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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrei Zharkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andrei Zharkov!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zharkov circles away from the clinch attempt.
King is looking to clinch but Zharkov is avoiding it.
King tries to clinch but Zharkov moves away
and Zharkov counters with a takedown into side control.
Zharkov is working to tighten his grip on King's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. King has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Zharkov is really squeezing tight and eventually King passes out! Zharkov breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Andrei Zharkov!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Tremblay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Touma Saibara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincent Tremblay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Touma Saibara!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tremblay misses with a low kick.
Saibara shoots and misses
and Tremblay counters with a right hand to the body.
A slow jab from Tremblay misses its intended target.
A jab from Tremblay finds it's way through Saibara's defenses.
Saibara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tremblay moves away.
Saibara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tremblay counters with a left to the body.
Tremblay connects with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Saibara. Tremblay does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saibara misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Tremblay.
Saibara with the counter takedown but Tremblay avoids it easily.
Saibara ducks under a wild hook from Tremblay.
Nice uppercut there from Tremblay.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tremblay displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Saibara.
Saibara bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vincent Tremblay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tremblay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saibara.
Tremblay misses the shot to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Saibara misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Saibara checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tremblay lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Saibara at a distance.
Saibara throws a body punch but Tremblay moves out of range.
Saibara throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tremblay.
Saibara changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Tremblay looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The strikes coming from Saibara are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The ground and pound from Saibara seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tremblay's coaches at Soul Supremacy - UK have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Saibara working the ground and pound but Tremblay is defending the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saibara fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Saibara in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
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!
Saibara lands a nice forearm strike.
Saibara throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Saibara sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Tremblay is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Saibara seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Saibara is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saibara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tremblay down.
Saibara lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tremblay on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Saibara lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tremblay down.
Saibara working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saibara misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Saibara lands a few punches from side control.
Tremblay knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Saibara on the ground.
Saibara fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Saibara throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Saibara working the body and head with strikes.
The strikes coming from Saibara are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tremblay is trying to buck Saibara off.
The strikes coming from Saibara are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
An elbow from Saibara crashes against the mat.
Saibara scoring with punches and elbows.
Tremblay taking a bit of punishment here - Saibara scoring with strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Saibara working his ground and pound in the gym.
Tremblay taking a bit of punishment here - Saibara scoring with strikes.
Tremblay is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saibara lands some shots froms side control.
Oh Tremblay is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saibara advances to mount.
Tremblay seems to have got his legs back now.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Saibara! Tremblay is hurt baaadly! Saibara is firing away with more strikes - Tremblay is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Touma Saibara!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Junior Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Pirate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pirate is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 5 Pirate Myths That Actually Are True. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, The Pirate!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pirate tries a head kick but it misses.
Harris tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pirate defends well and Harris ends up having to push Pirate into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Pirate cracks the inside of Harris's front leg.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pirate gets caught napping as Harris dives in and scores a takedown. Pirate manages to retain guard.
Harris looking to sit in guard and control but Pirate gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Harris controls Pirate momentarily but Pirate frees himself.
Harris has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Harris escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pirate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris has his foot on Pirate's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pirate works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Harris looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pirate slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Harris looking for a guillotine here but Pirate defends easily.
Harris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Harris tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Harris can't keep his opponent in guard - Pirate advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pirate prevents Harris from improving his position.
Harris is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pirate pulls his head out easily.
Pirate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pirate pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Pirate seems content to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The Pirate is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pirate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pirate looks to land a combination. Harris sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Harris doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Pirate counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pirate thumps Harris with a low kick.
Junior Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pirate is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harris with a body shot.
Pirate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pirate moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pirate plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Harris tries to clinch up but Pirate circles away and keeps his distance.
Pirate flicks out a counter leg kick but Harris steps away.
Harris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pirate tries to avoid it but Harris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pirate to the ground. Pirate escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Harris stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pirate.
Pirate digs a good hook to Harris's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pirate lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pirate swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Harris shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Harris was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris taking a break here but Pirate is having none of it and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Pirate dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pirate scores with a head kick. Harris tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pirate lands a right hook to the body.
Harris looks to land a combination but Pirate avoids it well.
Despite the aggression on Pirate's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Harris takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Harris.
Pirate has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Pirate fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
Harris misses with a takedown
and Pirate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris is looking to clinch but Pirate is avoiding it.
Harris has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pirate scores with a sloppy right hand. Harris should have avoided that one.
Horrible takedown attempt by Harris or perhaps it was just good defense by Pirate, which made it look bad.
Harris looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pirate is fending him off so far but Harris persists. Nope, Pirate circles away and we're back to standing.
Pirate stuffs the takedown attempt from Harris. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pirate.
Pirate feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Pirate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pirate flicks out a counter leg kick but Harris steps away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris throws a chopping leg kick but Pirate manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pirate buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Harris with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pirate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pirate is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Harris rather than just go for the knockout.
A good leg kick by Pirate.
Pirate digs a good body shot into Harris's ribs.
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!
Pirate lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Harris has his takedown stuffed
and Pirate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Junior Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pirate, right into the meat.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris fails with a takedown attempt.
Pirate is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris moves into range and clinches up with Pirate.
Harris jumps guard but Pirate stands there with Harris around his waist. Harris gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Harris tries to work over Pirate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pirate lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pirate.
Pirate lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Pirate.
Harris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pirate lands a body punch.
Pirate misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pirate content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris tries to pull guard but Pirate won't allow it.
Pirate slows down the pace here.
Harris tries to break free but Pirate pushes him back against the cage.
Harris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pirate gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Harris fails to pull guard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pirate.
Harris tries to pull guard but Pirate holds him up against the cage and eventually Harris drops back down to his feet.
Come on Pirate - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Pirate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Harris looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pirate only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Pirate connects with a solid leg kick.
The Pirate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pirate looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pirate throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Pirate connects with an inside leg kick.
Harris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pirate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pirate uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A shot to the body from Harris misses
and Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris misses with a takedown
and Pirate counters with a nice uppercut.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Harris is looking to clinch but Pirate is avoiding it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pirate stuns Harris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pirate jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Harris shoots and misses
and Pirate counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pirate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pirate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pirate cracks Harris with an open hand slap.
Harris shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pirate sprawls well. Pirate wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Harris gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Harris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Harris blocks a head kick by Pirate.
Harris looking to score a takedown here. Pirate is defending well but Harris drives through and ends up in Pirate's guard.
Pirate wants to sweep but no luck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pirate is controlling Harris's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pirate looking for a sweep. Not yet Pirate, not yet.
Pirate has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Pirate wants to stand up but Harris is controlling him.
Harris being controlled here momentarily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Harris accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Harris wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pirate keeps working.
Pirate gets full guard.
Harris wants to control from the top but Pirate keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris looking to pass the guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pirate keeping moving, preventing Harris from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Junior Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pirate lands a leg kick that knocks Harris off balance momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
The Pirate comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pirate 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... The Pirate!
After winning the bout, The Pirate 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 Max Biggavel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piotr Rokicki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rokicki has chosen DMX - Slippin' as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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196 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 New York, Max Biggavel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Piotr Rokicki!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biggavel changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rokicki tries to avoid it but Biggavel manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rokicki to the ground. Rokicki escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Biggavel shoots in for a takedown but Rokicki shows good takedown defense.
Rokicki lands a lovely overhand right.
Horrible takedown attempt by Biggavel or perhaps it was just good defense by Rokicki, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Biggavel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rokicki, as that shot connected.
Biggavel closes the distance but Rokicki moves to the side
letting Rokicki counter with a right hand.
Rokicki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Biggavel shoots in and drives through. Rokicki sprawls well.
Biggavel bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Biggavel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rokicki keeps working.
Rokicki is looking to reverse the position.
Rokicki is not content to let Biggavel control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Biggavel misses with the ground and pound.
Rokicki struggling a bit here.
Rokicki is trying to improve his position.
Biggavel wants to control but Rokicki is keeping him busy.
Rokicki is trying to get back to half guard.
Rokicki managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Biggavel.
Rokicki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Biggavel creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Rokicki sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Biggavel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Biggavel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rokicki parries the strikes from Biggavel easily there. Biggavel is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Rokicki to escape.
Rokicki really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Biggavel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Biggavel trying to control the action but Rokicki is working from the bottom.
I wouldn't like to be where Rokicki is right now.
Rokicki manages to get back to half guard.
Rokicki is looking for a sweep. Biggavel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Biggavel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rokicki can do anything to dispel that myth.
Biggavel thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rokicki's head.
Biggavel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki blocking the ground and pound attempt from Biggavel.
Rokicki wants to control but Biggavel is keeping busy.
Biggavel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rokicki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rokicki is positioning himself well to prevent Biggavel advancing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Biggavel slips a nice elbow through Rokicki's hands, connecting with Rokicki's forehead.
Rokicki wants to get back to his feet.
Biggavel missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Biggavel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Biggavel throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rokicki wants to control but Biggavel is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Biggavel.
Biggavel not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Biggavel looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rokicki is pressing down on Biggavel's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rokicki keeping moving, preventing Biggavel from controlling successfully.
Biggavel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Max Biggavel will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rokicki lands a jab to the nose.
The fight stays on the outside here - Biggavel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rokicki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Biggavel walks into a left hand.
Horrible takedown attempt by Biggavel or perhaps it was just good defense by Rokicki, which made it look bad.
A combination from Biggavel does no damage.
Rokicki gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rokicki fails to land.
Biggavel changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rokicki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Biggavel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rokicki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Biggavel feinted with a counter takedown.
Biggavel shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rokicki sprawls well. Rokicki wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Biggavel gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Biggavel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Biggavel takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokicki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rokicki scoring well with a low kick there.
Biggavel shoots in for a takedown but Rokicki shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rokicki.
Rokicki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rokicki swinging wildly here.
Biggavel darts in trying to clinch
and Rokicki counters with a leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rokicki.
Max Biggavel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rokicki swings for the body but Biggavel moves out of range.
Biggavel shoots for a double leg takedown but Rokicki sprawls well. He's pushed Biggavel's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Piotr Rokicki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rokicki, right into the meat.
Rokicki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Biggavel gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rokicki counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Biggavel looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Biggavel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rokicki scores with a jab to the body.
Rokicki pushes Biggavel up against the cage in a clinch.
Rokicki lands a shoulder strike.
Rokicki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Biggavel is working for takedown but Rokicki is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rokicki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rokicki controlling the action here for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rokicki.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biggavel.
Rokicki misses with a punch on the inside.
Rokicki lands with a right to the head.
Rokicki lands a hook that snaps the head of Biggavel backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biggavel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rokicki or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rokicki.
Rokicki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Biggavel backwards.
Biggavel blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Rokicki - that landed with a thud.
Rokicki lands with a right to the head.
Biggavel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Biggavel has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rokicki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rokicki has Biggavel pressed against the cage.
Rokicki stalling against the cage.
Rokicki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rokicki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rokicki prevents a takedown attempt there.
Biggavel looking for a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokicki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Rokicki.
Rokicki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Rokicki leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rokicki misses with some punches.
Biggavel is looking for a takedown.
Rokicki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rokicki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Biggavel has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rokicki avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Come on Rokicki - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rokicki misses with a punch to the body.
Rokicki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rokicki misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Rokicki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Rokicki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Biggavel dives in for a single leg takedown but Rokicki sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rokicki closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Rokicki to work.
Rokicki stops a takedown attempt from Biggavel.
Rokicki lands a body punch.
Rokicki lands a right hand that snaps the head of Biggavel backwards.
Biggavel is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Biggavel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Rokicki.
Rokicki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Rokicki.
Rokicki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Biggavel is rocked!
Piotr Rokicki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rokicki scores with a hook to the body.
Biggavel tries for a takedown but Rokicki manages to get underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Biggavel is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rokicki gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Biggavel tries for a takedown. No joy.
Biggavel is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rokicki pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Rokicki scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Biggavel tries to throw a body punch but Rokicki avoids it by throwing Biggavel back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Rokicki.
Oh Biggavel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rokicki digs a right hand underneath Biggavel's ribcage. Biggavel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rokicki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Rokicki.
Rokicki creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Biggavel's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Biggavel drops to his knees and Rokicki pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Piotr Rokicki!
After winning the bout, Piotr Rokicki 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ajax The Warrior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giraldo Costanzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giraldo Costanzo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ajax The Warrior's chin.
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252 lbs
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262 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ajax The Warrior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giraldo Costanzo!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Warrior fails to land with a series of punches.
Costanzo fails with the takedown
and The Warrior counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Giraldo Costanzo has been cut.
A cross from The Warrior lands.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Costanzo has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Costanzo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Warrior.
Costanzo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Costanzo throws a sloppy head kick and The Warrior moves out of range easily.
Costanzo rushes The Warrior and presses him up against the cage.
Costanzo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Warrior as Costanzo tries to tie him up.
Costanzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Warrior misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costanzo tries to pull guard but The Warrior won't allow it.
The Warrior lands a shot to the body.
Costanzo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ajax The Warrior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giraldo Costanzo.
The Warrior breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanzo looks for a takedown but The Warrior sprawls well.
Ajax The Warrior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Warrior tries to keep at a distance but Costanzo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costanzo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Warrior stalls.
Costanzo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Warrior scores with a shot to the side of Costanzo's head.
The Warrior's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Warrior lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That has opened up Giraldo Costanzo's cut even more.
The Warrior looks to land a left hand but Costanzo moved out of range nicely.
The Warrior has managed to clinch.
Costanzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Costanzo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Warrior's waist but The Warrior gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Costanzo off to one side.
Costanzo walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Costanzo limp body while The Warrior jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ajax The Warrior!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Sito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Budi Veikko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sito comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - What's my name?. Budi Veikko is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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158 lbs
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Sito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Budi Veikko!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Sito as Veikko shoots in.
Sito stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Sito wants it to stay on the feet.
Veikko fails with the takedown
and Sito counters with a nice body shot.
Robert Sito has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Budi Veikko.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Veikko.
We've been told by Sito's head coaches at School Of Fighting that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Veikko tries for a takedown but Sito circles away easily
and Sito makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sito moves into the clinch.
Sito lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Sito.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Veikko backwards.
Sito lands with a short shot to the head.
Sito working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sito lands a body shot in the clinch.
Veikko looks winded!
Sito presses Veikko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sito pushes Veikko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Veikko backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sito.
Veikko tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sito smiles and moves away.
Sito feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Veikko sprawling to the canvas! Veikko rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Sito finish him?!
Veikko is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sito finds Veikko's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Veikko flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Sito lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Veikko will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Robert Sito!
During a confident post fight interview, Robert Sito thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafiki WhoHitYou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silas Asap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). WhoHitYou kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is the Birth of Darkness. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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193 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafiki WhoHitYou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silas Asap!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asap wants to clinch.
Asap moves away from the strike by WhoHitYou.
WhoHitYou looks to score with a jab to the body but Asap is just out of range.
WhoHitYou misses with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by WhoHitYou.
Asap throws a wild body kick that WhoHitYou sees coming a mile off.
WhoHitYou misses with an uppercut. Asap saw that one coming.
Sloppy strikes from Asap. Those never looked like landing.
WhoHitYou walks into a left hand.
WhoHitYou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
WhoHitYou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asap.
Asap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
WhoHitYou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Asap is looking to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from WhoHitYou on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Asap swings widly with a right hand
and WhoHitYou counters with a stiff right hand.
WhoHitYou scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asap ducks under a wild hook from WhoHitYou.
Asap closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
WhoHitYou swats away the attempt to clinch by Asap.
WhoHitYou definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Silas Asap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
WhoHitYou misses with a jab, cross combination.
Asap is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
WhoHitYou scores with a nice right hand.
Asap misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut lands for WhoHitYou. That snapped Asap's head back.
Asap scores with a hook.
Asap shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. WhoHitYou eats them both and turns towards Asap to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Rafiki WhoHitYou has been cut.
WhoHitYou misses with a few strikes there.
WhoHitYou throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by WhoHitYou!
Asap throws a half hearted mid kick.
Asap throws a lazy right hand but WhoHitYou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Asap takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Asap tries to clinch but WhoHitYou is having none of it.
A punch combination from Asap misses.
WhoHitYou scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Asap doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
WhoHitYou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Asap stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Asap with a hook.
WhoHitYou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
WhoHitYou throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Asap. Those never looked like landing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from WhoHitYou.
Asap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
WhoHitYou misses with a two punch combination.
WhoHitYou jabs at Asap's body.
Asap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but WhoHitYou manages to avoid it.
WhoHitYou half committed to a counter leg kick.
WhoHitYou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Asap.
WhoHitYou cracks Asap with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
WhoHitYou fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Asap takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts WhoHitYou, as that shot connected.
Asap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but WhoHitYou paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Asap rushes WhoHitYou and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asap lands a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Asap.
A short right from WhoHitYou.
Asap blocks an uppercut.
WhoHitYou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asap's elbow.
Asap tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Asap on the inside.
Asap looking to throw knees to the head but WhoHitYou is blocking nicely.
Asap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but WhoHitYou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
WhoHitYou misses with a short punch on the inside.
WhoHitYou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
WhoHitYou swings wildly with an uppercut but Asap uses good head movement to avoid it.
Asap misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
WhoHitYou misses with a punch to the body.
WhoHitYou creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Asap using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
WhoHitYou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asap's elbow.
Asap with an attempt at a knee that misses.
WhoHitYou tries to break free but Asap pushes him back against the cage.
WhoHitYou throws an elbow but it misses.
Asap tries a knee to the head but WhoHitYou blocks it.
Asap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
WhoHitYou misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
WhoHitYou misses with the head strike.
WhoHitYou scores with a nice hook to the head.
Asap misses with a knee strike.
WhoHitYou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafiki WhoHitYou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafiki WhoHitYou's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Asap takes one to the chin there.
Asap has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Asap there as he acknowledges the shot.
Asap moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A punch combination from Asap misses.
A quick step to the side and WhoHitYou tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
WhoHitYou lands a really nice looking cross but Asap seems unphased.
WhoHitYou throws a series of punches but Asap moves out of range.
WhoHitYou misses with a few strikes there.
WhoHitYou blocks a jab.
Asap just misses with a punch to the body.
WhoHitYou misses with a wild body shot.
Asap steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from WhoHitYou.
WhoHitYou lands an overhand right.
WhoHitYou takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
WhoHitYou misses with an uppercut. Asap saw that one coming.
Asap staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - WhoHitYou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Asap staying out of range there.
WhoHitYou throws a push kick but Asap slaps the foot to one side.
Asap misses with a hook. WhoHitYou ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asap pushes WhoHitYou up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, WhoHitYou just misses with a elbow thrown towards Asap's brow.
Asap misses with a knee strike.
WhoHitYou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Asap tries a knee to the head but WhoHitYou blocks it.
Asap misses with a knee to the head.
WhoHitYou goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Asap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Asap tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Asap prevents WhoHitYou from breaking the clinch.
Asap missing with knees to the body.
Asap tries to land a knee to the head but WhoHitYou blocks with his arms.
WhoHitYou takes a shot to the head.
Asap is stalling here.
WhoHitYou lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Asap backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asap putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has WhoHitYou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Asap.
Asap avoiding damage.
Asap lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asap tries a knee to the head but WhoHitYou blocks it.
Asap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asap lands a knee to the head.
Asap controlling the action here for a moment.
WhoHitYou wants to get back to striking at distance but Asap won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asap blocks an elbow strike from WhoHitYou.
Asap blocking some punches.
WhoHitYou blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
WhoHitYou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
WhoHitYou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Asap tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Asap lands with a left to the head.
WhoHitYou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asap tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and WhoHitYou avoids it.
Asap will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning WhoHitYou up against the cage.
A short right from Asap.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
WhoHitYou lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Asap backwards.
Asap connects with a nasty looking knee right to WhoHitYou's face.
Asap with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
WhoHitYou pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
WhoHitYou gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Asap stalling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Asap misses with a hook from the clinch.
Asap lands a right hand.
Asap dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Asap.
WhoHitYou lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Asap looking to throw knees to the head but WhoHitYou is blocking nicely.
Asap misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silas Asap showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rafiki WhoHitYou's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
WhoHitYou sizes up Asap with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
WhoHitYou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Asap takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Asap jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asap gets cracked there but stands up to it.
WhoHitYou lands a body shot.
Asap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Asap fails with an attempt to clinch.
WhoHitYou fails to land with a series of punches.
WhoHitYou uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
WhoHitYou cracks a nice hook into Asap's ribs.
Rafiki WhoHitYou is winning the standup battle so far.
Asap misses with a looping left.
Asap throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and WhoHitYou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A shot to the liver by WhoHitYou. Beautiful body shot.
Asap bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Asap wants to counter with a clinch but WhoHitYou pushes him away.
WhoHitYou connects with a jab.
WhoHitYou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Asap was well out of range. Poor timing from WhoHitYou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
WhoHitYou scores with a nice strike.
Asap throws a hook but WhoHitYou avoids it easily.
WhoHitYou feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Asaps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Asap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by WhoHitYou.
Asap avoids the body shot from WhoHitYou.
WhoHitYou on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
WhoHitYou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
WhoHitYou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
WhoHitYou connects with a jab.
WhoHitYou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Asap can do to turn this around?
Asap wants to clinch up but WhoHitYou keeps it at a distance.
A counter left hand to the body from WhoHitYou misses its target.
Nice defenses there by WhoHitYou.
An attempted straight right counter from WhoHitYou misses the target.
WhoHitYou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Asap moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Asap instigates a clinch.
Asap tries a knee to the head but WhoHitYou blocks it.
Asap looking to throw knees to the head but WhoHitYou is blocking nicely.
Asap landing knees to the head.
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!
WhoHitYou has had enough of the clinch but Asap keeps him there for the moment.
Asap misses with a knee to the head.
WhoHitYou avoiding damage as Asap throws knees to the body.
WhoHitYou looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, WhoHitYou scores with a nice short uppercut.
WhoHitYou pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
WhoHitYou misses with a hook to the ribs.
Asap scores with a shot to the side of WhoHitYou's head.
Asap dodges an elbow strike from WhoHitYou.
A right hook to the body lands for WhoHitYou.
WhoHitYou blocking some punches.
WhoHitYou tries to break free but Asap pushes him back against the cage.
WhoHitYou misses with some punches.
Asap with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asap tries to land knees in the clinch but WhoHitYou avoids the damage to the body.
WhoHitYou misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from WhoHitYou on the inside.
Asap lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
WhoHitYou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Asap holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Asap has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Asap tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
WhoHitYou is looking to break free of the clinch but Asap has double underhooks.
Asap with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Asap.
Asap takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
WhoHitYou lands with a right to the head.
Asap using the Thai plumb to throw knees but WhoHitYou has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silas Asap seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
WhoHitYou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
WhoHitYou bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
WhoHitYou looks to throw the jab but Asap is out of range.
Asap throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and WhoHitYou counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Asap gets cracked with a nice right hand there by WhoHitYou.
Asap falls off balance throwing a combination
and WhoHitYou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
WhoHitYou lands with a slapping head kick.
Asap is rocked!
Asap looks up at the clock. Bad move! WhoHitYou lands a right hand from hell, dropping Asap. WhoHitYou pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafiki WhoHitYou!
A relieved looking Rafiki WhoHitYou thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carl Hauser (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Harris (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carl Hauser!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Harris!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hauser attempts a counter takedown but Harris avoids it well and moves away.
Harris has Hauser up against the cage in a clinch.
Harris slowing the pace effectively.
Hauser tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hauser has a couple of punches blocked by Harris.
Hauser wants to get back to striking at distance but Harris won't allow it.
Hauser misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris looking to stall.
Hauser misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hauser has had enough of the clinch but Harris keeps him there for the moment.
Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hauser feints and as Harris raises his hands in defense, Hauser changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hauser distracts Harris with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauser trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hauser with a nice head shot there.
Hauser tries to free his leg and advance position but Harris is retaining full guard.
Harris keeping moving, preventing Hauser from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hauser loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hauser postures up.
Hauser is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hauser scoring with some ground and pound.
Hauser trying to control but Harris is working from the bottom.
Hauser sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris is trying to keep Hauser in close.
Hauser is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Harris is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Harris instigates a clinch.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hauser has him pressed against the cage.
Hauser tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Harris throws a head kick but Hauser moves out of range.
Hauser seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Hauser shoots in looking for a takedown but Harris manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hauser's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Harris looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Harris on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Harris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hauser misses with a head kick.
Harris tries to clinch there but Hauser circles away.
Hauser lands a head shot.
Harris walks into a left hand.
Hector Harris is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hauser misses with a takedown attempt - Harris sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hauser paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hauser half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Harris forces Hauser back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Harris.
Harris prevents a body shot from Hauser.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hauser keeps the fight on the outside.
Hauser throws a poor cross that misses
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hauser misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hauser.
Harris lands a left and a right that send Hauser crashing to the mat, dazed. Harris thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hauser is rocked!
It looks like Carl Hauser has been cut.
Harris lands with a big right hook that stumbles Hauser - he's out on his feet here! Harris follows up with another monster hook that separates Hauser from consciousness! Hauser falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Harris stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Hector Harris!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kai Clooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Wolek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wolek has chosen DMX - Ruff Ryders anthem as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kai Clooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lukasz Wolek!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Wolek. Those never looked like landing.
A slow jab from Clooney misses its intended target.
Wolek has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Clooney is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Wolek bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clooney bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clooney definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Clooney takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clooney throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wolek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Clooney with a hook.
Wolek throws a low kick but Clooney moves out of range easily.
Wolek looks to land a left hand but Clooney moved out of range nicely.
Wolek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wolek walks into a straight right hand from Clooney.
Wolek defending well as Clooney loads up on a big left hand.
Clooney takes a swing at Wolek's ribcage but misses.
Clooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wolek moves away.
Wolek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolek misses with a series of wild punches.
Wolek lunges at Clooney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clooney's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Clooney as he checks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Clooney misses the target.
Clooney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wolek throws a shot to the body.
A big right from Clooney misses.
Clooney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wolek.
Clooney lands a nice hook to Wolek's body. Wolek takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wolek is looking to clinch.
Wolek wants to clinch up but Clooney keeps it at a distance.
Wolek keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Clooney throws a lazy right hand but Wolek sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Wolek blocks the leg kick.
Clooney connects with a body shot.
Wolek lands a glancing blow to the side of Clooney's head.
Clooney throws a lazy right hand but Wolek sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clooney throws a lazy right hand but Wolek sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wolek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clooney.
Despite the aggression on Wolek's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wolek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clooney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Clooney is looking to counter punch.
Clooney throws a combination. Wolek tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Lukasz Wolek has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Wolek checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Clooney lands a nice looking body kick.
Wolek takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clooney scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wolek doesn't seem bothered though.
Wolek lands a glancing blow to the side of Clooney's head.
Wolek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wolek's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clooney under the eye.
Wolek slips under a jab.
That kick from Wolek tenderised Clooney's leg. Clooney is trying to keep his angry face on.
Clooney scores with a shot to the body.
Wolek on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clooney ducks under a wild hook from Wolek.
Clooney slips a jab from Wolek.
Clooney ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wolek moves away.
Wolek misses with a looping right.
Clooney misses with an uppercut.
Wolek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolek staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clooney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wolek in his tracks.
Clooney gets tackled into the cage by Wolek. Wolek maintains the clinch.
Clooney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clooney has a couple of punches blocked by Wolek.
Clooney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wolek backwards.
Clooney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Clooney tries a body shot but Wolek blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Wolek.
Wolek prevents a body shot from Clooney.
Wolek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clooney backwards.
Clooney misses with some punches.
Clooney misses with a punch to the body.
Wolek misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Clooney.
Clooney can't find room to land a body shot as Wolek controls the action.
Clooney fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wolek struggles to land a body shot inside as Clooney controls his hands.
Clooney tries to work over Wolek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wolek lands a hook that snaps the head of Clooney backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clooney struggles to land a body shot inside as Wolek controls his hands.
Wolek scores with a shot to the side of Clooney's head.
Clooney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clooney struggles to land a body shot inside as Wolek controls his hands.
Wolek stalling.
Clooney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Clooney blocking some punches.
Clooney tries to work over Wolek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Clooney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clooney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wolek lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Clooney backwards.
Clooney blocking some punches.
Clooney tries a body shot but Wolek blocks it.
Clooney tries to throw a body punch but Wolek avoids it by throwing Clooney back against the cage.
Wolek controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clooney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Clooney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clooney misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Clooney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lukasz Wolek's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Clooney connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wolek lands with a hook. Clooney tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wolek just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab, jab by Wolek - just one landing.
A right-left combo lands from Wolek.
Clooney misses with a hook.
Wolek steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clooney.
Clooney ducks under a wild hook from Wolek.
Clooney with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clooney misses with a straight left.
Wolek looks to land a left hand but Clooney moved out of range nicely.
Clooney feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Clooney thuds his right hand into Wolek's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolek jabs Clooney to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wolek fails to land with a series of punches.
Wolek misses with a body kick.
Wolek tried to score with a low kick but Clooney checks it.
Wolek lands a body shot.
Wolek lands a jab.
Kai Clooney is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooney throws the left hand but Wolek avoids the punch easily.
Clooney on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wolek throws a lazy right hand but Clooney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wolek slips a straight right by Clooney.
Clooney backing away here, and Wolek unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Wolek throws a jab but it's blocked by Clooney.
Clooney was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wolek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clooney.
Clooney throws a shot to the body.
Clooney with a jab.
Wolek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clooney defending well as Wolek loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from Clooney on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Clooney throws a hook but Wolek avoids it easily.
Wolek staying out of range there.
Wolek moves into range and clinches up with Clooney.
Clooney struggles to land a body shot inside as Wolek controls his hands.
Clooney lands a body shot.
Wolek blocks a body shot from Clooney.
Wolek throws a head punch that misses.
Clooney blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooney tries to work over Wolek's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wolek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clooney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clooney keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Clooney.
Clooney misses with an uppercut.
Jab by Clooney.
Wolek moves away from the strike by Clooney.
Wolek feints a jab promting Clooney to slip. Wolek then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Clooney slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Clooney throws an overhand right that lands on Wolek's shoulder, as Wolek tries to avoid the shot.
A swing and a miss from Clooney.
Wolek tries a quick counter leg kick but Clooney is wise to it.
Clooney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wolek.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wolek! But no joy.
Clooney tries to score with a low kick but Wolek moves his leg out of the way.
Clooney moves out of range of the strikes.
Clooney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wolek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wolek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Clooney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wolek moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Wolek was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Clooney.
Clooney half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wolek with a jab.
Clooney with a hook.
Clooney misses the jab.
Nice shot by Wolek.
Wolek lands with a hook. Clooney tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wolek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Clooney swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A left lands for Wolek.
Clooney on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wolek. Wolek obviously looking to wear him down.
Wolek moves out of range as Clooney strikes.
Clooney throws a hook to the side of Wolek's head but Wolek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clooney lunges at Wolek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wolek's hand.
Clooney swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Wolek counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clooney throws out a loose jab but Wolek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Clooney misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clooney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Clooney throws a poor cross that misses
and Wolek counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Clooney scores with a jab to the jaw.
A jab from Clooney misses.
Clooney takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wolek tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wolek shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Clooney eats them both and turns towards Wolek to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Clooney looks to land a right hand but Wolek moved out of range.
Clooney looks to throw the jab but Wolek is out of range.
Wolek wants to counter the offense by Clooney and move into the clinch position.
Wolek avoids the body shot from Clooney.
Wolek appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A slow jab from Wolek misses its intended target.
Wolek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wolek ducks under a wild hook from Clooney.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wolek misses with a straight right.
Clooney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Clooney scores with a jab to the head.
Wolek shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Lukasz Wolek will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Lukasz Wolek's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Clooney connects with a jab.
Clooney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wolek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clooney throws a lazy uppercut
and Wolek counters with a slapping leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wolek misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from Clooney misses the target.
Wolek misses with a straight left.
Wolek uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Clooney has time to react.
Clooney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Clooney, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wolek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wolek lands with an overhand left.
Wolek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Clooney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wolek.
Clooney blocks a jab.
Kai Clooney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clooney on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wolek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clooney.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wolek lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Clooney throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clooney throws a shot from downtown. Wolek moves away and avoids it.
Wolek misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clooney.
Clooney swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wolek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wolek misses with a looping right.
Wolek misses with a looping left.
Clooney tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wolek was well out of range. Poor timing from Clooney.
Clooney misses with a low kick.
Wolek tries to land a leg kick but Clooney saw it coming and moves away.
Clooney misses with a low kick.
Clooney throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Wolek counter with a right hand.
Clooney misses with a low kick.
Wolek moves away from the strike by Clooney.
Wolek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wolek walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Clooney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Clooney lands a head shot.
Wolek throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clooney uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wolek.
It looked like Clooney was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wolek.
Wolek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clooney.
A jab from Wolek misses.
Clooney scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clooney misses the jab.
Wolek throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wolek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Clooney looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Clooney takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clooney. Wolek does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Wolek.
Jab, jab by Clooney - just one landing.
Wolek walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wolek looks to land a right hand but Clooney moved out of range.
Wolek slips a straight right by Clooney.
Wolek ducks under a wild hook from Clooney.
Wolek throws out a counter right but Clooney avoids it with no problem.
Clooney jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Wolek misses.
Clooney scores with a jab. Wolek acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wolek works the jab nicely.
Clooney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A lazy left from Wolek finds it's target.
Clooney throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice defenses there by Wolek.
Wolek looks to land a right hand but Clooney moved out of range.
Wolek just misses with a punch to the body.
Wolek uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Clooney walks into a left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Clooney.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sloppy strikes from Wolek. Those never looked like landing.
Wolek jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Clooney scores with a jab to the body.
Clooney throws a hook but Wolek avoids it easily.
Clooney thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolek clinches up with Clooney and pushes him back against the cage.
Clooney lands a hook to the side of the head.
Clooney taking a breather.
Wolek breaks from the clinch.
Clooney slips under a jab.
A left lands for Clooney.
Wolek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A cross from Wolek lands.
Wolek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clooney.
Clooney throws a right hand that misses
and Clooney takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wolek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clooney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wolek throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wolek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Clooney misses.
Clooney misses the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lukasz Wolek.
I think Wolek has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lukasz Wolek!
A victorious Lukasz Wolek thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lorne Malvo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matty Redert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Matty Redert was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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157 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lorne Malvo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matty Redert!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Redert.
Redert pushes Malvo away with a front kick.
Redert keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Redert dips to his left and cracks Malvo with an uppercut!
Redert moves out of range as Malvo throws a body kick.
Redert unleashes a big counter combination but Malvo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Redert pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matty Redert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Redert takes a jab right on the kisser.
Redert thows a leg kick but Malvo checks it
and Malvo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Redert connects with an inside leg kick.
Redert scores with a kick to the midsection.
Malvo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've been told by Malvo's head coaches at The Cooker that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Malvo sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Redert pushes Malvo up against the cage in a clinch.
Malvo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Malvo lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Malvo lands an overhand right.
Redert has taken the fight to the clinch.
Malvo tries to throw a body punch but Redert avoids it by throwing Malvo back against the cage.
Redert blocks an uppercut.
Malvo lands with a light punch inside.
Redert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malvo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Redert blocks it with crossed arms.
Redert working aggressively here.
Malvo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Malvo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice left hand lands by Malvo.
Redert gets through Malvo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Malvo lands a nice shot to the body.
Malvo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Malvo gets through Redert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malvo.
Redert working aggressively here.
Redert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malvo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Redert backwards.
Malvo lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redert.
Malvo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redert backwards.
Malvo lands an uppercut.
Redert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Redert is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Malvo prevents a body shot from Redert.
Redert tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Malvo's elbow.
Malvo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redert stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Malvo missing with knees to the body.
Malvo lands a nice uppercut.
Redert misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Malvo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Malvo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Redert.
Malvo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Malvo working aggressively here.
Redert throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malvo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Malvo misses with the head strike.
Malvo tries to work over Redert's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Malvo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Malvo fails to land.
Malvo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redert throws a head punch that misses.
Malvo has a couple of punches blocked by Redert.
Malvo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Malvo misses with the head strike.
Redert swings wildly with an uppercut but Malvo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Malvo as Redert tries to tie him up.
Malvo throws a head punch that misses.
Redert misses with a punch on the inside.
Malvo blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Redert just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malvo's brow.
Malvo misses with some punches.
A short right from Malvo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redert doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malvo.
Malvo looking to throw knees to the head but Redert is blocking nicely.
Malvo lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Malvo.
Redert looking to stall.
Malvo throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redert misses with a punch to the body.
Redert breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Redert, right into the meat.
Redert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Redert.
Redert chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redert misses with a head kick.
Redert takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malvo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Redert fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Malvo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorne Malvo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Redert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Redert takes the fight into the clinch.
Redert trying to control the position but instead, Malvo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Redert into the cage.
Malvo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malvo misses with some punches.
Lorne Malvo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Malvo misses with the head strike.
Malvo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Redert trying to stall but Malvo improves his position.
Malvo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Redert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Redert misses with a lunging right hand
and Malvo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redert lands with a hook. Malvo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Redert has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Malvo avoids the head kick by Redert.
Malvo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Malvo clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Malvo on the inside.
Malvo has a couple of punches blocked by Redert.
Redert trying to stall but Malvo improves his position.
Malvo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Malvo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Redert is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Redert as Malvo tries to tie him up.
Redert softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Redert wants to break free but Malvo has control.
Redert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malvo digs a right hand underneath Redert's ribcage. Redert let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Malvo lands an uppercut.
Redert managing to block the knees to the body from Malvo.
Malvo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Malvo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Malvo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Redert's elbow.
Redert tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redert lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Redert has Malvo pressed against the cage.
Redert is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malvo scores with a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Redert.
Malvo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malvo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redert blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Malvo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malvo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redert tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Redert is trying to break the clinch but Malvo is controlling him.
Redert breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Malvo connects with an inside leg kick.
Malvo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Redert.
Malvo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice body kick from Redert.
Redert throws a leg kick but Malvo checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malvo throws a right and a left that Redert avoids nicely.
Redert throws a head kick but Malvo moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Redert.
A head kick misses from Redert.
Redert blocks a low kick nicely.
Malvo scores with a head kick. Redert tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Redert throws a head kick that misses
and Malvo counters with a two punch combo.
Malvo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Redert throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Malvo closes the distance and pushes Redert back into the cage.
Malvo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Malvo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Malvo working Redert over with knees to the body.
A short right from Malvo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malvo blocks a body shot from Redert.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redert avoiding damage as Malvo throws knees to the body.
Redert scores with a shoulder strike.
Malvo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Malvo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Malvo is trying to stall.
Malvo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Redert stalling in the clinch but Malvo improves position.
Malvo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Redert fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Redert is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Malvo is keeping busy.
Redert blocking some punches.
Redert breaks from the clinch.
Malvo avoids the head kick by Redert.
Malvo misses with a wild body shot.
Malvo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Redert momentarily.
Redert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorne Malvo dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Good leg kick by Malvo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Redert explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Malvo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Redert is able to avoid easily.
Malvo backing away here, and Redert unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Redert throws a wild body kick that Malvo sees coming a mile off.
Malvo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Redert sprawls and moves away.
Redert avoids a punch combination nicely.
Redert throws a jab when Malvo was well out of range.
Malvo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Redert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Malvo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malvo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Malvo scores with a jab. Redert acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Redert pivots, looking for a leg kick but Malvo is out of range and Redert settles back down.
Malvo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redert throws a head kick that misses
and Malvo counters with a shoot takedown. Redert fights it but they end up in guard.
Redert keeping moving, preventing Malvo from controlling successfully.
Malvo slips nicely into half guard.
Malvo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Redert trying to control here.
Redert is looking for a sweep. Malvo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Malvo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redert can do to turn this around?
Malvo with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Redert moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redert wants to control the position but Malvo says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Redert trying to control here.
Malvo works his way into side control.
Malvo wants to control for a moment but Redert uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Malvo looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Redert wants to improve his position but Malvo is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malvo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Redert knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Malvo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Redert wants to control but Malvo is keeping busy.
Redert is trying to stand back up but Malvo is controlling him
Malvo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Malvo trying to mount his opponent but Redert defends it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Redert can do anything to dispel that myth.
Redert wants to control but Malvo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Malvo catches Redert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Redert throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malvo blocks the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Redert, right into the meat.
Malvo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malvo lands with a good body shot.
Malvo scores with a sloppy right hand. Redert should have avoided that one.
Malvo misses with a wild body shot.
Redert throws a head kick that misses
and Malvo counters with a straight right hand.
Redert pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Malvo tries to counter with a takedown but Redert is quick to defend against it.
Malvo tries to bum rush Redert with a series of wild strikes but Redert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Malvo sets himself, and Redert steps forward looking for the clinch! Malvo avoids it this time.
Redert chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Redert lands a head kick. Malvo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Malvo wants to slow Redert down by chopping away at his legs.
Redert tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorne Malvo clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Redert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Malvo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Malvo.
Redert lands a nice looking kick to the body. Malvo takes a step back to recover.
A head kick misses from Redert.
Redert takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Redert attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Malvo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Malvo throws a right hand that Redert ducks under and follows up with a left that Redert also avoids with ease.
Redert throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malvo misses the shot to the body.
Malvo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Malvo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Malvo clinches with his opponent.
Malvo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Redert or not.
Redert's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redert is trying to maintain a safe position but Malvo gets an underhook and turns Redert into the cage.
Malvo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redert backwards.
Malvo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Redert scores with a nice hook to the head.
Redert blocks an uppercut.
Redert swings wildly with an uppercut but Malvo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Redert lands a body shot in the clinch.
Redert escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Redert.
Malvo works Redert's body with a nice hook.
Malvo throws a front kick aimed at Redert's knee but Redert avoids it well.
Malvo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Redert can pounce on him.
Malvo looks to score with a jab to the body but Redert is just out of range.
Redert throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Malvo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Redert is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Redert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Redert is still on wobbly legs! Can Malvo finish him?
A head kick misses from Redert.
Malvo has managed to clinch.
Redert seems to have recovered his senses.
Redert looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Malvo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Redert backwards.
Redert swings wildly with an uppercut but Malvo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malvo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Redert has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Malvo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Redert misses with a hook from the clinch.
Malvo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Malvo lands a shoulder strike.
Malvo is trying to stall.
Redert leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malvo swings wildly with an uppercut but Redert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Malvo gets through Redert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Redert is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Malvo letting Redert take a breather here.
Redert is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Malvo takes a shot to the head.
Redert blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Malvo.
Malvo lands a right hand.
Malvo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Malvo misses with a punch on the inside.
Redert misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Redert.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Malvo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malvo scores with a shot to the side of Redert's head.
Redert pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Malvo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Redert on the side of the head.
Malvo throws a jab when Redert was well out of range.
A head kick by Redert misses
and Malvo counters with a crisp one two that drops Redert! Malvo thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Redert to his feet! Redert is in big trouble!
Malvo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Malvo defending well as Redert loads up on a big left hand.
Malvo has closed the distance and engaged Redert in a clinch.
Malvo misses with the head strike.
Malvo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redert.
Redert blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Malvo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Malvo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Redert on the inside.
Malvo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Redert breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorne Malvo had his way with Matty Redert in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Redert checks the leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Redert. No joy for Malvo on that attempt.
Redert lands with a kick to the temple. Malvo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Redert lands with an overhand left.
Malvo slips a jab from Redert.
Malvo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Redert throws a leg kick
and Malvo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Redert's knee momentarily.
Malvo misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redert thows a leg kick but Malvo checks it
and Malvo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Redert won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malvo is putting a hurting on Redert here, landing some big shots from side control.
Malvo tries to move to mount but Redert blocks the move with his legs.
Redert is looking to regain half guard here but Malvo keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Redert keeps trying to improve his position.
Malvo taking a breather here.
Malvo trying to control the position but Redert is working away.
Redert can't do much from the bottom here.
Malvo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Matty Redert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Check out the look on Malvo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Redert manages to work his way to half guard, despite Malvo's best efforts.
Redert is trying to get back to full guard.
Malvo slips a nice elbow through Redert's hands, connecting with Redert's forehead.
Malvo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Redert knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Malvo controlling the action here.
Malvo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Redert's head.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malvo trying to mount his opponent but Redert defends it.
Lorne Malvo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Redert lands with a kick to the ribs.
Redert misses with a body kick.
Redert throws a push kick but Malvo slaps the foot to one side.
Malvo is looking to score with low kicks.
Redert lands a lovely overhand right.
A punch combination from Malvo misses.
Lorne Malvo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redert misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Redert on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Malvo. Malvo obviously looking to wear him down.
Malvo misses with a head kick.
Redert lands with a thumping leg kick.
Malvo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Malvo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Redert is trying to break the clinch but Malvo has him pressed against the cage.
Redert lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Redert pushes Malvo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Redert.
Redert misses with an elbow over the top.
Redert misses with an elbow strike.
Redert misses with the head strike.
Redert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matty Redert.
I think Malvo 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 49:46
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 50:46
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorne Malvo!
Lorne Malvo took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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