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Clash of Alliances - 8 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Delta Frankzola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Jack Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frankzola comes into the arena with Night Train blaring out of the sound system. Delta Frankzola had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Delta Frankzola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Jack Harris!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frankzola throws a jab but it's blocked by Harris.
Nice uppercut lands for Harris. That snapped Frankzola's head back.
Frankzola throws a lazy head kick
and Harris counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Delta Frankzola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Harris looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Harris works Frankzola's body with a nice hook.
A combination from Frankzola does no damage.
A jab from Frankzola misses.
Frankzola gets a takedown into half guard.
Frankzola prevents Harris from improving his position.
Frankzola is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harris is trying to control but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frankzola lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frankzola working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Frankzola working over Harris with some ground and pound. Harris looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Frankzola thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Frankzola working Harris over with strikes.
Frankzola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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. Frankzola connects with a nice short shot to Harris's temple.
Frankzola takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Harris taking some punishment here, with Frankzola in his half guard.
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. Frankzola connects with a nice short shot to Harris's temple.
Harris wants to get back to full guard.
Harris is defending against the submission attempts here by Frankzola.
Ground and pound from Frankzola.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Frankzola lands a nice short elbow.
Harris on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Frankzola is trying for a kimura here. Harris looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Frankzola wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Delta Frankzola!
An intense looking Delta Frankzola took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'I'd like to thank my manager for creating me!
thanks man i won a text based fight...hahaha'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Number Four (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ratimir Yenin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Number Four!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ratimir Yenin!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yenin fails with a takedown attempt.
Yenin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Four.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Four is defended easily by Yenin.
Yenin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Yenin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Four defends it nicely.
Four is looking to counter punch.
Yenin clinches up with Four and pushes him back against the cage.
Four wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Number Four. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Yenin.
Yenin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Four backwards.
Yenin drags the fight down to the ground.
Yenin tries to strike from the bottom.
Yenin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Four gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yenin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Four with a flurry of punches that miss.
Yenin looking for a triangle here. Four is fighting it but it looks tight! Yenin pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Four is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ratimir Yenin!
Ratimir Yenin 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Goretti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Goretti comes into the arena with I'm Too Sexy blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, George Goretti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Harris!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goretti instigates a clinch.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
Harris taking a breather.
Goretti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Harris stalling.
A hook to the body from Goretti.
Goretti lands with a right to the head.
Goretti lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Harris.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Goretti has double underhooks.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Goretti gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris tries to work over Goretti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Harris looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Goretti avoids it.
Goretti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goretti is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Goretti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Goretti lands a body punch.
Goretti misses with a punch to the body.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Goretti scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Goretti.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Goretti gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice left hand lands by Goretti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goretti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Goretti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Goretti lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Goretti lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Goretti controls his hands.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
Goretti prevents a body shot from Harris.
A right hand to the body from Goretti.
Goretti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
A hook to the body from Goretti.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Goretti has double underhooks.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Goretti has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Goretti.
Harris misses with a punch on the inside.
Harris's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Harris stalling against the cage.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Goretti has double underhooks.
Goretti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Goretti has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Goretti on the inside.
Harris blocks a body shot from Goretti.
Harris tries to break free but Goretti pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goretti leaning against his opponent.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Goretti has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Harris lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Goretti.
Harris blocks a body shot from Goretti.
Harris is trying to maintain a safe position but Goretti gets an underhook and turns Harris into the cage.
Goretti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
I was talking to Goretti's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Goretti.
Harris trying to stall but Goretti improves his position.
Goretti goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good body shot from Goretti.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goretti.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Goretti dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Goretti forces Harris back against the cage and clinches.
Come on Goretti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Goretti swings wildly with an uppercut but Harris uses good head movement to avoid it.
Harris content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Goretti lands with a left to the head.
Goretti lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goretti.
Harris blocks a body shot from Goretti.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Goretti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris lands a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Harris just misses with a elbow thrown towards Goretti's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goretti lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Goretti prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Goretti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harris tries to circle away but Goretti has him pinned against the cage.
Goretti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Goretti lands a shot to the body.
Goretti misses with a punch on the inside.
Goretti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goretti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Goretti as Harris tries to tie him up.
A right handed body shot lands from Goretti.
Harris takes a shot to the head.
Goretti blocks an elbow strike from Harris.
Goretti misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goretti stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Goretti.
Goretti tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Goretti dodges an elbow strike from Harris.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Goretti has him pressed against the cage.
Goretti scores with a hook to the body.
Goretti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Harris misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Harris has a couple of punches blocked by Goretti.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Goretti avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Goretti lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris wants to stall.
Goretti throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harriss head.
Goretti has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goretti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Harris trying to control the position but instead, Goretti has worked for underhooks and has pushed Harris into the cage.
Harris misses with some punches.
Harris wants to break free but Goretti has control.
Harris throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Harris misses with an elbow over the top.
A short body shot lands from Harris as the two fighters clinch.
Harris is trying to break the clinch but Goretti is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from Goretti.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goretti blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Goretti presses Harris against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Goretti lands a shot to the body.
Goretti lands a nice shot to the body.
Goretti slows down the pace here.
Goretti throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Goretti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Goretti lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Harris backwards.
Goretti misses with a body punch.
Goretti avoids the elbow strike from Harris, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Goretti dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Harris is trying to stall.
Goretti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Goretti has the dominant position.
Goretti tries to work over Harris's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Goretti misses with a punch to the body.
Goretti lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goretti.
Goretti leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goretti stalling against the cage.
Goretti seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Harris wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goretti pushes Harris back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
Goretti lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goretti.
Goretti has Harris pushed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Goretti.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Goretti scores with a shoulder strike.
Come on Goretti - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A frustrated look appears on Harris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goretti is working Harris over against the cage.
Goretti blocking some punches.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Goretti scores with a shot to the side of Harris's head.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goretti is keeping busy.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Goretti has the dominant position.
Goretti lands with a left to the head.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Harris tries to land knees in the clinch but Goretti avoids the damage to the body.
Goretti scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goretti stalling the fight.
A hook to the body from Goretti.
Harris tries to circle away but Goretti has him pinned against the cage.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Goretti has double underhooks.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Goretti improves position.
Harris misses with a body punch.
Goretti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goretti lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Goretti as the two fighters clinch.
Goretti lands a nice shot to the body.
Harris pushes off an throws an elbow but Goretti leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Goretti.
Goretti lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Goretti lands a body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Goretti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Goretti can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
Goretti lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Goretti.
Goretti tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Goretti has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Goretti prevents Harris from breaking the clinch.
Manny Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris tries to land a knee to the head but Goretti blocks with his arms.
Goretti lands with a short shot to the head.
George Goretti is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Goretti showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Goretti 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Goretti!
A very excited looking George Goretti made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rudi Dassler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Coleman could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rudi Dassler's chin.
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Greg Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudi Dassler!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coleman tries a head kick but it misses.
Dassler looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Coleman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Coleman throws a head kick that Dassler semi-blocks.
Coleman misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Dassler.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Coleman as he avoids it easily.
Coleman throws a big counter combination but Dassler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Coleman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dassler manages to avoid it.
Dassler darts in looking for a takedown but Coleman gets double underhooks and turns Dassler into the cage.
Coleman went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dassler checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Coleman as he jumps to the side.
Greg Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rudi Dassler.
Dassler misses with a takedown attempt - Coleman sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dassler takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coleman throws a series of punches but Dassler moves out of range.
Dassler feints the counter takedown.
Coleman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coleman. Dassler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dassler tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dassler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Coleman.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown but Coleman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Coleman swinging wildly here.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dassler thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dassler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dassler throws a big right hand that misses.
Dassler drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Coleman manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dassler has Coleman in his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dassler is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Coleman defends well.
Coleman trying to control the position from guard on top but Dassler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coleman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coleman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dassler isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Coleman stacks Dassler on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Coleman!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dassler is trying to improve his position.
That's four 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.
Dassler looks to move to half guard but instead Coleman has passed into mount! Damn!
Dassler keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Coleman tries to control but Dassler wriggling away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dassler 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Coleman dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Coleman tries a head kick but it misses.
Coleman throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dassler counters with a nice double leg into side control. Coleman won't be happy with that.
Dassler goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Coleman rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dassler's guard! Nice work there by Coleman!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dassler can do anything to dispel that myth.
Coleman trying to control but Dassler is working from the bottom.
Dassler looking for a guillotine here but Coleman defends easily.
Dassler wants to improve his position but instead Coleman has moved into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dassler tries to get to full guard but Coleman has control of the leg.
Dassler felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Dassler makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dassler.
Dassler looking for a guillotine here but Coleman defends easily.
Rudi Dassler has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dassler throws his legs up looking for a submission but Coleman uses it to pass to side control.
Dassler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dassler tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Coleman presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Dassler sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dassler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dassler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dassler looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dassler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Coleman's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Dassler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dassler looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Coleman trying to control from half guard but Dassler is working away.
Dassler wants to get back to full guard but Coleman has passed into side control.
Dassler tries to bench press Coleman off him but Coleman keeps the position.
Dassler misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dassler is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudi Dassler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Coleman lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dassler will feel that in the morning.
A thudding body kick lands there by Coleman!
Coleman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dassler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Coleman.
Coleman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Coleman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dassler's head.
It looks like Rudi Dassler has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dassler changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Coleman tries to avoid it but Dassler manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Coleman to the ground. Coleman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Coleman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Coleman misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coleman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman misses with a wild body shot.
Coleman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Coleman works Dassler's body with a nice hook.
Coleman throws a wild body kick that Dassler sees coming a mile off.
Dassler has a takedown stuffed.
As Dassler backs away, Coleman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dassler takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Coleman digs a good hook to Dassler's body.
Dassler takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coleman lands a big head kick that sends Dassler tumbling to the mat! Coleman takes a step backwards and waves Dassler back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dassler is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dassler wants to stay close but Coleman steps back to make room for something. Dassler seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Coleman and Dassler drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Greg Coleman!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Markus Lindblom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Feivish Hershel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Markus Lindblom has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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177 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Markus Lindblom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Feivish Hershel!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hershel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lindblom.
Lindblom gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lindblom trying to keep a closed guard but Hershel is proving a slippery customer.
Lindblom keeping full guard, as Hershel tries to pass.
Lindblom looking for a sweep. Not yet Lindblom, not yet.
Hershel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lindblom seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hershel is in close to Lindblom's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hershel passes Lindblom's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lindblom has one foot on Hershel's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Hershel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hershel changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lindblom tries to clinch but Hershel moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hershel. Lindblom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lindblom gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hershel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hershel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hershel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hershel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hershel is working Lindblom over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lindblom is trying to control the position but Hershel postures up.
Lindblom looking for a sweep. Not yet Lindblom, not yet.
Hershel slips nicely into half guard.
Hershel has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Lindblom defend it? Hershel steps over the head and cranks it - Lindblom is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Hershel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Feivish Hershel!
A relieved looking Feivish Hershel thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Stiglitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Costner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stiglitz comes to the cage accompanied by I Gave You A Reach Around and This Is How You Repay Me?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Stiglitz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Costner!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stiglitz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costner now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Costner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stiglitz is looking to clinch.
Costner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Costner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stiglitz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Stiglitz rushes Costner and presses him up against the cage.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stiglitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
Costner wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stiglitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Stiglitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costner pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stiglitz misses with some punches.
Stiglitz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costner's efforts to push away.
Stiglitz misses with some punches.
Costner stalling in the clinch but Stiglitz improves position.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stiglitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stiglitz has a couple of punches blocked by Costner.
Stiglitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costner blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Stiglitz fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Stiglitz fails to land.
Stiglitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stiglitz misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stiglitz.
Stiglitz throws a head punch that misses.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stiglitz.
Costner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stiglitz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costner keeps the fight on the outside.
Stiglitz tries to clinch up but Costner circles away and keeps his distance.
Stiglitz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Costner tries to land knees in the clinch but Stiglitz avoids the damage to the body.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Stiglitz.
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!
Costner working hard to break the clinch.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
Costner blocking some punches.
Costner looking to slow down the pace here.
Stiglitz throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz throws a head punch that misses.
Costner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stiglitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Costner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stiglitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Costner throws an elbow but misses.
Costner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
Costner blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costner blocks an uppercut.
Stiglitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stiglitz misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Stiglitz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Stiglitz has a couple of punches blocked by Costner.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Costner.
Stiglitz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz working aggressively here.
Stiglitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Costner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stiglitz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costner stalling the fight.
Stiglitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stiglitz has Costner pressed against the cage, preventing Costner from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stiglitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stiglitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costner blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costner.
Stiglitz misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stiglitz.
Stiglitz avoiding damage as Costner throws knees to the body.
Stiglitz throws a head punch that misses.
Costner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Stiglitz 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.
Stiglitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stiglitz tries to clinch but Costner moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Costner.
Dan Stiglitz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stiglitz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stiglitz dodges the punch combination from Costner.
Stiglitz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costner can do to turn this around?
Stiglitz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Costner manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Costner pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Stiglitz back to the cage. Costner follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Stiglitz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stiglitz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Costner counters with a straight right hand.
Costner circles away from the clinch attempt
and Costner counters with a series of strikes. Stiglitz will be more careful next time no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stiglitz tries to close the distance and clinch but Costner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stiglitz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Costner lands a nice hook to Stiglitz's body. Stiglitz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Stiglitz wants to clinch but Costner slips to the side
and Costner counters with a left to the body.
Stiglitz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stiglitz tries to clinch up but Costner circles away and keeps his distance.
Costner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Stiglitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stiglitz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stiglitz wants to clinch
and Costner counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stiglitz is looking to clinch but Costner is avoiding it.
Costner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stiglitz tries to clinch up but Costner circles away and keeps his distance.
Stiglitz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Costner throws out a counter right but Stiglitz avoids it with no problem.
Stiglitz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stiglitz looks to clinch
and Costner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Stiglitz is rocked!
Stiglitz wants to clinch
and Costner rattles Stiglitz with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Stiglitz tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Costner dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Stiglitz stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kevin Costner!
Kevin Costner is the new welterweight champion!
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