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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baron Suzaski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernand Mondego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Baron Suzaski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fernand Mondego!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzaski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Suzaski misses the shot to the body.
Mondego throws out a loose jab but Suzaski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Suzaski tries to clinch up.
Mondego feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Suzaskis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Suzaski tries to close the distance and clinch but Mondego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Suzaski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Suzaski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Suzaski avoiding damage as Mondego throws knees to the body.
Suzaski lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Suzaski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mondego misses with a body punch.
Mondego lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Suzaski misses with a hook from the clinch.
Suzaski lands a good knee to the midsection. Mondego won't want to take too many of those.
Mondego throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Suzaski blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mondego wants the takedown. Suzaski is fighting it off but Mondego persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Suzaski's guard against the cage.
Mondego must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Mondego forces his way into half guard.
Suzaski moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suzaski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mondego doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mondego manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mondego connects with a couple of short punches.
Mondego is sitting in close to Suzaski's body. Suzaski has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Mondego is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Mondego is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Suzaski.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Baron Suzaski!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chan Sung Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chan Sung Aoki has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chan Sung Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Chuck Nogueira!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Nogueira.
Aoki closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nogueira throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aoki avoids it.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nogueira missing with knees to the body.
Aoki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aoki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nogueira misses with the head strike.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Aoki managing to block the knees to the body from Nogueira.
Nogueira looking to throw knees to the head but Aoki is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki tries to throw a body punch but Nogueira avoids it by throwing Aoki back against the cage.
Nogueira has a couple of punches blocked by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Aoki.
Nogueira prevents a body shot from Aoki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aoki avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aoki blocks it with crossed arms.
Aoki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Aoki pulls guard.
Aoki escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nogueira gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Aoki working a defensive guard here.
Aoki has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nogueira must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Aoki is looking to sweep but instead, Nogueira has passed into half guard.
Aoki wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki actively working from the bottom here.
Nogueira wants to get back to his feet.
Nogueira stands up and beckons Aoki to join him on the feet.
Nogueira checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nogueira throws a big counter head kick but Aoki avoids it with no problem.
Nogueira 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.
Nogueira loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
Aoki takes one on the button.
It looks like Chan Sung Aoki has been cut.
Nogueira swings widly with a right hand
letting Aoki counter with a right hand.
Nogueira tries to sprawl but Aoki drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nogueira has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Aoki is on him like a limpet, forcing Nogueira back against the cage.
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!
Aoki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki avoiding damage as Nogueira throws knees to the body.
Aoki blocking some punches.
Aoki tries to throw a body punch but Nogueira avoids it by throwing Aoki back against the cage.
Nogueira prevents the takedown attempt.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Nogueira controls the action.
Aoki throws a head punch that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nogueira landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nogueira tries to land knees in the clinch but Aoki avoids the damage to the body.
Nogueira with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nogueira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nogueira takes a shot to the head.
Nogueira landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aoki is looking for a takedown.
Aoki can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chan Sung Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira swings wildly with an uppercut but Aoki uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nogueira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nogueira.
A nice left hand lands by Aoki.
Aoki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Aoki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nogueira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoki looking for a takedown.
Nogueira missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Aoki.
Aoki misses with some punches.
Aoki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nogueira.
Aoki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aoki fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chan Sung Aoki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chan Sung Aoki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nogueira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nogueira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nogueira.
Nogueira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Aoki counters with a good, hard body kick but Nogueira shrugs it off.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Aoki moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Nogueira misses its intended target.
Aoki shoots in and gets a takedown into Nogueira's guard.
Aoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.
Nogueira is looking to stand up but Aoki isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to stand but Aoki is controlling the position.
Aoki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Aoki working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nogueira wants to stand up but Aoki is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Aoki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nogueira wants to stand up but Aoki is controlling him.
Aoki drops back looking for a leg! Nogueira is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Nogueira manages to kick Aoki off! Aoki jumps back into Nogueira's guard.
Aoki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nogueira's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nogueira pushes Aoki off and gets back to his feet.
Nogueira misses the shot to the body.
Aoki slips a jab and a cross from Nogueira.
Chuck Nogueira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aoki throws a good cross that connects.
Aoki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aoki.
Nogueira is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The fighters circling - Nogueira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Aoki was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Aoki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aoki scores with a jab to the jaw.
Aoki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Nogueira!
Aoki is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nogueira has escaped the position, nice work there.
Aoki will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nogueira is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Aoki asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Aoki is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nogueira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nogueira is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Aoki asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Aoki tries for a kimura but Nogueira is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nogueira tries to escape but Aoki is in control.
Aoki trying to control the action but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Nogueira is not content to let Aoki control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nogueira is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chan Sung Aoki dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chan Sung Aoki's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Aoki lands with a shot to the body.
Aoki is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Aoki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nogueira goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nogueira.
Nogueira loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
Nogueira misses with a kick to the body.
Aoki appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Nogueira backs away, Aoki returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Aoki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aoki thuds his shin into the meat of Nogueira's side.
Aoki looking to score a takedown here. Nogueira is defending well but Aoki drives through and ends up in Nogueira's guard.
Aoki prevents Nogueira from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Aoki from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aoki content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Nogueira keeps moving.
Aoki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Aoki landing with the ground and pound.
Aoki scoring with some ground and pound.
Aoki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Aoki is standing up over Nogueira. Nogueira looks to escape but Aoki dives into side control.
Nogueira is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Aoki has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Aoki is chipping away with strikes.
Chan Sung Aoki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Aoki scores with a couple of short elbows.
Aoki lands a strong strike to the head of Nogueira. That's dazed him! Aoki looking to finish here. Nogueira is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Aoki lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chan Sung Aoki!
Chan Sung Aoki managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, REAR NAKED CHOKE NUTRITION , into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amun Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmi Nedram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ra comes to the cage accompanied by Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says. Nedram has chosen Walk With Me In HELL!!!! as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amun Ra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmi Nedram!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ra looks for the body kick but Nedram saw that one coming.
A combination from Nedram does no damage.
Nedram throws a jab but it's blocked by Ra.
Ra throws a nice looking combination but Nedram bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nedram lands with a cross.
Nedram works the jab nicely.
Nedram lands a hook that stumbles Ra back into the cage. Nedram follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Ra to the canvas! Nedram pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Ra has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jimmi Nedram!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jimmi Nedram thanked GREEN!160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Toby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macho Randy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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242 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, James Toby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Macho Randy!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toby moves out of range of the body kick from Randy.
Toby tries to counter by clinching up but Randy breaks away and moves out of range.
Randy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toby on the side of the head.
Randy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Toby.
It looks like James Toby has been cut.
Toby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toby connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice shot by Randy.
Toby swings widly with a right hand
and Randy counters with a right hand to the body.
Randy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Toby is breathing heavily.
Randy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randy just misses with a punch to the body.
Randy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A solid body kick from Randy.
Randy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Randy keeps Toby at a distance using the push kick.
Randy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Toby doesn't seem bothered though.
Toby takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Randy tests Toby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toby throws a head kick that misses
and Randy counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Toby crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Randy - the referee stops the clock and Toby gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Randy. Toby manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Randy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Randy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Randy scores with a spinning back kick!
Toby doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Randy lands with a cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Randy!
Toby takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Randy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Randy thows a body kick. Toby tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Randy lands a left and a right that send Toby crashing to the mat, dazed. Randy thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Toby is rocked!
Randy throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Toby crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Macho Randy!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daft Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boyd McGuire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young's entrance music is Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. A fine choice. McGuire comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Five Finger Death Punch - The Way Of The Fist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daft Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Boyd McGuire!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGuire throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young connects with a right hand. McGuire shakes it off.
We've been told by Young's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Young thumps McGuire with a low kick.
Young dips to his left and cracks McGuire with an uppercut!
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McGuire.
McGuire takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McGuire looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A jab from McGuire misses.
Young throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McGuire fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Young manages to avoid it.
Young jabs at McGuire's body.
McGuire misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
McGuire keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Young clobbers McGuire with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch combination from Young misses.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
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!
Young gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows McGuire to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Young preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire wants to pass the guard but Young is keeping the position.
McGuire wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
McGuire loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
McGuire missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McGuire keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
McGuire slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
McGuire working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Young controlling McGuire's posture.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
McGuire stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Young swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Young throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and McGuire counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McGuire misses with a looping right.
Young lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McGuire swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Young fires out a quick counter leg kick but McGuire just manages to avoid it.
Daft Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McGuire misses the shot to the body.
McGuire digs a good body shot into Young's ribs.
A low kick from Young misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Young thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on McGuire if he has to take too many more of those.
Young blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McGuire blocks the body kick.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
McGuire throws a jab but it's blocked by Young.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Young dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Young uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McGuire.
McGuire takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young misses with a hook.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McGuire.
McGuire wants to slow Young down by chopping away at his legs.
Young 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.
Young scores with a hook.
McGuire throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young half committed to a counter leg kick.
Young keeps McGuire at a distance using the push kick.
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!
McGuire misses with a wild body shot.
Young lands with a straight right. McGuire didn't see that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
McGuire scores with a nice strike.
McGuire lands a nice looking body shot.
Young lands with an overhand left.
McGuire throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. McGuire does a little dance to reset his feet.
McGuire fails with a takedown attempt.
Young slips under a jab.
McGuire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Young can pounce on him.
McGuire takes one to the chin there.
The fighters circling - McGuire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McGuire takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Young.
Young misses with a head kick.
McGuire feints a counter leg kick.
McGuire throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McGuire throws out a loose jab but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Young is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Daft Young will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McGuire lands with a cross.
McGuire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
A jab from Young does it's job there.
McGuire takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Jab by Young.
McGuire tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young appears to be looking for a big counter.
Young slips a straight right by McGuire.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuire moves away.
McGuire throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young checks a leg kick.
Young appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from McGuire, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McGuire pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Young.
McGuire misses with a body punch.
Young prevents a body shot from McGuire.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Young.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGuire is keeping busy.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McGuire backwards.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire lands an uppercut.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McGuire escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McGuire scores with a leg kick.
Young throws a body shot but no joy.
Daft Young is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Young. That's going to slow McGuire down.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Young with a nice cross.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McGuire throws out the jab.
Young is looking to counter punch.
Young punishes McGuire's body with a nice straight punch.
McGuire misses with a straight right.
A solid body kick from Young.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuire throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McGuire looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Young swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McGuire throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and moves out of range.
McGuire uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
McGuire avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McGuire throws out a leg kick but Young moves out of range and McGuire only half commits.
Jab by McGuire.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McGuire finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.
A head kick misses from McGuire.
McGuire misses with a body punch
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McGuire tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McGuire has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McGuire misses with a body shot.
McGuire closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire misses with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Young.
McGuire scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Young doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab by Young.
McGuire closes this distance looking for a takedown but Young circles away.
Young is looking to slow McGuire down with leg kicks.
McGuire bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Young feints and then cracks McGuire's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McGuire down.
Young throws a series of punches but McGuire moves out of range.
McGuire's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McGuire takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Young steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McGuire.
McGuire misses with a hook.
McGuire fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Young on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McGuire tries a quick counter leg kick but Young is wise to it.
McGuire 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.
Young lands with an uppercut that bounces McGuire off the cage and back into range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McGuire drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGuire trying to control the position but Young is working away.
McGuire in side control, throwing shots but Young defends.
An elbow from McGuire crashes against the mat.
McGuire taking a break here but Young is having none of it and regains half guard.
McGuire thows a huge punch but Young dodges it nicely.
McGuire sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Young defending well though.
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 Daft Young will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Young. McGuire does a little dance to reset his feet.
Young sizes up McGuire with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McGuire throws a body punch but Young moves out of range.
Young buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
McGuire misses with a straight left.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McGuire moves away.
Young jabs McGuire to the body, keeping him at a distance.
McGuire waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Young.
Young 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.
Nice shot lands for Young.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young cracks the inside of McGuire's front leg.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Young checks a leg kick.
Young throws a hook but McGuire avoids it easily.
McGuire takes a jab right on the kisser.
McGuire has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McGuire looks to score with a jab to the body but Young is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGuire tries to score a power double leg takedown but Young sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten McGuire somewhat.
Young throws a front kick that sends McGuire stumbling back into the cage.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Young avoids the body shot from McGuire.
McGuire's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Young connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McGuire scrambles back to his feet.
Young ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McGuire tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McGuire can do to turn this around?
McGuire tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McGuire takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a head kick. McGuire smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Young scores with a leg kick.
McGuire fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McGuire clinches with his opponent.
Good body shot from McGuire.
McGuire has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Young avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Daft Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boyd McGuire.
Young lands with a short shot to the head.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
McGuire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McGuire has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Young misses with a body punch.
McGuire has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Young after a bit of a struggle.
McGuire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McGuire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boyd McGuire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGuire throws a head punch that misses.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McGuire is keeping busy.
McGuire pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McGuire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McGuire keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McGuire has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Young fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McGuire has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McGuire chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Young can pounce on him.
Young punishes McGuire's body with a nice straight punch.
Young looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Young keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Young throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McGuire tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McGuire on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Daft Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - McGuire throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young fires out a quick counter leg kick but McGuire just manages to avoid it.
McGuire tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Young was well out of range. Poor timing from McGuire.
McGuire takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Young lands with a good body shot.
McGuire takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
McGuire takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Young slaps away a takedown attempt from McGuire, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Young punishes McGuire's body with a nice straight punch.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. McGuire eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
McGuire takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Young scores with a leg kick.
McGuire scores with a hook to the body. Young takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Young cracks McGuire with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daft Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daft Young!
A relieved looking Daft Young 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Julio Cesar Chavez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Pahlm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pahlm is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Peace Love & Pitbulls - Dog Church . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julio Cesar Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johan Pahlm!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pahlm lands a front kick.
Chavez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pahlm scoring well with a low kick there.
Chavez misses with a kick to the body.
Pahlm misses with a right hand
and Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Pahlm 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.
Nice jab there from Pahlm.
Pahlm tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chavez is able to avoid easily.
Pahlm throws a leg kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Chavez misses the target.
Chavez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pahlm eats them both and turns towards Chavez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pahlm takes the fight into the clinch.
Pahlm crunches a lovely knee into Chavez's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Chavez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chavez lands a hook that snaps the head of Pahlm backwards.
Chavez taking a breather.
Chavez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pahlm backwards.
Chavez avoids the elbow strike from Pahlm, against the cage.
Chavez blocks an elbow strike from Pahlm.
Pahlm is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pahlm blocks a body shot from Chavez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pahlm lands an elbow inside.
Pahlm creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Chavez breaks from the clinch.
Pahlm tries to clinch there but Chavez circles away.
Pahlm throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Chavez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A telegraphed right hand from Pahlm misses the target.
Pahlm scores with a punch to the head.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body.
Pahlm throws out a powerful jab.
A slow jab from Pahlm misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Pahlm.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pahlm manages to avoid it.
Chavez lands a nice looking body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pahlm looks to score with a jab to the body but Chavez is just out of range.
Pahlm moves out of range of the leg kick from Chavez.
Pahlm is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pahlm wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pahlm has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Pahlm takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chavez takes a swing at Pahlm's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez defending well as Pahlm loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pahlm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pahlm scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Chavez doesn't seem bothered though.
Pahlm digs a good hook to Chavez's body.
Pahlm fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chavez is rocked!
Pahlm lands with a good body shot.
Oh Chavez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chavez takes a swing at Pahlm's ribcage but misses.
Pahlm circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Chavez tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Pahlm wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johan Pahlm!
A very excited looking Johan Pahlm 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 Rick Cricket (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Davenport (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cricket comes to the cage accompanied by Demons- Imagine Dragons. This should be a great matchup!
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Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Cricket!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lucas Davenport!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cricket swings widly with a right hand
and Davenport counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Davenport.
Davenport throws a strike but Cricket rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cricket trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Davenport wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Davenport keeping moving, preventing Cricket from controlling successfully.
Cricket controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Davenport has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cricket trying to control but Davenport is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cricket showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket looking to pass the guard.
Davenport lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cricket holds on and takes a little breather.
Davenport trying to control but Cricket is working from the bottom.
Davenport engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Davenport misses with a takedown
and Cricket counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Davenport is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cricket is looking to clinch but Davenport is avoiding it.
Davenport tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cricket swivels and escapes.
Davenport walks into a stiff left hand from Cricket.
Davenport gets a double leg takedown into Cricket's guard.
Davenport trying to control the position from guard on top but Cricket is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davenport preventing the sweep.
Davenport pushes down on Cricket's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Davenport seems to be looking for submissions.
Cricket tries to get to full guard but Davenport has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davenport is working for a submission of some sort.
Davenport is just content to waste time from the top position. Cricket takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Cricket will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Davenport's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Davenport throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cricket works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Davenport is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Davenport shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cricket as he jumps to the side.
Rick Cricket has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Davenport.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cricket fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cricket throws a sloppy head kick and Davenport moves out of range easily.
Davenport takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Davenport walks into a jab.
Cricket throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Davenport drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cricket defends it well.
Davenport lands with a good body shot.
Cricket fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davenport, pushing him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Davenport is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cricket is defending well.
Cricket misses with a punch to the body.
Cricket holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Cricket dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Davenport fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cricket throws a big counter combination but Davenport scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Horrible takedown attempt by Davenport or perhaps it was just good defense by Cricket, which made it look bad.
Cricket throws out a leg kick but Davenport moves out of range and Cricket only half commits.
Cricket throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cricket misses with a kick to the body
and Davenport counters with a single leg into guard. Cricket didn't expect that.
Davenport trying to control the position from guard on top but Cricket is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
My spies in Montreal Fighter's Gym (4.5* Sparring) inform me that Davenport has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davenport throws a big elbow that misses.
Davenport with a nice head shot there.
Cricket keeping moving, preventing Davenport from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricket seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davenport throws a big right hand that misses.
Cricket avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Davenport wants to control from the top but Cricket keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cricket lands a body shot.
Davenport shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cricket as he avoids it easily.
Rick Cricket has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Davenport.
Cricket keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davenport.
Cricket looks to land a left hand but Davenport moved out of range nicely.
Cricket looks to clinch
and Davenport counters with a shoot takedown. Cricket fights it but they end up in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cricket trying to control the position.
Davenport throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cricket works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davenport throws a big elbow that misses.
Davenport keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cricket's head.
Davenport is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Cricket is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Cricket has escaped and now he's on top!
Davenport keeping moving, preventing Cricket from controlling successfully.
Cricket wants to get up but he can't break Davenport's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davenport is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cricket is aware though and is defending well.
Cricket wants to control from the top but Davenport keeps moving.
Cricket throws a strike but Davenport rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cricket looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Davenport has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cricket.
Cricket thows a body kick. Davenport tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rick Cricket is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Davenport is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cricket sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Davenport has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Cricket.
Davenport shoots in looking for a takedown. Cricket tries to sprawl out of it but Davenport keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cricket manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rick Cricket is winning the standup battle so far.
Davenport shoots in but Cricket avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cricket lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cricket misses with an uppercut. Davenport saw that one coming.
Davenport tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rick Cricket dominated that second round.
That's time! Cricket's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Davenport darts in looking for a takedown but Cricket gets double underhooks and turns Davenport into the cage.
Cricket misses with a hook.
Davenport shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Davenport sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cricket defending well though.
Davenport missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Davenport seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davenport thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cricket's head.
Davenport thows a huge punch but Cricket dodges it nicely.
Davenport missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Davenport is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davenport is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Davenport sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cricket defending well though.
Davenport throwing shots but Cricket is blocking nicely.
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. Davenport connects with a nice short shot to Cricket's temple.
Cricket tries to get to full guard but Davenport has control of the leg.
Davenport seems to be looking for submissions.
Davenport seems to be looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davenport working over Cricket with some ground and pound. Cricket looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cricket wants to improve his position but Davenport is controlling well.
Davenport seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cricket throws a body kick that misses.
And Davenport tries to counter it with a takedown but Cricket pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A head kick from Cricket lands but Davenport takes it in his stride.
Cricket throws a one two combo.
Cricket swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Davenport.
Cricket doesn't manage to clinch there - Davenport circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricket lands a really nice looking cross but Davenport seems unphased.
Davenport tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cricket defends well and Davenport ends up having to push Cricket into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cricket fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Davenport on the side of the head.
It looks like Cricket has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Cricket stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cricket wants it to stay on the feet.
Rick Cricket has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Davenport.
Cricket stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cricket wants it to stay on the feet.
Cricket tries to work over Davenport's front leg with a kick but Davenport checks it.
Davenport avoids the head kick by Cricket.
Davenport blocks a head kick by Cricket.
Davenport with the counter takedown but Cricket avoids it easily.
Cricket swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cricket is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Davenport shoots in and drives through. Cricket sprawls well.
Davenport darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davenport missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cricket is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cricket avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Davenport.
Lucas Davenport has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davenport is looking for a kimura but Cricket is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Davenport to get the leverage.
Davenport lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Davenport wants to advance to full mount but Cricket doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Cricket looking for a sweep. Not yet Cricket, not yet.
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 Rick Cricket.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cricket, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Cricket!
After the fight, Rick Cricket was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Hopkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Vos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jake Vos was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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140 lbs
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150 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikey Hopkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Vos!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hopkins swings widly with a right hand
and Vos counters with a series of strikes. Hopkins will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hopkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vos manages to avoid it.
Hopkins throws a jab when Vos was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by Vos.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hopkins darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mikey Hopkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Hopkins does no damage.
Vos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Vos swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins throws a hook to the side of Vos's head but Vos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vos throws out a counter right but Hopkins avoids it with no problem.
Vos misses with a looping left.
Hopkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Hopkins misses its intended target.
Vos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vos moves away.
Vos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vos clinches up against the cage.
Hopkins is trying to push Vos away but Vos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hopkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hopkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hopkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hopkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hopkins. Vos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Vos moves out of range as Hopkins strikes.
Hopkins tries to move into range but Vos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A lazy left from Hopkins finds it's target.
Hopkins looks to throw the jab but Vos is out of range.
Hopkins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.
Vos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hopkins cracks Vos with a good jab.
Hopkins lands with a right hand.
Vos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
Hopkins misses the jab.
A big left from Hopkins misses.
Hopkins swings for the body but Vos moves out of range.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the body
and Vos counters with a stiff right hand.
Vos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hopkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hopkins throws a right hand that misses
and Vos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hopkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Vos feints the counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hopkins misses with a looping right.
Vos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hopkins.
Vos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vos lands the left hand.
Hopkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vos throws a looping overhand right but Hopkins ducks down to avoid it.
Vos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hopkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vos! But no joy.
Vos staying out of range there.
Vos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vos might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hopkins swings widly with a right hand
letting Vos counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Hopkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.
Hopkins misses the jab.
Hopkins throws a hook but Vos avoids it easily.
Hopkins throws a lazy right hand but Vos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hopkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Vos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hopkins lands a body shot.
Hopkins misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vos has managed to clinch.
Vos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vos works his way into side control.
Hopkins is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Hopkins has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Vos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Hopkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vos lands a jab to the head.
Vos connects with a single shot there.
Hopkins takes a swing at Vos's ribcage but misses.
Vos shoots in and gets a takedown into Hopkins's guard.
Vos trying to control but Hopkins is working from the bottom.
Hopkins can't keep his opponent in guard - Vos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vos wants to free his trapped foot but Hopkins is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Vos misses with a head shot. Hopkins uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vos throwing strikes but missing.
Vos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Vos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hopkins.
Vos feints the counter takedown.
Hopkins throws a hook to the side of Vos's head but Vos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vos controlling the action here.
Hopkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Vos.
Hopkins on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hopkins tries to get out of the position.
Vos uses his free foot to push down on Hopkins's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hopkins.
Vos goes for an armbar but Hopkins turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hopkins.
Hopkins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hopkins has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Vos is proving hard to escape from.
Hopkins has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Vos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Vos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Vos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hopkins is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vos is looking to sweep but instead, Hopkins has passed into half guard.
Vos is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Hopkins is tapping! Great win for Vos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jake Vos!
An out of breath Jake Vos thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Burdyalov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergej Valentinovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burdyalov comes to the cage accompanied by To The Metal. The crowd seem to be enjoying Valentinovich's choice of entrance music: Dj Roland Kenzo - Your Night. Sergej Valentinovich has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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25
212 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolay Burdyalov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergej Valentinovich!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentinovich feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Burdyalov's calf.
Valentinovich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burdyalov.
Nikolay Burdyalov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentinovich lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Valentinovich lands a right hook to the body.
Valentinovich looks to land a left hand but Burdyalov moved out of range nicely.
Burdyalov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Burdyalov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Valentinovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Burdyalov backing away here, and Valentinovich unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Valentinovich comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valentinovich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Burdyalov.
Valentinovich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentinovich fails to land with a series of punches.
Burdyalov throws a sloppy head kick
and Valentinovich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Valentinovich throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Burdyalov jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valentinovich now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Valentinovich bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Valentinovich lands a left and a right that send Burdyalov crashing to the mat, dazed. Valentinovich thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Valentinovich cracks Burdyalov with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Valentinovich has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Burdyalov to stand back up!
Burdyalov is rocked!
Valentinovich throws a pinpoint strike between Burdyalov's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Burdyalov crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Valentinovich scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sergej Valentinovich!
A very excited looking Sergej Valentinovich 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 Rauli Raunio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raunio comes into the arena with Night in Motion blaring out of the sound system. May has chosen For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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217 lbs
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rauli Raunio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brad May!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
May sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Rauli Raunio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raunio throws a leg kick
and May counters with a low kick, right behind Raunio 's knee.
A combination from Raunio does no damage.
May misses with a looping left.
May on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Raunio thumps May with a low kick.
Raunio swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and May counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Raunio jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Raunio throws a leg kick but May sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fighters circling - May throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
May throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raunio.
May takes a shot right to the bread basket.
May 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
May takes a swing at Raunio's ribcage but misses.
Raunio misses with a hook
and May counters with an outside leg kick.
Raunio keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Raunio throws a jab when May was well out of range.
May connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raunio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but May was well out of range. Poor timing from Raunio.
May with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Raunio to score with a decent uppercut.
May displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Raunio.
Raunio throws out a powerful jab.
Raunio is looking to land body kicks.
Raunio moves out of range of the body kick.
May lands a jab.
May throws a sloppy head kick
and Raunio counters with a single leg into guard. May didn't expect that.
May pulls Raunio in to control the position.
May is trying to control the position from the bottom.
May had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Raunio defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raunio looking to pass the guard.
Raunio postures up.
May preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
May wants to sweep but no luck.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Raunio trying to control the position from guard on top but May is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
May avoids a kick to the body.
May steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
May takes a swing at Raunio's ribcage but misses.
Raunio looks to land a combination but May avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raunio lands a head kick. May smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Raunio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio connects with a right hand. May shakes it off.
May misses with a low kick as Raunio jumps back.
May takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Raunio ducks under a wild hook from May.
A jab from Raunio does it's job there.
A lazy left from Raunio finds it's target.
A big right from Raunio misses.
Raunio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
May misses the shot to the body.
Raunio half committed to a counter leg kick.
Raunio tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raunio throws a shot to the body.
Raunio drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
May has his hands on Raunio's head, controlling the position.
Raunio postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raunio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raunio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raunio working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
May pulls Raunio in close to prevent any damage.
Raunio throwing strikes from guard but May blocks nicely.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
May seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Raunio sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rauli Raunio dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
May tries to land a front kick but Raunio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Raunio looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
May keeping moving, preventing Raunio from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raunio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Raunio throwing strikes from guard but May blocks nicely.
Raunio with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May is trying to keep Raunio in close.
May keeping moving, preventing Raunio from controlling successfully.
May wants to sweep but no luck.
Raunio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raunio loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raunio wants to control from the top but May keeps moving.
Raunio scoring with punches to the head and body.
May is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Raunio throws a strike but May rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Raunio working for a triangle but May defends it easily.
Raunio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. May gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Raunio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Good leg kick by May there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
May takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Raunio takes a swing at May's ribcage but misses.
Raunio drives through with a takedown into guard.
May looking for a guillotine here but Raunio defends easily.
Raunio scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio trying to control but May is working from the bottom.
Raunio stopping the sweep attempt from May.
Raunio scoring with some ground and pound.
Raunio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. May is keeping the position for now.
Raunio postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raunio trying to control the position from guard on top but May is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raunio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raunio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Raunio looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
May working a defensive guard here.
Raunio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that May can do to turn this around?
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Raunio stands up over May, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Raunio is in close to May's body, working some short punches and elbows.
May is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Raunio trying to control but May is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rauli Raunio dominated that second round.
That's time! Raunio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Raunio misses with a kick to the body
and Raunio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
May lands a nice looking body kick.
May bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Raunio looks to throw the jab but May is out of range.
May throws a body punch but Raunio moves out of range.
May throws a chopping leg kick but Raunio manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
May pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raunio has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from May.
May pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Raunio drops down looking for a counter takedown but May sprawls and moves away.
The fighters circling - Raunio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
May tries a quick counter leg kick but Raunio is wise to it.
Raunio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Raunio cracks May with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Raunio moves out of range as May throws a body kick.
A low kick from May misses
and Raunio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
May feints and then cracks Raunio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Raunio down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
May blocks a leg kick.
May replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Raunio blocks it well.
May throws a leg kick which misses Raunio's front leg but catches the back leg as Raunio tries to avoid it.
May blocks a jab.
May throws a leg kick but Raunio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Raunio scores with a jab to the jaw.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Raunio checks a leg kick.
Raunio lands a head kick!
May takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raunio misses with a series of wild punches.
Raunio tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for May.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Raunio.
Raunio lands a nice looking body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
May ducks under a wild hook from Raunio.
Raunio feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to May's calf.
Raunio throws a body kick that misses.
Raunio falls off balance throwing a combination
and May counters with an outside leg kick.
Brad May is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raunio misses with a looping left.
Raunio swings widly with a right hand
and May counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Raunio does it's job there.
Raunio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Raunio throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Raunio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
May tries to land a leg kick but Raunio saw it coming and moves away.
Raunio is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters circling a little - May finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Raunio.
May goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Raunio closes this distance looking for a takedown but May circles away.
A jab from May misses.
A little feinted left hand from Raunio on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
May misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by May there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Raunio misses with a looping left.
May looks to land a right hand but Raunio moved out of range.
Nice body punch from May.
Raunio's corner calls for a 1-2. Raunio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Raunio throws a head kick but May moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
May moves away from the strike by Raunio.
May flicks out a counter leg kick but Raunio steps away.
Raunio drops his hands momentarily and May takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Raunio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
May throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Raunio is predictable there
and May counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Raunio throws a body kick that misses.
May is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Raunio with a body shot.
May 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.
Raunio avoids the head kick by May.
Raunio blocks a leg kick.
May drops his hands momentarily and Raunio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Raunio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
May moves away from the strike by Raunio.
May attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Raunio throws a head kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from May! But no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Rauli Raunio did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from May, right into the meat.
May tried to score with a low kick but Raunio checks it.
Raunio connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
May closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
May looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good standup being displayed there by May as he connects with a hook.
Raunio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
May swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
May has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Raunio throws a leg kick which misses May's front leg but catches the back leg as May tries to avoid it.
May missing with a left hand there. Raunio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
May takes one on the button.
May stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good leg kick by Raunio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raunio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Raunio scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raunio misses with an uppercut. May saw that one coming.
Raunio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
May moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Raunio throws a head kick that misses.
May sizes up Raunio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
May takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
May throws a counter combo.
A lazy body kick from Raunio
and Raunio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
May scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Raunio doesn't seem bothered though.
Raunio misses with a looping left.
May throws a poor cross that misses
and Raunio counters with a one-two to the body.
May rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raunio counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
May misses with a hook. Raunio ducked under it nicely.
May looks to throw the jab but Raunio is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
May keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
May fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Raunio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raunio showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from May.
May dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Raunio.
Raunio throws a predictable looking body shot
and May counters with a nice uppercut.
Raunio lands with a cross.
Raunio takes one to the chin there.
May misses with a hook.
May wants to slow Raunio down by chopping away at his legs.
Raunio throws out a leg kick but May moves out of range and Raunio only half commits.
May flicks out a counter leg kick but Raunio steps away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raunio tries a head kick but it misses.
May flicks out a counter leg kick but Raunio steps away.
A solid leg kick lands there for May.
Raunio chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before May can pounce on him.
May throws a low kick, looking for Raunio's leg but Raunio calmly moves out of range.
May throws a low kick but it's checked well by Raunio.
Raunio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
May ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raunio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Raunio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by May.
Raunio fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and May has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Raunio slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from May.
Rauli Raunio is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raunio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Raunio throws a front kick aimed at May's knee but May avoids it well.
May stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Raunio.
May misses with a body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raunio throws a quick inside leg kick.
Raunio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps May's head backwards.
Raunio misses with a straight right.
Raunio connects with a solid leg kick.
Raunio throws a leg kick
and May counters with an inside leg kick.
May's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Raunio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! May scrambles back to his feet.
Raunio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Raunio misses with the body kick
and May counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
May blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Rauli Raunio will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
May scores with a three punch combo!
May 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.
Raunio is rocked!
May gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Oh Raunio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raunio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by May.
May scores with a kick to the body.
May circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Raunio to the canvas! Raunio doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - May keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brad May!
Brad May is the new light heavyweight champion!
Brad May thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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