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MFN 295: The Dead Arise PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Jonathon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Callahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harry Callahan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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222 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Jonathon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Callahan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Callahan rushes Jonathon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A hook to the body from Callahan.
Callahan throws a head punch that misses.
Jonathon changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Callahan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jonathon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Callahan throws a hook but Jonathon blocks it.
Jonathon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Callahan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've been informed that Callahan 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.
Callahan throws a hook to the side of Jonathon's head but Jonathon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonathon moves into the clinch.
Jonathon fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jonathon drops down looking for an ankle pick but Callahan pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Jonathon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jonathon has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callahan connects with a single shot there.
Jonathon on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Callahan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jonathon.
Callahan misses with a hook. Jonathon ducked under it nicely.
Jonathon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Callahan.
Jonathon shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Callahan as he jumps to the side.
Callahan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Callahan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jonathon drops down looking for a counter takedown but Callahan sprawls and moves away.
Callahan throws a right and a left that Jonathon avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Callahan throws a body shot but no joy.
Jonathon feinted with a counter takedown.
Callahan avoids the body shot from Jonathon.
Jonathon shoots in and drives through. Callahan sprawls well.
Callahan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jonathon has a takedown stuffed.
Jonathon fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jonathon drives through with a takedown into Callahan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Callahan controls Jonathon momentarily but Jonathon frees himself.
Jonathon won't allow Callahan to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon trying to control the position from guard on top but Callahan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Callahan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jonathon doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jonathon manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Callahan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jonathon advances to half guard.
Jonathon is looking to advance position but Callahan won't allow it.
Callahan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jonathon.
Callahan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jonathon is working away from the top position though.
Callahan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Callahan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon trying to control but Callahan is working from the bottom.
Callahan is pulling down on Jonathon's head to control his posture.
Jonathon trying to control the position from guard on top but Callahan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonathon postures up.
Jonathon trying to control the position from guard on top but Callahan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonathon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jonathon working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jonathon working the ground and pound from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Callahan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jonathon closes this distance looking for a takedown but Callahan circles away.
Callahan moves out of range as Jonathon strikes.
Callahan cracks Jonathon with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jonathon clinches up against the cage.
Jonathon has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Callahan uses from the top position.
Jonathon is trying to hold Callahan in close to prevent damage but Callahan has managed to pass into half guard.
Callahan is keen to just control but Jonathon is a slippery customer.
Jonathon is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Callahan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Callahan working Jonathon over with strikes.
Jonathon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Callahan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonathon looking for a guillotine here but Callahan defends easily.
Jonathon wants to sweep here but Callahan controlling him for the moment.
Jonathon keeping moving, preventing Callahan from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jonathon is trying to control the position but Callahan postures up.
Jonathon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Callahan tries to free his leg and advance position but Jonathon is retaining full guard.
Callahan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jonathon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Callahan wants to control from the top but Jonathon keeps moving.
Callahan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
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.
Jonathon throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Callahan wants to control from the top but Jonathon keeps moving.
Callahan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jonathon wants to sweep here but Callahan controlling him for the moment.
Jonathon looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Callahan thows a body kick. Jonathon tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Callahan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Callahan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jonathon to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jonathon lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jonathon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jonathon won't allow Callahan to sweep him here.
Callahan trying to control the position.
Jonathon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Callahan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Callahan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Jonathon's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jonathon working over Callahan with some ground and pound. Callahan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jonathon working the head and body with strikes.
We've been hearing that Jonathon has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Callahan tries to roll over but Jonathon keeps him under control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jonathon lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Callahan looking for submissions off his back.
Callahan has hold of Jonathon's hands but Jonathon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Jonathon dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jonathon will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jonathon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Callahan did well to prevent Jonathon getting side control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jonathon in particular looking to stall.
Callahan manages to get to full guard.
Ben Jonathon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Callahan working for a triangle but Jonathon defends it easily.
Jonathon working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jonathon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Callahan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jonathon is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jonathon distracts Callahan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Callahan looking for a guillotine here but Jonathon defends easily.
Jonathon pushing down on Callahan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jonathon stalling.
Jonathon has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Callahan looking for submissions off his back.
Callahan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jonathon drops an elbow to the side of Callahan's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jonathon lands a nice short elbow.
Jonathon is trying to control. Callahan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Callahan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonathon seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Callahan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jonathon throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Callahan is looking to control Jonathon's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Callahan avoid being mounted?
Jonathon trying to control from Callahan's half guard. Callahan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Callahan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jonathon doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jonathon manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jonathon wants to control from the top but Callahan keeps moving.
Jonathon scoring with some ground and pound.
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.
Callahan looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jonathon chips away with some ground and pound.
Callahan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jonathon defends well.
Callahan trying to control the position.
Jonathon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jonathon landing with the ground and pound.
Callahan keeping moving, preventing Jonathon from controlling successfully.
Callahan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Jonathon showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jonathon 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Jonathon!
Our winner, Ben Jonathon, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samson Wade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Hyypia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyypia has chosen Al Bowlly - Hang out the stars in Indiana as his entrance music. Sami Hyypia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samson Wade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Hyypia!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyypia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wade counters with a stiff right hand.
Hyypia misses with a head kick.
It looked like Wade wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wade moves out of range as Hyypia strikes.
Wade shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hyypia manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hyypia kicks Wade off and gets to his feet.
Wade shoots in and drives through. Hyypia sprawls well.
Hyypia appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hyypia cracks Wade with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hyypia slips under a jab from Wade.
Wade has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Vicious Striking in the buildup to the fight.
Hyypia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hyypia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hyypia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wade's head.
Wade takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sami Hyypia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyypia throws a nice head kick!
Hyypia drops Wade with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wade looks back up at him and smiles so Hyypia waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wade is rocked!
Hyypia lands a brutal uppercut that launches Wade off his feet! Wade tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sami Hyypia!
Sami Hyypia decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Samson Wade had this to say: 'Congrats to the man, he fought a great fight, this is a bad loss.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandar Kamenov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claude LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamenov comes to the cage accompanied by Korn - Hey Daddy. LeBlanc has chosen Professor Green ft. Maverick Sabre - Jungle as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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220 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aleksandar Kamenov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude LeBlanc!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LeBlanc takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
LeBlanc throws a right hand that Kamenov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kamenov also avoids with ease.
Kamenov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
LeBlanc swings for the body but Kamenov moves out of range.
Kamenov throwing a counter right hand but LeBlanc manages to avoid it.
LeBlanc checks a low kick from Kamenov.
Kamenov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kamenov closes the distance and clinches.
LeBlanc looking to throw knees to the head but Kamenov is blocking nicely.
Kamenov can't find room to land a body shot as LeBlanc controls the action.
LeBlanc breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kamenov 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.
Kamenov throws a hook but LeBlanc blocks it.
Kamenov moves into the clinch successfully.
Kamenov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of LeBlanc backwards.
LeBlanc lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
LeBlanc pushes Kamenov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kamenov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kamenov moves away from the strike by LeBlanc.
LeBlanc shoots in and gets a takedown into Kamenov's guard.
Kamenov is looking for a triangle but LeBlanc pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LeBlanc in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
LeBlanc is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
LeBlanc is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kamenov looking to hit a scissor sweep but LeBlanc is one step ahead there.
LeBlanc postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
LeBlanc postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kamenov throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Kamenov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. LeBlanc doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. LeBlanc manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LeBlanc is looking to work some ground and pound but Kamenov has wrist control.
Kamenov utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kamenov working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. LeBlanc doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. LeBlanc manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Kamenov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
LeBlanc trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamenov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LeBlanc must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
LeBlanc postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
LeBlanc showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kamenov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from LeBlanc.
Kamenov manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. LeBlanc manages to get himself to full guard.
Kamenov trying to control but LeBlanc is working from the bottom.
LeBlanc controls Kamenov momentarily but Kamenov frees himself.
Kamenov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as LeBlanc holds on and takes a little breather.
Kamenov won't allow LeBlanc to sweep him here.
LeBlanc wants to stand and escape but Kamenov is having none of it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kamenov takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kamenov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kamenov throws a looping overhand right but LeBlanc ducks down to avoid it.
LeBlanc unleashes a big counter combination but Kamenov bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kamenov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
LeBlanc shoots in and gets a takedown into Kamenov's guard.
LeBlanc trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamenov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LeBlanc throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Claude LeBlanc will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kamenov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling LeBlanc to score with a decent uppercut.
LeBlanc misses with an uppercut.
Kamenov takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kamenov connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Claude LeBlanc has been cut.
Kamenov just misses with a punch to the body.
LeBlanc shoots in for a takedown but Kamenov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
LeBlanc moves out of range of the body kick.
LeBlanc throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kamenov thinks about countering with a head kick.
LeBlanc misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Kamenov misses.
A clash of legs there as LeBlanc blocks the low kick.
A good leg kick by Kamenov.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kamenov misses the jab.
Kamenov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kamenov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
LeBlanc throws a head kick but Kamenov moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamenov throws a hook but LeBlanc avoids it easily.
LeBlanc lands with a slapping head kick.
Kamenov moves out of range of the body kick.
Kamenov staying out of range there.
LeBlanc throws the kick towards the body but Kamenov avoids it.
Kamenov takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
LeBlanc stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kamenov.
LeBlanc loads up on a big right hand but Kamenov slips the punch.
Aleksandar Kamenov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
LeBlanc scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from LeBlanc. Kamenov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Claude LeBlanc seems to be getting the better of the standup.
LeBlanc throws a low kick, looking for Kamenov's leg but Kamenov calmly moves out of range.
Kamenov lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kamenov slips a jab from LeBlanc.
Kamenov is looking to counter punch.
Kamenov cracks LeBlanc with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
LeBlanc throws a solid leg kick but Kamenov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at LeBlanc.
Kamenov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kamenov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from LeBlanc.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamenov throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! LeBlanc crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Aleksandar Kamenov!
During a confident post fight interview, Aleksandar Kamenov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Herkules Nowacki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joeli Babitu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowacki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Moby - Flower. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
33 - 13 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herkules Nowacki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joeli Babitu!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babitu lands with a kick to the temple. Nowacki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nowacki throws a leg kick but Babitu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nowacki misses with a body kick.
Nowacki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Babitu keeps the fight on the outside.
Babitu misses with a hook.
Nowacki connects with an inside leg kick.
Nowacki throws a jab when Babitu was well out of range.
Nowacki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Babitu.
Babitu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nowacki. That did some damage!
Nowacki checks the leg kick.
Nowacki was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nowacki delivers a nice body kick.
Nowacki misses with a hook. Babitu ducked under it nicely.
Nowacki throws a looping overhand right but Babitu ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Nowacki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nowacki lands a leg kick that knocks Babitu off balance momentarily.
Nowacki throws a series of punches but Babitu moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Babitu misses.
Nowacki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nowacki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki blocks a head kick by Babitu.
Nowacki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Babitu to score with a decent uppercut.
Nowacki has been working on his boxing with his coaches at School Of Fighting in the buildup to the fight.
A bone on bone clash there as Nowacki blocks the leg kick.
Babitu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Babitu scores with a jab to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Babitu.
Nowacki is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Babitu swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Babitu throws an overhand right that lands on Nowacki's shoulder, as Nowacki tries to avoid the shot.
Babitu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nowacki. Nowacki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab from Babitu misses.
Babitu throws a low kick but Nowacki moves out of range easily.
Nowacki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nowacki tries a low kick but Babitu avoids it.
Crunch! Babitu slams his shin into Nowacki's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Babitu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nowacki.
Nowacki connects with a right hand. Babitu shakes it off.
We've been informed that Babitu 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki throws a looping overhand right but Babitu ducks down to avoid it.
Babitu lands with a right hand.
Babitu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nowacki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nowacki uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nowacki throws a jab when Babitu was well out of range.
Babitu lands a front kick.
The fighters circling - Nowacki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nowacki thuds his shin into the meat of Babitu's side.
Nowacki tries a head kick but it misses.
Babitu is trying to counter with his kicks.
Babitu scores with a sloppy right hand. Nowacki should have avoided that one.
Nowacki has managed to clinch.
Nowacki lands a shoulder strike.
Nowacki misses with a punch to the body.
Babitu managing to block the knees to the body from Nowacki.
Nowacki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Babitu lands a hook that snaps the head of Nowacki backwards.
Nowacki with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki lands a damaging elbow.
Babitu breaks from the clinch.
Nowacki walks into a straight right hand from Babitu.
Babitu throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Babitu drops his hands momentarily and Nowacki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A head kick from Babitu lands but Nowacki takes it in his stride.
Babitu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nowacki.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Babitu.
Nowacki cracks Babitu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nowacki tries to clinch but Babitu is having none of it.
No joy there for Babitu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Nowacki.
Nowacki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babitu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Babitu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nowacki is looking to counter punch.
Babitu throws a head kick but Nowacki moves out of range.
Babitu moves out of range of the strikes.
Babitu will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki dips to his left and cracks Babitu with an uppercut!
Nowacki drops his hands momentarily and Babitu takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nowacki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nowacki throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nowacki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Babitu throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Nowacki's head.
Babitu misses with a head kick.
Nowacki jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nowacki ducks under a wild hook from Babitu.
Babitu misses with a series of wild punches.
Babitu connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nowacki rushes Babitu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nowacki lands a nice uppercut.
Babitu lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Babitu fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joeli Babitu will probably get the nod.
That's time! Nowacki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A swing and a miss from Nowacki.
Babitu tries to land a front kick but Nowacki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Babitu misses with a double jab.
Nowacki tests Babitu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Babitu takes a swing at Nowacki's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Nowacki misses the target.
Babitu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nowacki blocks the body kick.
Nowacki fails to land with a series of punches.
Babitu doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nowacki darts in and clinches Babitu up against the cage.
Babitu pushes Nowacki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nowacki working aggressively here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nowacki.
Nowacki lands a shoulder strike.
Nowacki tries to work over Babitu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nowacki scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Babitu tries to work over Nowacki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Nowacki.
Good body shot from Nowacki.
Nowacki misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowacki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Babitu pushes Nowacki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Babitu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Babitu manages to break the clinch.
Babitu closes the distance but Nowacki moves to the side
and Nowacki makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Babitu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Babitu moves out of range as Nowacki throws a body kick.
Babitu moves away from the strike by Nowacki.
Nowacki jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nowacki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Babitu is able to avoid easily.
Joeli Babitu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nowacki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Babitu doesn't seem bothered though.
Nowacki digs a good hook to Babitu's body.
Babitu throws a head kick that misses.
Nowacki lands an overhand right.
Babitu throws a right and a left that Nowacki avoids nicely.
Nowacki wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nowacki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Babitu has time to react.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Nowacki.
Babitu checks a leg kick.
Nowacki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Babitu moves out of range of the leg kick from Nowacki.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Babitu scores with a punch to the head.
Babitu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nowacki. That did some damage!
A head kick misses from Babitu.
Nowacki scores with a nice strike.
Babitu connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nowacki momentarily.
Babitu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nowacki takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nowacki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Babitu.
Babitu lands with a kick to the temple. Nowacki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nowacki slips under a jab from Babitu.
A little feinted left hand from Nowacki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nowacki steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Babitu.
And Nowacki counters with a quick kick to the body but Babitu blocks it.
Nowacki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Babitu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Babitu.
Nowacki throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Babitu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Nowacki sizes up Babitu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Babitu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nowacki.
Babitu misses with a right hand
and Nowacki counters with a good, hard body kick but Babitu shrugs it off.
Nowacki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Babitu.
Nowacki staying out of range there.
Nowacki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nowacki lands a jab to the head.
Nowacki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowacki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nowacki misses with a straight right.
Babitu looks to throw the jab but Nowacki is out of range.
Nowacki throwing a counter right hand but Babitu manages to avoid it.
Nowacki blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babitu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nowacki scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Babitu as he connects with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nowacki 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 Babitu has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Babitu and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Babitu lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nowacki will feel that in the morning.
Nowacki tests Babitu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Babitu clinches up with Nowacki and pushes him back against the cage.
Babitu blocks a body shot from Nowacki.
Nowacki takes a shot to the head.
Nowacki lands with a short shot to the head.
Babitu tries to work over Nowacki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herkules Nowacki has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Babitu lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Babitu lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Nowacki.
Nowacki blocking some punches.
Nowacki stalling the fight.
Nowacki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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 Herkules Nowacki will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nowacki buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Babitu misses the target.
It looked like Nowacki was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Babitu.
Nowacki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Babitu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Babitu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowacki manages to avoid it.
Babitu moves out of range as Nowacki strikes.
Babitu misses with a body kick.
Nowacki throws a hook but Babitu blocks it.
Babitu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nowacki scores with a decent looking hook.
Nowacki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nowacki cracks the inside of Babitu's front leg.
Babitu tries a head kick but it misses.
Babitu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babitu connects with a solid leg kick.
Nowacki throws a hook but Babitu avoids it easily.
Nowacki checks a low kick from Babitu.
Nowacki works over Babitu's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nowacki drives through and clinches with Babitu against the cage.
Nowacki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babitu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nowacki has him pressed against the cage.
Babitu blocks the elbow strike.
Nowacki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Nowacki.
Nowacki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Babitu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Babitu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nowacki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Babitu lands an uppercut.
Babitu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nowacki blocks it with crossed arms.
Babitu blocks an elbow strike.
Nowacki swings wildly with an uppercut but Babitu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nowacki lands a nice shot to the body.
Babitu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nowacki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babitus head.
A nice left hand lands by Nowacki.
Nowacki tries a body shot but Babitu blocks it.
Nowacki lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nowacki lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Babitu backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nowacki lands an elbow inside.
Babitu lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Good body shot from Nowacki.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nowacki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Babitu's face.
Babitu misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nowacki.
Babitu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nowacki is defending well for now.
Babitu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nowacki scores with a shoulder strike.
Nowacki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Babitu.
Babitu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nowacki just misses with a elbow thrown towards Babitu's brow.
Babitu pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nowacki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nowacki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Babitu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Babitu blocks an elbow strike from Nowacki.
Nowacki digs a right hand underneath Babitu's ribcage. Babitu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowacki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nowacki tries to work over Babitu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Babitu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nowacki.
Nowacki misses with a punch to the body.
Nowacki lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nowacki lands a nice elbow.
Nowacki comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Babitu is rocked!
Nowacki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Babitu's efforts to push away.
Babitu is still on wobbly legs! Can Nowacki finish him?
Nowacki works on Babitu's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice elbow from Nowacki.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nowacki creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nowacki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nowacki lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Babitu to his knees! Nowacki keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herkules Nowacki!
During a confident post fight interview, Herkules Nowacki thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ali Pasha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daft Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young has chosen Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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27
130 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 2, fighting out of London, Ali Pasha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Daft Young!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pasha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pasha fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Young is out of range.
Pasha connects with the punch.
Young is looking to clinch.
Pasha throws a leg kick that is checked
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pasha on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pasha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pasha throws a body shot but no joy.
Pasha backing away here, and Young unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Young 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pasha wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
Pasha closes the distance and clinches.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pasha lands a hook that snaps the head of Young backwards.
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Pasha uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pasha.
Young misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pasha misses with the head strike.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Pasha gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young tries a body shot but Pasha blocks it.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young blocks a body shot from Pasha.
Young misses with some punches.
Pasha misses with a punch to the body.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pasha lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pasha.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pasha.
Pasha lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pasha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pasha.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pasha misses with some punches.
Pasha working aggressively here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Young avoids the elbow strike from Pasha, against the cage.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pasha.
A body shot lands from Young.
Young has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pasha seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Young can turn it around.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pasha swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pasha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young is stalling here.
Pasha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young digs a right hand into Pasha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pasha's gas tank.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pasha misses with a punch to the body.
Pasha swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pasha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pasha is working Young over against the cage.
Pasha blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Pasha.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Young.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Pasha controls the action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pasha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pashas head.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pasha backwards.
Pasha blocks an uppercut.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Pasha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a shot to the body.
Pasha throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Still in the clinch, Pasha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pasha lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Young backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Pasha.
Pasha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pasha swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Pasha avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
Young blocks a body shot from Pasha.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pasha blocking some punches.
Pasha lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daft Young will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pasha throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pasha looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Pasha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Young takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pasha tries to land a leg kick but Young saw it coming and moves away.
Young moves out of range of the leg kick from Pasha.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Young misses with a body shot.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pasha misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A slow jab from Pasha misses its intended target.
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
Pasha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters circle momentarily. Pasha darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young connects with a jab.
Pasha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Pasha looks to land a left hand but Young moved out of range nicely.
Young appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pasha tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
Young checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pasha takes the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Young throws a head punch that misses.
Pasha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pasha's elbow.
Pasha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pasha tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pasha throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Pasha misses with a body punch.
Pasha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasha prevents a body shot from Young.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
A short right from Pasha on the inside.
Pasha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Young lands with a right to the head.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasha tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Young.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
A short right from Young.
Pasha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pasha throws a head punch that misses.
Pasha blocks a body shot from Young.
Pasha takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasha throws a head punch that misses.
Pasha lands with a right to the head.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Pasha avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Pasha digs a right hand underneath Young's ribcage. Young let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pasha lands a body shot.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young pushes Pasha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pasha.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pasha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Pasha.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pasha tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young lands with a left to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young cracks Pasha with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pasha misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasha misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pasha throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pasha.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Young lands a nice uppercut.
Young misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pasha as Young tries to tie him up.
Young pushes Pasha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pasha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pasha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pasha's elbow.
Pasha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pasha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pasha misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Daft Young will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pasha throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pasha.
Pasha throws a leg kick
and Young counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Young.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Pasha misses with a punch to the body.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pasha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Young backwards.
A short right from Young.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasha lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pasha backwards.
Young misses with a body punch.
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasha misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Young.
Pasha is rocked!
Daft Young seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
Pasha tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pasha.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasha blocks an uppercut.
Young working aggressively here.
Pasha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pasha misses with the head strike.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Young blocks a body shot from Pasha.
Young cracks Pasha with a nice body shot.
Young misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young digs a right hand into Pasha's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pasha's gas tank.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pasha.
Pasha tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a body punch in the clinch.
Young wants to stall.
Young lands a body punch.
Pasha lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young throws a punch but it's blocked by Pasha.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Pasha.
Pasha misses with an elbow strike.
Young gets through Pasha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
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!
Pasha is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Pasha into the cage.
Young blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Young.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pasha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pasha.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Pasha avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pasha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pasha prevents a body shot from Young.
Pasha swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pasha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pasha misses with some punches.
Pasha working aggressively here.
Young wants to stall.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pasha's elbow.
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pasha.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Pasha.
Pasha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hand to the body from Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Young or not.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pasha's elbow.
Pasha gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pasha prevents a body shot from Young.
Young lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pasha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pasha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pasha lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Pasha.
A head punch on the inside from Young fails to land.
Young struggles to land a body shot inside as Pasha controls his hands.
Young misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ali Pasha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pasha misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daft Young.
I've got Young 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daft Young!
Our winner, Daft Young, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Ali Pasha spoke after the fight, saying 'He was the better fighter tonight. But I will be back'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Holy War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Arrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War comes to the cage accompanied by Die for Metal. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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210 lbs
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32
218 lbs
21 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Holy War!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Arrol!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
War misses with the body kick
and Arrol connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
War lands a nice looking body shot.
Holy War seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arrol cracks the inside of War's front leg.
War lands a jab-cross combination.
Arrol fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
War tests Arrol's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Arrol misses the shot to the body.
Arrol fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but War is out of range.
War looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
War lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arrol misses with a shot to the body
and War counters with a nice kick to the body.
War takes a swing at Arrol's ribcage but misses.
Arrol throws a hook but War avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Arrol checks a leg kick.
War misses with a leg kick
and Arrol counters with a straight right hand.
War throws a head kick but Arrol moves out of range.
Arrol looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A clash of legs there as Arrol blocks the low kick.
War throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arrol sees it coming and avoids it easily.
War backing away here, and Arrol unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrol looks to land a combination. War sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Holy War has been cut.
Arrol connects with a solid leg kick.
Arrol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but War paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Arrol backs away, War returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
War swings widly with a right hand
and Arrol counters with a low kick, right behind War 's knee.
Arrol connects with a leg kick. War looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
War throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
War throws a looping overhand right but Arrol ducks down to avoid it.
Arrol lands with a nice body punch.
Arrol misses with a looping right.
War half committed to a counter leg kick.
Arrol attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
War cracks Arrol with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Arrol.
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!
Arrol takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
War scoring well with a low kick there.
Arrol keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arrol takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
War throws a front kick aimed at Arrol's knee but Arrol avoids it well.
War moves into range and connects with a jab.
Arrol takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
War misses with a jab, cross combination.
Arrol lands with a hook. War tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
War throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
War lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
War with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Arrol to score with a decent uppercut.
War slips under a jab.
It looked like War was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
The fighters circling - War throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arrol swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
War moves out of range as Arrol strikes.
War lands the left hand.
War scoring well with a low kick there.
War doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
War shoots in but no luck this time.
Arrol let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Arrol misses the shot to the body.
William Arrol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arrol blocks a low kick nicely.
Arrol was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arrol lands a leg kick that knocks War off balance momentarily.
A jab from War does it's job there.
Arrol takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Arrol buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Arrol.
Arrol lands a jab.
Arrol bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
War throws a front kick aimed at Arrol's knee but Arrol avoids it well.
War scores with a head kick. Arrol tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Arrol checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Arrol scores with a jab. War acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arrol blocks a jab.
Arrol throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Arrol wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrol blocks the body kick.
Arrol looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Arrol blocks a low kick nicely.
War cracks Arrol with an open hand slap.
War thows a leg kick but Arrol checks it
and Arrol makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Arrol lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Arrol just misses with a punch to the body.
War appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
War ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
War throws a body shot but no joy.
Arrol cracks War with a right hand to the side of the head.
War tries to work over Arrol's front leg with a kick but Arrol checks it.
Arrol pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
War thumps Arrol with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
War takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Arrol moves into the clinch.
Arrol throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
War breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
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 Holy War will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Holy War's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
War catches Arrol with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arrol misses with a wild body shot.
War jabs Arrol to the body, keeping him at a distance.
War misses with a left hand
and Arrol counters with a slapping leg kick.
Arrol jabs at War's body.
Arrol moves out of range of the strikes.
War drops his hands momentarily and Arrol takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Arrol has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
War listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
War is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
War displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Arrol throws out the jab.
Arrol works War's body with a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of War 's head but he takes it in his stride.
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!
Arrol clinches up against the cage.
Arrol lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down War.
Arrol lands a nice shot to the body.
Arrol lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
War blocks a body shot from Arrol.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
War has a couple of punches blocked by Arrol.
That's one minute gone in the round.
War blocks an uppercut.
Arrol lands a body punch in the clinch.
Arrol lands a nice uppercut.
Arrol swings wildly with an uppercut but War uses good head movement to avoid it.
War misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Arrol.
Arrol lands with a right to the head.
Arrol stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
War takes a shot to the head.
Arrol blocks an uppercut.
Arrol lands a left hand that snaps the head of War backwards.
Arrol lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arrol.
Arrol lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of War backwards.
War is rocked!
Arrol lands with a light punch inside.
Oh War is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Arrol creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends War's eyes rolling into the back of his head! War drops to his knees and Arrol pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Arrol!
William Arrol took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Thanks MFN.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Star Dust (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Karhu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dust might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Die for Metal. Karhu has chosen Samuli Edelmann - Teit meistä kauniin as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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149 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Star Dust!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antti Karhu!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dust misses with a leg kick.
Dust avoids the body shot from Karhu.
We've been hearing reports that Dust has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Karhu motions for Dust to come forward. Karhu throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dust throws a right hand that misses
enabling Karhu to counter with a crisp jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Dust!
Karhu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dust.
Karhu misses with a leg kick
and Dust cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karhu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dust tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karhu was well out of range. Poor timing from Dust.
Karhu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karhu attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Karhu steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dust. That one must have hurt.
Karhu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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!
Dust tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Karhu on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Karhu dodges the punch combination from Dust.
A big left from Karhu misses.
Karhu moves away from the strike by Dust.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karhu tries to clinch but Dust is having none of it.
Karhu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dust throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Karhu makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Dust throws a low kick but it's checked well by Karhu.
Dust throws a body kick that misses.
Dust jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karhu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dust lands a shoulder strike.
Dust lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Karhu.
Karhu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dust's elbow.
Karhu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Karhu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dust backwards.
Dust makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Karhu scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Dust tries a body shot but Karhu blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dust.
Karhu misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dust misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dust scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dust lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karhu backwards.
Dust working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dust escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karhu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dust connects with a body shot.
Karhu misses with a low kick.
Karhu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dust swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dust tries to land a leg kick but Karhu saw it coming and moves away.
Dust moves out of range of the strikes.
Dust quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Dust takes a swing at Karhu's ribcage but misses.
Dust scores with a jab to the body.
Karhu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dust shoots in for a double leg but Karhu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Karhu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karhu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dust moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karhu looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dust misses with a straight left.
Karhu feints the counter takedown.
Karhu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dust moves out of range of the strikes.
Karhu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dust misses with a double jab.
Karhu ducks under a wild hook from Dust.
Dust looks to land a left hand but Karhu moved out of range nicely.
Dust keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Karhu takes a swing at Dust's ribcage but misses.
Dust slips under a jab from Karhu.
Dust feinted with a counter takedown.
Dust throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dust lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dust.
Karhu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dust lands with a nice body kick.
Karhu moves away from the strike by Dust.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karhu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dust throws a hook but Karhu blocks it.
Karhu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dust.
Karhu scores with a shot to the body.
Karhu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dust stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dust looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dust feints and then cracks Karhu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karhu down.
Dust throws a solid leg kick but Karhu takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dust.
Karhu tries a head kick but it misses.
Dust gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karhu.
Dust is looking to score with low kicks.
Dust throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dust blocks a head kick by Karhu.
Dust lands a nice looking kick to the body. Karhu takes a step back to recover.
Dust shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Karhu is trying to defend but Dust finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Star Dust dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Dust looking to score a takedown here. Karhu is defending well but Dust drives through and ends up in Karhu's guard.
Karhu is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dust wants to get back to full guard.
Dust gets back to full guard.
Dust is looking to sweep but instead, Karhu has passed into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karhu controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust is pressing down on Karhu's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Karhu's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dust is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karhu can do to turn this around?
Karhu trying to control the position from guard on top but Dust is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dust escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Karhu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dust throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Karhu throwing strikes but missing.
Dust keeping moving, preventing Karhu from controlling successfully.
Dust looking to hit a scissor sweep but Karhu is one step ahead there.
Dust is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Karhu defends well.
Dust is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dust is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Karhu is aware though and is defending well.
Karhu trying to control but Dust is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Star Dust is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Karhu.
Dust swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dust misses with the body kick
and Karhu counters with a leg kick.
Dust takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dust chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karhu can pounce on him.
Karhu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karhu wants to land a leg kick but Dust is out of range.
Karhu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karhu throws a wild body kick that Dust sees coming a mile off.
Karhu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dust moves away.
Karhu connects with a solid leg kick.
Karhu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dust throws a hook to the side of Karhu's head but Karhu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karhu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karhu stuns Dust with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Karhu defending well as Dust loads up on a big left hand.
Karhu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dust throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Karhu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Dust throws a leg kick but Karhu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dust misses with a looping left.
Karhu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dust tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dust throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dust takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Karhu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dust lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dust checks a leg kick.
Karhu throws a big shot that misses.
Karhu is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Dust rather than just go for the knockout.
Karhu thuds his right hand into Dust's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dust avoids the body shot from Karhu.
Dust tries to counter with a takedown but Karhu is quick to defend against it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karhu throws a front kick aimed at Dust's knee but Dust avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Dust. That snapped Karhu's head back.
Dust gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Karhu to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karhu lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dust is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dust is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Karhu is working Dust over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Star Dust overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dust escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Karhu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dust has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Karhu is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Dust.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dust manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Karhu has hold of Dust's hands but Dust slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Karhu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dust slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Dust pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Karhu is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karhu lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dust keeping full guard, as Karhu tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karhu postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dust is looking for a triangle here but Karhu uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Karhu scoring with punches from side control.
Karhu wants to control but Dust is keeping him busy.
Dust is trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karhu connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dust some visible discomfort.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antti Karhu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Karhu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Karhu!
Antti Karhu tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sam Quint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aslak Aas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aas has chosen Nunnuka Nunnuka as his entrance music. Aslak Aas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sam Quint's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sam Quint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aslak Aas!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aas ducks under a wild hook from Quint.
Aas is trying to counter with his kicks.
Quint ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quint jabs Aas right on the nose. Aas blinks but takes it well.
Quint throws a wild body kick that Aas sees coming a mile off.
Aas checks a leg kick nicely.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aas moves out of range of the leg kick from Quint.
Aas tries a quick counter leg kick but Quint is wise to it.
Sam Quint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quint lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Aas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quint throws out the jab.
Aas has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aas takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Quint misses with a low kick as Aas jumps back.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aas! But no joy.
Quint pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aas! But no joy.
Aas swings for the body but Quint moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint misses with a looping right.
Quint throws a right hand that Aas ducks under and follows up with a left that Aas also avoids with ease.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quint cracks a nice hook into Aas's ribs.
Quint misses the jab.
Quint throws a leg kick
and Aas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice shot lands for Quint.
Quint throws a lazy head kick
and Aas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quint misses with an uppercut.
Aas flicks out a counter leg kick but Quint steps away.
Aas cracks Quint with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Quint misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aas.
Quint misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Aas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quint just misses with a punch to the body.
Aas thinks about the counter body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quint misses with an uppercut
letting Aas counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aas checks a leg kick.
Quint looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Quint tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aas throws an overhand right that lands on Quint's shoulder, as Quint tries to avoid the shot.
Aas moves out of range of the body kick from Quint.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aas! But no joy.
Quint with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Aas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A head kick misses from Quint.
Aas ducks under a wild hook from Quint.
Aas replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Quint blocks it well.
Quint lunges at Aas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Aas's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quint fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Aas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quint.
Aas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quint looks to throw a body kick
and Aas counters with a straight right hand.
Quint keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Aas defending well as Quint loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Aas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Quint fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Aas checks it well.
Quint throws a sloppy head kick and Aas moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Aas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Quint throws a right hand that Aas ducks under and follows up with a left that Aas also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aas! But no joy.
Quint throws a leg kick
letting Aas counter with a right hand.
It looks like Sam Quint has been cut.
Quint just misses with a punch to the body.
It seemed like Aas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aas blocks the body kick.
Aas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quint throws a leg kick
and Aas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aas throws a head kick but Quint moves out of range.
Quint misses with a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Quint misses the target.
Quint gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Aas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Quint.
Quint finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Quint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aas manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Quint dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Quint's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Quint scores with a head kick. Aas tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Quint misses with a body kick.
Quint feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aas's calf.
Quint misses with a low kick as Aas jumps back.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Aas might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Quint has got the better of the exchanges.
Quint throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Aas to counter with a crisp jab.
Aas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quint misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Quint is predictable there
and Aas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quint misses with a right hand
and Aas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quint is rocked!
Aas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Quint is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Quint throws a leg kick
and Aas counters with a slapping leg kick.
A cross from Quint lands.
Quint seems to have got his legs back now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quint lands with a nice body punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quint 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 Aas has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aas and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A little jabbing left from Aas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quint throws a leg kick which misses Aas's front leg but catches the back leg as Aas tries to avoid it.
Quint lands a leg kick that knocks Aas off balance momentarily.
Sam Quint is winning the standup battle so far.
Good work by Aas as he checks the leg kick.
Aas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quint tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aas is able to avoid easily.
Quint will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Quint lands a head kick!
Aas ducks under a wild hook from Quint.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Aas! But no joy.
Aas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Quint throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Aas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Quint, right into the meat.
Quint scores with a jab.
Quint misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Quint - just one landing.
A slow jab from Quint misses its intended target.
It seemed like Aas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Quint misses.
Aas walks into a straight right hand from Quint.
Aas checks the leg kick.
Quint connects with a high kick.
Aas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Quint.
Quint lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Aas at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Aas steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Quint scores with a shot to the body.
Quint throws a nice inside leg kick.
Aas loads up on a big right hand but Quint slips the punch.
Quint feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Quint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quint is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aas can do to turn this around?
Quint throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Aas does it's job there.
Quint throws a lazy uppercut
and Aas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A low kick from Quint is predictable there
and Aas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aas lands a really nice looking cross but Quint seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quint lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quint tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aas was well out of range. Poor timing from Quint.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aas staying out of range there.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quint's head.
Aas jabs Quint right on the nose. Quint blinks but takes it well.
Quint bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Quint.
Aas slips a jab from Quint.
Aas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Aas avoids the body shot from Quint.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Aas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quint throws out the jab.
Aas throws out a counter right but Quint avoids it with no problem.
Quint takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Quint dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sam Quint's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Aas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Quint fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aas is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Aas misses.
Aas ducks under a wild hook from Quint.
Quint shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A low kick from Quint misses
enabling Aas to counter with a crisp jab.
Quint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aas.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quint tries to land a front kick but Aas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quint lands a glancing blow to the side of Aas's head.
Quint tries a head kick but it misses.
A little jabbing left from Aas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aas throws a good cross that connects.
Quint fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aas looks to land a body kick but Quint moved away.
Quint misses with a head kick.
A little jabbing left from Aas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quint misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Aas to counter with a crisp jab.
Quint throws a hook but Aas avoids it easily.
Aas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quint throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Aas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Quint misses the shot to the body.
Aas throws a big counter head kick but Quint avoids it with no problem.
Quint throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quint cracks Aas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Quint misses with a right hand
letting Aas counter with a right hand.
Aslak Aas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sam Quint is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quint throws an overhand right that lands on Aas's shoulder, as Aas tries to avoid the shot.
Aas throws out a counter right but Quint avoids it with no problem.
Quint misses with a hook.
Quint waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aas.
Aas only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aas blocks the body kick.
Quint looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aas blocks a head kick by Quint.
Quint throws a shot from downtown. Aas moves away and avoids it.
Aas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Quint misses with a leg kick
and Aas counters with a nice body kick.
Aas misses with a straight right.
Quint swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aas follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Quint thows a leg kick but Aas checks it
and Aas counters with a leg kick.
Aas throws the left hand but Quint avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Quint misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Quint.
Aas slips under a jab.
Aas appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Quint blocks a jab.
Quint takes a swing at Aas's ribcage but misses.
Quint tests Aas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Quint thumps Aas with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Quint, as that shot connected.
Aas misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quint throws a sloppy head kick and Aas moves out of range easily.
Quint gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Aas counters with a stiff right hand.
Quint scores with a leg kick.
Aas misses with a looping right.
Quint missing with a left hand there. Aas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Quint goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Quint throws a low kick, looking for Aas's leg but Aas calmly moves out of range.
A nice side step and Aas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Quint lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quint takes one to the side of the head.
Quint throws a low kick, looking for Aas's leg but Aas calmly moves out of range.
Aas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quint scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Quint showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Quint 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Quint!
In his post fight interview, Sam Quint started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zlatan Spazstor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ugor Makinwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Spazstor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to 2Pac feat. T.I. - Changed Man (Jazze Pha Remix). Ugor Makinwa has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Zlatan Spazstor's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Zlatan Spazstor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ugor Makinwa!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spazstor will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Spazstor fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Makinwa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Spazstor seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Spazstor avoids a kick to the body.
Makinwa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've been informed that Makinwa 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.
Makinwa throws a chopping leg kick but Spazstor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Makinwa throws the left hand but Spazstor avoids the punch easily.
Spazstor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Makinwa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Spazstor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Makinwa slips under a jab from Spazstor.
Spazstor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Zlatan Spazstor has been cut.
Spazstor cracks the inside of Makinwa's front leg.
Makinwa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Makinwa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spazstor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spazstor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Spazstor checks a leg kick.
Makinwa throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makinwa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Spazstor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Makinwa.
Spazstor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Spazstor turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Spazstor jabs Makinwa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Makinwa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Spazstor's calf.
Makinwa checks a leg kick.
Spazstor scores with a spinning back kick!
Spazstor throws a low kick, looking for Makinwa's leg but Makinwa calmly moves out of range.
Spazstor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Makinwa avoids the body shot from Spazstor.
A countering left hand to the body from Makinwa misses.
Makinwa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spazstor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makinwa throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Spazstor makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Makinwa really felt that one!
Makinwa slips a straight right by Spazstor.
Makinwa lands with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spazstor throws a low kick but Makinwa avoids it.
Spazstor throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Makinwa to counter with a crisp jab.
Makinwa looks to score with a jab to the body but Spazstor is just out of range.
Spazstor is looking to land body kicks.
Makinwa is looking to score with low kicks.
It looked like Spazstor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Spazstor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Makinwa.
Spazstor is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from Spazstor.
Makinwa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Spazstor is out of range and Makinwa settles back down.
Spazstor misses with a wild body shot.
Makinwa staying out of range there.
Spazstor with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Makinwa to score with a decent uppercut.
Spazstor lands with a right hand.
Makinwa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Makinwa misses with a body shot.
Makinwa checks the leg kick.
Spazstor connects with a right hand. Makinwa shakes it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spazstor takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Spazstor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spazstor lands a body shot.
Spazstor pivots, looking for a leg kick but Makinwa is out of range and Spazstor settles back down.
Spazstor misses with a looping left.
Spazstor looks to score with a jab to the body but Makinwa is just out of range.
Makinwa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Makinwa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Spazstor on the side of the head.
Spazstor feints and then cracks Makinwa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Makinwa down.
Makinwa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Spazstor cracks Makinwa with an open hand slap.
Spazstor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Spazstor lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Spazstor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makinwa.
Makinwa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spazstor thumps Makinwa with a low kick.
Makinwa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Makinwa misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Spazstor.
Spazstor lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Makinwa.
Makinwa lands with a good body shot.
Makinwa just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Spazstor darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Makinwa slips a jab from Spazstor.
Makinwa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spazstor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Spazstor is looking to counter punch.
Spazstor scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Makinwa tries to land a front kick but Spazstor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Spazstor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A swing and a miss from Makinwa.
Spazstor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
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 Zlatan Spazstor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zlatan Spazstor's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Spazstor avoids a kick to the body.
Spazstor scores with the left hand. Makinwa knows he should have avoided that one.
Makinwa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Spazstor cracks Makinwa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Spazstor connects with a single shot there.
Makinwa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spazstor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Spazstor stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Makinwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spazstor moves away.
Spazstor scores with a shot to the body.
Makinwa checks a low kick from Spazstor.
Spazstor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Makinwa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Spazstor 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.
Spazstor misses with a left hand
and Makinwa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Spazstor's knee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spazstor connects with a body shot that sends Makinwa's belly button to the back.
Makinwa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Spazstor wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makinwa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Spazstor blocking the ground and pound attempt from Makinwa.
Makinwa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Makinwa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spazstor defending well though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Spazstor regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Makinwa.
Makinwa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
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.
Spazstor controlling the position.
Spazstor is looking to stand up but Makinwa isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Spazstor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spazstor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Makinwa can do to turn this around?
Spazstor looks to score with a jab to the body but Makinwa is just out of range.
Makinwa throws a counter combo.
Makinwa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Makinwa with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Spazstor walks into a left hand.
An inside leg kick from Spazstor misses.
Spazstor works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Spazstor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Makinwa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Spazstor.
Makinwa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Spazstor.
Makinwa unleashes a big counter combination but Spazstor bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Spazstor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Makinwa.
Spazstor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Makinwa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa misses the jab.
Spazstor misses with a straight left.
Spazstor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Makinwa misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Makinwa misses.
Spazstor throws a body shot but no joy.
Spazstor misses with a lunging right hand
and Makinwa counters with an outside leg kick.
Spazstor tests Makinwa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Makinwa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Spazstor is out of range.
Spazstor tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Makinwa was well out of range. Poor timing from Spazstor.
A nice side step and Makinwa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Spazstor misses with a low kick.
Makinwa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Makinwa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Makinwa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spazstor.
Spazstor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa staying out of range there.
Despite the aggression on Makinwa's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Spazstor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spazstor throws an overhand right that lands on Makinwa's shoulder, as Makinwa tries to avoid the shot.
Makinwa throws a body punch but Spazstor moves out of range.
Spazstor looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Spazstor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Makinwa throws out the jab.
Makinwa throws a solid leg kick but Spazstor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Makinwa.
An inside leg kick from Spazstor misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Makinwa.
Makinwa takes one to the chin there.
Spazstor scores with a hook to the body. Makinwa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Spazstor looks to land a combination but Makinwa avoids it well.
Makinwa tries to land a leg kick but Spazstor saw it coming and moves away.
Spazstor throwing a counter right hand but Makinwa manages to avoid it.
Spazstor bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spazstor misses the shot to the body.
Spazstor misses with a wild body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zlatan Spazstor dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zlatan Spazstor's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Spazstor throws a lazy right hand but Makinwa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Makinwa lands with a good body shot.
Spazstor throws a sloppy body shot
and Makinwa finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Spazstor jabs Makinwa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Makinwa cracks a nice hook into Spazstor's ribs.
Makinwa scoring well with a low kick there.
Spazstor throws out a leg kick but Makinwa moves out of range and Spazstor only half commits.
Makinwa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A left and a right from Makinwa both land. Nice combination.
Makinwa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Makinwa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Makinwa throws a leg kick but Spazstor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Spazstor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
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!
Makinwa scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spazstor looks to land a left hand but Makinwa moved out of range nicely.
Makinwa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Makinwa scores with a jab to the body.
Spazstor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice body kick from Makinwa.
Spazstor misses with an uppercut.
Makinwa loads up on a big right hand but Spazstor slips the punch.
Makinwa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Makinwa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spazstor. That did some damage!
Nice body punch from Makinwa.
Makinwa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Spazstor takes a swing at Makinwa's ribcage but misses.
Spazstor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Makinwa checks it well.
Spazstor takes one to the chin there.
Spazstor misses with a left hand
and Makinwa counters with a straight right hand.
Ugor Makinwa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makinwa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Makinwa tries to bum rush Spazstor with a series of wild strikes but Spazstor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Makinwa swinging wildly here.
Makinwa avoids the body shot from Spazstor.
Zlatan Spazstor is winning the standup battle so far.
Spazstor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Spazstor walks into a straight right hand from Makinwa.
Spazstor throws a hook to the side of Makinwa's head but Makinwa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Spazstor throws a leg kick that misses.
Makinwa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Spazstor momentarily.
Spazstor is rocked!
Spazstor lands with a hook. Makinwa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Spazstor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makinwa.
An attempted straight right counter from Spazstor misses the target.
Spazstor scores with a hook to the body. Makinwa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Makinwa connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spazstor throws a jab but it's blocked by Makinwa.
Makinwa lands a big right hand that sends Spazstor crashing to the mat! Makinwa stays standing though and waves Spazstor back to his feet!
Oh Spazstor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Makinwa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spazstor throws a leg kick that is checked
and Makinwa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Makinwa misses with a leg kick.
Spazstor lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Spazstor connects with a body shot.
Spazstor seems to have got his legs back now.
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!
Spazstor is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Makinwa Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Spazstor is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ugor Makinwa!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Puntti Manne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dickie Dirty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manne comes to the cage accompanied by Edguy - Two Out of Seven. Dirty has chosen Dear Penis - Country song as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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146 lbs
26 - 9 - 0 |
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155 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Puntti Manne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dickie Dirty!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manne connects with a body shot.
Dirty throws a hook but Manne blocks it.
Manne digs a good body shot into Dirty's ribs.
A jab from Manne misses.
Jab from Dirty.
Manne lands a jab to the head.
Dirty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dirty lands a right hook to the body.
Manne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dirty checks a leg kick nicely.
Dirty works the jab nicely.
Manne on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Puntti Manne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dirty misses with a looping right.
Nice body punch from Manne.
Manne lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manne throws a body punch but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manne misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manne lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne misses with a straight right.
Manne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dirty was well out of range. Poor timing from Manne.
Manne avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Manne thows a leg kick but Dirty checks it
and Manne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dirty just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Manne.
Dirty has closed the distance and engaged Manne in a clinch.
Dirty blocks a body shot from Manne.
Manne tries to throw a body punch but Dirty avoids it by throwing Manne back against the cage.
A short left from Dirty.
Manne tries to work over Dirty's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Manne.
Manne prevents a body shot from Dirty.
Manne works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manne blocks a body shot from Dirty.
Manne throws a head punch that misses.
Manne is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dirty.
Dirty blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Dirty.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dirty's elbow.
Dirty goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dirty misses with a body punch.
Manne presses Dirty against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dirty tries to work over Manne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manne misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Dirty.
Manne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manne needs to keep his hands up - Dirty had a free shot at his head there.
Dirty lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Manne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dirty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Manne throws the left hand but Dirty avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dirty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dirty scores with a sloppy right hand. Manne should have avoided that one.
Manne swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manne is looking to wear down Dirty with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manne. Dirty does a little dance to reset his feet.
Manne misses with a looping left.
Dirty throws a lazy right hand but Manne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dirty is looking to clinch but Manne is avoiding it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Manne.
Manne moves out of range of the strikes.
Manne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A telegraphed right hand from Manne misses the target.
Dirty cracks Manne with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Dirty.
Dirty misses with a right hand
and Manne counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dirty gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne works his way into side control.
Manne throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manne working away.
Manne is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dirty knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manne wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dirty, who protects the arm well.
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 Puntti Manne will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Manne throws the kick towards the body but Dirty avoids it.
Jab by Dirty.
A nice combination there by Manne.
Dirty throws a good cross that connects.
Dirty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Manne lands a lovely overhand right.
Dirty avoids the body shot from Manne.
Dirty throws a counter combo.
Manne pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dirty feints a counter leg kick.
Dirty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dirty fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Manne sprawls well initially but Dirty persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dirty tries to pass the half guard into mount. Manne knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Dirty perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dirty is keen to just control but Manne is a slippery customer.
Manne works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne working a defensive guard but Dirty passes into half guard.
Dirty takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Manne tries to get to full guard but Dirty has control of the leg.
Dirty wants to control but Manne is keeping him busy.
Manne makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Manne.
Manne keeping full guard, as Dirty tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Manne pulls Dirty in close to prevent any damage.
Dirty trying to control the position from guard on top but Manne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dirty misses with an uppercut.
Dirty misses with a wild body shot.
Manne tried to counter with a leg kick but Dirty avoided it.
Manne throws a solid leg kick but Dirty takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Manne.
Dirty feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mannes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Manne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Manne throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Dirty tenderised Manne's leg. Manne is trying to keep his angry face on.
Manne throws a right hand that misses
and Dirty counters with a left to the body.
Manne swings widly with a right hand
and Dirty counters with a low kick, right behind Manne 's knee.
Manne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dirty counters with a straight right hand.
Manne lands with an uppercut that bounces Dirty off the cage and back into range.
Dirty with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Manne to score with a decent uppercut.
Dirty misses with an uppercut.
And Manne counters with a quick kick to the body but Dirty blocks it.
Dirty moves out of range of the body kick.
Dickie Dirty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dirty lands with a straight right. Manne didn't see that one coming.
Dirty blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Manne misses
and Dirty counters with a nice uppercut.
Dirty tries to clinch up but Manne circles away and keeps his distance.
Manne appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Dirty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Manne is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dirty looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dirty misses with a straight left.
Manne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manne ducks under a wild hook from Dirty.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manne looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Manne rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dirty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dirty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manne manages to avoid it.
Dirty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manne throws a low kick, looking for Dirty's leg but Dirty calmly moves out of range.
Dirty throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dirty can pounce on him.
Dirty tries to clinch but Manne moves out of range.
Manne misses with a low kick.
Dirty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manne throws a head kick that Dirty semi-blocks.
Dirty cracks Manne with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Manne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dirty manages to avoid it.
Dirty has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Dirty misses with a body shot.
Manne throws the kick towards the body but Dirty avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dickie Dirty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A bone on bone clash there as Manne blocks the leg kick.
Dirty is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manne.
Manne takes one to the chin there.
A slow jab from Manne misses its intended target.
Manne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dirty.
Dirty swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Manne.
Manne takes a swing at Dirty's ribcage but misses.
Dirty throws out a loose jab but Manne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Manne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manne swings for the body but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dirty moves out of range of the leg kick from Manne.
Manne throws a poor cross that misses
and Dirty counters with a good low kick that Manne was not able to check.
Manne scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Manne misses with a kick to the body
and Dirty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manne takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab from Manne.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dirty.
Manne throws a body kick that misses
and Dirty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Manne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manne scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Dirty moves out of range easily.
Dirty is looking to clinch.
Dirty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dirty throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dirty looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dirty misses with a straight right.
Dirty takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dirty swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Manne throws a leg kick that misses.
Manne throws a sloppy head kick and Dirty moves out of range easily.
Dirty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dirty pivots, looking for a leg kick but Manne is out of range and Dirty settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne misses with a looping right.
Manne throws a push kick but Dirty slaps the foot to one side.
Dirty wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dirty digs a good body shot into Manne's ribs.
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!
Dirty misses with a looping left.
Manne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Manne walks into a stiff left hand from Dirty.
A slow jab from Manne misses its intended target.
Dirty blocks a head kick by Manne.
Dirty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dirty throws a leg kick
and Manne counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dirty won't be happy with that.
Dirty tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Manne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Manne trying to control the position but Dirty is working away.
Dirty sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne with the ground and pound but Dirty uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Manne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dirty is pulling down on Manne's head. It's preventing any offense from Manne, at least for the moment.
Dirty bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Manne's guard.
Dirty slips nicely into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dirty looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Manne looking for submissions off his back.
Dirty uses his free foot to push down on Manne's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Manne.
Dirty controlling from mount.
Dirty wants to control the pace but Manne is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Dickie Dirty just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dirty fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dirty slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Manne throws a hook but Dirty blocks it.
Dirty unleashes a big counter combination but Manne bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Manne throws a body shot but no joy.
Dirty tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dirty lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dirty dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manne tries to move into range but Dirty moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manne shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Manne was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Manne trying to control the action but Dirty is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dirty tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Manne wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Dirty takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Manne working the ground and pound.
Manne laying and praying for a moment but Dirty takes advantage and regains half guard.
Dirty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.
Dirty avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Manne.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dirty trying to control here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Manne lands a nice short elbow.
Manne missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dirty is looking to control Manne's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dirty avoid being mounted?
Dirty desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dirty trying to hold on to Manne's head to control him but Manne postures up.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manne performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dirty just misses with a punch to the body.
Manne scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Manne scores with a hook to the body. Dirty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Manne with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dirty connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slapping body kick lands there for Manne.
Nice straight punches there by Dirty. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dirty.
Dirty scores with a nice right hand.
Manne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Manne throws a body kick that misses
enabling Dirty to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manne.
Dirty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dirty lunges at Manne with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manne's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manne throws a head kick but Dirty moves out of range.
Manne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dirty moves away.
Dirty slips under a jab from Manne.
Manne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dirty.
Dirty gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Manne throws a leg kick which misses Dirty's front leg but catches the back leg as Dirty tries to avoid it.
Manne is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Manne shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Manne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Manne lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dirty will feel that in the morning.
Manne throws an off balance right hand
and Dirty counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Puntti Manne will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Dirty rushes Manne and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dirty fails to land.
Manne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dirty lands an overhand right.
Manne throws a jab when Dirty was well out of range.
Dirty ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Manne moves away.
Dirty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Manne misses with a double jab
and Dirty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manne looks to land a body kick but Dirty moved away.
Manne throws a looping overhand right but Dirty ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dirty throws out the jab.
A cross from Dirty lands.
The fighters circling - Dirty throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manne uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dirty.
Dirty misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manne throws a right and a left that both miss.
Manne throws a lazy uppercut
and Dirty counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dirty throws the left hand but Manne avoids the punch easily.
Manne fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dirty just manages to avoid it.
Manne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dirty avoids a kick to the body.
Dirty looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Manne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dirty dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Manne. That did some damage!
Manne lunges at Dirty with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dirty's hand.
Manne looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dirty takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dirty throws a solid leg kick but Manne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dirty.
Dirty jabs Manne right on the nose. Manne blinks but takes it well.
Manne misses with an uppercut.
Dirty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Manne motions for Dirty to come forward. Manne throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Manne checks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Manne on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manne ducks right into an uppercut from Dirty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirty jabs at Manne's body.
Dirty ducks under a wild hook from Manne.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dirty! But no joy.
Manne works the jab nicely.
Manne takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Dirty.
Manne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Manne lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Manne misses the target.
Good leg kick by Dirty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dirty ducks under a wild hook from Manne.
A little jabbing left from Dirty on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Manne tries a head kick but it misses.
Manne keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick from Manne lands but Dirty takes it in his stride.
Dirty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Dirty misses.
Manne fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Dirty let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Manne throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Dirty to counter with a crisp jab.
Dirty throws a leg kick but Manne moved away.
Dirty feints and then cracks Manne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Manne down.
Manne throws a right hand that misses
and Dirty counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dirty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Dirty lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manne at a distance.
Dirty looks to land a right hand but Manne moved out of range.
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manne.
Dirty connects with a solid leg kick.
Manne scores with a push kick.
Dirty thumps Manne with a low kick.
Manne paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Manne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manne scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manne walks into a left hand.
Dirty is looking to chop away at Manne's legs.
Manne thows a leg kick but Dirty checks it
and Dirty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Manne defending well as Dirty loads up on a big left hand.
Manne throws a head kick that misses
and Dirty counters with a nice uppercut.
Manne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dirty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Manne manages to avoid it.
Dirty comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manne looks for the body kick but Dirty saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dirty! But no joy.
Manne lands a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Manne.
Manne's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dirty under the eye.
Manne cracks the inside of Dirty's front leg.
Manne takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dickie Dirty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dirty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dickie Dirty!
Dickie Dirty seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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