back up!
Long is rocked!
Long buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Long tries to move into range but Fuji moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Long is still on wobbly legs! Can Fuji finish him?
Long misses with a straight left.
Long seems to have recovered his senses.
Fuji cracks Long with a hook to the temple - Long is on wobbly legs here! Fuji swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Long falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Fuji wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chiyono Fuji!
A determined Chiyono Fuji didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Momo La Brute (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tycoon Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Momo La Brute has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 lbs
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214 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Momo La Brute!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tycoon Jesus!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Brute jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jesus dodges the punch combination from La Brute.
Jesus just misses with a punch to the body.
La Brute throws the left hand but Jesus avoids the punch easily.
Jesus connects with a body shot that sends La Brute's belly button to the back.
Jesus throws a body shot but no joy.
La Brute lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by La Brute.
La Brute swings for the body but Jesus moves out of range.
Momo La Brute seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jesus slips a jab and a cross from La Brute.
La Brute just misses with a punch to the body.
La Brute swinging wildly here.
Jesus misses with a body kick.
La Brute is looking for a counter combo.
Jesus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jesus scores with a head kick. La Brute tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Brute 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.
La Brute fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jesus on the side of the head.
Jesus throws a shot to the body.
Jesus throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Brute cracks Jesus with an open hand slap.
La Brute misses with a few strikes there.
La Brute changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Jesus there.
La Brute cracks Jesus with an open hand slap.
Jesus just misses with a punch to the body.
La Brute lands a head shot.
La Brute misses with a wild combination.
Nice jab there from Jesus.
La Brute lands a two punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Brute goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
La Brute throws a right and a left that both miss.
La Brute darts in and clinches Jesus up against the cage.
La Brute scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from La Brute fails to land.
La Brute looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jesus manages to break the clinch.
Jesus misses with a kick to the body.
La Brute avoids the body shot from Jesus.
La Brute fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jesus, pushing him back against the cage.
La Brute lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La Brute is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jesus working hard to break the clinch.
La Brute lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Brute has Jesus pressed against the cage, preventing Jesus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La Brute.
Jesus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Brute scores with a sloppy right hand. Jesus should have avoided that one.
La Brute throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
La Brute throws a series of punches but Jesus moves out of range.
La Brute dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
La Brute fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jesus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
La Brute is looking to clinch but Jesus is avoiding it.
A looping hook to the body misses from La Brute. Jesus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jesus tries to keep at a distance but La Brute has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jesus breaks from the clinch.
La Brute misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
La Brute avoids a kick to the body.
Jesus misses the shot to the body.
Jesus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Brute was well out of range. Poor timing from Jesus.
Jesus misses with a body shot.
La Brute pushes Jesus up against the cage in a clinch.
La Brute lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Brute.
Jesus breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Brute throws a series of punches but Jesus moves out of range.
Jesus misses with a wild body shot.
La Brute is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
La Brute drives through and clinches with Jesus against the cage.
La Brute misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Brute missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Brute.
La Brute misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jesus managing to block the knees to the body from La Brute.
La Brute has a couple of punches blocked by Jesus.
La Brute lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jesus backwards.
Jesus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Brute content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jesus is trying to force a seperation but La Brute has the dominant position.
Jesus being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Momo La Brute dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jesus thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on La Brute if he has to take too many more of those.
Jesus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Brute.
Jesus misses with a body kick.
La Brute is looking to counter punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Jesus as he connects with a hook.
La Brute has taken the fight to the clinch.
Momo La Brute has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jesus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Brute working aggressively here.
Jesus tries to circle away but La Brute has him pinned against the cage.
La Brute working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Brute lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La Brute scores with a shoulder strike.
Jesus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jesus is trying to break the clinch but La Brute is controlling him.
La Brute lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jesus backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Brute blocking some punches.
Jesus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
La Brute blocking some punches.
La Brute missing with knees to the body.
Jesus tries to break the clinch but La Brute is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Brute.
La Brute slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
La Brute lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jesus backwards.
La Brute lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Brute.
Jesus is trying to break the clinch but La Brute is controlling him.
La Brute softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La Brute lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jesus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jesus wants to break free but La Brute has control.
Jesus misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from La Brute.
La Brute misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jesus.
La Brute lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Brute controlling the action here for a moment.
La Brute scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jesus is looking to break free of the clinch but La Brute has double underhooks.
La Brute trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jesus stalling in the clinch but La Brute improves position.
La Brute working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
La Brute misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jesus.
La Brute is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jesus can do to turn this around?
La Brute swings wildly with an uppercut but Jesus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jesus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
La Brute takes the fight into the clinch.
La Brute throws a punch but it's blocked by Jesus.
La Brute swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jesus wants to break the clinch but can't.
La Brute throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jesuss head.
Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Brute misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from La Brute.
La Brute keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jesus's efforts to push away.
La Brute scores with a shot to the side of Jesus's head.
Jesus is looking to break free of the clinch but La Brute has double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, La Brute creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jesus breaks from the clinch.
La Brute wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Momo La Brute dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
La Brute pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jesus back to the cage. La Brute follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
La Brute scores with a nice head shot.
Jesus jabs at La Brute's body.
Momo La Brute is winning the standup battle so far.
Jesus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from La Brute finds it's way round the side to connect with Jesus's head.
Jesus lunges at La Brute with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by La Brute's hand.
La Brute takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jesus slips a jab and a cross from La Brute.
La Brute throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Jesus.
La Brute stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Jesus swings for the body but La Brute moves out of range.
La Brute takes a swing at Jesus's ribcage but misses.
Jesus throws the left hand but La Brute avoids the punch easily.
La Brute rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jesus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La Brute fails with an attempt to clinch.
La Brute closes the distance and pushes Jesus back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Brute is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jesus is defending well for now.
La Brute stalling the fight.
La Brute lands a shoulder strike.
La Brute misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Brute swings wildly with an uppercut but Jesus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jesus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Brute has him pressed against the cage.
La Brute presses Jesus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
La Brute misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jesus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jesus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Brute manages to avoid it.
La Brute cracks a nice hook into Jesus's ribs.
Jesus is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down La Brute rather than just go for the knockout.
Jesus keeps La Brute at a distance using the push kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Brute's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and La Brute duly obliges.
La Brute misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Jesus misses.
Jesus tries to keep at a distance but La Brute has taken the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jesus swings wildly with an uppercut but La Brute uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jesus blocks an uppercut.
La Brute working aggressively here.
La Brute tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
La Brute lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from La Brute.
Jesus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Brute scores with a shot to the side of Jesus's head.
La Brute keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jesus's efforts to push away.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Brute.
La Brute keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jesus's efforts to push away.
Still in the clinch, La Brute scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jesus trying to stall but La Brute improves his position.
La Brute lands a right hand.
La Brute lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jesus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jesus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but La Brute has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Brute misses with a hook from the clinch.
La Brute is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jesus has a couple of punches blocked by La Brute.
Jesus blocking some punches.
La Brute softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La Brute tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jesus avoids it.
Jesus managing to block the knees to the body from La Brute.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jesus.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, La Brute creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jesus breaks the clinch.
Tycoon Jesus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Momo La Brute is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Brute fails to land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Momo La Brute showed his dominance in that final round.
Well La Brute 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 David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Momo La Brute!
Momo La Brute 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijo Virtanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Lazaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Virtanen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Maamme Laulu. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Keijo Virtanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Lazaro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazaro gets a clinch.
Lazaro gets through Virtanen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Virtanen jumps guard but Lazaro stands there with Virtanen around his waist. Virtanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Virtanen has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lazaro avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lazaro creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Virtanen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keijo Virtanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lazaro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Lazaro.
Lazaro scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lazaro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lazaro stalling against the cage.
Lazaro controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazaro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lazaro - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Lazaro.
Lazaro closes the distance and pushes Virtanen back into the cage.
Come on Lazaro - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lazaro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Lazaro slowing the pace effectively.
Lazaro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Lazaro.
Lazaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Virtanen is just out of range.
Virtanen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lazaro tries to close the distance and clinch but Virtanen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lazaro tries to clinch but Virtanen moves out of range.
Lazaro gets a clinch.
Virtanen wants to get back to striking at distance but Lazaro won't allow it.
Virtanen wants a takedown.
Lazaro avoiding damage.
Lazaro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lazaro stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lazaro is stalling here.
Lazaro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lazaro pushes Virtanen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lazaro is stalling here.
Virtanen wants to break free but Lazaro has control.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Lazaro.
Virtanen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lazaro counters with a left to the body.
Lazaro forces Virtanen back against the cage and clinches.
Lazaro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
Virtanen is looking for a takedown.
Virtanen tries to break the clinch but Lazaro is controlling the position.
Lazaro avoiding damage.
Virtanen jumps guard but Lazaro stands there with Virtanen around his waist. Virtanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lazaro avoiding damage.
Lazaro manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lazaro continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Lazaro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lazaro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lazaro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Lazaro.
Lazaro moves into range and clinches up with Virtanen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lazaro slowing the pace effectively.
Lazaro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Virtanens head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazaro manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Virtanen being controlled against the cage.
Lazaro lands a shoulder strike.
Pedro Lazaro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lazaro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Virtanen works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Virtanen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Virtanen wants to control from the top but Lazaro keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virtanen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Virtanen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lazaro wants to stand and escape but Virtanen is having none of it.
Virtanen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Virtanen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Virtanen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Virtanen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lazaro is keeping the position for now.
Virtanen wants to control from the top but Lazaro keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lazaro has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Virtanen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Virtanen feinted with a counter takedown.
Lazaro closes the distance and pushes Virtanen back into the cage.
Lazaro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Virtanen or not.
Virtanen is trying to break the clinch but Lazaro is controlling him.
Lazaro leaning against his opponent.
Lazaro gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Virtanen.
Virtanen tries to pull guard but Lazaro forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Lazaro.
Virtanen is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keijo Virtanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Virtanen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lazaro is defending well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Virtanen is trying to drag Lazaro to the mat but Lazaro just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Lazaro controlling the action here for a moment.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lazaro - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lazaro stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Lazaro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lazaro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lazaro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lazaro tries to clinch but Virtanen moves out of range.
Virtanen has been working on his balance at Fitness elite 24/7, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Lazaro.
Virtanen shoots in but no luck this time.
Lazaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Virtanen was well out of range. Poor timing from Lazaro.
Lazaro wants to clinch up but Virtanen keeps it at a distance.
Lazaro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Virtanen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Virtanen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lazaro clinches with his opponent.
Virtanen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lazaro pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Lazaro lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lazaro stalling the fight.
Lazaro stops a takedown attempt from Virtanen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keijo Virtanen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A bit of stalling here from Lazaro.
Lazaro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lazaro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Virtanen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lazaro is defending well.
Virtanen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lazaro gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lazaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Virtanen takes a shot to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Lazaro.
Lazaro just leaning against Virtanen, taking a breather.
Lazaro lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lazaro on the inside.
Lazaro is pushing Virtanen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lazaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Lazaro stalling against the cage.
Lazaro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Virtanen is trying to push Lazaro away but Lazaro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The referee calls for Lazaro to work.
Lazaro is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lazaro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pedro Lazaro.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lazaro prevents the takedown attempt.
Virtanen jumps guard but Lazaro stands there with Virtanen around his waist. Virtanen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Good body shot from Lazaro.
A short body shot lands from Lazaro as the two fighters clinch.
Lazaro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Virtanen has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lazaro after a bit of a struggle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lazaro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lazaro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lazaro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A short right from Lazaro.
Lazaro manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lazaro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lazaro receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nice body punch from Lazaro.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Lazaro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lazaro winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 25:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 25:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Lazaro!
Pedro Lazaro got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wid Ing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Small (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wid Ing!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Small!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small blocks a head kick by Ing.
Small jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ing pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Small feints the counter takedown.
Wid Ing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Ing does it's job there.
Ing tries to move into range but Small moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Small connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ing. Ing circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Small takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Small.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Ing is just out of range.
It looked like Ing was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Small.
Small throws a hook to the side of Ing's head but Ing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ing defends it nicely.
Ing lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Small throws a lazy uppercut
and Ing counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Small throws a hook but Ing avoids it easily.
Small walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ing goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Small swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Small misses with a hook. Ing ducked under it nicely.
Small ducks under a wild hook from Ing.
Small slips under a jab.
Ing misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Small was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ing throws a head kick but Small moves out of range.
Small misses the shot to the body.
Ing misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ing. Small does a little dance to reset his feet.
Small waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ing.
Small takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ing misses the shot to the body.
Small shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ing pinned against the cage. Ing gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ing scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab lands there for Small.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ing throws a body kick that misses.
Small might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Ing defends it well.
Ing lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Small misses the target.
Small has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ing lands a slapping body shot.
Ing misses the shot to the body.
Small shoots in and drives through. Ing sprawls well.
As Small looks to move away, Ing throws a big counter combo bu Small just gets out of the way.
Wid Ing has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Small.
Both fighters circling a little - Ing finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ing bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Some wild striking there from Small.
Ing swings for the body but Small moves out of range.
Ing misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Ing misses.
Small tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Small throws a shot from downtown. Ing moves away and avoids it.
Small swinging wildly here.
Small throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ing tests Small's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Small darts in looking for a takedown but Ing gets double underhooks and turns Small into the cage.
Ing misses with a head kick.
Ing misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Small.
Ing just misses with a punch to the body.
Small looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ing blocks a jab.
Ing throws the left hand but Small avoids the punch easily.
Ing lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wid Ing dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ing misses with a double jab.
Ing keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Small blocks the body kick.
Ing lands a nice shot to the body.
Small takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wid Ing is winning the standup battle so far.
Decent striking displayed by Ing there.
A head kick misses from Ing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small lands a slapping body shot.
Small closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Small lands in his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Small slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Small seems content to control.
Ing on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ing tries to get out of the position.
Let's hope that Small has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Small is trying for a kimura here. Ing looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Small wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Small!
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