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Causing Havoc 53 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stres Fleshou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stres Fleshou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Vincent Cooper!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Fleshou.
Fleshou throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fleshou walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cooper checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fleshou throws a push kick but Cooper slaps the foot to one side.
Fleshou fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fleshou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cooper.
Cooper misses with a head kick.
Fleshou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fleshou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cooper stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cooper with a jab.
It looks like Stres Fleshou has been cut.
Fleshou clinches up against the cage.
Fleshou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coopers head.
Cooper keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fleshou's efforts to push away.
Fleshou tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fleshou slows down the pace here.
Fleshou takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cooper.
Fleshou definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fleshou lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fleshou blocking some punches.
Fleshou throws a punch but it's blocked by Cooper.
Cooper misses with a punch to the body.
Fleshou lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fleshou working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cooper.
Cooper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooper lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fleshou scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
A short right from Fleshou.
Fleshou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper tries to work over Fleshou's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fleshou struggles to land a body shot inside as Cooper controls his hands.
Cooper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fleshou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Fleshou fails to land.
A body shot lands from Cooper.
Fleshou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fleshou breaks from the clinch.
Fleshou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fleshou fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cooper just manages to avoid it.
Fleshou lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fleshou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fleshou takes a swing at Cooper's ribcage but misses.
Cooper is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Cooper throws a body shot but no joy.
Fleshou throws a head kick that misses
and Cooper counters with a nice uppercut.
Cooper blocks a head kick by Fleshou.
Fleshou moves out of range of the strikes.
Fleshou closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fleshou.
Fleshou prevents a body shot from Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleshou wants to stall.
Fleshou lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cooper blocks a body shot from Fleshou.
Fleshou blocking some punches.
Fleshou lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Fleshou fails to land.
Fleshou tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fleshou tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Fleshou back against the cage.
Fleshou pushes Cooper back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooper prevents Fleshou from breaking the clinch.
Fleshou tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fleshou digs a right hand into Cooper's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cooper's gas tank.
Cooper struggles to land a body shot inside as Fleshou controls his hands.
Fleshou pushes Cooper back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooper blocking some punches.
Cooper lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cooper lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fleshou lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleshou misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Fleshou - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fleshou has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Fleshou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses.
Fleshou throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fleshou jabs Cooper to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cooper.
Cooper cracks the inside of Fleshou's front leg.
Fleshou tries to land a leg kick but Cooper saw it coming and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cooper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fleshou clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stres Fleshou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stres Fleshou's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fleshou dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooper. That did some damage!
Fleshou moves out of range as Cooper strikes.
Fleshou takes a swing at Cooper's ribcage but misses.
Cooper connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fleshou's hands.
Fleshou moves out of range of the body kick.
Cooper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fleshou moves away.
Fleshou lands a slapping body shot.
Fleshou fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fleshou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleshou.
Cooper throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fleshou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper throws a jab when Fleshou was well out of range.
Fleshou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cooper, pushing him back against the cage.
Fleshou is trying to break the clinch but Cooper is controlling him.
Fleshou has a couple of punches blocked by Cooper.
Fleshou lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Cooper as the two fighters clinch.
Cooper tries to stall but Fleshou uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cooper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fleshou can't find room to land a body shot as Cooper controls the action.
Fleshou misses with a punch on the inside.
Cooper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fleshou seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cooper can turn it around.
Fleshou scores with a shot to the side of Cooper's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fleshou prevents a body shot from Cooper.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cooper.
Fleshou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Fleshou throws a head punch that misses.
Fleshou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cooper can do to turn this around?
Fleshou is stalling here.
Fleshou lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Fleshou.
Cooper blocks an uppercut.
Cooper throws a punch but it's blocked by Fleshou.
Fleshou wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fleshou misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cooper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fleshou backwards.
Fleshou misses with a body punch.
Fleshou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fleshou swings wildly with an uppercut but Cooper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fleshou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fleshou blocks the body kick.
Fleshou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A clash of legs there as Cooper blocks the low kick.
Fleshou lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cooper will feel that in the morning.
Cooper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fleshou moves away.
Fleshou comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cooper swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fleshou counters with a body kick that stops Cooper in his tracks momentarily.
Cooper blocks a head kick by Fleshou.
Cooper looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooper throws a sloppy head kick and Fleshou moves out of range easily.
Fleshou fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cooper just manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Cooper.
Fleshou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooper.
Cooper fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fleshou is out of range.
Cooper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fleshou moves away.
Fleshou swings for the body but Cooper moves out of range.
Fleshou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cooper attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cooper takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fleshou takes one to the chin there.
Fleshou misses with a straight right.
Fleshou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cooper was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleshou.
Cooper throws out a counter right but Fleshou avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cooper. Fleshou does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Fleshou.
Fleshou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cooper.
Stres Fleshou is winning the standup battle so far.
Fleshou lands with a good body shot.
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!
Fleshou cracks Cooper with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Cooper.
Cooper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cooper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fleshou.
Cooper scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fleshou lands with a right hand.
Cooper throws a low kick but Fleshou moves out of range easily.
Fleshou takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cooper displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fleshou throws out the jab.
Fleshou attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stres Fleshou dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stres Fleshou's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Cooper avoids the body shot from Fleshou.
Cooper looks to throw the jab but Fleshou is out of range.
Cooper stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fleshou.
Fleshou misses with a low kick.
Fleshou connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fleshou is looking to wear down Cooper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fleshou clobbers Cooper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooper misses the target.
Fleshou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cooper moves away.
Fleshou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooper keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fleshou moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fleshou.
Fleshou misses with a straight left.
Cooper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Cooper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cooper.
Fleshou has Cooper up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Cooper.
Fleshou working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cooper has a couple of punches blocked by Fleshou.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cooper.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fleshou.
Cooper misses with the head strike.
Fleshou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cooper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fleshou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cooper's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fleshou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fleshou lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooper backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleshou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Stres Fleshou has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fleshou is struggling to control the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fleshou.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fleshou.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fleshou blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Fleshou as the two fighters clinch.
Cooper blocks a body shot from Fleshou.
Cooper tries to throw a body punch but Fleshou avoids it by throwing Cooper back against the cage.
Fleshou tries to work over Cooper's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Fleshou lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Fleshou blocking some punches.
Cooper tries a body shot but Fleshou blocks it.
Fleshou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Fleshou prevents a body shot from Cooper.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleshou's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cooper working aggressively here.
Cooper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cooper works on Fleshou's body with a couple of short punches.
Fleshou lands with a right to the head.
Cooper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cooper tries a body shot but Fleshou blocks it.
Cooper slowing the pace effectively.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cooper.
Cooper blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fleshou swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fleshou lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
Cooper lands a nice shot to the body.
Cooper lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Cooper.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooper scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cooper.
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!
Fleshou throws a head punch that misses.
Fleshou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fleshou.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fleshou.
Fleshou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cooper's elbow.
Fleshou tries a body shot but Cooper blocks it.
Fleshou working aggressively here.
Fleshou goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fleshou tries to throw a body punch but Cooper avoids it by throwing Fleshou back against the cage.
Fleshou tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cooper escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooper throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vincent Cooper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A chopping leg kick lands by Fleshou.
Fleshou is looking to slow Cooper down with leg kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stres Fleshou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fleshou has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stres Fleshou!
A very excited looking Stres Fleshou 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Snow Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Vaugh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vaugh has chosen Bad Day as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Snow Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Vaugh!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vaugh lets loose with a powerful body kick. Man will feel that in the morning.
Vaugh throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vaugh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Snow Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Vaugh connects with a leg kick. Man looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Man changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Man looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man lands a glancing blow to the side of Vaugh's head.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vaugh moves away.
Vaugh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Vaugh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Man is defending well for now.
Vaugh is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Man is keeping busy.
Man has Vaugh pressed against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vaugh 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.
Vaugh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Man in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Vaugh avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Vaugh tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Man just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as Vaugh controls the action.
Vaugh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man lands a right hand.
Vaugh tries to pull guard but Man won't allow it.
Man pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vaugh has managed to clinch.
Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Man lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vaugh backwards.
Vaugh pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vaugh working for a triangle but Man defends it easily.
Vaugh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Vaugh advances position into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaugh advances to mount.
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.
Vaugh misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Vaugh wants to take Man's back but he can't do it this time.
Man on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Man tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaugh takes Man's back.
Vaugh trying to control momentarily.
Vaugh looking to break Man's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Man remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Vaugh will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Man defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Vaugh's arms.
Man defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Vaugh working for the choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaugh tries to get the hooks in deep but Man pushed the leg off.
Vaugh tightening his grip on Man, looking for the choke.
Vaugh has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man is keeping busy.
Vaugh throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Vaugh 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.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Vaugh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vaugh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Man.
Vaugh is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Man scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Man misses the target.
Man lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Man.
It looks like Michael Vaugh has been cut.
Man fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Vaugh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vaugh.
Vaugh throws a sloppy head kick
and Man finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Vaugh misses with a looping right.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Vaugh's shoulder, as Vaugh tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Man 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Man.
Man throws a body shot but no joy.
Vaugh scores with a nice strike.
Man cracks a nice hook into Vaugh's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Man. That's going to slow Vaugh down.
Snow Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vaugh lands a really nice looking cross but Man seems unphased.
Man fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vaugh on the side of the head.
Man connects with the punch.
Man misses the jab.
Man throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man lands a nice shot that snaps Vaugh's head back.
Vaugh throws a solid leg kick but Man takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Vaugh.
Snow Man is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man misses with a body shot
and Vaugh counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaugh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Man swats away the attempt to clinch by Vaugh.
Man swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Vaugh counters by clinching up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Man tries to throw a body punch but Vaugh avoids it by throwing Man back against the cage.
Vaugh jumps into guard, dragging Man to the mat.
Vaugh wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.
Vaugh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Vaugh wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
Man is trying to control the position but Vaugh postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man keeping moving, preventing Vaugh from controlling successfully.
Vaugh wants to pass the guard but Man is keeping the position.
Michael Vaugh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vaugh wants to control from the top but Man keeps moving.
Vaugh sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Man's guard.
Vaugh passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaugh sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Man defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Vaugh.
Man is controlling an arm, preventing Vaugh from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Vaugh quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Vaugh but it's paid off an Man is forced to tap! Nice work by Vaugh.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Michael Vaugh!
A very excited looking Michael Vaugh 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Linus Akerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by It's dark and hell is hot. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Linus Akerman!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akerman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Akerman is looking to slow Diaz down with leg kicks.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akerman.
Akerman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Akerman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Diaz moves out of range of the leg kick from Akerman.
Mike Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz cracks Akerman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Akerman misses with the combination.
Diaz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Akerman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Akerman misses
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Linus Akerman has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Akerman scores with the left hand. Diaz knows he should have avoided that one.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akerman.
Akerman throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akerman misses with a kick to the body
and Akerman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Akerman feints and then cracks Diaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diaz down.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akerman throws the kick towards the body but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akerman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akerman.
Akerman lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Diaz scores with a jab. Akerman acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Akerman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Akerman throws a leg kick but Diaz moved away.
Akerman throws a lazy uppercut
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a sloppy body shot
and Akerman counters with a nice body kick.
Akerman moves out of range as Diaz throws a body kick.
Akerman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A slapping leg kick lands for Akerman.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akerman.
Akerman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Akerman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Akerman.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Akerman, right into the meat.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Akerman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Akerman ducks down to avoid it.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Akerman throws a leg kick but Diaz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Akerman throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick by Akerman misses
and Diaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Akerman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Akerman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diaz checks the leg kick.
Diaz swings for the body but Akerman moves out of range.
Diaz moves out of range of the leg kick from Akerman.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Akerman.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Akerman moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Akerman appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diaz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A shot to the body from Diaz misses
and Akerman counters with a solid body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Akerman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Akerman digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akerman thuds his right hand into Diaz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Akerman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping body kick lands there for Akerman.
Akerman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diaz throws a jab when Akerman was well out of range.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akerman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A thudding body kick lands there by Akerman!
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
and Akerman counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Linus Akerman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Linus Akerman's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Good leg kick by Akerman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akerman throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Diaz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Akerman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Akerman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Akerman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Akerman.
Diaz's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
and Akerman counters with a nice body kick.
Akerman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Akerman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Akerman scoring well with a low kick there.
Diaz tries a low kick but Akerman avoids it.
Akerman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Akerman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Akerman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Akerman lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akerman throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerman throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Akerman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Akerman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Akerman moves out of range of the strikes.
Akerman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaz rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Akerman scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Akerman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Akerman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diaz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Akerman.
Akerman is looking to slow Diaz down with leg kicks.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Akerman is just out of range.
Linus Akerman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akerman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Akerman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Akerman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diaz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with a hook. Akerman ducked under it nicely.
Akerman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Akerman counters with a straight right hand.
Akerman lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Akerman.
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Akerman works Diaz's body with a nice hook.
Akerman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akerman.
Akerman appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Akerman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Akerman thumps Diaz with a low kick.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akerman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akerman throws a good cross that connects.
Akerman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz misses with a low kick as Akerman jumps back.
Akerman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Akerman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Akerman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diaz in his tracks.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akerman.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Diaz might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Akerman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akerman.
Akerman moves out of range as Diaz throws a body kick.
Akerman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Akerman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Akerman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Akerman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Akerman counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from Diaz misses.
A shot to the liver by Diaz. Beautiful body shot.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz thows a leg kick but Akerman checks it
and Akerman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Akerman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Akerman.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Akerman checks a leg kick.
Akerman throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Akerman.
Akerman lands a nice looking body kick.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Akerman lands a nice looking body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Linus Akerman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Linus Akerman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Diaz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Diaz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Akerman!
Akerman dips to his left and cracks Diaz with an uppercut!
Akerman scores with a kick to the midsection.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diaz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Akerman can pounce on him.
Akerman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diaz.
A solid leg kick lands there for Akerman.
Crunch! Akerman slams his shin into Diaz's torso.
Diaz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Akerman throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Diaz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Akerman is looking to slow Diaz down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Akerman misses the shot to the body.
Akerman throws a body kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akerman tests Diaz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That kick from Akerman tenderised Diaz's leg. Diaz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Akerman throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Akerman lands a head shot.
Akerman scores with a nice head shot.
Akerman ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz.
Crunch! Akerman slams his shin into Diaz's torso.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Akerman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz takes a swing at Akerman's ribcage but misses.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Akerman throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akerman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Akerman lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Diaz falls backwards - clearly groggy! Akerman dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Linus Akerman!
Mike Diaz spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck that I want a rematch. '.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Brandao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz has chosen Boombastic (Mr Lover Lover) by Shaggy as his entrance music. The key to victory for Diego Brandao has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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163 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Brandao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Fernando Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz slips under a jab from Brandao.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Diaz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brandao did well to prevent Diaz getting side control.
Diaz tries to pass to full mount but Brandao defends it.
Diaz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Diaz stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Brandao defends it.
That's two 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.
Brandao is trying to control but can't.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brandao but Brandao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brandao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diaz takes a swing at Brandao's ribcage but misses.
Brandao lands with a shot to the body.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brandao was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Brandao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brandao tries to clinch
and Diaz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Brandao won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the position but Brandao is working away.
Diaz remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Brandao is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Brandao tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz tries to advance to mount but Brandao denies him.
Diaz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee asks Diaz politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Diaz prefers to stall for the moment though.
Brandao can't do much from the bottom here.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brandao keeps working.
Diaz tries for a kimura but Brandao is defending well.
Diaz advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz wants to control the action but instead Brandao gets a body lock and reverses into Diaz's guard! Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Fernando Diaz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Diaz dives in and grabs Brandao's left leg, looking for a takedown. Brandao pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out.
Diaz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Brandao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brandao's corner calls for a 1-2. Brandao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Brandao. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Diego Brandao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fernando Diaz.
Brandao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz misses with a hook to the body
and Brandao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brandao to the mat! Brandao manages to get full guard.
Diaz trying to control but Brandao is working from the bottom.
Diaz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandao keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Fernando Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
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.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Brandao keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Brandao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brandao instigates a clinch.
Brandao is working Diaz over against the cage.
I was talking to Brandao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Brandao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz jumps guard but Brandao turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but Brandao turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Brandao has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Brandao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brandao lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Brandao lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Brandao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz taking a breather.
Brandao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brandao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Brandao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Brandao forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandao manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diaz jumps guard but Brandao stands there with Diaz around his waist. Diaz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brandao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brandao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Brandao smiles and moves away.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Brandao misses the target.
Brandao throws a combination. Diaz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brandao misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Brandao fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Brandao dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Diaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brandao pinned against the cage. Brandao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nice straight punches there by Brandao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brandao.
Diaz is rocked!
Brandao forces Diaz back against the cage and clinches.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Brandao finish him?
Brandao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Diaz tries to pull guard but Brandao forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Brandao lands a nice uppercut.
Brandao pushes Diaz against the cage. Brandao is working some dirty boxing. Brandao pushes off with a quick right hook! Diaz goes down! Diaz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Brandao moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Brandao!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ville Ahokas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlton Leach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahokas comes to the cage accompanied by ELUVEITIE - Inis Mona. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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147 lbs
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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
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ville Ahokas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlton Leach!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Leach.
Ahokas takes the fight into the clinch.
Leach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leach misses with some punches.
Leach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ahokas fails to land.
Leach blocks an uppercut.
Leach manages to break the clinch.
Leach defending well as Ahokas loads up on a big left hand.
Carlton Leach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas has managed to clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Leach.
Leach tries to land knees in the clinch but Ahokas avoids the damage to the body.
Leach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ahokas is defending well for now.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Leach misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahokas.
A short uppercut from Leach.
Leach working aggressively here.
Ahokas tries to throw a body punch but Leach avoids it by throwing Ahokas back against the cage.
Leach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ahokas backwards.
Leach stalling in the clinch but Ahokas improves position.
Ahokas managing to block the knees to the body from Leach.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Ahokas - that landed with a thud.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
Ahokas scores with a shoulder strike.
Leach is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ahokas is defending well for now.
Come on Leach - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leach lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ahokas backwards.
We've been informed that Leach has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Leach misses with some punches.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Leach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Leach on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leach misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahokas blocks an uppercut.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Leach has a couple of punches blocked by Ahokas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahokas.
Ahokas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ahokas tries to work over Leach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Still in the clinch, Ahokas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leach blocking some punches.
Leach blocking some punches.
Ahokas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leach working aggressively here.
Leach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahokas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ahokas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leach obliges.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
Leach misses with a short punch on the inside.
Leach working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ahokas swings wildly with an uppercut but Leach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leach misses with the head strike.
Ahokas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ahokas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahokas.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahokas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leach misses with the head strike.
Leach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ahokas gets through Leach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahokas blocks an uppercut.
Leach misses with some punches.
Ahokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leach is looking to control Ahokas's arms but Ahokas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Leach has his back to the cage.
Ahokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leach tries to land knees in the clinch but Ahokas avoids the damage to the body.
Leach swings wildly with an uppercut but Ahokas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leach has Ahokas pushed against the cage.
Leach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leach is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ahokas swings wildly with an uppercut but Leach uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Ahokas.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Leach.
A shot in the inside from Ahokas.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahokas.
Leach is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leach misses with the head strike.
Ahokas misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Carlton Leach will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ahokas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ahokas throws a body shot but no joy.
Ahokas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Leach there.
Leach throws a lazy right hand but Ahokas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leach getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ahokas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leach.
Leach misses with a head kick.
Ahokas has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ahokas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Leach checks a leg kick nicely.
Leach looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leach misses with an uppercut. Ahokas saw that one coming.
Leach throws a head kick but Ahokas moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leach uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ahokas.
Ahokas on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ahokas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leach tests Ahokas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leach throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas throws a chopping leg kick but Leach manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Leach will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leach looks to throw the jab but Ahokas is out of range.
Leach misses with a right hand
and Ahokas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ahokas throws a front kick that sends Leach stumbling back into the cage.
Ahokas takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ahokas pushes Leach up against the cage in a clinch.
Leach will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ahokas up against the cage.
Leach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahokas lands a hook that snaps the head of Leach backwards.
Ahokas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Leach's elbow.
Leach looking to slow down the pace here.
Ahokas tries to work over Leach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leach misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ahokas as Leach tries to tie him up.
Ahokas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leach misses with the head strike.
A short right from Ahokas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leach unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ahokas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A head punch on the inside from Leach fails to land.
Leach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ahokas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Leach.
Leach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carlton Leach seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ahokas.
Ahokas misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Leach fails to land.
Ahokas misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leach blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leach.
Leach lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ahokas working aggressively here.
Ahokas misses with some punches.
Ahokas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahokas.
Leach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahokas lands a hook that snaps the head of Leach backwards.
Ahokas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Ahokas blocks an uppercut.
Ahokas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leach is trying to break the clinch but Ahokas is controlling him.
Leach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ahokas.
Leach is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ahokas is keeping busy.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahokas tries to work over Leach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ahokas blocks an uppercut.
Ahokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahokas misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahokas working aggressively here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leach working aggressively here.
Leach misses with the head strike.
Leach tries a knee to the head but Ahokas blocks it.
Ahokas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahokas throws a punch but it's blocked by Leach.
Ahokas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ahokas has a couple of punches blocked by Leach.
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 Ville Ahokas 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!
Ahokas tries to bum rush Leach with a series of wild strikes but Leach uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leach connects with a body shot that sends Ahokas's belly button to the back.
Ahokas swings widly with a right hand
letting Leach counter with a right hand.
Ahokas takes a swing at Leach's ribcage but misses.
Leach moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Leach throws a right hand that misses
and Ahokas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Leach thinking.
Leach misses with a looping right.
Ahokas misses the jab.
Leach throws the left hand but Ahokas avoids the punch easily.
Ahokas tried to counter with a leg kick but Leach avoided it.
A slow jab from Ahokas misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas slips a straight right by Leach.
Ahokas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Leach scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ahokas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ahokas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leach just misses with a punch to the body.
And Ahokas counters with a quick kick to the body but Leach blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahokas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leach throws a head kick but Ahokas moves out of range.
Ahokas is looking to counter punch.
Leach throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Leach looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahokas is just out of range.
Ahokas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leach misses with a straight left.
Ahokas thumps Leach with a low kick.
Leach lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ahokas at a distance.
Leach throws a lazy uppercut
letting Ahokas counter with a right hand.
Ahokas closes the distance and clinches.
Ahokas misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahokas lands with a left to the head.
Leach throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leach blocking some punches.
Ahokas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ahokas lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Leach.
Leach manages to break the clinch.
Leach rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ahokas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ahokas misses the jab.
Ahokas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ahokas slips a jab from Leach.
Ahokas lands with a hook. Leach tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Leach is rocked!
Leach misses with a wild body shot.
Ahokas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leach swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Leach thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been told by Ahokas's head coaches at The Iron Palace that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ahokas clinches up with Leach and pushes him back against the cage.
Leach blocking some punches.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas gets through Leach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahokas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahokas misses with the head strike.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
Ahokas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leach misses with a punch on the inside.
Ahokas throws a head punch that misses.
Leach blocking some punches.
Ahokas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ahokas misses with a body punch.
Leach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ahokas backwards.
Leach working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leach tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Ahokas on the inside.
Leach swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Leach working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ahokas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahokas.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leach prevents a body shot from Ahokas.
Ahokas blocks an uppercut.
Leach tries to land knees in the clinch but Ahokas avoids the damage to the body.
Ahokas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Leach misses with the head strike.
Ahokas swings wildly with an uppercut but Leach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leach working aggressively here.
Leach fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leach looking to slow down the pace here.
Ahokas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ahokas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ahokas misses with a punch on the inside.
Leach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ahokas avoids it.
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 Ville Ahokas.
I think Ahokas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ville Ahokas!
A relieved looking Ville Ahokas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reed Hightower (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taiei Kin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taiei Kin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reed Hightower!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taiei Kin!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kin wants to slow Hightower down by chopping away at his legs.
Hightower changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hightower tries to land a front kick but Kin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hightower throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Kin counter with a right hand.
Kin avoids the body shot from Hightower.
Hightower goes for a double leg but Kin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kin continues to drive forward.
Hightower motions for Kin to come forward. Hightower throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hightower. That's going to slow Kin down.
Hightower throws the kick towards the body but Kin avoids it.
Kin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hightower defending well as Kin loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Kin.
Hightower swings for the body but Kin moves out of range.
Hightower shoots in but Kin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hightower throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hightower sets himself, and Kin steps forward looking for the clinch! Hightower avoids it this time.
Kin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hightower misses with a body kick.
Kin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hightower is out of range and Kin settles back down.
Hightower throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kin.
Hightower drops his hands momentarily and Kin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Some bone on bone action there as Hightower checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hightower's sensitive parts.
Kin tries to close the distance and clinch but Hightower swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kin blocks the body kick.
Kin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hightower's head.
Hightower throws the kick towards the body but Kin avoids it.
Hightower chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hightower punishes Kin's body with a nice straight punch.
Hightower fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hightower fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reed Hightower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hightower moves out of range as Kin throws a body kick.
Kin slips a jab from Hightower.
Kin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hightower.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hightower. Kin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taiei Kin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Kin.
A low kick from Hightower is predictable there
and Kin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hightower lands a jab to Kin's midsection.
Hightower swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hightower lands an overhand right.
Kin is looking to clinch.
Hightower fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kin manages to avoid it.
Hightower fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kin checks it well.
Hightower looks for the body kick but Kin saw that one coming.
Kin rushes Hightower and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kin avoids it.
Hightower tries to land knees in the clinch but Kin avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hightower avoiding damage as Kin throws knees to the body.
Kin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hightower scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kin struggles to land a body shot inside as Hightower controls his hands.
Good body shot from Kin.
Hightower trying to land knees to the body.
Hightower swings wildly with an uppercut but Kin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Reed Hightower has been cut.
Hightower is breathing heavily.
Kin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hightower with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Kin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hightower is rocked!
Hightower managing to block the knees to the body from Kin.
Kin lands a right hand.
Oh Hightower is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kin misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hightower is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hightower seems to have got his legs back now.
Kin lands with a left to the head.
Kin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kin throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hightower.
Kin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hightower unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hightower trying to land knees to the body.
Kin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hightower seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kin can turn it around.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kin.
A shot in the inside from Kin.
Kin lands a shoulder strike.
Hightower misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hightower missing with knees to the body.
Kin just leaning against Hightower, taking a breather.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Kin.
Hightower is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kin is defending well for now.
Kin tries a body shot but Hightower blocks it.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kin avoids it.
A short uppercut from Kin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taiei Kin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Reed Hightower's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hightower walks into a straight right hand from Kin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hightower. Kin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hightower looks for the body kick but Kin saw that one coming.
Hightower throws a sloppy head kick and Kin moves out of range easily.
Hightower takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hightower has Kin up against the cage in a clinch.
Kin with a knee to the head.
Hightower scores a nice knee to the body.
Kin looking to stall.
Kin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hightower digs a right hand into Kin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kin's gas tank.
Hightower connects with a knee to the head.
Hightower decides to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hightower escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hightower is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hightower working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hightower working a defensive guard but Kin manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hightower tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kin controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kin stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kin tries to land a front kick but Hightower steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hightower feinted with a counter takedown.
Kin misses with a wild body shot.
Kin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hightower throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hightower. Those never looked like landing.
Kin throws a leg kick which misses Hightower's front leg but catches the back leg as Hightower tries to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Kin.
Kin blocks the body kick.
Hightower's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hightower scrambles back to his feet.
Kin is looking to score with low kicks.
A bone on bone clash there as Kin blocks the leg kick.
Kin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kin throws the kick towards the body but Hightower avoids it.
Kin misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hightower walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kin wants to counter with a clinch but Hightower pushes him away.
Hightower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kin moves away.
A combination from Hightower does no damage.
Hightower lands a slapping body shot.
Hightower misses with a combination
and Hightower takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hightower is looking to wear down Kin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Kin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hightower throws a chopping leg kick but Kin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kin wants to counter with a clinch but Hightower pushes him away.
A thudding body kick lands there by Kin!
Kin tried to score with a low kick but Hightower checks it.
Hightower avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kin avoids the body shot from Hightower.
Hightower throws a wild body kick that Kin sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kin fakes the leg kick and cracks Hightower in the body.
Kin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kin avoids the body shot from Hightower.
Kin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
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!
Hightower chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kin can pounce on him.
Kin instigates a clinch.
Hightower takes a shot to the head.
A short body shot lands from Hightower as the two fighters clinch.
Kin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kin can't find room to land a body shot as Hightower controls the action.
Kin is struggling to control the position.
Hightower tries to work over Kin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hightower scores with a hook to the body.
Kin taking a breather.
Kin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kin misses with the head strike.
Kin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hightower is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taiei Kin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reed Hightower'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. This is the final round!
Kin scores with a leg kick.
Reed Hightower seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hightower wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hightower misses with a body shot.
Hightower lands with a kick to the ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hightower.
Kin thumps Hightower with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Kin as Hightower shoots in.
Hightower looks to land a body kick but Kin moved away.
Hightower is looking to land body kicks.
Hightower 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hightower punishes Kin's body with a nice straight punch.
Kin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hightower looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hightower tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kin throws out a counter right but Hightower avoids it with no problem.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kin moves out of range as Hightower throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A shot to the body from Hightower misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hightower throws a leg kick but Kin moved away.
Kin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hightower.
Hightower swats away the attempt to clinch by Kin.
Kin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hightower's calf.
Hightower takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Kin.
Hightower throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hightower moves out of range of the body kick from Kin.
Hightower misses with a hook to the body
and Kin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hightower really felt that one!
Kin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reed Hightower has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Kin misses its intended target.
Kin misses with a straight left.
Hightower clinches up against the cage.
Kin is stalling here.
Hightower is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hightower tries to land knees in the clinch but Kin avoids the damage to the body.
Kin avoiding damage as Hightower throws knees to the body.
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!
Hightower tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kin avoids it.
Hightower misses with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hightower tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hightower misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kin.
Kin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kin scores with a knee to the head.
Kin managing to block the knees to the body from Hightower.
Hightower tries to land knees in the clinch but Kin avoids the damage to the body.
Kin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hightower is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kin is defending well for now.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kin tries a body shot but Hightower blocks it.
Kin pushes Hightower back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hightower is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kin is defending well for now.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kin avoids it.
Kin tries to land a knee to the head but Hightower blocks with his arms.
Kin is pushing Hightower up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A shot in the inside from Kin.
Kin digs a right hand into Hightower's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hightower's gas tank.
Kin scores a nice knee to the body.
Kin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hightower lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kin pushes Hightower back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Kin.
Kin working Hightower over with knees to the body.
Taiei Kin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kin managing to block the knees to the body from Hightower.
Kin lands a shoulder strike.
Hightower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hightower struggles to land a body shot inside as Kin controls his hands.
Hightower tries to pull guard but Kin won't allow it.
Hightower tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kin just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reed Hightower. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hightower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kin misses with a knee to the head.
Kin lands a left hand.
Hightower trying to land knees to the body.
Kin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Taiei Kin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taiei Kin!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Law (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 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
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jackson Law!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mister Love!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Law. That did some damage!
Love looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Love throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mister Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love connects with a body shot that sends Law's belly button to the back.
Law with a lazy takedown attempt
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Love swings for the body but Law moves out of range.
Law has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Love fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Law looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Law swings away with a body shot that misses
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Law misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Love scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Love lands with a hook. Law tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Love throws a nice inside leg kick.
Law misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Law tries for a takedown but Love circles away easily
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Law swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Love! But no joy.
Mister Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Law. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Law shoots in.
Love throws a looping overhand right but Law ducks down to avoid it.
Love scores with a hook to the body. Law takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Love scoring well with a low kick there.
Law 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.
An inside leg kick lands from Love.
Love connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Law.
Law tries to close the distance and clinch up but Love swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Law slips under a jab from Love.
Law gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Love counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Love misses.
Love lands a slapping body shot.
Law looking to score a takedown here. Love is defending well but Law drives through and ends up in Love's guard.
Love has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Law off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Good shot there by Love.
Good leg kick by Love there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Love missing with a left hand there. Law was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Love pivots, looking for a leg kick but Law is out of range and Love settles back down.
Love with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Law to score with a decent uppercut.
Law shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Love as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love cracks Law with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Law shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Love as he avoids it easily.
Love gets caught napping as Law dives in and scores a takedown. Love manages to retain guard.
Law showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Law trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Law is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Law trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Law has gone for a leg lock! Love slips out almost immediately though and dives into Law's guard.
Love must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Love trying to stand up but can't free himself from Law's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Love dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Law swings for the body but Love moves out of range.
Law steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Law is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice side step and Love releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Love feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Law's calf.
Love throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Love throws out a loose jab but Law uses good head movement to avoid it.
Law slips a jab from Love.
Law is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Love misses with a leg kick
and Law counters with a shoot takedown. Love fights it but they end up in guard.
Law landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Law is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jackson Law overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Law is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Law postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Law with a flurry of punches that miss.
Law distracts Love with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Law looking to pass the guard.
Love really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Law. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Law with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Law is in close to Love's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Love wants to stand and escape but Law is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Law scoring with punches to the head and body.
Law 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.
Law trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Love has his feet on Law's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Law avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Law is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Love lands a leg kick that knocks Law off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love looks to throw the jab but Law is out of range.
Law tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Love paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Love swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Love connects with a leg kick. Law looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Law looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Law swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Law.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Law on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Law shoots for a double leg takedown but Love sprawls well. He's pushed Law's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Law takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Love misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Law checks the leg kick nicely there.
Law drops down looking for a counter takedown but Love sprawls and moves away.
Law stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Love.
Law misses with an uppercut.
Mister Love seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Law ducks right into an uppercut from Love.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Love stuffs the takedown attempt from Law. Law gets slowly back to his feet.
Law with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Law manages to avoid it.
Law misses with a takedown attempt - Love sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Love tries to land a leg kick but Law saw it coming and moves away.
Love throws a hook but Law avoids it easily.
Law drops down looking for a counter takedown but Love sprawls and moves away.
Love connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A good leg kick by Love.
Nice takedown defense from Love. No joy for Law on that attempt.
Love throws a leg kick but Law checks it.
Love tries to sprawl but Law drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Love kicks Law off and gets back to his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Love. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Love.
Love connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Law shoots for a double leg takedown but Love sprawls well. He's pushed Law's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Law avoids the body shot from Love.
Law half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Law shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jackson Law. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Law shoots in and drives through. Love sprawls well.
Law fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Law gets a double leg takedown into Love's guard.
Love is wriggling around but Law manages to pass to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Law is trying to control the action in half guard but Love is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Law is looking to stall here but Love recovers full guard.
Love utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Law content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Law landing with the ground and pound.
Law trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jackson Law has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Law pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Love is keeping the position for now.
Law sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Law loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Law controlling from the top position.
Law trying to control but Love is working from the bottom.
Law trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Law is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laws jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Law shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Love manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Love misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Love.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Law has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
Law's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Law misses with a punch on the inside.
Love lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Law manages to break the clinch.
Love smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Love connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Law momentarily.
Love changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Law sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love lands a lovely overhand right.
A left lands for Law.
A jab from Love does it's job there.
Love fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Law.
Mister Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Law misses with a looping right.
Love lands a nice shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Love winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Love!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Buck Futter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Bor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Centuries. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Brawler
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buck Futter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Bor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Futter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La Bor stuffs the takedown attempt from Futter. Futter gets slowly back to his feet.
La Bor connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
La Bor lands a body shot.
Futter with a poor takedown
and La Bor moves into the clinch.
Futter wants to take the fight to the mat but La Bor manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buck Futter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Bor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from La Bor.
La Bor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Futter has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. La Bor avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
La Bor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La Bor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Bor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Futter.
Futter goes for a takedown in the clinch but La Bor prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Futter has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by La Bor after a bit of a struggle.
La Bor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Futters head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from La Bor.
La Bor cracks Futter with a nice body shot.
La Bor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by La Bor.
La Bor lands a left hand.
La Bor gets through Futter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
La Bor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
La Bor prevents the takedown attempt.
La Bor scores with a shoulder strike.
Futter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
La Bor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Bor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Bor lands with a right to the head.
La Bor stops a takedown attempt from Futter.
La Bor is defending well against a takedown attempt.
La Bor cracks Futter with a nice body shot.
La Bor lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from La Bor.
Futter is breathing heavily.
La Bor lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by La Bor.
La Bor lands with a light punch inside.
La Bor is working Futter over against the cage.
Futter has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. La Bor is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
La Bor pushes Futter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
La Bor prevents the takedown attempt.
A short left from La Bor.
La Bor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Futters head.
Futter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
La Bor lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
La Bor lands a nice uppercut.
La Bor scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from La Bor.
La Bor is working Futter over against the cage.
Futter is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A quick uppercut on the inside from La Bor.
La Bor lands with a left to the head.
Futter tries to score a body lock takedown but La Bor shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
La Bor gets through Futter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from La Bor.
La Bor lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from La Bor.
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!
La Bor digs a right hand into Futter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Futter's gas tank.
Futter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from La Bor.
La Bor lands a shot to the body.
La Bor lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from La Bor.
La Bor lands with a left to the head.
La Bor lands with a short punch from the clinch.
La Bor lands a body punch in the clinch.
La Bor lands with a light punch inside.
La Bor lands with a left to the head.
La Bor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
La Bor gets through Futter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Futter is rocked!
La Bor lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Futter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Futter takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Bor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
La Bor creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Futter with a big uppercut! Futter tries to clinch up but La Bor pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Futter to the mat! Futter covers up and La Bor unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Manuel La Bor!
Manuel La Bor took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, KAISER for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Ramos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocco Falcone could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony Ramos 's chin.
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141 lbs
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocco Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Ramos !
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcone swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Falcone lands a jab to the head.
Falcone connects with a looping right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Falcone. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Falcone.
Rocco Falcone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ramos ducks under a wild hook from Falcone.
Nice defenses there by Falcone.
Ramos tries to score a power double leg takedown but Falcone sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ramos somewhat.
Falcone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcone thumps Ramos with a low kick.
Ramos just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Falcone misses.
A nice side step and Ramos releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Falcone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ramos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Ramos .
Falcone is trying to control but can't.
Ramos working Falcone over with strikes.
Falcone is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Falcone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ramos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ramos working over Falcone with some ground and pound. Falcone looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ramos looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ramos tries to pass to full mount but Falcone defends it.
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!
Falcone is doing well to control the position and prevent Ramos from advancing to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ramos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Falcone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ramos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Falcone defending well though.
Falcone tries to roll over but Ramos keeps him under control.
Ramos lands strikes from half guard.
Falcone tries to get to full guard but Ramos has control of the leg.
Falcone is not content to let Ramos control the position.
Ramos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Falcone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Falcone makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Falcone.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ramos working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Falcone lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone stopping the sweep attempt from Ramos .
Ramos is trying to keep Falcone in close.
Falcone working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ramos wants to sweep here but Falcone controlling him for the moment.
Ramos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ramos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Falcone passes into half guard.
Falcone thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Falcone working the head and body with strikes.
Ramos trying to control but Falcone postures up.
Ramos is trying to get back to full guard.
Falcone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ramos trying to control here.
Ramos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Falcone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ramos keeps working.
Falcone landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
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 Rocco Falcone will probably get the nod.
That's time! Falcone's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Falcone connects with a jab.
Falcone throws a lazy right hand but Ramos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It seemed like Ramos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ramos misses with a straight left.
Ramos blocks a jab.
Falcone lands a jab to the nose.
Ramos lands a jab to the nose.
Falcone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Falcone just misses with a punch to the body.
Falcone misses with an uppercut.
Ramos fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Falcone.
A left lands for Falcone.
Ramos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ramos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Falcone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Ramos backs away, Falcone returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A lazy left from Falcone finds it's target.
Rocco Falcone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramos slips under a jab from Falcone.
A bone on bone clash there as Ramos blocks the leg kick.
Falcone lands with a good body shot.
Falcone lands a nice shot that snaps Ramos 's head back.
Falcone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ramos 's head.
Ramos misses with the combination.
Falcone misses with a looping right.
Falcone cracks a nice hook into Ramos 's ribs.
Falcone misses with a body shot.
Ramos moves into range and clinches up with Falcone.
Falcone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Falcone lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ramos or not.
Falcone lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ramos looking to stall.
Falcone lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ramos gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Falcone.
Ramos is trying to drag Falcone to the mat but Falcone just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Falcone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Falcone misses with a hook.
Ramos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ramos lands a lovely overhand right.
Ramos misses with a straight right.
Falcone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ramos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Falcone throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramos missing with a left hand there. Falcone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ramos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Falcone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Falcone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ramos .
Falcone moves forwards but Ramos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ramos throws a hook but Falcone avoids it easily.
Falcone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ramos lands with a straight right. Falcone didn't see that one coming.
Falcone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ramos slips a jab from Falcone.
Falcone cracks the inside of Ramos 's front leg.
Ramos swings for the body but Falcone moves out of range.
Ramos throws out a loose jab but Falcone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falcone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ramos can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ramos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ramos feints the counter takedown.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Falcone connects with a leg kick. Ramos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Falcone shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Falcone throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ramos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Falcone misses with a hook.
Falcone misses with a body shot.
Falcone is looking to chop away at Ramos 's legs.
Falcone misses with a hook.
Falcone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ramos was well out of range. Poor timing from Falcone.
It seemed like Ramos was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Falcone misses.
Falcone looks to throw the jab but Ramos is out of range.
A jab from Ramos misses.
Falcone scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocco Falcone dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Falcone is looking to slow Ramos down with leg kicks.
Falcone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ramos .
Ramos checks a low kick from Falcone.
Falcone misses with a low kick.
Ramos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Falcone tests Ramos 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ramos moves out of range as Falcone strikes.
Falcone throws a shot from downtown. Ramos moves away and avoids it.
Ramos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ramos 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.
Falcone takes a swing at Ramos 's ribcage but misses.
Falcone walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Falcone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ramos .
Ramos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ramos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Falcone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcone swings for the body but Ramos moves out of range.
Falcone fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ramos .
Ramos dives in for a single leg takedown but Falcone sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The crowd cheers as Falcone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ramos doesn't seem phased though.
Ramos looks to land a left hand but Falcone moved out of range nicely.
Ramos takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Falcone lands an overhand right.
A telegraphed right hand from Ramos misses the target.
Ramos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ramos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Falcone scores with a shoulder strike.
Falcone dodges an elbow strike from Ramos .
Ramos turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ramos manages to end up in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falcone is looking for a sweep.
Falcone is working hard here to advance position.
Ramos scoring with punches from side control.
Falcone tries to bench press Ramos off him but Ramos keeps the position.
Falcone taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ramos lands a decent elbow from side control.
Falcone managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Ramos .
Ramos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Ramos lands a decent elbow from side control.
Falcone is trying to improve his position.
Ramos working away.
Ramos is trying to get an arm triangle but Falcone is defending well.
Tony Ramos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ramos wants to control but Falcone is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Falcone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Falcone is looking to regain half guard here but Ramos keeps moving and retains side control.
Check out the look on Ramos 's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ramos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Falcone down.
Ramos is working Falcone over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ramos is looking to take a break and control but Falcone is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ramos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Falcone knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Falcone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ramos tries to score with some ground and pound. Falcone controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rocco Falcone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ramos landing strikes.
Ramos is working Falcone over with some ground and pound from side control.
Falcone manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Falcone keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Falcone is looking for a sweep. Ramos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ramos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ramos working Falcone over with strikes.
Tony Ramos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ramos is working for a submission of some sort.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Ramos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Falcone has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocco Falcone!
A very excited looking Rocco Falcone 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Ferreira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira wants to slow Wilson down by chopping away at his legs.
Wilson lands with a cross.
Ferreira scores with a hook to the body. Wilson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wilson misses with a low kick.
Ferreira looks to land a body kick but Wilson moved away.
Ferreira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wilson.
Ferreira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wilson manages to avoid it.
Ferreira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ferreira looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And Wilson tries to counter it with a takedown but Ferreira pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wilson moves out of range of the body kick.
Wilson scores with a kick to the body.
Wilson misses with an uppercut. Ferreira saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wilson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ferreira.
Wilson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wilson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ferreira avoids the body shot from Wilson.
Ferreira throws a big counter combination but Wilson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Wilson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ferreira scores with a kick to the body.
Wilson looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Wilson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like Sam Wilson has been cut.
Ferreira tests Wilson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ferreira attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ferreira moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ferreira cracks Wilson with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Wilson falls to his knees and Ferreira doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Ferreira!
Marco Ferreira retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Marco Ferreira thanked KAISER for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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