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Highland Challenge 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erick Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crazy Legs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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269 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erick Preuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Crazy Legs!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Preuss fails in his attempt to clinch.
Preuss throws a head kick that Legs semi-blocks.
Legs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Erick Preuss has been cut.
Preuss lands a head kick. Legs smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Crazy Legs has been cut.
Legs misses with a straight left.
Preuss tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Legs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Preuss gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Preuss breaks the clinch.
Preuss closes the distance and clinches.
Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Legs looks to score with a jab to the body but Preuss is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Preuss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legs takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Legs swats away the attempt to clinch by Preuss.
Legs looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Legs should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
A jab from Legs misses.
Preuss tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Legs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Preuss throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Preuss throws a head kick but Legs moves out of range.
Legs doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Preuss tries to clinch there but Legs circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legs scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Preuss is breathing heavily.
Legs connects with a right hand. Preuss shakes it off.
Preuss lands a head kick. Legs smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Legs throws an overhand right that lands on Preuss's shoulder, as Preuss tries to avoid the shot.
Legs fails to land with a series of punches.
Preuss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Legs.
Preuss tries a head kick but it misses.
Legs misses with a series of wild punches.
Preuss avoids a punch combination nicely.
Preuss lands a nice looking kick to the body. Legs takes a step back to recover.
A solid leg kick lands there for Preuss.
Preuss plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Legs is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Preuss moves away from the strike by Legs.
Legs jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Legs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Preuss steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legs digs a good body shot into Preuss's ribs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Legs.
Legs loads up on a big right hand but Preuss slips the punch.
Legs throws a series of punches but Preuss avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Preuss was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Preuss gets a clinch.
Legs looking for a takedown.
Preuss is pressed up against the cage. Legs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Preuss down to the mat. Preuss avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Legs looks to score with a jab to the body but Preuss is just out of range.
Legs lands a slapping body shot.
Legs looks to throw the jab but Preuss is out of range.
Preuss on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Erick Preuss's cut is getting worse.
Legs fails to land with a series of punches.
Preuss moves out of range as Legs strikes.
Some wild striking there from Legs.
Legs's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Legs duly obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Legs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Legs looks to score with a jab to the body but Preuss is just out of range.
It looked like Preuss was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Legs tries to bum rush Preuss with a series of wild strikes but Preuss uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Preuss walks into a straight right hand from Legs.
Erick Preuss's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Legs connects with a jab.
Preuss takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Preuss displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Legs throws out the jab.
A jab from Legs misses.
Preuss went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Crunch! Preuss slams his shin into Legs's torso.
Legs misses with a wild combination.
Preuss went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Legs throws a right and a left that Preuss avoids nicely.
Preuss rushes Legs and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Preuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Preuss ducks under a wild hook from Legs.
Legs misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legs throws a hook but Preuss avoids it easily.
Legs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Legs throws a right hand that Preuss ducks under and follows up with a left that Preuss also avoids with ease.
Legs lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Legs throws an overhand right that lands on Preuss's shoulder, as Preuss tries to avoid the shot.
Sloppy strikes from Legs. Those never looked like landing.
Preuss seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Preuss wants to clinch but Legs slips to the side
and Legs counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Legs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Preuss moves away.
Legs scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Preuss doesn't seem bothered though.
Preuss throws a head kick but Legs moves out of range.
Preuss staying out of range there.
Legs stuns Preuss with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legs throws a jab when Preuss was well out of range.
Legs ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Preuss blocks a jab.
Preuss tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crazy Legs dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Preuss slips a straight right by Legs.
Legs will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Legs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Legs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Preuss tries to clinch there but Legs circles away.
Legs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Preuss avoids the body shot from Legs.
Preuss doesn't manage to clinch there - Legs circles away.
Crazy Legs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Preuss scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Preuss tries to clinch
and Legs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Preuss lands a head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Preuss.
Legs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Preuss moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Legs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Preuss throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Preuss slips a straight right by Legs.
Legs takes a swing at Preuss's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legs throws a jab when Preuss was well out of range.
Preuss wants to clinch up but Legs keeps it at a distance.
Preuss tries to clinch up but Legs circles away and keeps his distance.
Preuss pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Legs misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Preuss looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Legs goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Preuss throws a head kick that misses.
Legs misses the jab.
Legs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Preuss slips a jab and a cross from Legs.
Preuss takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Preuss bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Legs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Legs misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legs clobbers Preuss with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jeez, Erick Preuss's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Erick Preuss's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Crazy Legs!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Li might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Chong Li's Bloodlust. Esposito has chosen "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat" by Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr as his entrance music. Armando Esposito acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chong Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Armando Esposito!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Esposito looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Li cracks Esposito with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Li misses with a wild combination.
Li lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Li clinches with his opponent.
Li gets control of Esposito's arms and successfully pulls guard. Li will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Esposito being controlled here momentarily.
Li has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Esposito doesn't defend quickly enough and Li has managed to lock this one up! Can Esposito escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Li on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chong Li!
A very excited looking Chong Li 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.
In defeat, Armando Esposito stepped up to the mic, saying 'Stay tuned!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shronky Macdougal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Day Rapin Party (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Party has chosen bricks in yo face as his entrance music. Day Rapin Party has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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217 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Counter fighter
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shronky Macdougal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Day Rapin Party!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macdougal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Party circles away quickly and effectively.
Macdougal lands with a right hand.
A nice combination there by Macdougal.
Macdougal fails to land the takedown.
Macdougal tries to clinch but Party is having none of it.
Macdougal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Party with the counter takedown but Macdougal avoids it easily.
Party gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Party gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Party is looking for a kimura here.
Party scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Party missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Party stops Macdougal from getting back to his feet.
Macdougal's coaches at Cozad The Island have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Party looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Macdougal tries to get to full guard but Party has control of the leg.
Macdougal actively working from the bottom here.
Macdougal is trying is best to control the position here.
Party lands strikes from half guard.
Party is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Macdougal is just riding it out for now. Party eventually gives up the hold.
Party frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macdougal tries to reverse the position but Party maintains control.
Party looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Macdougal sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Party tries to pass to full mount but Macdougal defends it.
Party is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Party seems to be looking for submissions.
Macdougal moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdougal wants to stand but Party is controlling the position.
Party wants to pass the guard but Macdougal is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Party scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Macdougal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Party is looking to pass into half guard but Macdougal pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Macdougal is in guard.
We've been informed that Party has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Macdougal wants to control from the top but Party keeps moving.
Macdougal is looking to stand up but Party won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Party wants to sweep but no luck.
Macdougal has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Party is proving hard to escape from.
Party keeping full guard, as Macdougal tries to pass.
Macdougal drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Party manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Macdougal has Party in his guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Macdougal wants to get back to his feet but Party is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Day Rapin Party dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Macdougal with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Party has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Macdougal lands a jab to the nose.
Macdougal throws a front kick that sends Party stumbling back into the cage.
Macdougal tries to clinch up but Party circles away and keeps his distance.
Macdougal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Macdougal gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Party counters with a shoot takedown. Macdougal fights it but they end up in guard.
Party landing some decent shots from guard.
Party won't allow Macdougal to sweep him here.
Party trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Macdougal wants to stand up but Party is controlling him.
Party slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdougal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Macdougal is trying to stand back up but Party is controlling him
Macdougal pushes Party off and gets back to his feet.
Party on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Macdougal swinging wildly here.
Macdougal darts in looking for a takedown but Party gets double underhooks and turns Macdougal into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Party is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Macdougal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macdougal throws a right and a left that both miss.
Party is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Party blocks the body kick.
Party is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shronky Macdougal is winning the standup battle so far.
Macdougal tries to bum rush Party with a series of wild strikes but Party uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Party scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Party in side control lands a decent elbow.
Macdougal is working to avoid the ground and pound but Party connects with a decent elbow.
Party is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Macdougal has escaped the position, nice work there.
Macdougal struggling a bit here.
Party cracks Macdougal with a big right hand but Macdougal just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Party is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Macdougal has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdougal manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Macdougal wants to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Party lands a nice short elbow.
Macdougal is in trouble now - Party has advanced to mount!
Party unloading with bombs!
Party punishing his opponent with strikes.
Party jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Macdougal manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Party creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macdougal is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Party asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Party working the ground and pound from side control.
Party scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Macdougal to see if he's OK.
Macdougal is rocked!
Party scoring with punches and elbows.
Oh Macdougal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Party lands a strong strike to the head of Macdougal. That's dazed him! Party looking to finish here. Macdougal is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Party lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Day Rapin Party!
Day Rapin Party decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cale Downes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nucky McPharson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nucky McPharson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cale Downes's chin.
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148 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cale Downes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nucky McPharson!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McPharson lands a head kick. Downes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
McPharson has Downes up against the cage in a clinch.
McPharson lands a nice knee to the body.
McPharson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McPharson moves into the clinch.
Downes looking for a takedown.
McPharson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McPharson has Downes up against the cage in a clinch.
Downes is trying to pull guard but McPharson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Downes tries to break the clinch but McPharson is controlling the position.
McPharson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Downes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Downes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
McPharson throws a big elbow that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McPharson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McPharson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McPharson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Downes is rocked!
McPharson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Oh Downes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Downes has momentary wrist control but McPharson slips an elbow through the middle.
McPharson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Downes's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nucky McPharson!
Nucky McPharson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'C'mon mate, I was looking for a fight! I've got the whole of Ireland behind me, there's no way you could face up to us! No way! '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Juan Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Yzerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Yzerman!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimenez misses with a leg kick
and Jimenez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Juan Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yzerman misses with a body shot.
Yzerman misses the shot to the body.
Jimenez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez with a knee to the head.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Yzerman wants a takedown but no success here.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Jimenez lands a good knee to the midsection. Yzerman won't want to take too many of those.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jimenez.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Jimenez with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jimenez obliges.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yzerman is defending well for now.
Jimenez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yzerman in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is breathing heavily.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jimenez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yzerman is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Yzerman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jimenez working Yzerman over with knees to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Yzerman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman is looking to break free of the clinch but Jimenez has double underhooks.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez working Yzerman over with knees to the body.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yzerman.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Yzerman is trying to force a seperation but Jimenez has the dominant position.
Jimenez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks it.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez lands a good knee to the midsection. Yzerman won't want to take too many of those.
Jimenez landing knees to the body.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.
Jimenez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Jimenez.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yzerman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Jimenez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jimenez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jimenez is looking to clinch.
Yzerman sizes up Jimenez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Yzerman misses with a few strikes there.
Jimenez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yzerman scores with a jab to the head.
Jimenez tries to close the distance and clinch but Yzerman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jimenez rushes Yzerman and presses him up against the cage.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jimenez missing with knees to the body.
Yzerman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Jimenez.
Jimenez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yzerman can do to turn this around?
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Jimenez scores with a knee to the head.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez is controlling him.
Yzerman takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yzerman wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yzerman avoiding damage as Jimenez throws knees to the body.
Jimenez tries to throw a body punch but Yzerman avoids it by throwing Jimenez back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jimenez obliges.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Yzerman is trying to break free.
Jimenez crunches a lovely knee into Yzerman's ribcage.
Jimenez lands a knee to the head.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Yzerman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
Jimenez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yzerman.
Yzerman wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Jimenez throws a punch but it's blocked by Yzerman.
Yzerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez connects with a knee to the head.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jimenez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jimenez keeps control of Yzerman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yzerman looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Yzerman managing to block the knees to the body from Jimenez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yzerman tries to circle away but Jimenez has him pinned against the cage.
Jimenez looking to throw knees to the head but Yzerman is blocking nicely.
Yzerman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage.
Yzerman is trying to push Jimenez away but Jimenez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jimenez lands a knee to the body.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Yzerman is trying to break the clinch but Jimenez is controlling him.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch but Jimenez keeps him there for the moment.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Juan Jimenez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jimenez has Yzerman pressed against the cage, preventing Yzerman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Yzerman looking to slow down the pace here.
Jimenez tries to land knees in the clinch but Yzerman avoids the damage to the body.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Yzerman wants to break free but Jimenez has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jimenez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yzerman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yzerman fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jimenez tries to land a knee to the head but Yzerman blocks with his arms.
Jimenez prevents Yzerman from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Jimenez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Yzerman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yzerman tries to break free but Jimenez pushes him back against the cage.
Yzerman can't break the clinch.
Yzerman jumps guard but Jimenez stands there with Yzerman around his waist. Yzerman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jimenez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Yzerman's efforts to push away.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Jimenez landing knees to the head.
Jimenez trying to land knees to the body.
Jimenez misses with a knee to the head.
Yzerman working hard to break the clinch.
Yzerman tries to pull guard but Jimenez holds him up against the cage and eventually Yzerman drops back down to his feet.
Juan Jimenez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Yzerman.
Jimenez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yzerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Yzerman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Jimenez dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Yzerman throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Juan Jimenez has been cut.
Yzerman connects with a right hand. Jimenez shakes it off.
Jimenez defending well as Yzerman loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez wants to clinch.
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Yzerman has cracked Jimenez with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Yzerman lands another huge swinging hook and Jimenez tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Jimenez, before Yzerman can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steve Yzerman!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conny Larsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Woo Kidd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woo Kidd has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Conny Larsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Woo Kidd!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kidd throws a shot to the body.
Conny Larsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kidd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Larsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Larsson.
Kidd throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kidd throws a series of punches but Larsson avoids them all with ease.
Larsson misses with a head kick.
Larsson tries to land a leg kick but Kidd saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kidd! But no joy.
Kidd 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.
Kidd moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsson motions for Kidd to come forward. Larsson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kidd unleashes a big counter combination but Larsson bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Larsson connects with an inside leg kick.
Kidd lands with a nice body punch.
Larsson looks to land a body kick but Kidd moved away.
Kidd has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kidd on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Larsson. Larsson obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Larsson.
Larsson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kidd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidd scores with a hook to the body. Larsson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kidd throws a series of punches but Larsson avoids them all with ease.
Larsson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Larsson misses with a head kick.
A low kick from Larsson is predictable there
and Kidd counters with a one-two to the body.
Kidd's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Larsson.
A good leg kick by Larsson.
Nice body punch from Kidd.
Kidd throws a nice looking combination but Larsson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Larsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
A low kick from Larsson is predictable there
and Kidd counters with a series of strikes. Larsson will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larsson throws a head kick that Kidd semi-blocks.
It looks like Woo Kidd has been cut.
Nice body kick from Larsson.
Good leg kick by Larsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Larsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidd blocks a low kick nicely.
Larsson throws a front kick aimed at Kidd's knee but Kidd avoids it well.
Kidd connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick by Larsson misses
enabling Kidd to counter with a crisp jab.
You can see that Kidd has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Kidd checks the leg kick.
Kidd let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kidd throws a body punch but Larsson moves out of range.
Kidd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kidd cracks a nice hook into Larsson's ribs.
Kidd misses with a body shot.
Kidd scores with a nice strike.
Kidd checks a leg kick nicely.
A slapping body kick lands there for Larsson.
Kidd looks winded!
Larsson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kidd is out of range and Larsson settles back down.
Kidd checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larsson thumps Kidd with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Larsson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kidd throws a series of punches but Larsson avoids them all with ease.
Larsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kidd. That did some damage!
Kidd misses the shot to the body.
A combination from Kidd does no damage.
Larsson scores with a kick to the body.
A punch combination from Kidd misses.
Larsson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Larsson lands a leg kick that knocks Kidd off balance momentarily.
Larsson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kidd is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Larsson with a body shot.
Larsson misses with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Kidd misses its intended target.
Kidd checks a leg kick.
Kidd avoids the head kick by Larsson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kidd! But no joy.
Kidd throws a jab but it's blocked by Larsson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidd misses with an uppercut.
Larsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kidd throws a right and a left that Larsson avoids nicely.
Kidd misses with a hook.
Larsson motions for Kidd to come forward. Larsson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kidd misses with a straight left.
That kick from Larsson tenderised Kidd's leg. Kidd is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larsson lands a big head kick that sends Kidd tumbling to the mat! Larsson takes a step backwards and waves Kidd back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kidd is rocked!
Larsson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kidd is still on wobbly legs! Can Larsson finish him?
Larsson misses with a head kick.
Larsson 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.
Larsson tries a low kick but Kidd avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Larsson misses.
Kidd seems to have recovered his senses.
Kidd misses with a few strikes there.
Kidd throws a right hand that Larsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larsson also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conny Larsson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Woo Kidd's cut.
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.
Larsson throws a leg kick
and Kidd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kidd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsson manages to avoid it.
Larsson thows a leg kick but Kidd checks it
enabling Kidd to counter with a crisp jab.
Larsson throws a leg kick but Kidd sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Larsson throws a body kick that misses
and Kidd counters with a nice uppercut.
Larsson throws a leg kick but Kidd sees it coming and moves out of range.
Larsson throws a solid leg kick but Kidd takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larsson.
Kidd swings for the body but Larsson moves out of range.
Conny Larsson is winning the standup battle so far.
Larsson misses with a low kick.
A shot to the body from Kidd misses
and Larsson counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick by Larsson misses
and Kidd counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Larsson 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 Kidd has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kidd and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It seemed like Kidd was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kidd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Kidd throws a series of punches but Larsson avoids them all with ease.
Conny Larsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kidd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Larsson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Kidd just manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Larsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Kidd backs away, Larsson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Larsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Larsson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kidd swinging wildly here.
Kidd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Larsson scores with a leg kick.
Larsson misses with a low kick as Kidd jumps back.
Larsson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Larsson wants to land a leg kick but Kidd is out of range.
Larsson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kidd misses with a series of wild punches.
Kidd misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larsson is looking to chop away at Kidd's legs.
A little jabbing left from Kidd on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A leg kick checked by Kidd.
Larsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larsson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kidd can do to turn this around?
Larsson throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larsson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kidd just misses with a punch to the body.
Kidd misses with a two punch combination.
Larsson wants to land a leg kick but Kidd is out of range.
Larsson 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.
Kidd is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Larsson with a body shot.
Kidd cracks Larsson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Larsson is looking to slow Kidd down with leg kicks.
Larsson is looking to slow Kidd down with leg kicks.
Larsson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larsson misses with a low kick.
Larsson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Larsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kidd connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larsson scrambles back to his feet.
Kidd avoids the head kick by Larsson.
Kidd throws a counter combo.
Kidd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Larsson misses with a head kick.
Larsson cracks the inside of Kidd's front leg.
Larsson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Larsson misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick from Larsson misses.
Kidd throws a combination. Larsson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Larsson misses with a low kick.
Kidd swinging wildly here.
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!
Larsson throws a leg kick but Kidd moved away.
Larsson lands with a kick to the temple. Kidd shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Larsson throws a low kick, looking for Kidd's leg but Kidd calmly moves out of range.
Kidd jabs Larsson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Kidd misses the target.
Kidd misses with the combination.
Larsson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kidd might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Larsson has got the better of the exchanges.
Larsson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Larsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Larsson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larsson slips a jab and a cross from Kidd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Larsson.
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 Conny Larsson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Woo Kidd's cut.
That's time! Larsson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Larsson.
Larsson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kidd.
Larsson wants to slow Kidd down by chopping away at his legs.
A leg kick checked by Kidd.
Kidd blocks a leg kick.
Larsson slips a jab from Kidd.
Kidd swings for the body but Larsson moves out of range.
Larsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Larsson throws a leg kick
and Kidd counters with a left and a right that stings Larsson.
Kidd avoids the head kick by Larsson.
Kidd is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsson is looking to chop away at Kidd's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Larsson. That's going to slow Kidd down.
Larsson is looking to land body kicks.
Larsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kidd to score with a decent uppercut.
Kidd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larsson lands a big head kick that sends Kidd tumbling to the mat! Larsson takes a step backwards and waves Kidd back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Kidd throws a right and a left that Larsson avoids nicely.
Kidd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsson manages to avoid it.
Larsson throws a leg kick but Kidd sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kidd appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Larsson misses with a body kick.
Kidd lands a head shot.
Kidd checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kidd avoids the head kick by Larsson.
Kidd is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Larsson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick from Larsson misses.
A head kick misses from Larsson.
Larsson throws a leg kick
enabling Kidd to counter with a crisp jab.
Larsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larsson avoids the body shot from Kidd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidd throws a right hand that Larsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larsson also avoids with ease.
Larsson wants to land a leg kick but Kidd is out of range.
Larsson tries to move into range but Kidd moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Larsson throws a head kick that misses.
Kidd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Larsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Larsson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kidd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Larsson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Kidd throws a right hand that Larsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Larsson also avoids with ease.
Kidd just misses with a punch to the body.
Larsson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A nice side step and Kidd releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Larsson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
As Larsson backs off Kidd throws a huge counter combo but Larsson manages to avoid it all.
Larsson tries to score with a low kick but Kidd moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Kidd blocks the low kick.
Kidd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kidd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Larsson moves away.
Larsson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Larsson tries to land a body kick
and Kidd counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice combination there by Kidd.
Kidd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kidd blocks a head kick by Larsson.
Kidd appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kidd tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kidd has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Larsson.
A leg kick checked by Kidd.
A head kick misses from Larsson.
A leg kick checked by Kidd.
A head kick by Larsson misses
letting Kidd counter with a right hand.
Kidd with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Larsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Woo Kidd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Larsson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A leg kick checked by Kidd.
Kidd blocks a low kick nicely.
Larsson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kidd counters with a left and a right that stings Larsson.
Kidd misses with the combination.
Larsson misses with a head kick.
Kidd is looking for the big counter here.
Larsson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kidd is able to avoid easily.
Larsson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kidd lands with an overhand left.
Larsson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Kidd counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Larsson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kidd. That did some damage!
Larsson misses with a low kick.
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 Conny Larsson.
Well Larsson 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Conny Larsson!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sampo Metso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marek Krajewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marek Krajewski will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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240 lbs
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270 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sampo Metso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marek Krajewski!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Metso keeps the fight on the outside.
Metso swats away the attempt to clinch by Krajewski.
Metso rushes Krajewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krajewski.
Metso lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Marek Krajewski has been cut.
Metso definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Krajewski dodges an elbow strike from Metso.
Krajewski breaks from the clinch.
Metso connects with an inside leg kick.
Krajewski tries to clinch but Metso moves out of range.
Krajewski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Krajewski goes for a double leg but Metso avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Metso continues to drive forward.
Metso moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metso is struggling to control the position.
Metso dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Metso lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Metso blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Metso.
Metso slowing the pace effectively.
Metso misses with an elbow over the top.
Krajewski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Krajewski breaks from the clinch.
Krajewski fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krajewski wants to clinch.
Krajewski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Krajewski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Metso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Metso tries a low kick but Krajewski avoids it.
Krajewski stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Metso.
Krajewski blocks a leg kick.
Krajewski tries to keep at a distance but Metso has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krajewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Metso.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metso looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krajewski misses with a punch on the inside.
Krajewski wants to stall.
Metso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Krajewski is trying to break free.
Metso lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Marek Krajewski's cut even more.
Krajewski takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Metso blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krajewski avoids the elbow strike from Metso, against the cage.
Krajewski wants to break the clinch but can't.
Metso misses with a hook to the ribs.
Metso prevents a body shot from Krajewski.
Krajewski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Metso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krajewski's brow.
Krajewski scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Metso.
Krajewski is rocked!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Metso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krajewski's brow.
Krajewski is still on wobbly legs! Can Metso finish him?
Krajewski blocks the elbow strike.
Metso misses with the head strike.
Metso taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Metso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Metso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Metso throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Krajewski avoids the elbow strike from Metso, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metso throws an elbow but it misses.
Krajewski blocks an elbow strike.
Krajewski dodges an elbow strike from Metso.
Metso throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Krajewski blocks the elbow strike.
Krajewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Metso.
Metso throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Krajewski seems to have recovered his senses.
Still in the clinch, Krajewski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krajewski avoids the elbow strike from Metso, against the cage.
Metso stalling the fight.
Krajewski takes an elbow to the forehead.
The cut above Marek Krajewski's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Metso throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Metso just misses with a elbow thrown towards Krajewski's brow.
Krajewski struggles to land a body shot inside as Metso controls his hands.
Metso lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marek Krajewski's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Krajewski lands a knee to the head.
Metso throws an elbow but it misses.
Metso creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krajewski's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krajewski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Sampo Metso has been cut.
Clinched against the cage, Metso lands a big elbow that drops Krajewski! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Krajewski is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sampo Metso!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harvey Danger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicklas Lidstrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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Great low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harvey Danger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicklas Lidstrom!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danger misses with a two punch combination.
Lidstrom throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lidstrom swinging wildly here.
Lidstrom fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Danger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Danger takes one to the chin there.
Lidstrom throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Danger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danger looks to land a right hand but Lidstrom moved out of range.
Nicklas Lidstrom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lidstrom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Danger manages to avoid it.
Danger looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Danger thumps Lidstrom with a low kick.
Danger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lidstrom lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jab from Lidstrom.
Danger connects with a leg kick. Lidstrom looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lidstrom throws a right and a left that both miss.
Danger wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Danger uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lidstrom.
Lidstrom stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lidstrom throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Danger jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lidstrom lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Danger backs up against the cage.
Danger ducks under a wild hook from Lidstrom.
Lidstrom misses with a straight left.
Jab from Lidstrom.
Danger shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lidstrom eats them both and turns towards Danger to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lidstrom lands a head shot.
Danger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lidstrom connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danger scrambles back to his feet.
Lidstrom scores with a jab. Danger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lidstrom throws a jab but it's blocked by Danger.
Danger lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lidstrom's sensitive parts.
Lidstrom throws a looping overhand right but Danger ducks down to avoid it.
Lidstrom 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.
Danger throws out a loose jab but Lidstrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Danger finds it's way through Lidstrom's defenses.
It looks like Nicklas Lidstrom has been cut.
Lidstrom lunges at Danger with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Danger's hand.
Danger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lidstrom in his tracks.
Lidstrom misses with a wild combination.
Danger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lidstrom.
Danger connects with a leg kick. Lidstrom looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Lidstrom lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lidstrom dodges the punch combination from Danger.
Lidstrom scores with a decent looking hook.
Lidstrom bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Danger misses with a low kick.
Danger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab from Danger.
Danger takes the fight into the clinch.
Danger lands with a light punch inside.
Lidstrom tries to break free but Danger pushes him back against the cage.
Danger is stalling here.
Danger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danger misses with a knee to the head.
Lidstrom working hard to break the clinch.
Lidstrom is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Danger lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danger is stalling here.
Danger digs a right hand underneath Lidstrom's ribcage. Lidstrom let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Danger tries a knee to the head but Lidstrom blocks it.
Danger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danger misses with a hook. Lidstrom ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Danger takes a jab right on the kisser.
Danger has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Danger there as he acknowledges the shot.
Danger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lidstrom connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Danger scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nicklas Lidstrom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nicklas Lidstrom's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lidstrom connects with a jab.
Lidstrom throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Danger stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lidstrom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Danger.
Lidstrom lands a jab to Danger's midsection.
Lidstrom lands a jab.
Lidstrom feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dangers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A nice combination there by Lidstrom.
Danger is rocked!
Lidstrom drops Danger with a naaaaasty hook - Danger is in real trouble here! Lidstrom dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicklas Lidstrom!
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