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Highland Games 115 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Singer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno El Guapo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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285 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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236 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Saul Singer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruno El Guapo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singer misses with a straight right.
El Guapo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Singer throws a big shot that misses.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
Singer throws a right hand that misses
and El Guapo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Guapo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Singer is fending him off so far but El Guapo persists. Nope, Singer circles away and we're back to standing.
El Guapo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Singer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
El Guapo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from El Guapo.
An attempted straight right counter from Singer misses the target.
Singer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And El Guapo tries to counter it with a takedown but Singer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Singer misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Guapo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singer.
Singer misses the shot to the body.
El Guapo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Singer defends well and El Guapo ends up having to push Singer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Saul Singer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno El Guapo.
Singer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
El Guapo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singer.
El Guapo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Guapo.
El Guapo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
El Guapo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Singer in his tracks.
El Guapo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Singer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Singer is looking to wear down El Guapo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Singer takes a swing at El Guapo's ribcage but misses.
Singer misses the shot to the body.
El Guapo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Singer misses with a hook. El Guapo ducked under it nicely.
Singer takes a swing at El Guapo's ribcage but misses.
Singer is really struggling to find his range with his punches. El Guapo's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
El Guapo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
El Guapo shoots for a double leg takedown but Singer sprawls well. He's pushed El Guapo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Singer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Guapo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Singer misses with a shot to the body
and El Guapo counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singer misses with a wild body shot.
El Guapo feints the counter takedown.
El Guapo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Singer misses with a hook. El Guapo ducked under it nicely.
It seemed like El Guapo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Singer misses with a lunging right hand
and El Guapo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Guapo closes the distance and clinches up with Singer, looking for a takedown. El Guapo pushes Singer against the cage but Singer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
Singer scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Guapo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Singer as he jumps to the side.
Singer appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
El Guapo slips under a jab.
It seemed like El Guapo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Singer misses the shot to the body.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
El Guapo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Singer.
El Guapo slips a straight right by Singer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
Singer missing with a left hand there. El Guapo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Singer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Singer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Singer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Guapo manages to avoid it.
El Guapo scores with a takedown into Singer's guard.
Singer controlling El Guapo's posture.
El Guapo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Singer on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Singer tries to get out of the position.
El Guapo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Guapo won't allow Singer to get back to his feet.
El Guapo preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singer seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Singer wants to sweep here but El Guapo controlling him for the moment.
Singer controlling the position.
El Guapo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
El Guapo won't allow Singer to get back to his feet.
Singer controlling El Guapo's posture.
Singer is looking to stand up but El Guapo isn't so interested in that idea.
El Guapo throws a big elbow that misses.
El Guapo prevents Singer from getting back to his feet.
El Guapo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
El Guapo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saul Singer dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Singer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Guapo moves away.
It seemed like El Guapo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Singer misses with a looping right.
Singer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Guapo manages to avoid it.
El Guapo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
No luck for El Guapo with that takedown attempt.
El Guapo ducks under a wild hook from Singer.
Singer throws a hook but El Guapo avoids it easily.
Singer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before El Guapo has time to react.
It looks like Bruno El Guapo has been cut.
El Guapo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Guapo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
El Guapo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Singer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
Singer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Guapo moves away.
Singer throws a hook to the side of El Guapo's head but El Guapo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Singer swings for the body but El Guapo moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Guapo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from El Guapo! But no joy.
El Guapo is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
El Guapo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Singer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
El Guapo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singer.
A telegraphed right hand from Singer misses the target.
Singer scores with a jab.
Singer misses with a left hand
and El Guapo counters with a nice uppercut.
Singer throws an overhand right that lands on El Guapo's shoulder, as El Guapo tries to avoid the shot.
And El Guapo tries to counter it with a takedown but Singer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
El Guapo misses with a takedown attempt - Singer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Saul Singer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno El Guapo.
El Guapo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singer.
El Guapo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Singer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Guapo manages to avoid it.
Singer loads up on a big right hand but El Guapo slips the punch.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Guapo defending well as Singer loads up on a big left hand.
Singer throws out a loose jab but El Guapo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Singer misses with a right hand
and El Guapo counters with a straight right hand.
El Guapo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Guapo goes for a double leg but Singer avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Singer continues to drive forward.
El Guapo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Guapo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Singer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Singer throws a jab when El Guapo was well out of range.
El Guapo shoots in looking for a takedown but Singer manages to keep the fight standing, pushing El Guapo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Singer misses with a body shot.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
El Guapo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Singer.
Singer misses with a shot to the body
and El Guapo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saul Singer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singer misses with a straight left.
El Guapo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Singer defends it nicely.
Saul Singer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Guapo is breathing heavily.
El Guapo slips under a jab.
El Guapo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Singer misses with a looping right.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
El Guapo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
El Guapo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Singer misses.
El Guapo defending well as Singer loads up on a big left hand.
Singer misses the jab.
El Guapo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singer looks to score with a jab to the body but El Guapo is just out of range.
Singer missing with a left hand there. El Guapo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from El Guapo! But no joy.
Singer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but El Guapo was well out of range. Poor timing from Singer.
Singer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Singer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Guapo.
El Guapo feints the counter takedown.
Singer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
El Guapo thuds his right hand into Singer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
El Guapo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Singer throws a poor cross that misses
and El Guapo counters with a straight right hand.
Singer looks to land a right hand but El Guapo moved out of range.
El Guapo feints the counter takedown.
Singer just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saul Singer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno El Guapo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Singer throws a predictable looking body shot
and El Guapo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Singer throws a hook to the side of El Guapo's head but El Guapo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
El Guapo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Singer.
Singer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Guapo.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
El Guapo 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.
Singer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
Singer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract El Guapo.
Singer misses with a body shot.
Singer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Guapo moves away.
Singer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singer swings for the body but El Guapo moves out of range.
El Guapo with the counter takedown but Singer avoids it easily.
Singer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that El Guapo can do to turn this around?
Singer misses with a straight left.
Singer swings for the body but El Guapo moves out of range.
Singer takes a swing at El Guapo's ribcage but misses.
El Guapo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Saul Singer is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
Singer leaves El Guapo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Singer misses with a wild body shot.
Singer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but El Guapo was well out of range. Poor timing from Singer.
El Guapo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
El Guapo fails with the takedown.
Singer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps El Guapo's head backwards.
Singer throws a body shot but no joy.
Singer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Singer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Guapo tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Singer. No joy for El Guapo on that attempt.
Saul Singer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno El Guapo.
El Guapo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Singer.
El Guapo is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Singer throws a body shot but no joy.
No luck with that takedown attempt from El Guapo.
Singer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Guapo.
El Guapo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Singer.
Singer misses the shot to the body.
El Guapo avoids the body shot from Singer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from El Guapo! But no joy.
Singer throws a body punch but El Guapo moves out of range.
And El Guapo tries to counter it with a takedown but Singer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
El Guapo darts in looking for a takedown but Singer gets double underhooks and turns El Guapo into the cage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from El Guapo is defended easily by Singer.
El Guapo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Guapo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Singer looks to score with a jab to the body but El Guapo is just out of range.
Singer cracks El Guapo with a good jab.
El Guapo shoots for a takedown but Singer saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Singer throws a big shot that misses.
El Guapo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Singer.
El Guapo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Singer defends it well.
Singer misses with a looping right.
El Guapo moves out of range as Singer strikes.
El Guapo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Singer pinned against the cage. Singer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Singer. El Guapo does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Guapo shoots in but no luck this time.
Singer loads up on a big right hand but El Guapo slips the punch.
El Guapo feints the counter takedown.
El Guapo fails with a takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Singer misses the target.
Singer looks to score with a jab to the body but El Guapo is just out of range.
Singer throws an overhand right that lands on El Guapo's shoulder, as El Guapo tries to avoid the shot.
And El Guapo tries to counter it with a takedown but Singer pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Singer stuffs the takedown attempt from El Guapo. El Guapo gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Singer misses with an uppercut.
El Guapo changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bruno El Guapo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Saul Singer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
El Guapo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
El Guapo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Guapo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Singer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Singer, 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Singer!
An out of breath and clearly excited Saul Singer thanked Voodoo Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jemmy Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rimario Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jemmy Dean looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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205 lbs
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216 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jemmy Dean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rimario Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dean is defended easily by Gracie.
Dean goes for a double leg but Gracie avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gracie continues to drive forward.
Gracie drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dean defends it well.
Gracie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Dean!
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dean, who protects the arm well.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie swings around for an armbar but Dean sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Gracie's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie has his foot on Dean's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dean works his way back into a safe position though.
Gracie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dean seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dean advances position into side control!
Dean wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy.
Sloppy strikes there by Dean.
Gracie is trying to control Dean's posture but Dean avoids it.
Gracie is looking to reverse the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dean dives in and grabs Gracie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gracie pushes down on Dean's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jemmy Dean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie scores with a jab.
Gracie feints and as Dean raises his hands in defense, Gracie changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dean is breathing heavily.
Dean has control of Gracie's left arm, preventing Gracie from doing any damage.
Dean wants to stand but Gracie is controlling the position.
Gracie engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Dean is keeping the position.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dean is keeping the position for now.
Dean keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dean dives on top into guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dean looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gracie is fending him off so far but Dean persists. Nope, Gracie circles away and we're back to standing.
And Gracie tries to counter it with a takedown but Dean pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Dean looks for a takedown but Gracie sprawls well.
Dean has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dean goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gracie prevents it.
Gracie is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dean changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gracie fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gracie misses with a looping left.
Dean attempts a counter takedown but Gracie avoids it well and moves away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie throws a right hand that Dean ducks under and follows up with a left that Dean also avoids with ease.
Gracie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rimario Gracie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gracie tries to bum rush Dean with a series of wild strikes but Dean uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dean drops down looking for a counter takedown but Gracie sprawls and moves away.
Gracie lands with a right hand.
It looks like Jemmy Dean has been cut.
Dean wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Jemmy Dean is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dean shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dean shoots in looking for a takedown but Gracie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dean's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Gracie is looking for the big counter here.
Gracie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dean.
Dean gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Gracie to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Gracie must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dean keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie trying to control but Dean is working from the bottom.
Gracie passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie stalling.
Gracie seems to be looking for submissions.
Dean trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gracie prevents Dean from standing back up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Dean is looking to improve his position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dean shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gracie defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jemmy Dean. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dean misses with a takedown attempt - Gracie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dean tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dean shoots in for a double leg but Gracie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gracie scores with a takedown into Dean's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dean can't keep his opponent in guard - Gracie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gracie maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Dean could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Gracie has cracked it and Dean is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rimario Gracie!
After winning the bout, Rimario Gracie thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ian Behring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Muse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ian Behring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Muse!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Muse. Behring does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Muse.
Muse connects with a body shot.
Muse tried to score with a low kick but Behring checks it.
Behring shoots in and drives through. Muse sprawls well.
Muse appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Behring closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Behring prevents Muse from standing back up.
Behring is controlling the pace.
Muse looks like he's trying to stand up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Behring seems to be working for a kimura but Muse defends the submission attempt.
Muse is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Behring is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Muse has managed to free his arm - good work.
Behring is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Behring wants to work for an arm triangle but Muse is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Behring is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Muse is just riding it out for now. Behring eventually gives up the hold.
Muse is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Behring is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Muse sees it coming and defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Muse controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Behring wants to control but Muse is keeping him busy.
Behring is looking for a kimura here.
Muse is trying to stand back up but Behring is controlling him
Behring is looking for a kimura here.
Behring seems to be working for a kimura but Muse defends the submission attempt.
Muse is trying to control but Behring passes into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muse is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Behring has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Muse is looking to regain half guard here but Behring keeps moving and retains side control.
Muse can't do much from the bottom here.
Muse is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Behring asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Muse is trying to get back to half guard.
Behring works to advance to full mount. Muse defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Muse tries to hold on but Behring pushes him away.
Behring is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Muse is surviving well by controlling Behring's body position as best he can.
Behring has hold of Muse's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Muse manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Behring working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Muse tries to hold on but Behring pushes him away.
Behring wants to finish this one by submission but Muse is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Behring.
Muse is trying to escape the mount.
Muse wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Muse defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Behring.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Behring prevents Muse from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ian Behring dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Behring shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muse.
Behring thows a left - swing and a miss!
Behring is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muse can do to turn this around?
Muse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Behring throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Muse's waist but Muse gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Behring off to one side.
Good work by Behring as he checks the leg kick.
Muse misses with a few strikes there.
Behring shoots in for a takedown but Muse shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Muse appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ian Behring. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muse closes the distance and clinches.
Behring blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muse tries to land knees in the clinch but Behring avoids the damage to the body.
Muse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Behring avoids it.
Behring dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Muse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Behring avoids it.
Behring looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Behring wants a takedown but no success here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Behring looking to stall.
Muse crunches a lovely knee into Behring's ribcage.
Muse lands a knee to the head.
Behring has Muse pushed against the cage.
Muse lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Muse obliges.
Knees to the body from Muse.
Behring tries to land knees in the clinch but Muse avoids the damage to the body.
Behring has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Muse avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Muse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Muse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Muse utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Muse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Behring is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muse scores a nice knee to the body.
Mike Muse seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Muse crunches a lovely knee into Behring's ribcage.
Muse lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Behring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Muse.
Muse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Muse scores with a knee to the head.
Muse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Muse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Behring lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Muse is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Muse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Behring.
Behring is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Muse to keep the fight standing.
Muse gets underhooks to prevent Behring's takedown attempt.
Behring is trying to pull guard but Muse has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Muse - that landed with a thud.
Muse throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Behring blocks it with crossed arms.
Behring blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Behring on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Behring can't get the takedown.
Muse with a knee to the head.
Muse lands a good knee to the midsection. Behring won't want to take too many of those.
Muse lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muse gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Behring.
Muse pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Muse. Beautiful body shot.
Behring fails to land the takedown.
Muse let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Behring with a poor takedown
and Muse counters with a straight right hand.
Behring tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Behring shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Behring on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Muse throws a push kick but Behring slaps the foot to one side.
Muse lands with a right hand.
Muse tried to score with a low kick but Behring checks it.
Behring appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ian Behring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muse drives through and clinches with Behring against the cage.
Muse is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Behring is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Muse.
Muse missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Behring has clasped his hands together around Muse's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Behring has hold of Muse's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Muse tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Behring cranks the arm and Muse screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Muse, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ian Behring!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronny Fosse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bratt Nardello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bratt Nardello is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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260 lbs
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Basic striking
Good chin |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronny Fosse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Bratt Nardello!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nardello misses the jab.
Nardello connects with a jab.
It looks like Ronny Fosse has been cut.
Fosse shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nardello defends it nicely.
Nardello uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fosse has time to react.
Nardello throws a lazy uppercut
and Fosse counters with a nice double leg into side control. Nardello won't be happy with that.
Fosse prevents Nardello from escaping the position.
Nardello really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fosse. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nardello is not content to let Fosse control the position.
Fosse working the head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fosse is looking to take a break and control but Nardello is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nardello is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fosse is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nardello knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Nardello takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nardello can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fosse lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fosse scoring with punches from side control.
Nardello is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Fosse is controlling him well.
Fosse postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Fosse is looking to take a break and control but Nardello is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosse working the head and body with strikes.
Fosse postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Fosse landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The ground and pound from Fosse seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Fosse just content to control the position.
Fosse trying to control the action but Nardello is working from the bottom.
Nardello takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fosse in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fosse wants to control but Nardello is keeping him busy.
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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nardello tries to escape but Fosse is in control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nardello is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fosse connects with a decent elbow.
Fosse is trying to get an arm triangle but Nardello is defending well.
Nardello is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Fosse has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Fosse wants to control but Nardello is keeping him busy.
Nardello is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Nardello is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fosse sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Nardello is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fosse is looking to take a break and control but Nardello is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nardello parries the strikes from Fosse easily there. Fosse is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nardello to escape.
Nardello is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Fosse asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Fosse lands a few punches from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fosse is working Nardello over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fosse looks up at the clock and then as Nardello takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fosse smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fosse lands a few punches from side control.
Fosse trying to control the position but Nardello is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ronny Fosse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ronny Fosse'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.
Nardello waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fosse.
Nardello rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fosse moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fosse shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nardello but Nardello pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nardello paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nardello throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fosse.
Nardello sizes up Fosse with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fosse shoots in and drives through. Nardello sprawls well.
Fosse drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fosse is working Nardello over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fosse throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nardello wants to stand but Fosse is controlling the position.
Fosse might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fosse postures up in Nardello's guard and throws a big left but Nardello blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fosse trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fosse cracks Nardello with a solid left hand.
Fosse throws a big right hand that misses.
Fosse is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nardello can do to turn this around?
Fosse postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nardello is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fosse is controlling him.
Fosse connects with a couple of short punches.
Fosse stands up over Nardello, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nardello wants to stand up but Fosse is controlling him.
Nardello manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Nardello has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nardello tries to break free but Fosse pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fosse keeps control of Nardello as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fosse tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronny Fosse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nardello gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fosse.
Fosse keeps control of Nardello as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nardello breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fosse misses with a takedown attempt - Nardello sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Fosse takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fosse fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Fosse slips a straight right by Nardello.
Nardello has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Good shot there by Nardello.
Ronny Fosse's cut is getting worse.
Nardello misses with a double jab.
Fosse shoots for a takedown but Nardello saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nardello is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fosse takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fosse fails to land the takedown.
Nardello feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Fosse sprawling to the canvas! Fosse rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Nardello finish him?!
Fosse is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nardello fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nardello dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nardello flashes Fosse a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Fosse's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Fosse crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Nardello punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bratt Nardello!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hoerkund The Golem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Harry Holliday!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hoerkund The Golem!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holliday misses the shot to the body.
Holliday scores with a shot to the body.
Holliday scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. The Golem doesn't seem bothered though.
The Golem misses with a hook
and Holliday counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Holliday lands a nice shot to the body.
Holliday jabs The Golem to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Holliday fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A shot to the liver by Holliday. Beautiful body shot.
Holliday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Harry Holliday has been cut.
Holliday lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Hoerkund The Golem has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holliday throws a shot from downtown. The Golem moves away and avoids it.
The Golem throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
Holliday is looking to wear down The Golem with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Holliday misses with a wild body shot.
Holliday comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Golem misses the shot to the body.
Holliday sizes up The Golem with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Golem uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holliday.
The Golem on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice body punch from Holliday.
Holliday lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday misses with a straight left.
Holliday 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.
The Golem takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Holliday comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Holliday misses with a double jab
and The Golem counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holliday misses with a low kick.
Holliday jabs at The Golem's body.
The Golem takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Holliday misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Golem.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Golem! But no joy.
The Golem misses with an uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Golem misses with a hook
and The Golem takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holliday tries to move into range but The Golem moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Golem rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Holliday counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Golem thinking.
The Golem throws a hook but Holliday blocks it.
Holliday feints a jab promting The Golem to slip. Holliday then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Golem slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Golem takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday is looking to land body kicks.
The Golem is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That has opened up Hoerkund The Golem's cut even more.
The Golem misses with a left hand
and Holliday counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Golem takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Golem dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday scores with a jab to the body.
The Golem on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Holliday takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Holliday is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Golem throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
Holliday throws a good cross that connects.
Holliday is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Holliday loads up on a big right hand but The Golem slips the punch.
Holliday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Golem.
Holliday throws a big shot that misses.
The Golem misses with a looping right.
The Golem ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holliday moves away.
The Golem misses with a hook
and Holliday counters with a right hand to the body.
Holliday throws a low kick but The Golem avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Golem has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Holliday finds it's way round the side to connect with The Golem's head.
The Golem swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Golem throws a poor cross that misses
and Holliday counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Golem misses with a body shot
and Holliday counters with a straight right hand.
Holliday scores with a nice head shot.
Holliday throws a low kick, looking for The Golem's leg but The Golem calmly moves out of range.
Holliday connects with a crisp jab.
The cut above Hoerkund The Golem's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Holliday digs a good hook to The Golem's body.
The Golem scores with a hook.
Holliday lands a left and a right that send The Golem crashing to the mat, dazed. Holliday thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The Golem is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from The Golem misses.
The Golem is still on wobbly legs! Can Holliday finish him?
Good shot there by The Golem.
The Golem seems to have recovered his senses.
Holliday throws a chopping leg kick but The Golem manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Golem appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Holliday takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Harry Holliday's cut is getting worse.
The Golem takes a jab right on the kisser.
A bone on bone clash there as The Golem blocks the leg kick.
Holliday changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday throws a hook to the side of The Golem's head but The Golem sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Golem takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hoerkund The Golem's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Holliday throws a lazy uppercut
enabling The Golem to counter with a crisp jab.
The Golem throws a right hand that misses
and Holliday counters with a right hand to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Holliday. Those never looked like landing.
The Golem takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Golem misses with a looping right.
Holliday swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Golem.
A big right from Holliday misses.
The Golem looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.
The Golem lands with a right hand.
The Golem has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The Golem looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.
Holliday keeps the fight on the outside.
Holliday blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holliday needs to keep his hands up - The Golem had a free shot at his head there.
Holliday throws a hook but The Golem blocks it.
The Golem moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Holliday slips a jab from The Golem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Holliday dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Holliday's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Holliday fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Golem manages to avoid it.
The Golem smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Holliday there.
The crowd cheers as Holliday lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Golem doesn't seem phased though.
Holliday throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holliday swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Holliday scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday misses the shot to the body.
Holliday lands a glancing blow to the side of The Golem's head.
The Golem throws an off balance right hand
and Holliday counters with a left to the body.
Holliday displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Golem throws out the jab.
Harry Holliday is winning the standup battle so far.
Holliday walks into a straight right hand from The Golem.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Golem takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big left from The Golem misses.
Holliday takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Holliday is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Golem can do to turn this around?
The Golem takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Holliday swings for the body but The Golem moves out of range.
The Golem looks to throw the jab but Holliday is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Golem with a hook.
Harry Holliday's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Holliday throws a series of strikes that have The Golem backpedaling.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hoerkund The Golem's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Harry Holliday!
An out of breath and clearly excited Harry Holliday thanked MayheM sportswear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Hoerkund The Golem was interviewed post fight and said 'Guuuuuughhhhhhglurghhhhh. . . '.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Los Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahti Kaleva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marcos De Los Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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255 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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos De Los Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Ahti Kaleva!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaleva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kaleva lands a few punches from side control.
Kaleva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kaleva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Los Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kaleva tries to score with some ground and pound. De Los Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Kaleva working the head and body with strikes.
De Los Santos tries to improve position but can't.
Kaleva working the ground and pound.
Kaleva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kaleva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at De Los Santos to see if he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Los Santos parries the strikes from Kaleva easily there. Kaleva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable De Los Santos to escape.
Kaleva trying to control the position but De Los Santos is working away.
Kaleva postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaleva is chipping away with strikes.
De Los Santos manages to get back to half guard.
De Los Santos manages to get to full guard.
De Los Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kaleva defends well.
De Los Santos working for a triangle but Kaleva defends it easily.
Kaleva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of De Los Santos's head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kaleva wants to control from the top but De Los Santos keeps moving.
De Los Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kaleva is one step ahead there.
Kaleva passes De Los Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaleva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
De Los Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Kaleva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Kaleva slips a nice elbow through De Los Santos's hands, connecting with De Los Santos's forehead.
Kaleva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kaleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kaleva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De Los Santos wants to improve his position but Kaleva is controlling well.
De Los Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kaleva is working away from the top position though.
De Los Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Kaleva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Kaleva.
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. Kaleva connects with a nice short shot to De Los Santos's temple.
De Los Santos has a hand on Kaleva's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Kaleva takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Kaleva with the ground and pound from mount.
Kaleva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. De Los Santos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
De Los Santos is bucking up trying to escape but Kaleva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
De Los Santos is rocked!
De Los Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oh De Los Santos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kaleva landing shots from mount.
Kaleva wants to control the pace but De Los Santos is squirming around nicely.
De Los Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kaleva lands a big shot to the head and De Los Santos winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ahti Kaleva!
Ahti Kaleva made sure to mention his sponsor, V-Mask Clothing (10%) in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angel Adriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Calixtro Guerrero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angel Adriel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Calixtro Guerrero!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerrero is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Adriel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Guerrero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guerrero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adriel throwing a counter right hand but Guerrero manages to avoid it.
Guerrero forces Adriel back against the cage and clinches.
Adriel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Guerrero swings wildly with an uppercut but Adriel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Guerrero.
Adriel tries to circle away but Guerrero has him pinned against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adriel wants to break free but Guerrero has control.
Adriel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guerrero lands with a light punch inside.
Guerrero leaning against his opponent.
Guerrero lands a left hand.
Adriel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Adriel misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adriel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guerrero closes the distance and pushes Adriel back into the cage.
Adriel is trying to break the clinch but Guerrero has him pressed against the cage.
Guerrero lands a left hand.
It looks like Angel Adriel has been cut.
Guerrero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Guerrero misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerrero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Guerrero lands with a right to the head.
Guerrero gets through Adriel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Guerrero lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerrero.
A frustrated look appears on Adriel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Adriel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Guerrero has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Adriel tries to break free but Guerrero pushes him back against the cage.
Adriel has had enough of the clinch but Guerrero keeps him there for the moment.
Adriel is trying to break the clinch but Guerrero has him pressed against the cage.
Guerrero throws a punch but it's blocked by Adriel.
Guerrero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Guerrero.
Adriel is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guerrero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Guerrero misses with some punches.
Guerrero lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adriel backwards.
Angel Adriel's cut is getting worse.
Guerrero throws a big uppercut that drops Adriel! More strikes from Guerrero and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Adriel lies dazed against the cage as Guerrero celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Calixtro Guerrero!
A relieved looking Calixtro Guerrero 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 Tim Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domino Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Domino Kennedy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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12 - 6 - 1 |
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155 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Tim Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Domino Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods connects with a body shot.
Woods defending well as Kennedy loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Kennedy does it's job there.
It looks like Tim Woods has been cut.
Woods closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kennedy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice shot lands for Kennedy.
Woods is rocked!
Woods misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kennedy.
Oh Woods is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've been told by Woods's head coaches at The Highland Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Woods walks into a straight right hand from Kennedy.
Woods cracks Kennedy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Woods digs a good body shot into Kennedy's ribs.
Kennedy throws a monster overhand right that drops Woods! Kennedy follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Domino Kennedy!
Domino Kennedy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Warring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warring has chosen Lick my chocolate salty balls live by chef from South Park as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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29
185 lbs
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196 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Askren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Warring!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Warring takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Askren misses.
Warring lands a big head kick that sends Askren tumbling to the mat! Warring takes a step backwards and waves Askren back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Askren is rocked!
It looks like Jon Askren has been cut.
Warring lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oh Askren is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Warring throws a head kick but Askren moves out of range.
Askren takes a swing at Warring's ribcage but misses.
Askren seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Warring misses with a low kick.
Warring misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Askren throws a body shot but no joy.
Askren lands a really nice looking cross but Warring seems unphased.
Warring fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Askren.
Askren seems to have got his legs back now.
Warring throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Askren tries to counter by clinching up but Warring breaks away and moves out of range.
Marcus Warring seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Askren throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Warring was covering up waiting for the punch and Askren finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Askren postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Askren throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Warring works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Warring preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Warring looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren distracts Warring with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Askren sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Askren is working Warring over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Askren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Warring avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Askren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Askren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Askren showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Askren distracts Warring with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren is in close to Warring's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Askren's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Askren 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.
Askren is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Askren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Askren is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Askren wants to control from the top but Warring keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Askren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Askren seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Askren scoring with some ground and pound.
Askren passes Warring's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Warring has hold of Askren's hands but Askren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Askren throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Warring really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Askren. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four 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.
Warring has hold of Askren's hands but Askren slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Warring avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Askren.
Askren looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Warring with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Askren working Warring over with strikes.
Askren uses his free foot to push down on Warring's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Warring.
Askren landing strikes from the mount.
Askren sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Askren lands a couple of good shots and Warring has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Askren dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Askren's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Warring lands with a kick to the temple. Askren shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Warring misses with a looping right.
Askren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Warring moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Askren connects with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Askren.
Askren checks a low kick from Warring.
Askren seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Askren lands a jab to the nose.
Warring misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Warring scores with a decent looking hook.
Warring misses with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Warring.
Askren misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren takes a swing at Warring's ribcage but misses.
Askren lands with an uppercut that bounces Warring off the cage and back into range.
Askren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Warring.
Warring tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Warring throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Askren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Warring throws a leg kick
and Askren holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Askren.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Warring wants to break the clinch but can't.
Askren misses with a body punch.
Askren taking a breather.
Askren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Askren lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Askren makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Warring's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Askren scores with a shot to the side of Warring's head.
Askren scores with a shot to the side of Warring's head.
Askren lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Askren fails to land.
Askren leaning against his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Warring.
Askren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Warrings head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Warring tries to break free but Askren pushes him back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Askren.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Askren displaying some good clinch control by pressing Warring up against the cage.
Askren tries to work over Warring's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Askren takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice left hand lands by Askren.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Warring avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
Warring blocks an uppercut.
Warring tries to break the clinch but Askren is controlling the position.
Warring is looking to break free of the clinch but Askren has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Warring blocks an uppercut.
Askren struggles to land a body shot inside as Warring controls his hands.
Askren lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Askren lands a hook that snaps the head of Warring backwards.
Askren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Warring has had enough of the clinch but Askren keeps him there for the moment.
Warring takes a shot to the head.
Askren stalling in the clinch.
Askren is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Warring can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Askren.
Askren tries to throw a body punch but Warring avoids it by throwing Askren back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Askren dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jon Askren's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Warring throws a low kick, looking for Askren's leg but Askren calmly moves out of range.
Warring scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Warring takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Askren cracks Warring with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Askren forces Warring back against the cage and clinches.
Warring wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Askren has clasped his hands together around Warring's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Warring can do anything to dispel that myth.
Askren landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Askren is working Warring over with some ground and pound from side control.
Askren landing strikes.
The referee asks Askren politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Askren prefers to stall for the moment though.
Askren cracks Warring with a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Askren controlling the position.
Jon Askren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Askren scores with a couple of short elbows.
Askren is working Warring over with some ground and pound from side control.
Askren working the ground and pound from side control.
Warring takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Warring takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Warring defending against the ground and pound.
Askren looks up at the clock and then as Warring takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Askren smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Askren is chipping away with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Askren working the ground and pound from side control.
Askren trying to control the position but Warring is working away.
Askren scoring with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Warring's face as Askren controls the position.
Marcus Warring has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Askren moves into full mount!
Askren 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.
Askren landing strikes from the mount.
Askren cracks Warring with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Askren controlling the position easily from mount.
Askren working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Warring that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Askren putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Askren is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Askren connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jon Askren is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Warring is rocked!
Warring takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Askren cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Warring is still in real trouble! Can Askren finish him?
Warring takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Askren's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Askren!
Our winner, Jon Askren, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Marcus Warring spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm done in mma'.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kusi Amuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips's entrance music is Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath. A fine choice. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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148 lbs
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140 lbs
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Basic striking
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kusi Amuo!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amuo throws a head kick that misses.
Amuo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Phillips to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Phillips trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Phillips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Phillips is pushing down on Amuo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Amuo is fighting to maintain full guard but Phillips has managed to sneak the leg through.
Phillips is working for a submission of some sort.
Amuo looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips seems to be looking for submissions.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Amuo can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amuo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Phillips is working for a kimura but Amuo is defending it quite comfortably.
Phillips is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Amuo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Phillips.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to advance position but Amuo won't allow it.
Amuo keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Phillips is trying to work for a kimura but Amuo is defending well.
Amuo is defending against the submission attempts here by Phillips.
Amuo punching from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Phillips is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Amuo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Phillips!
A pretty intense looking Dan Phillips took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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