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NYFN 46 : Marailov vs Wade PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Buzz Lightbeer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buzz Lightbeer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pat O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightbeer connects with a body shot.
O Brien misses with a looping left.
It looked like Lightbeer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Buzz Lightbeer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien misses the shot to the body.
O Brien misses with a wild combination.
Lightbeer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Brien paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lightbeer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Brien wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lightbeer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lightbeer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Brien moves away.
O Brien looks to land a right hand but Lightbeer moved out of range.
Lightbeer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lightbeer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lightbeer avoids the body shot from O Brien.
O Brien takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lightbeer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lightbeer closes the distance but O Brien moves to the side
and O Brien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Brien dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien misses with a double jab.
Lightbeer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O Brien shoots in for a takedown but Lightbeer shows good takedown defense.
Lightbeer throws out a loose jab but O Brien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lightbeer throws an overhand right that lands on O Brien's shoulder, as O Brien tries to avoid the shot.
O Brien tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lightbeer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lightbeer ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
No joy there for O Brien, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
O Brien misses the jab.
O Brien gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lightbeer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice shot lands for O Brien.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Brien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lightbeer moves away.
O Brien takes a swing at Lightbeer's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Lightbeer was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from O Brien.
Lightbeer lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer gets in close and instigates a clinch.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lightbeer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
O Brien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has O Brien in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lightbeer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lightbeer tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
Lightbeer scores with a knee to the head.
Lightbeer crunches a lovely knee into O Brien's ribcage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lightbeer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Lightbeer connects with a knee to the head.
Lightbeer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lightbeer tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien has a couple of punches blocked by Lightbeer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien letting Lightbeer take a breather here.
Lightbeer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Brien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lightbeer scores with a shot to the side of O Brien's head.
A head punch on the inside from O Brien fails to land.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien lands a nice uppercut.
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lightbeer's elbow.
O Brien lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lightbeer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lightbeer.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lightbeer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from O Brien on the inside.
Lightbeer blocks an uppercut.
Lightbeer tries a knee to the head but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lightbeer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
O Brien lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lightbeer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
Lightbeer looking to throw knees to the head but O Brien is blocking nicely.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Brien lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lightbeer backwards.
O Brien tries to throw a body punch but Lightbeer avoids it by throwing O Brien back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by O Brien.
Lightbeer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from O Brien.
O Brien swings wildly with an uppercut but Lightbeer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lightbeer throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Brien throws a head punch that misses.
O Brien fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Lightbeer controls the action.
Lightbeer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lightbeer is stalling here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Brien throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lightbeers head.
Lightbeer breaks the clinch.
O Brien takes a kick to the side of the head.
O Brien looks to throw the jab but Lightbeer is out of range.
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 Buzz Lightbeer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
That kick from Lightbeer tenderised O Brien's leg. O Brien is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lightbeer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lightbeer walks into a jab.
Lightbeer moves away from the strike by O Brien.
O Brien is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
O Brien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lightbeer.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lightbeer.
A swing and a miss from O Brien.
O Brien misses with an uppercut. Lightbeer saw that one coming.
Lightbeer connects with a single shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lightbeer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Brien.
Lightbeer is looking to counter the offense by O Brien and move into the clinch.
O Brien looks to land a combination but Lightbeer avoids it well.
Lightbeer feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Lightbeer there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lightbeer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lightbeer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Buzz Lightbeer is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lightbeer. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
O Brien lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
O Brien scores with a hook.
Lightbeer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Brien clobbers Lightbeer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lightbeer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lightbeer blocks a jab.
Lightbeer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Brien moves away.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
O Brien fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
O Brien just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLightbeer.
O Brien moves out of range of the leg kick from Lightbeer.
O Brien punishes Lightbeer's body with a nice straight punch.
O Brien misses with an uppercut.
Lightbeer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lightbeer throws a looping overhand right but O Brien ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Brien moves forwards but Lightbeer connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot.
O Brien misses the shot to the body.
Lightbeer scores with a jab to the body.
O Brien swings for the body but Lightbeer moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lightbeer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and O Brien has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from O Brien and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Buzz Lightbeer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O Brien throws a body punch but Lightbeer moves out of range.
O Brien dives in for a single leg takedown but Lightbeer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lightbeer leaves O Brien with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Buzz Lightbeer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pat O Brien.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! O Brien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lightbeer - the referee stops the clock and O Brien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lightbeer. O Brien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
O Brien tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws an off balance right hand
and Lightbeer counters with a nice leg kick.
Lightbeer takes the fight into the clinch.
Lightbeer with a knee to the head.
Lightbeer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
O Brien is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lightbeer pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lightbeer stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
O Brien lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lightbeer obliges.
O Brien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lightbeer looking to slow down the pace here.
Lightbeer is pressed up against the cage. O Brien has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lightbeer down to the mat. Lightbeer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lightbeer connects with a leg kick. O Brien looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
O Brien doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lightbeer avoids the body shot from O Brien.
O Brien throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lightbeer looks to land a right hand but O Brien moved out of range.
Lightbeer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O Brien.
Some bone on bone action there as O Brien checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lightbeer walks into a jab.
Lightbeer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lightbeer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by O Brien.
Sloppy strikes from Lightbeer. Those never looked like landing.
Lightbeer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer scoring well with a low kick there.
Lightbeer misses with a body shot.
O Brien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A low kick from Lightbeer is predictable there
and O Brien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Brien's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lightbeer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buzz Lightbeer dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
O Brien takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lightbeer walks into a straight right hand from O Brien.
O Brien lands with a right hand.
O Brien misses with an uppercut.
O Brien on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lightbeer. Lightbeer obviously looking to wear him down.
Lightbeer lands a jab to O Brien's midsection.
Lightbeer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
O Brien throws a jab but it's blocked by Lightbeer.
Lightbeer misses with a wild combination.
Lightbeer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lightbeer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Brien misses with a body shot.
Lightbeer takes a swing at O Brien's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightbeer fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Brien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lightbeer manages to avoid it.
Lightbeer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lightbeer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Brien lands with an uppercut that bounces Lightbeer off the cage and back into range.
Lightbeer lands a leg kick that knocks O Brien off balance momentarily.
Lightbeer slips a jab from O Brien.
O Brien swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lightbeer appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice uppercut there from O Brien.
O Brien lands a slapping body shot.
O Brien throws a right and a left that Lightbeer avoids nicely.
Lightbeer appears to be looking for a big counter.
O Brien misses with a left hand
and Lightbeer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lightbeer tries to bum rush O Brien with a series of wild strikes but O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Brien looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lightbeer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lightbeer throws a leg kick which misses O Brien's front leg but catches the back leg as O Brien tries to avoid it.
Lightbeer throws a body shot but no joy.
O Brien dives in and grabs Lightbeer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lightbeer pushes down on O Brien's head and hops out.
O Brien digs a good hook to Lightbeer's body.
Lightbeer moves out of range of the strikes.
O Brien misses with a looping right.
O Brien scores with a jab to the jaw.
Lightbeer is looking to slow O Brien down with leg kicks.
Lightbeer misses with a wild body shot.
O Brien looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lightbeer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but O Brien was well out of range. Poor timing from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Decent striking displayed by O Brien there.
A punch combination from O Brien misses.
Pat O Brien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lightbeer sprawls well. Lightbeer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. O Brien gets slowly back to his feet.
O Brien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lightbeer slips under a jab from O Brien.
Lightbeer looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
O Brien tries for a takedown but Lightbeer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Lightbeer tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Buzz Lightbeer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pat O Brien.
O Brien ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lightbeer moves away.
Lightbeer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lightbeer lands a nice shot to the body.
Lightbeer throws a body punch but O Brien moves out of range.
Lightbeer scores with a hook to the body. O Brien takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightbeer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
O Brien misses with a looping right.
That kick from Lightbeer tenderised O Brien's leg. O Brien is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lightbeer moves into range and clinches up with O Brien.
O Brien looking for a takedown.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lightbeer scores with a nice hook to the head.
O Brien managing to block the knees to the body from Lightbeer.
Lightbeer missing with knees to the body.
Lightbeer connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Brien's face.
A short uppercut from O Brien.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lightbeer is pushing O Brien up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lightbeer taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
Buzz Lightbeer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lightbeer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Buzz Lightbeer!
Buzz Lightbeer decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel MetCalf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Santaros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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World class MT
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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
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel MetCalf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dexter Santaros!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MetCalf throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Santaros.
Santaros's jab looks to have found its range, popping MetCalf under the eye.
Santaros lands a head shot.
Dexter Santaros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
MetCalf lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santaros looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for MetCalf!
MetCalf can't do much from the bottom here.
Santaros content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
MetCalf can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santaros throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and MetCalf works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MetCalf wants to get back to full guard.
MetCalf is working hard here to advance position.
MetCalf is staying active underneath Santaros, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
MetCalf knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santaros on the ground.
Santaros is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
MetCalf wants to get back to his feet.
MetCalf moves into full guard.
Santaros is looking to advance position but MetCalf has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros is working to get back to half guard.
Santaros is bucking up trying to escape but MetCalf cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santaros is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santaros tries to hold on but MetCalf pushes him away.
Santaros tries to reverse the position but MetCalf maintains control.
Santaros bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Santaros wants to control from the top but MetCalf keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santaros might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control MetCalf haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
MetCalf wants to sweep here but Santaros controlling him for the moment.
MetCalf being controlled here, momentarily.
Santaros wants to control from the top but MetCalf keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
MetCalf wants to hit a switch here but Santaros passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for MetCalf there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santaros prevents MetCalf from getting the reversal.
Santaros controlling from the full mount.
MetCalf is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santaros working for a submission but MetCalf is keeping him at bay.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Santaros dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
MetCalf misses with a straight right.
MetCalf is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Santaros misses with an uppercut.
MetCalf throws a head kick that misses.
MetCalf tries to close the distance and clinch but Santaros swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santaros throws a predictable looking body shot
and MetCalf makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Santaros really felt that one!
MetCalf throws a body kick that misses
and Santaros counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santaros throws a lazy right hand but MetCalf sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Santaros blocks the leg kick.
MetCalf takes one to the chin there.
Horrible takedown attempt by Santaros or perhaps it was just good defense by MetCalf, which made it look bad.
MetCalf looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Santaros manages to get to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santaros looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santaros working for a triangle but MetCalf defends it easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as MetCalf accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
MetCalf won't allow Santaros to sweep him here.
Santaros is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Santaros manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. MetCalf manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros pushes down on MetCalf's leg and manages to get into half guard.
MetCalf trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
MetCalf is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
MetCalf manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Santaros sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santaros is looking for a kimura here.
Santaros trying to mount his opponent but MetCalf defends it.
Well, if Santaros is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santaros is looking to stall here but MetCalf recovers full guard.
Santaros is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santaros stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. MetCalf swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santaros wants to control from the top but MetCalf keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Santaros showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Santaros changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. MetCalf tries to avoid it but Santaros manages to keep hold of a leg and drag MetCalf to the ground. MetCalf escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santaros lands a nice shot to the body.
Santaros throws a body shot but no joy.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santaros.
As Santaros tries to get set, MetCalf tries to push him back and clinch up but Santaros manages to avoid the attempt.
Santaros swings and misses with a shot to the body
and MetCalf counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
MetCalf throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santaros! But no joy.
MetCalf needs to keep his hands up - Santaros had a free shot at his head there.
MetCalf lands a head kick. Santaros smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
MetCalf is looking to slow Santaros down with leg kicks.
MetCalf avoids the body shot from Santaros.
Daniel MetCalf is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santaros walks into a jab.
A big left from Santaros misses.
MetCalf throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santaros counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MetCalf takes a shot right to the bread basket.
MetCalf tries a low kick but Santaros avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MetCalf keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
MetCalf throws the left hand but Santaros avoids the punch easily.
MetCalf shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Santaros goes for a double leg but MetCalf avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as MetCalf continues to drive forward.
Daniel MetCalf has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dexter Santaros.
MetCalf scores with a kick to the body.
MetCalf misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santaros throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent MetCalf stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
MetCalf connects with a solid leg kick.
Santaros swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santaros throws an ugly left hook that misses
and MetCalf counters with an inside leg kick.
Daniel MetCalf is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santaros misses with a hook.
MetCalf misses with a low kick.
MetCalf is looking to chop away at Santaros's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for MetCalf.
Santaros connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaros lands a slapping body shot.
MetCalf ducks under a wild hook from Santaros.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santaros takes a swing at MetCalf's ribcage but misses.
Santaros misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MetCalf.
Santaros takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
MetCalf attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
MetCalf throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Santaros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but MetCalf was well out of range. Poor timing from Santaros.
MetCalf uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santaros.
Santaros pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice shot by Santaros.
MetCalf throws a push kick but Santaros slaps the foot to one side.
A solid body kick from MetCalf.
MetCalf tries to clinch
and Santaros counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Santaros lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MetCalf throws a leg kick but Santaros sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Santaros waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract MetCalf.
MetCalf connects with a leg kick. Santaros looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
MetCalf dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santaros. That did some damage!
Santaros fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. MetCalf looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Santaros misses with a hook.
MetCalf plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Santaros looks to land a right hand but MetCalf moved out of range.
MetCalf motions for Santaros to come forward. MetCalf throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
MetCalf throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Santaros scores with the left hand. MetCalf knows he should have avoided that one.
Santaros fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
MetCalf throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Santaros looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Santaros on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
MetCalf gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four 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!
MetCalf on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santaros misses with a straight right.
MetCalf moves into the clinch.
Santaros is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but MetCalf is defending well.
Daniel MetCalf has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santaros misses with a short punch on the inside.
MetCalf tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
MetCalf lands with a right to the head.
Dexter Santaros is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
MetCalf landing knees to the head.
MetCalf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santaros avoids it.
MetCalf throws an elbow that misses.
Santaros blocks an elbow strike.
MetCalf is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santaros is trying to drag MetCalf to the mat but MetCalf just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Daniel MetCalf.
I think Santaros 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dexter Santaros!
Dexter Santaros managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Henley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bubba Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ben Henley could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bubba Kush's chin.
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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
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Henley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bubba Kush!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henley throws a lazy right hand but Kush sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Henley.
Kush walks into a stiff left hand from Henley.
Henley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Henley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kush is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kush tries to improve position but can't.
Sloppy strikes there by Henley.
Henley misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
We've been hearing that Henley has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Henley cracks Kush with a big right hand but Kush just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Henley in side control, throwing shots but Kush defends.
Kush is looking to regain half guard here but Henley keeps moving and retains side control.
Kush sneaks back into half guard.
Kush is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kush is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kush is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Henley's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Henley's back!
Henley is really stuck here.
Kush punishes Henley with strikes from the back mount.
Henley is in bad spot here.
Kush gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Henley trying to control the hands but Kush won't let him.
Kush gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Kush avoiding Henley 's attempts to control his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
What can Henley do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Henley 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.
Kush is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Henley tries to roll but Kush sticks to his back.
Kush lands shots from the back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Henley is covering up but some of the strikes from Kush are getting through and doing damage.
Kush controlling well, preventing Henley from escaping the position.
Henley is working hard here to advance position.
Kush working for the choke.
Kush doesn't have the hooks in and Henley manages to turn into his guard.
Henley is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henley won't allow Kush to sweep him here.
Henley is looking to work some ground and pound but Kush has wrist control.
Henley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Henley looking to sit in guard and control but Kush gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Kush trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kush got a little sloppy there for a moment and Henley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kush has managed to get both his arms back between Henley's legs - danger averted.
Henley looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kush missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kush landing with the ground and pound.
Kush stopping the sweep attempt from Henley.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henley escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kush gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Henley working for submissions but it's allowed Kush to get to half guard.
Kush trying to control from half guard but Henley is working away.
Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kush is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Henley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Henley actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bubba Kush will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Henley misses the shot to the body.
Henley drops his hands momentarily and Kush takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kush throws a chopping leg kick but Henley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kush drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kush connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Henley some visible discomfort.
Kush wants to control but Henley is keeping him busy.
Kush works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kush scores with a couple of short elbows.
Henley can't do much from the bottom here.
Kush is looking to take a break and control but Henley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Kush's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kush wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Henley can't do much from the bottom here.
Henley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kush content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Henley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kush wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Henley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Kush looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Henley taking some punishment here, with Kush in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Kush tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henley knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kush wants to control but Henley is keeping him busy.
Henley is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kush pulls his head out easily.
Kush sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Henley defending well though.
Henley is looking to control Kush's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Henley avoid being mounted?
Henley looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Kush seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Kush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush tries to pass to full mount but Henley defends it.
Henley looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kush tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henley knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Kush drops an elbow to the side of Henley's head.
Kush is stalling here. Henley is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Kush seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Henley has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Kush tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Henley grinds an elbow into Kush's temple.
Kush takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Henley lands a nice forearm strike.
Kush is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kush is looking to regain half guard here but Henley keeps moving and retains side control.
Kush is still in real trouble! Can Henley finish him?
Bubba Kush has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kush takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kush gets back to half guard.
Kush seems to have recovered his senses.
Henley slips a nice elbow through Kush's hands, connecting with Kush's forehead.
Kush has hold of Henley's hands but Henley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Henley scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henley thows a huge punch but Kush dodges it nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kush tries to roll over but Henley keeps him under control.
Henley missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bubba Kush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Henley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kush!
Kush tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kush gets back to half guard.
Henley seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kush does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kush keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henley thows a huge punch but Kush dodges it nicely.
Kush tries to get to full guard but Henley has control of the leg.
Henley working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henley uses his free foot to push down on Kush's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Kush.
Henley thowing shots but they're missing.
Henley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Henley unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Kush wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Henley celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Henley!
After winning the bout, Ben Henley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harland Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Danger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harland Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Danger!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Danger.
Danger has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Nice defenses there by Sanders.
Sanders looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Danger connects with a body shot that sends Sanders's belly button to the back.
Carlos Danger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Danger.
Sanders on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sanders takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sanders is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Danger.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Danger! But no joy.
Danger looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
A lazy left from Danger finds it's target.
Danger swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanders.
Sanders lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Danger circles away quickly and effectively.
Danger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanders circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice body punch from Sanders.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danger misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger misses with a straight left.
Danger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Danger checks a low kick from Sanders.
Danger takes a swing at Sanders's ribcage but misses.
Danger looks to throw the jab but Sanders is out of range.
Danger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Danger.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sanders.
Danger misses with a looping left.
Sanders half committed to a counter leg kick.
No joy there for Danger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sanders thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Danger lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big right from Sanders misses.
A slow jab from Danger misses its intended target.
Sanders swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Danger misses with a two punch combination.
A quick step to the side and Sanders tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanders looks to land a right hand but Danger moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Sanders misses the target.
Danger misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanders jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Danger misses with a hook.
It looked like Sanders was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sanders throws a lazy right hand but Danger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Danger let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Danger comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sanders walks into a jab.
Danger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanders misses with an uppercut
and Danger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sanders moves away from the strike by Danger.
Sanders scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger moves out of range of the body kick from Sanders.
Sanders slips under a jab.
It looked like Sanders wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanders is looking to slow Danger down with leg kicks.
Danger stalks Sanders and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanders's face. Sanders staggers backwards, shaken.
Danger misses with a looping left.
Sanders avoids the body shot from Danger.
Sanders wants to clinch but Danger slips to the side
and Danger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sanders thinking.
Jab by Sanders.
Danger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanders was well out of range. Poor timing from Danger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danger. Sanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Danger misses with a wild combination.
Sanders tried to counter with a leg kick but Danger avoided it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders looks to land a body kick but Danger moved away.
Sanders bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanders is looking to counter the offense by Danger and move into the clinch.
Sanders has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danger tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Danger back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanders throws an elbow but misses.
Danger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sanders has Danger pressed against the cage, preventing Danger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Danger misses with a body punch.
Danger lands with a short shot to the head.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders misses with a body punch.
Danger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanders tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Danger makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Danger jabs at Sanders's body.
Sanders lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Danger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Danger swings for the body but Sanders moves out of range.
Sanders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Danger throws out the jab.
Sanders throws a body shot but no joy.
Danger now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Danger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanders manages to avoid it.
Sanders misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sanders misses with a low kick.
Danger looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Danger lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Harland Sanders has been cut.
Sanders throws a front kick aimed at Danger's knee but Danger avoids it well.
Danger throws a head kick that misses.
Danger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danger misses with a wild body shot.
Danger tries to bum rush Sanders with a series of wild strikes but Sanders uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sanders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger throws a low kick but Sanders moves out of range easily.
Danger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Danger misses with a combination
and Sanders counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Danger blocks a head kick by Sanders.
Danger digs a good body shot into Sanders's ribs.
Nice defenses there by Sanders.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Danger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Danger throws a right hand that misses
and Sanders counters with a leg kick.
Danger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanders counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Danger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Danger blocks an elbow strike from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanders.
Danger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Sanders lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right hand to the body from Sanders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Danger blocks an uppercut.
Danger misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanders lands a hook that snaps the head of Danger backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Danger.
Sanders creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Danger's defenses.
Danger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Danger struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Danger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a leg kick
letting Danger counter with a right hand.
Sanders connects with the punch.
Danger avoids the body shot from Sanders.
A telegraphed right hand from Danger misses the target.
Sanders tries a low kick but Danger avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Danger! But no joy.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sanders misses with an uppercut.
Danger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Danger lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Danger connects with a right hand. Sanders shakes it off.
Danger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Danger fails to land with a series of punches.
Danger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Danger throws a hook but Sanders blocks it.
Sanders tries to bum rush Danger with a series of wild strikes but Danger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Danger ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanders swings for the body but Danger moves out of range.
Sanders wants to clinch up but Danger keeps it at a distance.
Danger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanders sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Sanders wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sanders bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Danger's head.
Danger misses with the combination.
Sanders blocks a head kick by Danger.
Danger throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Danger. Sanders does a little dance to reset his feet.
Danger misses with a shot to the body
and Sanders counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Harland Sanders will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Harland Sanders's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Danger walks into a stiff left hand from Sanders.
Danger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sanders tries to land a front kick but Danger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Danger misses with an uppercut.
Sanders attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sanders fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sanders, as that shot connected.
Danger chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanders can pounce on him.
Sanders getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sanders throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanders throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Danger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice combination there by Danger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Danger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanders moves out of range of the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Sanders misses the target.
Danger throws an overhand right that lands on Sanders's shoulder, as Sanders tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Danger misses.
Sanders looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sanders moves out of range of the body kick.
Danger throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanders.
Jab, jab by Sanders - just one landing.
Sanders misses with a hook.
Danger slips a jab from Sanders.
Sanders throws out a leg kick but Danger moves out of range and Sanders only half commits.
Sanders uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Danger.
Sanders tries to land a front kick but Danger steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders pushes Danger up against the cage in a clinch.
Sanders tries to work over Danger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Danger working hard to break the clinch.
Sanders lands a body punch.
Danger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Sanders lands with a left to the head.
Sanders throws an elbow that misses.
Sanders lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Sanders on the inside.
Sanders is leaning against Danger and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Harland Sanders has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sanders gets through Danger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sanders works on Danger's body with a couple of short punches.
Danger takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Danger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danger prevents a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanders swings wildly with an uppercut but Danger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanders tries to work over Danger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanders makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Danger blocks a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanders digs a right hand underneath Danger's ribcage. Danger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sanders lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Sanders.
Nice elbow from Sanders.
A short uppercut from Sanders.
Danger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders lands with a right to the head.
Danger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Danger takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Danger throws a head kick that misses
and Sanders counters with a nice right hand that sends Danger toppling to the canvas! Danger scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Sanders finish him?!
Danger is rocked!
Danger on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Danger is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanders finish him?
Sanders lands a leg kick that knocks Danger off balance momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Sanders finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Sanders steps in with a hook that catches Danger right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sanders follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Danger looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harland Sanders!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalervo Kaunismieli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Staunton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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192 lbs
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201 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kalervo Kaunismieli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Staunton!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Staunton misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kaunismieli. Staunton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Staunton moves out of range as Kaunismieli strikes.
Staunton tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kaunismieli wants to clinch
and Staunton counters with a takedown into side control.
Kaunismieli tries to bench press Staunton off him but Staunton keeps the position.
Staunton is working Kaunismieli over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kaunismieli prevents Staunton from improving position.
Kaunismieli 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.
Staunton postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Staunton in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Kaunismieli sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Staunton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaunismieli defending well though.
Staunton is trying to work for a kimura but Kaunismieli is defending well.
Kaunismieli is refusing to be controlled, as Staunton sits in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaunismieli trying to control from the bottom.
Kaunismieli controlling the position well.
Staunton lands with a punch from half guard.
Kaunismieli trying to hold on to Staunton's head to control him but Staunton postures up.
Staunton wants to free his trapped foot but Kaunismieli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Kaunismieli controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kaunismieli manages to get to full guard.
Staunton wants to pass the guard but Kaunismieli is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kaunismieli wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Staunton trying to control the position from guard on top but Kaunismieli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Staunton 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.
Kaunismieli looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kaunismieli scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Kaunismieli fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Staunton.
Kaunismieli scoring well with a low kick there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kaunismieli, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Staunton tries to counter it with a takedown but Kaunismieli pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the strikes.
Staunton takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kaunismieli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Staunton.
Staunton shoots and misses
and Kaunismieli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Staunton shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kaunismieli as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Kaunismieli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kaunismieli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kaunismieli lands a jab to Staunton's midsection.
Staunton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Steve Staunton has been cut.
Kaunismieli tries a head kick but it misses.
Kaunismieli doesn't manage to clinch there - Staunton circles away.
Kaunismieli tries to clinch but Staunton moves out of range.
Staunton unleashes a big counter combination but Kaunismieli bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kaunismieli throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli throws a shot from downtown. Staunton moves away and avoids it.
Kaunismieli moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalervo Kaunismieli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Kaunismieli.
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!
Staunton looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaunismieli is just out of range.
Kaunismieli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Staunton was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Staunton.
Kaunismieli fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Staunton moves out of range.
Kaunismieli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Staunton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kaunismieli.
Staunton takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kaunismieli connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kalervo Kaunismieli dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Staunton's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Staunton clobbers Kaunismieli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Staunton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Staunton tries to move into range but Kaunismieli moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kaunismieli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A big left from Kaunismieli misses.
Steve Staunton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Staunton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Staunton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kaunismieli is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Staunton can do to turn this around?
Staunton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kalervo Kaunismieli is winning the standup battle so far.
Staunton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Staunton misses with a few strikes there.
A nice combination there by Staunton.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kaunismieli tries to clinch up but Staunton circles away and keeps his distance.
Staunton wants to counter with a clinch but Kaunismieli pushes him away.
Staunton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaunismieli wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staunton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kaunismieli counters with a straight right hand.
Kaunismieli turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kaunismieli looks to throw the jab but Staunton is out of range.
Kaunismieli changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Staunton misses with a takedown attempt - Kaunismieli sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kaunismieli appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kaunismieli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Staunton.
Kaunismieli lands with a good body shot.
Kaunismieli throws a sloppy head kick and Staunton moves out of range easily.
Good exchange - Kaunismieli coming out on top.
Kaunismieli fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staunton keeps the fight on the outside.
Kaunismieli swings for the body but Staunton moves out of range.
Kaunismieli throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Staunton on the side of the head.
Kaunismieli tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Staunton shoots in but Kaunismieli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
It looked like Kaunismieli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kalervo Kaunismieli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Staunton.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Staunton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Staunton.
Staunton feints the counter takedown.
Kaunismieli fails with an attempt to clinch.
Staunton swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Staunton tries to bum rush Kaunismieli with a series of wild strikes but Kaunismieli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Staunton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Staunton moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Staunton is looking to clinch.
Kaunismieli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kaunismieli scores with a punch to the head.
Staunton walks into a stiff left hand from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli digs a good body shot into Staunton's ribs.
Kaunismieli moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Staunton as Kaunismieli tries to tie him up.
Staunton lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Staunton lands a body shot in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Kaunismieli scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kaunismieli prevents a body shot from Staunton.
Staunton has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kaunismieli is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kaunismieli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kaunismieli throws a punch but it's blocked by Staunton.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staunton looking for a takedown.
Staunton tries to pull guard but Kaunismieli forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kaunismieli working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Kaunismieli fails to land.
Staunton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Staunton jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kaunismieli walks away with a smile on his face. Staunton gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Staunton looks to score with a jab to the body but Kaunismieli is just out of range.
Staunton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kaunismieli.
Staunton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kaunismieli is fending him off so far but Staunton persists. Nope, Kaunismieli circles away and we're back to standing.
Kaunismieli lands a big head kick that sends Staunton tumbling to the mat! Kaunismieli takes a step backwards and waves Staunton back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Staunton is rocked!
Staunton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
An attempted straight right counter from Kaunismieli misses the target.
Staunton is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaunismieli finish him?
Staunton is breathing heavily.
Kaunismieli fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Staunton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Staunton drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kaunismieli defends it well.
Kaunismieli lands a body shot.
Staunton walks straight into a right hand from Kaunismieli - that's dropped him! Kaunismieli jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Staunton from any more punishment! Staunton complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kalervo Kaunismieli!
A victorious Kalervo Kaunismieli 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael D Amato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Rearden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). D Amato comes to the cage accompanied by Mike Tyson Post-Fight Interview with Jim Gray. Rearden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Irigy Hónaljmirigy - Rúgj Chuck Norris (Chuck Norris parody by Hungarians). The key to victory for Michael D Amato has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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226 lbs
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226 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael D Amato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Henry Rearden!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rearden looking to score a takedown here. D Amato is defending well but Rearden drives through and ends up in D Amato's guard.
Rearden throwing strikes but missing.
Rearden passes D Amato's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rearden working the head and body with strikes.
Rearden tries to pass to full mount but D Amato defends it.
D Amato avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rearden.
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.
Rearden is looking for submissions but instead, D Amato has regained full guard.
D Amato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rearden on the ground.
Rearden trying to control the position from guard on top but D Amato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rearden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rearden advances to half guard.
D Amato keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rearden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rearden is looking for a kimura here.
D Amato is trying to get back to full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Rearden working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
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.
Rearden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rearden is trying to control. D Amato wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rearden wants to free his trapped foot but D Amato is holding on for dear life with his legs.
D Amato is trying to get back to full guard.
D Amato trying to hold on to Rearden's head to control him but Rearden postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rearden tries to pass the half guard into mount. D Amato knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rearden connects with a nice short shot to D Amato's temple.
D Amato is refusing to be controlled, as Rearden sits in half guard.
Rearden is looking to advance position but D Amato won't allow it.
Rearden prevents D Amato from standing back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rearden.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rearden.
Rearden defending well as D Amato loads up on a big left hand.
D Amato slaps away a takedown attempt from Rearden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michael D Amato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Rearden.
Rearden lands a jab to the head.
Rearden throws a leg kick which misses D Amato's front leg but catches the back leg as D Amato tries to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rearden shoots in for a takedown but D Amato shows good takedown defense.
It looked like D Amato wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rearden misses with an uppercut. D Amato saw that one coming.
Rearden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but D Amato avoids it really well and circles away.
As Rearden looks to move away, D Amato throws a big counter combo bu Rearden just gets out of the way.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Rearden dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rearden scores with a jab.
Rearden misses with a low kick.
Rearden shoots in for a takedown but D Amato shows good takedown defense.
Rearden swings widly with a right hand
and D Amato counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rearden closes the distance and clinches up with D Amato, looking for a takedown. Rearden pushes D Amato against the cage but D Amato circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
D Amato swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
D Amato leaves Rearden with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Michael D Amato has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Rearden.
D Amato missing with a left hand there. Rearden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rearden! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rearden throws a looping overhand right but D Amato ducks down to avoid it.
Rearden throws a leg kick
and D Amato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rearden with a lazy takedown attempt
and D Amato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Henry Rearden has been cut.
Rearden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rearden dives in and grabs D Amato's left leg, looking for a takedown. D Amato pushes down on Rearden's head and hops out.
Rearden scores with a kick to the body.
D Amato takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rearden thows a leg kick but D Amato checks it
and D Amato counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rearden fails with a takedown attempt.
Rearden shoots in for a takedown but D Amato shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rearden stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Rearden has his takedown stuffed
and D Amato counters with a straight right hand.
Rearden shoots in but D Amato avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rearden throws a leg kick that is checked
and D Amato counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rearden is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Rearden.
D Amato loads up on a big right hand but Rearden slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head kick by Rearden misses
and D Amato counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rearden! D Amato lets Rearden back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rearden is rocked!
D Amato lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael D Amato!
Michael D Amato spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Henry Rearden was interviewed post fight and said 'best 2 of 3?'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Barcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davidson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pinned Down. The key to victory for Liam Davidson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liam Davidson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicolas Barcos!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davidson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barcos's head backwards.
Davidson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barcos misses with a takedown attempt - Davidson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
It looked like Davidson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Barcos misses with a low kick as Davidson jumps back.
Barcos scores with a takedown into Davidson's guard.
Davidson trying to control the position.
Barcos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barcos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barcos won't allow Davidson to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barcos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Davidson is looking for a triangle but Barcos pushes his legs off easily.
Davidson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davidson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Davidson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson controls Barcos momentarily but Barcos frees himself.
Davidson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Barcos throws a big elbow that misses.
Barcos pushing down on Davidson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Davidson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Barcos with the ground and pound but Davidson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Barcos with a nice head shot there.
Barcos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Davidson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Davidson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Barcos throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcos is in close to Davidson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Davidson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Barcos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Davidson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Barcos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Barcos thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Davidson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Barcos is trying to hold Davidson in close to prevent damage but Davidson has managed to pass into half guard.
Barcos trying to control from the bottom.
Barcos wants to get back to full guard.
Davidson is keen to just control but Barcos is a slippery customer.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Davidson connects with a nice short shot to Barcos's temple.
Davidson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Barcos trying to hold on to Davidson's head to control him but Davidson postures up.
Davidson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcos is trying to get back to full guard.
Barcos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Davidson.
Davidson moves into full mount! Barcos won't be happy about that!
Barcos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Davidson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Davidson landing strikes from the mount.
Barcos tries to hold on but Davidson postures up.
Davidson landing strikes, looking to finish!
BOOM! Davidson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Davidson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Barcos regains half guard.
That's four 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!
Barcos throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nice strikes from Davidson there.
Davidson is trying to control the action in half guard but Barcos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Barcos manages to get to full guard.
Davidson stopping the sweep attempt from Barcos.
Davidson is pushing down on Barcos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barcos is fighting to maintain full guard but Davidson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barcos tries to get to full guard but Davidson has control of the leg.
Davidson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Davidson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Barcos trying to get back to full guard but Davidson takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Barcos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Davidson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liam Davidson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Barcos shoots in for a takedown but Davidson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Davidson throwing a counter right hand but Barcos manages to avoid it.
Barcos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davidson's half guard.
Liam Davidson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Davidson is trying to get back to full guard.
Davidson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Barcos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Barcos's back!
Davidson is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Barcos up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davidson has the hooks in. Barcos is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Davidson.
Davidson working for a choke but Barcos is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davidson looking for the choke but no joy.
Davidson lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barcos wants to control his opponent's hands but Davidson gets his hands free.
Barcos tries to escape but Davidson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Barcos rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Davidson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barcos punching from the bottom.
Davidson trying to control from half guard but Barcos is working away.
Barcos trying to hold on to Davidson's head to control him but Davidson postures up.
Davidson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Barcos has managed to free his arm - good work.
Davidson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Barcos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barcos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Davidson manages to get himself to full guard.
Davidson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Barcos postures up and lands a big shot to Davidson's brow.
Barcos postures up.
Davidson working a defensive guard but Barcos passes into half guard.
Davidson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Davidson looking for a sweep. Not yet Davidson, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Davidson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Barcos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Barcos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Barcos is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Davidson lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Barcos managing to control the position.
Davidson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barcos can do to turn this around?
Davidson trying to control but Barcos is working from the bottom.
Barcos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Davidson is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davidson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barcos wants to sweep but no luck.
Barcos pulls Davidson in close to prevent any damage.
Davidson preventing the sweep.
Barcos working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Davidson.
Barcos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Barcos preventing the sweep.
Davidson is trying to control the position but Barcos postures up.
Barcos trying to control the position from guard on top but Davidson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davidson is controlling Barcos's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Liam Davidson will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Barcos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Davidson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barcos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Barcos.
Davidson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Davidson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Davidson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And Barcos tries to counter it with a takedown but Davidson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nicolas Barcos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Davidson coming out on top.
Barcos darts in looking for a takedown but Davidson gets double underhooks and turns Barcos into the cage.
Davidson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Davidson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barcos moves away.
Barcos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davidson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Barcoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Davidson stuns Barcos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Davidson scores with a body shot.
Barcos needs to keep his hands up - Davidson had a free shot at his head there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barcos moves out of range of the leg kick from Davidson.
Barcos fails with the takedown
enabling Davidson to counter with a crisp jab.
Liam Davidson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicolas Barcos.
Barcos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davidson cracks Barcos with a good jab.
Barcos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Davidson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Davidson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barcos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davidson scores with a nice head shot.
Barcos needs to keep his hands up - Davidson had a free shot at his head there.
Barcos misses with a low kick as Davidson jumps back.
Barcos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davidson's waist but Davidson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barcos off to one side.
Barcos misses with a kick to the body.
Davidson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Barcos at a distance.
Davidson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davidson connects with a body shot that sends Barcos's belly button to the back.
Davidson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barcos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davidson trying to strike off his back.
Liam Davidson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davidson controls Barcos momentarily but Barcos frees himself.
Davidson pulls Barcos in close to prevent any damage.
Davidson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Barcos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Davidson is trying to keep Barcos in close.
Davidson is really struggling to control Barcos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Nicolas Barcos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Barcos is in close to Davidson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barcos postures up.
Barcos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davidson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Liam Davidson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davidson scores with a body shot.
Davidson scores with a hook to the body. Barcos takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barcos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davidson's half guard.
Davidson wants to control but Barcos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Barcos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Davidson defending well though.
Davidson wants to get back to full guard.
Davidson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Barcos.
Barcos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Barcos is fighting to break Davidson's control of his arms but Davidson is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barcos stopping the sweep attempt from Davidson.
Barcos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Davidson's head.
Davidson trying to keep a closed guard but Barcos is proving a slippery customer.
Davidson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Barcos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Davidson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barcos lands a couple of digs.
Davidson is trying to keep Barcos in close.
Barcos preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Davidson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Davidson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Davidson!
Liam Davidson decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tor Troeng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vapun Aukio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Aukio's choice of entrance music: 2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser) - Smooth Criminal. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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167 lbs
16 - 5 - 0 |
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162 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tor Troeng!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vapun Aukio!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aukio fails to land with a series of punches.
Troeng has been working on his boxing with his coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Troeng takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Troeng scores with the left hand. Aukio knows he should have avoided that one.
Aukio throws a predictable looking body shot
and Troeng counters with a right hand to the body.
Aukio fails with the takedown
and Troeng counters with a nice body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Aukio 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.
Aukio swings widly with a right hand
and Troeng counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aukio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Troeng counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Aukio swings widly with a right hand
and Troeng counters with a straight right hand.
Troeng misses with a two punch combination.
Aukio throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Troeng lands a left and a right that send Aukio crashing to the mat, dazed. Troeng thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Aukio is rocked!
Aukio misses with a right hand
and Troeng scores with a counter punch that sends Aukio to the canvas! Troeng smells blood - he's punishing Aukio with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Aukio has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tor Troeng!
Tor Troeng decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Elijah Modnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luigi Vercotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vercotti's choice of entrance music: Poverty - Ennio Morricone. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elijah Modnar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Vercotti!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Roberts and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Modnar throws a body punch but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti throws out a counter right but Modnar avoids it with no problem.
Modnar moves out of range of the body kick.
Modnar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Modnar loads up on a big right hand but Vercotti slips the punch.
Vercotti throws a chopping leg kick but Modnar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vercotti cracks a nice hook into Modnar's ribs.
Modnar slips under a jab.
Modnar lands a jab to the nose.
Vercotti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Modnar can pounce on him.
Modnar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Modnar looks to land a body kick but Vercotti moved away.
Modnar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A lazy left from Vercotti finds it's target.
Modnar slips a straight right by Vercotti.
Vercotti fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vercotti moves out of range as Modnar strikes.
Modnar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vercotti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti lands a nice shot that snaps Modnar's head back.
Modnar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Modnar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Modnar avoids a kick to the body.
Vercotti throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vercotti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Modnar avoids the body shot from Vercotti.
Vercotti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Modnar throws a leg kick
and Vercotti counters with an outside leg kick.
Vercotti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Modnar.
Modnar has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Black Manta in the buildup to the fight.
Modnar throws a shot from downtown. Vercotti moves away and avoids it.
And Vercotti tries to counter it with a takedown but Modnar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Elijah Modnar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vercotti misses with a low kick.
A big right from Modnar misses.
Crunch! Modnar slams his shin into Vercotti's torso.
Vercotti misses with a wild body shot.
Vercotti misses the shot 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!
Vercotti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Modnar.
Vercotti throws out a counter right but Modnar avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Modnar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A bone on bone clash there as Modnar blocks the leg kick.
Vercotti looks to throw the jab but Modnar is out of range.
Vercotti connects with an inside leg kick.
Modnar feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Vercottis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vercotti tries to land a front kick but Modnar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Modnar on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vercotti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Modnar can pounce on him.
Vercotti lands with a slapping head kick.
Vercotti looks to land a body kick but Modnar moved away.
Modnar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Modnar missing with a left hand there. Vercotti was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Modnar lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Vercotti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good work by Vercotti as he checks the leg kick.
Modnar avoids the head kick by Vercotti.
Modnar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modnar is looking to chop away at Vercotti's legs.
Vercotti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Modnar was well out of range. Poor timing from Vercotti.
Vercotti misses with a straight right.
Modnar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vercotti cracks Modnar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Elijah Modnar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good standup being displayed there by Modnar as he connects with a hook.
Modnar tries to land a leg kick but Vercotti saw it coming and moves away.
Vercotti checks a leg kick nicely.
Vercotti needs to keep his hands up - Modnar had a free shot at his head there.
Nice body kick there by Modnar.
Modnar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vercotti's sensitive parts.
Modnar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vercotti.
A solid leg kick lands there for Modnar.
Vercotti slips a straight right by Modnar.
Vercotti with the counter takedown but Modnar avoids it easily.
Modnar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vercotti. Vercotti obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vercotti thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Modnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Modnar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Modnar cracks Vercotti with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Modnar throws a head kick but Vercotti moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vercotti.
Vercotti lands with a hook. Modnar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Vercotti lands a nice shot that snaps Modnar's head back.
Vercotti blocks a low kick nicely.
Modnar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vercotti looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vercotti connects with a single shot there.
Modnar clinches.
Vercotti can't break the clinch.
Modnar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Modnar tries to work over Vercotti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Modnar can't find room to land a body shot as Vercotti controls the action.
Modnar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vercotti's elbow.
Vercotti works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vercotti escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Luigi Vercotti will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vercotti cracks the inside of Modnar's front leg.
Modnar swings for the body but Vercotti moves out of range.
Modnar tried to score with a low kick but Vercotti checks it.
Vercotti changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Vercotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Modnar manages to avoid it.
Vercotti connects with a good right hand that stumbles Modnar. Modnar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vercotti wants to slow Modnar down by chopping away at his legs.
Vercotti drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Modnar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vercotti has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Modnar throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Modnar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vercotti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Modnar scrambles back to his feet.
Modnar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vercotti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Modnar scrambles back to his feet.
Modnar tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vercotti throws out a counter right but Modnar avoids it with no problem.
Modnar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vercotti circles away quickly and effectively.
Vercotti misses the jab.
Vercotti stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Modnar has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Luigi Vercotti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vercotti throws a leg kick but Modnar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Modnar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Modnar throws a hook to the side of Vercotti's head but Vercotti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vercotti throws a low kick but Modnar moves out of range easily.
A shot to the liver by Modnar. Beautiful body shot.
Modnar closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Vercotti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Modnar throws out the jab.
Vercotti takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A clash of legs there as Modnar blocks the low kick.
A clash of legs there as Modnar blocks the low kick.
Vercotti lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vercotti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Modnar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Vercotti counters with a leg kick.
Modnar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vercotti throws out the jab.
Modnar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vercotti throws a wild body kick that Modnar sees coming a mile off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Modnar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vercotti bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vercotti tries a quick counter leg kick but Modnar is wise to it.
Modnar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vercotti's calf.
Vercotti throws a body shot but no joy.
Vercotti connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vercotti misses with a straight left.
Modnar throws a leg kick but Vercotti sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Vercotti is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vercotti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Modnar tries a low kick but Vercotti avoids it.
It seemed like Vercotti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Modnar lands a leg kick that knocks Vercotti off balance momentarily.
Vercotti on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vercotti ducks under a wild hook from Modnar.
Modnar cracks the inside of Vercotti's front leg.
Modnar wants to slow Vercotti down by chopping away at his legs.
Vercotti works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Vercotti does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modnar tries to clinch but Vercotti moves away
letting Vercotti counter with a right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vercotti darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vercotti throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Modnar moves into the clinch.
Modnar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vercotti.
Nice body punch from Vercotti - that landed with a thud.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Modnar throws a head punch that misses.
Modnar misses with a punch to the body.
Vercotti is leaning against Modnar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vercotti.
Modnar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vercotti backwards.
Vercotti breaks the clinch.
Modnar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vercotti swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Modnar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Vercotti.
Vercotti moves out of range as Modnar throws a body kick.
Vercotti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Modnar misses with a low kick.
Vercotti tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Modnar swivels and escapes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Modnar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vercotti has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vercotti does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Modnar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Vercotti.
Vercotti moves out of range of the body kick.
Modnar staying out of range there.
Vercotti throws a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Vercotti blocks the leg kick.
Modnar misses with an uppercut. Vercotti saw that one coming.
Vercotti slips a straight right by Modnar.
Modnar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Modnar lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vercotti takes a step back to recover.
Modnar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vercotti throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Elijah Modnar will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Vercotti is looking to chop away at Modnar's legs.
Modnar throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vercotti counters with a stiff right hand.
Modnar throws a body punch but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti ducks under a wild hook from Modnar.
Modnar throws a solid leg kick but Vercotti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Modnar.
Vercotti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Modnar.
Modnar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Modnar misses the shot to the body.
That kick from Modnar tenderised Vercotti's leg. Vercotti is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vercotti misses with a double jab.
Modnar looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Vercotti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Modnar connects with a body shot that sends Vercotti's belly button to the back.
Vercotti throws a leg kick but Modnar checks it.
Modnar lands a nice shot to the body.
Modnar throws a push kick but Vercotti slaps the foot to one side.
Modnar tries to land a front kick but Vercotti steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vercotti let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Modnar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Modnar lands a head shot.
Modnar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vercotti drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Modnar looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Vercotti puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Modnar is looking for a sweep. Vercotti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Modnar works his way to full guard. Good work.
Modnar looking to control.
Vercotti lands a couple of elbows.
Vercotti controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Vercotti tries to free his leg and advance position but Modnar is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vercotti postures up and lands a big shot to Modnar's brow.
Vercotti looking to pass the guard.
Vercotti scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Vercotti cracks Modnar with a solid left hand.
Vercotti wants to control from the top but Modnar keeps moving.
Vercotti content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vercotti wants to control from the top but Modnar keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vercotti throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Modnar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Vercotti is looking to work some ground and pound but Modnar has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modnar wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Modnar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vercotti finds it's way round the side to connect with Modnar's head.
Modnar does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vercotti takes one on the button.
Modnar moves forwards but Vercotti connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Modnar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vercotti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vercotti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Modnar.
Modnar tries to land a leg kick but Vercotti saw it coming and moves away.
Vercotti shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Modnar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vercotti's calf.
Vercotti scores with a jab.
Modnar scores with a leg kick.
Vercotti ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Modnar thuds his shin into the meat of Vercotti's side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Modnar tries to close the distance and clinch but Vercotti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vercotti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Modnar throws out the jab.
Vercotti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vercotti chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Modnar can pounce on him.
Modnar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vercotti moves away.
Vercotti is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Modnar with a body shot.
Vercotti throws a low kick, looking for Modnar's leg but Modnar calmly moves out of range.
Vercotti gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Modnar.
Vercotti circles away from the clinch attempt.
Modnar tries to clinch up but Vercotti circles away and keeps his distance.
Vercotti misses with a left hand
and Modnar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Modnar wants to land a leg kick but Vercotti is out of range.
Modnar catches Vercotti with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Modnar scores with a jab to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Vercotti.
Modnar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Elijah Modnar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Modnar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vercotti.
Vercotti throws a wild body kick that Modnar sees coming a mile off.
A bone on bone clash there as Vercotti blocks the leg kick.
Modnar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Vercotti has time to react.
Vercotti moves out of range of the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Modnar.
Modnar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Modnar checks the leg kick.
Modnar thumps Vercotti with a low kick.
Modnar throws a wild body kick that Vercotti sees coming a mile off.
Modnar throws a series of punches but Vercotti moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Vercotti misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Modnar throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big left from Vercotti misses.
Nice body punch from Vercotti.
Modnar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Modnar throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercotti is looking to slow Modnar down with leg kicks.
Vercotti takes one on the button.
Vercotti scores with a nice right hand.
Modnar sizes up Vercotti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vercotti misses with a hook. Modnar ducked under it nicely.
Vercotti misses with a body shot.
Modnar throws a half hearted mid kick.
An inside leg kick from Vercotti misses.
Modnar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vercotti with a jab.
A low kick from Modnar misses
and Vercotti counters with a good low kick that Modnar was not able to check.
Vercotti on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Modnar. Modnar obviously looking to wear him down.
Modnar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vercotti checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Modnar. That's going to slow Vercotti down.
Vercotti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Modnar throws a jab when Vercotti was well out of range.
Vercotti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Modnar.
Modnar wants to slow Vercotti down by chopping away at his legs.
Modnar drives through and clinches with Vercotti against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Modnar throws an elbow but misses.
Vercotti blocks a body shot from Modnar.
Vercotti works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Vercotti makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Modnar has momentary wrist control but Vercotti slips an elbow through the middle.
Modnar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vercotti won't allow Modnar to sweep him here.
Vercotti scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modnar keeping moving, preventing Vercotti from controlling successfully.
Vercotti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Vercotti throwing strikes but missing.
Modnar keeping moving, preventing Vercotti from controlling successfully.
Vercotti content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Vercotti postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vercotti trying to control but Modnar is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Modnar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vercotti fails with the takedown.
Vercotti checks a low kick from Modnar.
Modnar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vercotti moves away.
Vercotti throws a good cross that connects.
Vercotti throws a lazy right hand but Modnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Modnar throws a leg kick but Vercotti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vercotti takes one to the side of the head.
Modnar throws a quick inside leg kick.
Modnar lands a head shot.
Modnar throws a half hearted mid kick.
Modnar slips under a jab from Vercotti.
Modnar defending well as Vercotti loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick from Modnar misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elijah Modnar had his way with Luigi Vercotti in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Modnar lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Vercotti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Vercotti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Modnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Vercotti is just out of range.
Modnar scores with a jab to the body.
Good leg kick by Modnar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Modnar throws a body shot but no joy.
Modnar throws a leg kick which misses Vercotti's front leg but catches the back leg as Vercotti tries to avoid it.
Vercotti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Modnar moves away.
Modnar tries to counter by clinching up but Vercotti breaks away and moves out of range.
Vercotti stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Modnar.
Modnar connects with a nice looking jab.
Modnar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vercotti feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Modnar's calf.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Modnar.
Modnar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Modnar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It seemed like Vercotti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vercotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Modnar manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Modnar fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vercotti swinging wildly here.
Vercotti misses with an uppercut
and Modnar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vercotti thinking.
Modnar tries a low kick but Vercotti avoids it.
A nice side step and Vercotti releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Vercotti throws a combination. Modnar tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A slapping body kick lands there for Modnar.
Vercotti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A jab from Modnar finds it's way through Vercotti's defenses.
Modnar checks the leg kick.
Vercotti has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Modnar.
Vercotti just misses with a punch to the body.
Modnar connects with a solid leg kick.
Vercotti takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Modnar connects with a solid leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Modnar throws a wild body kick that Vercotti sees coming a mile off.
Luigi Vercotti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elijah Modnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Modnar misses with a body kick.
Vercotti appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Modnar throws the kick towards the body but Vercotti avoids it.
Vercotti digs a good hook to Modnar's body.
Modnar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vercotti.
A jab from Vercotti does it's job there.
Vercotti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vercotti just misses with a punch to the body.
Vercotti misses with a looping left.
Modnar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Modnar is looking to chop away at Vercotti's legs.
Vercotti throws out a counter right but Modnar avoids it with no problem.
Vercotti is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Modnar.
Modnar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Vercotti connects with a looping right hand.
Vercotti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Modnars jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Modnar swings for the body but Vercotti moves out of range.
Vercotti doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Modnar tries to move into range but Vercotti moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Modnar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Modnar is looking to counter the offense by Vercotti and move into the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Modnar as he connects with a hook.
Vercotti cracks Modnar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Modnar scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice shot by Modnar.
Modnar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Modnar scoring well with a low kick there.
Vercotti moves out of range of the leg kick from Modnar.
Vercotti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Modnar finds it's way round the side to connect with Vercotti's head.
A swing and a miss from Modnar.
Modnar throws a leg kick but Vercotti sees it coming and moves out of range.
Modnar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four 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!
Vercotti scores with a kick to the midsection.
A nice leg kick lands there from Modnar.
Vercotti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good leg kick by Modnar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Modnar motions for Vercotti to come forward. Modnar throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vercotti looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vercotti thumps Modnar with a low kick.
Vercotti takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Modnar throws a leg kick that misses.
Modnar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vercotti.
Modnar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
An inside leg kick from Vercotti misses.
Modnar throws a leg kick but Vercotti moved away.
Vercotti checks a low kick from Modnar.
Vercotti throws a leg kick but Modnar sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elijah Modnar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Modnar 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 50:45
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 50:46
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elijah Modnar!
Elijah Modnar is the new lightweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Elijah Modnar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Luigi Vercotti spoke after the fight, saying 'I gotta get back on the grind.'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustav Marailov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samson Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marailov's entrance music is Вставай. A fine choice. Samson Wade is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Marailov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samson Wade!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marailov with a nice cross.
Marailov lands a jab to the head.
Marailov throws a hook but Wade blocks it.
Wade tries to counter with a clinch but Marailov shakes him off and moves away.
Wade lands a jab to the head.
It looks like Gustav Marailov has been cut.
Marailov misses with a hook to the body
and Wade counters with a stiff right hand.
We've been told by Marailov's head coaches at Bloodsport Gym 16 Elites that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Marailov moves forwards but Wade connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marailov misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wade counters with a nice kick to the body.
Marailov throws a right and a left that Wade avoids nicely.
Wade's coach down at ELITE GYM 40CAP was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Wade's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
No joy there for Wade, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wade slips a jab from Marailov.
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!
Marailov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wade circles away quickly and effectively.
Wade pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wade moves out of range of the strikes.
Marailov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marailov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marailov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wade's hands.
Marailov misses with a combination
and Wade counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marailov thinking.
Gustav Marailov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wade takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Marailov looks to land a combination but Wade avoids it well.
Wade swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marailov lands a left and a right that send Wade crashing to the mat, dazed. Marailov thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wade is rocked!
Wade drops his hands for a split second and Marailov immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Wade face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Marailov follows up with a right hand that knocks Wade into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Gustav Marailov!
A very excited looking Gustav Marailov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Samson Wade was interviewed post fight and said 'Congrats to the man, he fought a great fight, this is a bad loss.'.
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