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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Linkin Portier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Dean Rockefeller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rockefeller has chosen Kreator - Violent Revolution as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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23 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
30 - 20 - 2, fighting out of New York, Linkin Portier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, James Dean Rockefeller!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockefeller moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rockefeller slips under a jab.
Rockefeller swinging wildly here.
Rockefeller has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A good leg kick by Portier.
Rockefeller avoids the head kick by Portier.
Portier closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rockefeller misses with a punch to the body.
Portier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Portier scores with a shot to the side of Rockefeller's head.
Rockefeller lands an uppercut.
Portier can't find room to land a body shot as Rockefeller controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Portier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rockefeller tries to work over Portier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Portier misses with some punches.
Rockefeller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rockefeller struggles to land a body shot inside as Portier controls his hands.
Portier swings wildly with an uppercut but Rockefeller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rockefeller digs a right hand underneath Portier's ribcage. Portier let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Portier gets through Rockefeller's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Portier misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockefeller misses with a punch to the body.
Rockefeller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Portier working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Portier works on Rockefeller's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Portier.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Portier throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockefeller.
Portier prevents a body shot from Rockefeller.
Portier lands a left hand.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rockefeller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rockefeller prevents a body shot from Portier.
Portier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rockefeller lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Portier.
Portier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Portier misses with a hook to the ribs.
Portier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Portier.
Portier misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Portier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Portier.
Portier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rockefeller can't find room to land a body shot as Portier controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Portier as Rockefeller tries to tie him up.
Portier tries to throw a body punch but Rockefeller avoids it by throwing Portier back against the cage.
Portier lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rockefeller backwards.
Portier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Portier.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Portier creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Portier misses with a punch on the inside.
Portier makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Portier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Portier misses with a punch on the inside.
Portier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Portier lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rockefeller lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rockefeller misses with the head strike.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Portier blocks a body shot from Rockefeller.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockefeller.
Portier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rockefeller blocks an uppercut.
Rockefeller blocks a body shot from Portier.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Portier.
Portier misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Portier.
Portier misses with a short punch on the inside.
Portier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Portier.
Rockefeller lands with a light punch inside.
Rockefeller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Portier's elbow.
Rockefeller misses with a hook to the ribs.
Portier lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockefeller or not.
A nice left hand lands by Portier.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockefeller lands a shoulder strike.
Portier misses with a hook from the clinch.
Portier digs a right hand underneath Rockefeller's ribcage. Rockefeller let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Portier misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Portier throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockefeller.
A short right from Portier.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Portier lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rockefeller.
Rockefeller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Rockefeller.
Portier lands with a light punch inside.
Rockefeller tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Portier - that landed with a thud.
Portier pushes Rockefeller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rockefeller looks winded!
Portier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Portier scores with a nice hook to the head.
Portier misses with the head strike.
Rockefeller changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Portier fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rockefeller fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Portier checks it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Portier scores with a leg kick.
Portier fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rockefeller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Portier throws a hook to the side of Rockefeller's head but Rockefeller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Linkin Portier dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Portier throws a quick inside leg kick.
Portier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rockefeller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rockefeller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Portier throws a series of punches but Rockefeller moves out of range.
Rockefeller throws a hook to the side of Portier's head but Portier sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rockefeller throws a nice inside leg kick.
Portier turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Portier connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Portier throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rockefeller throws the kick towards the body but Portier avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Rockefeller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rockefeller looks to land a body kick but Portier moved away.
Portier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big left from Portier misses.
Portier takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rockefeller tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Portier lands a head shot.
Rockefeller closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Portier looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Portier waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rockefeller.
Portier scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rockefeller in his tracks.
Portier dodges the punch combination from Rockefeller.
Portier finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Portier throws a right hand that Rockefeller ducks under and follows up with a left that Rockefeller also avoids with ease.
Portier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Portier goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like James Dean Rockefeller has been cut.
Portier lands a glancing blow to the side of Rockefeller's head.
Portier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rockefeller fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Portier has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Portier on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rockefeller throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller feints and then cracks Portier's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Portier down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Portier.
Portier throws a hook to the side of Rockefeller's head but Rockefeller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Portier throws a right and a left that Rockefeller avoids nicely.
Linkin Portier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Portier loads up on a big right hand but Rockefeller slips the punch.
Rockefeller throws a series of punches but Portier avoids them all with ease.
Portier uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller throws a hook but Portier blocks it.
Nice jab there from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller tries to clinch but Portier moves out of range.
Rockefeller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Portier misses with a series of wild punches.
Portier throws a lazy right hand but Rockefeller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Portier throws a right hand that Rockefeller ducks under and follows up with a left that Rockefeller also avoids with ease.
Rockefeller tries to counter with a clinch but Portier shakes him off and moves away.
Rockefeller throws a low kick but Portier moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller looks to land a body kick but Portier moved away.
Portier lands with a good body shot.
Portier throws a hook but Rockefeller blocks it.
A combination from Portier does no damage.
Portier moves out of range of the leg kick from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller throws a shot to the body.
Portier is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rockefeller can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by Portier. Beautiful body shot.
Portier throws a looping overhand right but Rockefeller ducks down to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rockefeller.
Portier throws a nice looking combination but Rockefeller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rockefeller takes a swing at Portier's ribcage but misses.
Rockefeller slips a straight right by Portier.
Portier cracks Rockefeller with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Portier is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rockefeller fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Portier.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockefeller throws a hook to the side of Portier's head but Portier sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Portier throws a head kick that misses.
Portier will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rockefeller lands with a nice body kick.
Linkin Portier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rockefeller swings for the body but Portier moves out of range.
Rockefeller thows a left - swing and a miss!
Portier fails to land with a series of punches.
Rockefeller throws a body kick that misses.
Portier misses with a double jab
letting Rockefeller counter with a right hand.
Portier cracks a nice hook into Rockefeller's ribs.
Linkin Portier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Portier throws a nice inside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Rockefeller misses the target.
Rockefeller misses with an uppercut.
Portier seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Linkin Portier dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Dean Rockefeller's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Portier thows a leg kick but Rockefeller checks it
and Rockefeller counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Portier trying to control the position.
Rockefeller throws a big elbow that misses.
Rockefeller is fighting to break Portier's control of his arms but Portier is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Portier avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Portier wants to sweep here but Rockefeller controlling him for the moment.
Portier controls Rockefeller momentarily but Rockefeller frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Portier preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Portier utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rockefeller wants to control from the top but Portier keeps moving.
Portier tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Portier is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice uppercut there from Portier.
Portier is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Portier gets caught napping as Rockefeller dives in and scores a takedown. Portier manages to retain guard.
Portier has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Rockefeller has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Portier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rockefeller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Portier's elbow.
Portier can't find room to land a body shot as Rockefeller controls the action.
Rockefeller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rockefeller misses with a body punch.
Portier tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Portier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rockefeller goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rockefeller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Portier's elbow.
Rockefeller tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Portier's elbow.
Rockefeller lands a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Portier prevents a body shot from Rockefeller.
Portier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Portier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
James Dean Rockefeller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Portier working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Portier.
Portier prevents a body shot from Rockefeller.
Portier misses with the head strike.
Rockefeller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rockefeller blocks a body shot from Portier.
Rockefeller is trying to stall.
Rockefeller misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rockefeller tries to work over Portier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Portier lands with a light punch inside.
Portier pushes Rockefeller back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rockefeller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rockefeller can't find room to land a body shot as Portier controls the action.
Portier prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Portier.
Portier blocks a body shot from Rockefeller.
Rockefeller works on Portier's body with a couple of short punches.
Rockefeller blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Portier lands a hook to the side of the head.
Portier has a couple of punches blocked by Rockefeller.
Rockefeller turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rockefeller manages to end up in side control.
Rockefeller creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Portier is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Rockefeller trying to control the action but Portier is working from the bottom.
Portier avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rockefeller.
James Dean Rockefeller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Portier tries to improve position but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Portier is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Portier wants to control but Rockefeller postures up.
Rockefeller throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
What's Portier going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Portier tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rockefeller wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
You can see the frustration on Portier's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Portier avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rockefeller.
Rockefeller working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Linkin Portier.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Portier, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Linkin Portier!
A victorious Linkin Portier thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jucal Jabneel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mellow Mood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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278 lbs
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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
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jucal Jabneel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mellow Mood!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabneel looks to throw the jab but Mood is out of range.
Jabneel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mood finds it's way round the side to connect with Jabneel's head.
Jabneel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mood was well out of range. Poor timing from Jabneel.
Mood lands with a kick to the temple. Jabneel shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A solid leg kick lands there for Mood.
Mood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Mood on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mood misses with a straight right.
Jabneel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheers as Mood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jabneel doesn't seem phased though.
Jabneel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mood. Mood obviously looking to wear him down.
Jabneel throws a jab but it's blocked by Mood.
Jabneel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mood throws a body punch but Jabneel moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jabneel moves out of range as Mood strikes.
Mood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jabneel tries to clinch up but Mood circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mood swings for the body but Jabneel moves out of range.
Mood throws a hook but Jabneel avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Jabneel blocks the leg kick.
Mood's coach down at Brutal Force Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Mood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Mood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jabneel's sensitive parts.
Mood throws a leg kick but Jabneel moved away.
Mood lunges at Jabneel with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jabneel's hand.
Mellow Mood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mood looks to throw the jab but Jabneel is out of range.
Jabneel ducks under a wild hook from Mood.
Jabneel blocks a leg kick.
Jabneel lands a slapping body shot.
Mood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've been hearing reports that Jabneel has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jabneel. Jabneel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick misses from Mood.
Jabneel tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mood swivels and escapes.
Jabneel throws a body kick that misses.
Good work by Mood as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mellow Mood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Mood.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mood throws out a powerful jab.
Mood lands a jab to Jabneel's midsection.
Mood defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jabneel.
Mood throws a jab when Jabneel was well out of range.
Jabneel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jabneel takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A cross from Mood lands.
Jabneel loads up on a big right hand but Mood slips the punch.
Mood throws a head kick that misses.
Jabneel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mood has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jabneel.
Jabneel just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mood throws a wild body kick that Jabneel sees coming a mile off.
Mood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mood throws a leg kick that misses.
Mood throws a leg kick but Jabneel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mood looks for the body kick but Jabneel saw that one coming.
Mood is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jabneel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jabneel lands with a good body shot.
Mood takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jabneel is looking to wear down Mood with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jabneel lands a jab to the head.
Mood throws a body punch but Jabneel moves out of range.
Jabneel shoots in looking for a takedown but Mood manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jabneel's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jucal Jabneel. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jabneel takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jabneel misses with a body shot.
Jabneel connects with a body shot that sends Mood's belly button to the back.
Jabneel swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Mood to counter with a crisp jab.
Jabneel drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jabneel closes the distance and clinches up with Mood, looking for a takedown. Jabneel pushes Mood against the cage but Mood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mood lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mood moves away.
Mood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mood wants it to stay on the feet.
Jabneel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jabneel is breathing heavily.
Mood gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jabneel to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jabneel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jabneel wants to control from the top but Mood keeps moving.
Mood has his hands on Jabneel's head, controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jabneel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mellow Mood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jabneel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Mood releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Jabneel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mood scores with a body shot.
Jabneel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jabneel tries to counter with a takedown but Mood is quick to defend against it.
Mood is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jabneel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mood manages to avoid it.
Jabneel throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mood's waist but Mood gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jabneel off to one side.
Mood cracks a nice hook into Jabneel's ribs.
Mood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jabneel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabneel looks to score with a jab to the body but Mood is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jabneel misses the target.
Mood tries a low kick but Jabneel avoids it.
Jabneel misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Mood misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabneel blocks a jab.
Mood moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Mood. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Jabneel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jabneel circles away quickly and effectively.
Good exchange - Jabneel coming out on top.
Jabneel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jabneel misses with the body kick
and Mood counters with a nice uppercut.
Mood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mood scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Mood misses its intended target.
A lazy body kick from Jabneel
and Mood counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick by Mood misses
and Jabneel counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mood is refusing to be controlled, as Jabneel sits in half guard.
Mood won't allow Jabneel to pass to mount.
Mood wants to improve his position but Jabneel is controlling well.
Jabneel wants to free his trapped foot but Mood is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jabneel works his way into side control.
Jabneel trying to control the position but Mood is working away.
Jabneel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mood being controlled for a moment.
Jabneel working the ground and pound but Mood is defending the strikes.
Jabneel tries to score with some ground and pound. Mood controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mood defending against the ground and pound.
Jabneel tries to score with some ground and pound. Mood controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Jabneel tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mood's legs.
Jabneel working away.
Mood prevents Jabneel from moving into mount.
Mood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jabneel trying to control the position but Mood is working away.
Jabneel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mood is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jabneel is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jabneel misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mood bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jabneel's head backwards.
Jabneel throws a body kick that misses.
Jabneel takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jabneel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mood throws a series of punches but Jabneel avoids them all with ease.
Mellow Mood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mood avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mellow Mood 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! This is the final round!
Jabneel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jabneel misses with a hook. Mood ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Mood.
Jabneel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jabneel throws a chopping leg kick but Mood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mood lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jabneel's sensitive parts.
Mood thows a leg kick but Jabneel checks it
and Jabneel counters with a takedown into side control.
Jabneel throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jabneel has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jabneel trying to control the action but Mood is working from the bottom.
Mood wants to get back to his feet but Jabneel drags him back down.
Jabneel is putting a hurting on Mood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jabneel slows the pace down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabneel throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jabneel tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jabneel wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mood keeps working.
Jabneel working the ground and pound but Mood is defending the strikes.
Jucal Jabneel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jabneel tries to advance to mount but Mood denies him.
Jabneel sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Mood is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Mellow Mood is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Mood taking a bit of punishment here - Jabneel scoring with strikes.
Jabneel working the ground and pound.
Jabneel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jabneel lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mood down.
Jabneel in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jabneel staying calm.
Mood avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jabneel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jabneel remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jabneel misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Jabneel moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Jabneel misses with the ground and pound.
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.
Jabneel misses with the ground and pound.
Jabneel cracks Mood with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jabneel trying to control the action but Mood is working from the bottom.
Mood taking a bit of punishment here - Jabneel scoring with strikes.
Jabneel trying to control the position but Mood is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jabneel with the ground and pound but Mood regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jucal Jabneel showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mood 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mellow Mood!
Our winner, Mellow Mood, 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Massey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Massey kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 5 minutes Alone. 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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185 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Massey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carl Woods!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woods moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Carl Woods has been cut.
Massey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Woods throws out the jab.
Massey fires out a quick counter leg kick but Woods just manages to avoid it.
Woods lands with a shot to the body.
Massey throws a head kick that misses.
Massey feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Woodss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Massey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Massey throws a shot to the body.
Massey moves into range and connects with a jab.
Massey just misses with a punch to the body.
Despite the aggression on Woods's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Massey misses with a hook to the body
and Woods counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A punch lands to the side of Massey 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Massey lands a head shot.
Woods throws an overhand right that lands on Massey's shoulder, as Massey tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Massey was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Woods.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Massey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Massey throws a big shot that misses.
Massey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Massey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Woods at a distance.
Woods throws a jab when Massey was well out of range.
Massey was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Woods throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Massey misses with a body shot.
Woods 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.
Woods throws an overhand right that lands on Massey's shoulder, as Massey tries to avoid the shot.
Massey connects with an inside leg kick.
Woods missing with a left hand there. Massey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Massey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Massey staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Massey throws a body punch but Woods moves out of range.
Woods takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Woods takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Woods bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Massey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Woods moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Massey throws a sloppy body shot
letting Woods counter with a right hand.
Woods throws out a loose jab but Massey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Massey lands a really nice looking cross but Woods seems unphased.
Massey throws a right and a left that Woods avoids nicely.
Woods throws a right hand that misses
and Massey counters with a nice body shot.
Massey slips a jab from Woods.
Massey tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massey connects with a good right hand that stumbles Woods. Woods circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That has opened up Carl Woods's cut even more.
Woods throws a jab when Massey was well out of range.
Woods misses with a lunging right hand
and Massey counters with a left to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Massey.
Massey throws a shot to the body.
Massey looks to score with a jab to the body but Woods is just out of range.
Woods loads up on a big right hand but Massey slips the punch.
Josh Massey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Woods throws a body punch but Massey moves out of range.
Massey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Massey throws a nice looking combination but Woods bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Woods let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Massey throws a nice looking combination but Woods bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Woods swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Massey misses with a shot to the body
and Woods counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Woods.
Woods breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Woods.
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!
Massey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Woods throws out the jab.
Massey misses with a hook. Woods ducked under it nicely.
Massey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Massey throws an overhand right that lands on Woods's shoulder, as Woods tries to avoid the shot.
Woods falls off balance throwing a combination
and Massey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Massey throws a leg kick that is checked
and Woods counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Woods tries to move into range but Massey moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Massey looks to score with a jab to the body but Woods is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Massey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Woods's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Massey thumps Woods with a low kick.
Woods throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Massey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Massey looks to land a combination but Woods avoids it well.
A jab lands there for Woods.
Massey moves out of range as Woods strikes.
Massey cracks Woods with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Woods - just one landing.
Massey looks to throw the jab but Woods is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woods misses with a straight left.
Woods keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Woods tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Massey misses.
It seemed like Woods was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods avoids the body shot from Massey.
Woods throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Josh Massey is winning the standup battle so far.
Massey looks to score with a jab to the body but Woods is just out of range.
Massey misses with a body shot.
Woods throws a lazy uppercut
and Massey counters with a solid body kick.
Massey tries a low kick but Woods avoids it.
A solid body kick from Massey.
Woods might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Woods misses with an uppercut
and Massey counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Woods is breathing heavily.
Massey lands with a shot to the body.
Woods blocks a head kick by Massey.
Woods swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Massey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Woods.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Massey lands with a right hand.
Massey misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Woods! But no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Massey. Woods does a little dance to reset his feet.
Woods swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Woods takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Woods fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Massey is looking to wear down Woods with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A telegraphed right hand from Woods misses the target.
Massey tries to bum rush Woods with a series of wild strikes but Woods uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Massey scores with a shot to the body.
Woods ducks right into an uppercut from Massey.
Massey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Woods has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Massey throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Woods is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Massey misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Woods counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Massey throws a sloppy head kick and Woods moves out of range easily.
It seemed like Woods was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Woods takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The cut above Carl Woods's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A punch lands to the side of Woods 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Massey lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Massey.
Massey lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Woods pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A quick step to the side and Massey tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Massey throws a lazy right hand but Woods sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Massey moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Massey.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Woods.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woods misses with a looping right.
Massey looks for the body kick but Woods saw that one coming.
Woods steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Massey.
Massey scores with a kick to the midsection.
Woods swings widly with a right hand
and Massey makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Massey throws an overhand right that lands on Woods's shoulder, as Woods tries to avoid the shot.
Woods on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carl Woods's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Massey lands a glancing blow to the side of Woods's head.
Woods is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Carl Woods's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Josh Massey!
An out of breath Josh Massey thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between ZaZa Mutombo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadim Nazarov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mutombo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wyclef Jean - 911. Nazarov comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Fade to Black" by Metallica kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ZaZa Mutombo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vadim Nazarov!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nazarov misses with a hook to the body
and Mutombo counters with a left to the body.
Nazarov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mutombo wants to clinch up but Nazarov keeps it at a distance.
Nazarov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mutombos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nazarov has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Mutombo misses with a left hand
and Nazarov counters with a stiff right hand.
Mutombo moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Mutombo.
Stalling in the clinch from Mutombo.
Nazarov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Mutombo to work.
Nazarov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mutombo gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mutombo prevents the takedown attempt.
I was talking to Mutombo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mutombo misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Nazarov.
A head punch on the inside from Mutombo fails to land.
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!
Nazarov scores with a hook to the body.
Nazarov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mutombo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutombo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nazarov moves away.
Mutombo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nazarov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nazarov throws out a counter right but Mutombo avoids it with no problem.
Mutombo scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nazarov throws a hook to the side of Mutombo's head but Mutombo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mutombo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nazarov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mutombo scores with a nice strike.
Mutombo scores with a nice strike.
Nazarov throws a looping overhand right but Mutombo ducks down to avoid it.
ZaZa Mutombo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nazarov cracks Mutombo with a good jab.
Mutombo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mutombo misses the body punch
and Nazarov counters with a series of strikes. Mutombo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mutombo darts in trying to clinch
and Nazarov counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo loads up on a big right hand but Nazarov slips the punch.
Mutombo doesn't manage to clinch there - Nazarov circles away.
Nazarov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A right-left combo lands from Mutombo.
Nazarov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nazarov scores with a jab. Mutombo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mutombo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nazarov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Mutombo.
Nazarov shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mutombo as he jumps to the side.
Mutombo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
ZaZa Mutombo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vadim Nazarov.
Mutombo darts in trying to clinch
and Nazarov counters with a straight right hand.
Nazarov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nazarov uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
ZaZa Mutombo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov looks to throw the jab but Mutombo is out of range.
Nazarov slips a straight right by Mutombo.
Nazarov moves out of range as Mutombo strikes.
A nice side step and Nazarov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nazarov moves away from the strike by Mutombo.
Nazarov drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Mutombo defends it well.
Nazarov misses with an uppercut. Mutombo saw that one coming.
Mutombo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Mutombo tries to land a body kick
and Nazarov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mutombo lands a high kick!
Mutombo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mutombo scores with a jab to the body.
Nazarov throws a body shot but no joy.
Mutombo throws a quick counter kick to the body but Nazarov avoids it.
A clash of legs there as Nazarov blocks the low kick.
Nice shot lands for Mutombo.
Nazarov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mutombo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nazarov somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nazarov's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mutombo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nazarov scrambles back to his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nazarov.
Mutombo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nazarov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mutombo rushes Nazarov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nazarov lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mutombo misses with some punches.
Nazarov tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mutombo wants to get back to striking at distance but Nazarov won't allow it.
Mutombo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nazarov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mutombo is looking to counter punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nazarov misses with a wild body shot.
Mutombo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nazarov counters with a nice uppercut.
Mutombo looks to land a body kick but Nazarov moved away.
Mutombo slips a straight right by Nazarov.
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 ZaZa Mutombo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mutombo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nazarov.
Mutombo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Nazarov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nazarov trying to control from half guard but Mutombo is working away.
Nazarov is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nazarov thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nazarov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nazarov missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazarov wants to take a breather but Mutombo is having none of it.
Nazarov thows a huge punch but Mutombo dodges it nicely.
Mutombo manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nazarov preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarov is fighting to break Mutombo's control of his arms but Mutombo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Nazarov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mutombo keeping moving, preventing Nazarov from controlling successfully.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Nazarov postures up in Mutombo's guard and throws a big left but Mutombo blocks it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mutombo scores with a kick to the midsection.
A punch combination from Mutombo misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nazarov. Mutombo does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Mutombo misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nazarov.
Mutombo half committed to a counter leg kick.
Mutombo misses with a leg kick.
ZaZa Mutombo is winning the standup battle so far.
Mutombo moves away from the strike by Nazarov.
Nazarov missing with a left hand there. Mutombo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mutombo lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Nazarov.
Mutombo closes the distance but Nazarov moves to the side
and Mutombo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nazarov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nazarov throws a sloppy body shot
and Mutombo counters with a good low kick that Nazarov was not able to check.
Mutombo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nazarov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A low kick from Mutombo misses
and Nazarov counters with a shoot takedown. Mutombo fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mutombo being controlled here, momentarily.
Nazarov throws an elbow that misses. Mutombo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Nazarov's guard. Nice move by Mutombo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo looking to sit in guard and control but Nazarov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nazarov trying to control but Mutombo is working from the bottom.
Nazarov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nazarov trying to control the position from guard on top but Mutombo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nazarov throws a strike but Mutombo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nazarov's guard.
Mutombo prevents Nazarov from improving his position.
Nazarov keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Mutombo is thwarting Nazarov's attempts to control the position.
Nazarov controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vadim Nazarov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Nazarov swinging wildly here.
A left and a right from Mutombo both land. Nice combination.
Mutombo throws a leg kick but Nazarov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nazarov steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mutombo.
Mutombo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nazarov, pushing him back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Nazarov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nazarov.
Nazarov takes a shot to the head.
Nazarov breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nazarov swings widly with a right hand
and Mutombo counters with a stiff right hand.
Mutombo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mutombo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mutombo throws a sloppy head kick
letting Nazarov counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazarov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mutombo. That's going to slow Nazarov down.
Mutombo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nazarov lands with a shot to the body.
Nazarov works Mutombo's body with a nice hook.
Nazarov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nazarov dips to his left and cracks Mutombo with an uppercut!
Mutombo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mutombo throws a poor cross that misses
and Nazarov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mutombo slips a jab and a cross from Nazarov.
Nazarov takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mutombo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nazarov finds it's way round the side to connect with Mutombo's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nazarov shoots for a double leg takedown but Mutombo sprawls well. He's pushed Nazarov's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nazarov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutombo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fighters circling - Nazarov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nazarov slips a jab and a cross from Mutombo.
Nazarov takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nazarov looks for a takedown but Mutombo sprawls well.
Mutombo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mutombo moves out of range as Nazarov strikes.
Mutombo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nazarov stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mutombo.
Mutombo tries to close the distance and clinch but Nazarov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov misses the shot to the body.
Mutombo misses with a body kick.
Mutombo closes the distance and clinches.
Nazarov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazarov shoots and misses
and Mutombo counters with a straight right hand.
ZaZa Mutombo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vadim Nazarov.
Good shot there by Mutombo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Nazarov on the inside.
Mutombo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nazarov's elbow.
Mutombo missing with knees to the body.
Mutombo prevents a body shot from Nazarov.
Mutombo working aggressively here.
Mutombo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nazarov looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nazarov lands with a punch from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nazarov throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mutombo is trying is best to control the position here.
Mutombo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nazarov.
Nazarov not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nazarov working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Nazarov.
Nazarov missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mutombo wants to improve his position but Nazarov is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vadim Nazarov.
I think Nazarov 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vadim Nazarov!
Our winner, Vadim Nazarov, 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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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Farrokh Bulsara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bull Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bulsara's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bohemian Rhapsody. 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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237 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Farrokh Bulsara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bull Hurley!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Bulsara does no damage.
A nice side step and Hurley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
We've been informed that Hurley 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.
Bulsara tries to clinch there but Hurley circles away.
Bulsara throws a body kick that misses
and Hurley counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Bulsara as he connects with a hook.
A combination from Bulsara does no damage.
Hurley throws a body kick that misses.
Bulsara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hurley ducks under a wild hook from Bulsara.
Hurley misses with a hook.
Bulsara takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hurley with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A cross from Hurley lands.
Bulsara 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurley throws a head kick that half lands.
Hurley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hurley throws the kick towards the body but Bulsara avoids it.
Hurley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hurley lands a nice looking body kick.
Bulsara is breathing heavily.
Hurley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hurley throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bulsara stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Hurley throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Bulsara is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Bull Hurley!
During a confident post fight interview, Bull Hurley 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Gravity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcello Trudeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trudeau has chosen Negative Creep 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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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
19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Gary Gravity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcello Trudeau!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gravity walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trudeau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trudeau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Trudeau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gravity lands a nice hook to Trudeau's body. Trudeau takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Trudeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trudeau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab from Trudeau.
Good work by Trudeau as he checks the leg kick.
Gravity lands a nice shot that snaps Trudeau's head back.
It looks like Marcello Trudeau has been cut.
Gravity scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gravity fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Trudeau avoids it really well and circles away.
Trudeau lands a head kick. Gravity smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Gary Gravity has been cut.
Trudeau misses with a low kick.
Gravity appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trudeau manages to avoid it.
Trudeau dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gravity. That did some damage!
Gravity takes a swing at Trudeau's ribcage but misses.
Trudeau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gravity throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravity.
Trudeau slips a jab and a cross from Gravity.
Gravity is looking to wear down Trudeau with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Trudeau rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gravity moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gravity throws a leg kick but Trudeau sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gravity lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trudeau's sensitive parts.
Trudeau misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Trudeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravity on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Trudeau misses with a combination
and Gravity counters with a slapping leg kick.
Trudeau throws a hook but Gravity blocks it.
Trudeau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gravity pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trudeau manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Trudeau blocks the low kick.
Nice defenses there by Trudeau.
Gravity throws the kick towards the body but Trudeau avoids it.
Trudeau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Trudeau feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gravity's calf.
Trudeau misses with a body shot.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravity was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
Trudeau walks into a left hand.
Gravity slips under a jab from Trudeau.
Trudeau feints and then cracks Gravity's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gravity down.
Gravity ducks right into an uppercut from Trudeau.
Gravity closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Trudeau is trying to escape the position but Gravity is controlling the position.
Check out the look on Gravity's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Trudeau dodges the ground and pound from Gravity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gravity trying to control the position but Trudeau is working away.
Gravity misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Gravity taking a breather here.
Trudeau manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Trudeau takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gravity is not content to let Trudeau control the position.
Gravity is trying to control but can't.
Gravity is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Trudeau is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gravity defends it well.
Trudeau slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gravity wants to improve his position but Trudeau is controlling well.
Trudeau looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Gravity dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Trudeau misses with a looping right.
Trudeau connects with a body shot that sends Gravity's belly button to the back.
Gravity throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good work by Gravity as he checks the leg kick.
Gravity takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Trudeau feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gravity's calf.
Gravity throws the left hand but Trudeau avoids the punch easily.
Gravity ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gravity feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Trudeau misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Trudeau.
Trudeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gravity. Trudeau shrugs it off though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gravity throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trudeau goes for a double leg but Gravity avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gravity continues to drive forward.
It looked like Gravity was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Trudeau.
Gravity throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gravity defending well as Trudeau loads up on a big left hand.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Gravity appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Trudeau misses.
Gary Gravity is winning the standup battle so far.
Trudeau missing with a left hand there. Gravity was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gravity avoids the body shot from Trudeau.
Trudeau ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trudeau throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trudeau has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Trudeau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gravity decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Trudeau's guard.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Trudeau keeps moving.
Gravity throws a big right hand that misses.
Gravity is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trudeau can do to turn this around?
Trudeau tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gravity is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gravity working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Trudeau's head.
Gravity avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Gravity is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Trudeau works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gravity trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gravity wants to control from the top but Trudeau keeps moving.
Trudeau is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gravity throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Trudeau keeping moving, preventing Gravity from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau is trying to control the position but Gravity postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gravity.
Trudeau tries for a takedown but Gravity circles away easily
enabling Gravity to counter with a crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trudeau.
Trudeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
It looked like Gravity was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Trudeau avoids the body shot from Gravity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gravity. Trudeau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gravity looks for a takedown but Trudeau sprawls well.
Gravity throws a right hand that misses
enabling Trudeau to counter with a crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gravity crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Trudeau - the referee stops the clock and Gravity gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Trudeau. Gravity manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Trudeau throws a right hand that misses
and Gravity counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravity throws a front kick aimed at Trudeau's knee but Trudeau avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Trudeau misses
and Gravity holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Gravity.
Gravity lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Gravity scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trudeau taking a breather.
Gravity lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trudeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Trudeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trudeau scores with a shot to the side of Gravity's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
Gravity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trudeau blocking some punches.
Gravity scores with a shoulder strike.
Trudeau misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trudeau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Gravity dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Trudeau throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Gravity finds it's way through Trudeau's defenses.
Trudeau takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gravity connects with a body shot that sends Trudeau's belly button to the back.
Trudeau shoots in but Gravity avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gravity fires out a quick counter leg kick but Trudeau just manages to avoid it.
Gravity connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Trudeau's hands.
Trudeau stuffs the takedown attempt from Gravity. Gravity gets slowly back to his feet.
Trudeau tries to score with a low kick but Gravity moves his leg out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trudeau with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gravity to score with a decent uppercut.
Gravity wants to slow Trudeau down by chopping away at his legs.
Gravity throws a left and a right that both miss
and Trudeau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marcello Trudeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trudeau misses with a right hand
and Gravity counters with a stiff right hand.
Trudeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gravity was well out of range. Poor timing from Trudeau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravity throws a big shot that misses.
Gravity throws a solid leg kick but Trudeau takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gravity.
Gravity thuds a left hand into Trudeau's body.
Gravity has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trudeau.
Gravity scoring well with a low kick there.
Trudeau takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Trudeau cracks the inside of Gravity's front leg.
Trudeau avoids a kick to the body.
Trudeau throws the left hand but Gravity avoids the punch easily.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trudeau! But no joy.
Gravity tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trudeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Gravity.
Gravity swings away with a body shot that misses
and Trudeau counters with a straight right hand.
Gravity misses with a wild body shot.
Trudeau lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Trudeau throws a lazy right hand but Gravity sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Trudeau connects with the punch.
Marcello Trudeau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trudeau throws a hook to the side of Gravity's head but Gravity sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gravity lands with a cross.
Trudeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gravity lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Gravity.
Good leg kick by Gravity there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Trudeau misses with a double jab.
Gravity slips under a jab.
Trudeau scores with a jab to the jaw.
Trudeau throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gravity cracks a nice hook into Trudeau's ribs.
Gravity goes for a double leg but Trudeau avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Trudeau continues to drive forward.
Gravity walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trudeau checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trudeau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gravity throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trudeau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gravity under the eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravity staying out of range there.
Trudeau keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gravity.
Gravity scores with a leg kick.
Trudeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravity sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Gravity finds it's way through Trudeau's defenses.
Trudeau with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gravity. Trudeau shrugs it off though.
Trudeau throws a solid leg kick but Gravity takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Trudeau.
Gravity cracks a nice hook into Trudeau's ribs.
Trudeau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good exchange - Gravity coming out on top.
Trudeau throws a big shot that misses.
Trudeau misses with a looping left.
Trudeau takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gravity pushes Trudeau away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trudeau has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gravity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trudeau thumps Gravity with a low kick.
Gravity connects with a body shot.
Gravity works over Trudeau's head and body with a nice combination.
Gravity scores with a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gravity. That's going to slow Trudeau down.
Gravity misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gravity takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gravity uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trudeau.
Trudeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gravity.
Gravity scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravity throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gravity lands a nice shot to the body.
Gravity throws a right and a left that Trudeau avoids nicely.
Trudeau feints the counter takedown.
Trudeau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gravity cracks Trudeau with an open hand slap.
Trudeau swings widly with a right hand
and Gravity counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gary Gravity showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gravity 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Gravity!
A victorious Gary Gravity thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
In defeat, Marcello Trudeau stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm old and I'm tired, and I can't compete with these young lions anymore. I'm officially retiring.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Renato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Corll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Renato comes to the cage accompanied by I Want My Tears Back. Corll has chosen South Texas Death Ride as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiago Renato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Dean Corll!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renato avoids the body shot from Corll.
Renato looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Renato sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Corll with a jab.
Renato connects with a crisp jab.
Corll gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Renato's face as Corll controls the position.
Renato is looking for a sweep.
Corll is looking to take a break and control but Renato is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Renato wants to control but Corll postures up.
Corll lands a decent elbow from side control.
Corll taking a break here but Renato is having none of it and regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Corll not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Corll seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Renato does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Corll throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Renato regains full guard. Nicely done.
Corll stays in close to Renato's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Corll trying to control the position from guard on top but Renato is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Corll looking to pass the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Renato scores with a jab to the jaw.
Corll throws a body kick that misses.
Renato looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Corll looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Renato throws a nice inside leg kick.
Renato throws a leg kick but Corll sees it coming and moves out of range.
Corll lands with a good body shot.
Renato tried to score with a low kick but Corll checks it.
Corll scores with the left hand. Renato knows he should have avoided that one.
Tiago Renato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renato misses with a body punch
and Corll counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Corll.
Corll swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Corll throws out a loose jab but Renato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Renato feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Corlls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Renato slips a jab from Corll.
Renato fires out a quick counter leg kick but Corll just manages to avoid it.
Corll throws a nice inside leg kick.
Corll misses with a double jab
and Renato counters with a thumping low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corll.
An inside leg kick lands from Corll.
Corll throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corll throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Renato tries a low kick but Corll avoids it.
A thudding body kick lands there by Corll!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll misses with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corll misses with a kick to the body.
Corll misses the jab.
Corll misses with a right hand
and Renato counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Renato.
Corll lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Renato takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Renato checks the leg kick nicely there.
Corll lands a high kick!
Renato steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Corll.
Corll manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Renato on his heels. He'll look to pass Renato's guard now, I'm sure.
Corll trying to control but Renato is working from the bottom.
Corll looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Corll dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Renato shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Corll looks to land a body kick but Renato moved away.
A slapping body kick lands there for Corll.
Renato stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Renato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Corll momentarily.
Corll throws the kick towards the body but Renato avoids it.
Corll throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Corll throws a front kick aimed at Renato's knee but Renato avoids it well.
Corll connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Corll bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Renato's head backwards.
Renato ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corll misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Renato.
Corll throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Corll rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Renato counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renato fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Corll.
Corll throws a hook but Renato blocks it.
Renato thinks about countering with a body kick.
Renato jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Corll throws a head kick but Renato moves out of range.
Corll tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Corll tries a low kick but Renato avoids it.
Dean Corll seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Renato moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Corll misses with a kick to the body.
Renato takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Corll on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A slow jab from Renato misses its intended target.
Corll tries to score with a low kick but Renato moves his leg out of the way.
Corll fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Renato manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renato takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Corll scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Renato does no damage.
A nice side step and Corll releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Corll takes one to the chin there.
Renato closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Corll lands a left hand that snaps the head of Renato backwards.
Corll breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corll misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice jab there from Corll.
Renato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corll throws a looping overhand right but Renato ducks down to avoid it.
Corll pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Corll misses the body punch
and Renato counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Renato lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renato tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corll was well out of range. Poor timing from Renato.
Renato will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Renato misses with a body kick.
Renato looks to land a right hand but Corll moved out of range.
Corll feints and then cracks Renato's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Renato down.
Corll scores with a sloppy right hand. Renato should have avoided that one.
Corll ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Renato moves out of range of the body kick from Corll.
Renato lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Renato throws a body punch but Corll moves out of range.
Corll with the counter takedown but Renato avoids it easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Corll crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Renato - the referee stops the clock and Corll gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Renato. Corll manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Corll throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Corll misses the shot to the body.
Corll fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Renato takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Renato avoids the head kick by Corll.
Corll tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Renato misses with a low kick.
Corll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Renato moves out of range as Corll throws a body kick.
Corll is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Corll misses its intended target.
Renato swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Renato wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Renato avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Corll backs away, Renato returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Renato on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Renato throws a combination that misses
and Corll counters with a shoot takedown. Renato fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corll throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dean Corll showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A lazy body kick from Renato
and Corll counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Corll avoids the body shot from Renato.
Renato gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Renato avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Renato scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Corll doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheers as Renato lands an impressive looking overhand right. Corll doesn't seem phased though.
Renato blocks the body kick.
Corll scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll throws a low kick but Renato moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corll takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crunch! Corll slams his shin into Renato's torso.
Corll on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good leg kick by Renato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renato thuds his shin into the meat of Corll's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Renato defends well and Corll ends up having to push Renato into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Corll looks to land a left hand but Renato moved out of range nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Renato.
Renato takes a swing at Corll's ribcage but misses.
Corll throws a hook but Renato avoids it easily.
Renato is looking to counter the offense by Corll and move into the clinch.
Renato fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Corll is out of range.
Renato ducks under a wild hook from Corll.
An inside leg kick lands from Renato.
Renato works Corll's body with a nice hook.
Renato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corll.
Corll misses with a hook
enabling Renato to counter with a crisp jab.
Renato throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Renato scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Corll darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Corll throws a leg kick that is checked
and Renato counters with a nice leg kick.
Renato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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!
Renato bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Corll's head.
Renato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Corll fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Renato on the side of the head.
Renato slips a jab from Corll.
Renato looks to land a left hand but Corll moved out of range nicely.
Corll throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Renato misses the target.
Renato looks to land a left hand but Corll moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Renato. That's going to slow Corll down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renato ducks under a wild hook from Corll.
Renato lands a glancing blow to the side of Corll's head.
Renato checks a low kick from Corll.
A shot to the liver by Renato. Beautiful body shot.
An inside leg kick from Renato misses.
Corll throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Renato counters with a solid body kick.
A jab from Renato misses.
Corll swings widly with a right hand
and Renato counters with a good low kick that Corll was not able to check.
A nice leg kick lands there from Corll.
Corll uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renato.
Corll doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Corll scores with a jab. Renato acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Renato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Corll checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Corll replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Renato blocks it well.
A good leg kick by Corll.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Corll on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
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!
Renato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corll fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Renato is out of range.
Renato 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.
Renato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Corll takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Renato shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Renato scores with a leg kick.
Corll with a nice cross.
Renato takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Corll scores with a nice body kick.
Corll rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Renato moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Renato clearly takes that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Renato misses with a double jab.
Corll let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Renato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corll goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Corll throws a front kick aimed at Renato's knee but Renato avoids it well.
Renato looks to score with a jab to the body but Corll is just out of range.
Corll scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll scores with a leg kick.
Renato misses with a low kick.
Corll throws a right hand that misses
and Renato counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Corll's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corll misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Renato.
Renato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corll moves away.
Corll raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Corll fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Renato fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corll lets loose with a powerful body kick. Renato will feel that in the morning.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Corll fails to land with a series of punches.
Renato lands a nice looking body shot.
Corll is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Renato.
Corll throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
As Corll tries to get set, Renato tries to push him back and clinch up but Corll manages to avoid the attempt.
A good leg kick by Renato.
Renato looks to score with a jab to the body but Corll is just out of range.
Corll throws a looping overhand right but Renato ducks down to avoid it.
It appears Renato was looking to counter with a kick there.
Corll blocks the body kick.
Corll has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Renato misses with a body shot.
Renato scoring well with a low kick there.
Corll throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corll pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Renato is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corll fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Renato is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corll.
Corll tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renato was well out of range. Poor timing from Corll.
Corll fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Renato has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corll jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corll will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Corll throws a head kick that misses.
Renato throwing a counter right hand but Corll manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Renato.
Corll goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Renato goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Renato on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab by Renato.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Renato crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Corll - the referee stops the clock and Renato gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Corll. Renato manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corll takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Renato listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corll throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Renato dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Corll. That did some damage!
Corll takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Renato tries to move into range but Corll moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Corll tries to land a front kick but Renato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Corll checks a low kick from Renato.
Corll throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Renato counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice body punch from Renato.
Corll has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Renato.
Corll bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Renato's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corll throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Renato misses with a body shot.
Corll waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Renato.
A lazy body kick from Corll
and Renato counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Corll connects with a jab.
Corll throws out a loose jab but Renato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renato was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Renato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corll throws an overhand right that lands on Renato's shoulder, as Renato tries to avoid the shot.
Renato with a hook.
Corll goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Corll steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Renato.
Corll misses with a body kick.
Corll looks to throw a body kick
and Renato 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.
A close fourth round but Dean Corll will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Renato misses the jab.
Corll dodges the punch combination from Renato.
Corll lands a head kick!
Renato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Renato scores with a leg kick.
Renato looks to throw the jab but Corll is out of range.
Corll with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Renato to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corll throws a leg kick but Renato sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Renato gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Corll.
Corll checks a leg kick.
Corll misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Renato throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Corll does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Corll throws a lazy right hand but Renato sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Renato lands a really nice looking cross but Corll seems unphased.
Renato getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Renato misses with a leg kick
and Corll counters with a straight right hand.
Corll keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Corll moves out of range of the leg kick from Renato.
Renato is looking to slow Corll down with leg kicks.
Renato walks forward, straight into a front kick from Corll.
Corll stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Corll lands a head kick!
A chopping leg kick lands by Corll.
Tiago Renato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Renato. Corll does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Corll.
Corll's corner calls for a 1-2. Corll obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Corll, right into the meat.
Corll shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Renato but Renato pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Renato feints and then cracks Corll's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corll down.
Renato throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Corll tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Renato was well out of range. Poor timing from Corll.
Renato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Corll, as that shot connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Corll misses.
Corll misses with a wild combination.
Renato looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Corll misses with a few strikes there.
Renato fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corll manages to avoid it.
Renato lands with a kick to the temple. Corll shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Renato wants to land a leg kick but Corll is out of range.
Renato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corll. Renato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corll uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renato.
Renato takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Renato gets in close and tags Corll with a short punch that almost sends Corll to the mat! Oh Corll is in big trouble! He turns his back on Renato, trying to create some distance but Renato rushes him, striking wildly and Corll goes down! The referee tackles Renato into the cage to end the fight! Renato is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiago Renato!
Tiago Renato decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stu Grimson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Grimson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Omerta - Lamb of God. Beck has chosen Sepultura - Roots Boody Roots as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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28 - 12 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stu Grimson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Beck!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck misses with a low kick.
Grimson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Beck misses with a body kick.
Grimson misses the jab.
Beck lands with an overhand left.
Beck throws a low kick but Grimson avoids it.
An inside leg kick lands from Beck.
Beck has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Beck misses the shot to the body.
Beck misses with a looping right.
Grimson thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Grimson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beck cracks Grimson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grimson lands a glancing blow to the side of Beck's head.
It looks like Hans Beck has been cut.
Grimson blocks a head kick by Beck.
Hans Beck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beck misses with a body shot
letting Grimson counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping leg kick lands for Grimson.
Beck throws a big shot that misses.
Grimson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Grimson cracks Beck with an open hand slap.
Beck takes a swing at Grimson's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grimson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beck manages to avoid it.
Beck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grimson was well out of range. Poor timing from Beck.
Beck lands a nice shot that snaps Grimson's head back.
Grimson blocks a jab.
Grimson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Beck 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.
Beck swings for the body but Grimson moves out of range.
Grimson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Beck throws a half hearted mid kick.
Beck swats away the attempt to clinch by Grimson.
Beck tries to land a front kick but Grimson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beck misses with a body shot
and Beck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beck moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Grimson - that will leave a mark!
Beck looks winded!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grimson.
Beck misses with a body kick.
Beck lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beck misses with a body shot.
Beck tries to score with a low kick but Grimson moves his leg out of the way.
A good leg kick by Beck.
Beck throws a leg kick
and Grimson counters with an outside leg kick.
Beck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grimson manages to avoid it.
Grimson thuds a left hand into Beck's body.
Grimson lands a body shot.
Beck is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Grimson rather than just go for the knockout.
Beck gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That has opened up Hans Beck's cut even more.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grimson.
Grimson cracks Beck with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Grimson has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Beck to stand back up!
Beck swings for the body but Grimson moves out of range.
Grimson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beck checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grimson staying out of range there.
Beck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grimson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grimson throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grimson connects with a solid leg kick.
Beck misses the shot to the body.
Grimson quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Grimson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beck doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Beck moves out of range of the body kick.
Grimson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beck momentarily.
The cut above Hans Beck's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Beck tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Grimson is able to avoid easily.
Beck looks for the body kick but Grimson saw that one coming.
Grimson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Beck lands with a thumping leg kick.
Beck fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Grimson.
Beck tries to close the distance and clinch but Grimson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grimson cracks Beck with a hook to the temple - Beck is on wobbly legs here! Grimson swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Beck falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Grimson wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Stu Grimson!
Stu Grimson thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Kocur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigol Pandahammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandahammer has chosen Heart - Alone as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Grigol Pandahammer!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandahammer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocur has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Guerrilla MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Kocur throws a right hand that misses
and Pandahammer counters with an outside leg kick.
Pandahammer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kocur is out of range and Pandahammer settles back down.
Pandahammer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kocur feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pandahammers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kocur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pandahammer's sensitive parts.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kocur.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kocur - that will leave a mark!
Pandahammer misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Kocur.
Kocur is looking to counter punch.
Kocur throws a shot from downtown. Pandahammer moves away and avoids it.
Pandahammer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pandahammer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pandahammer lands a jab.
Kocur slips under a jab.
Pandahammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kocur waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pandahammer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandahammer misses with an uppercut
and Kocur counters with an inside leg kick.
Kocur is looking to slow Pandahammer down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Kocur.
Kocur swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A nice side step and Pandahammer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Kocur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kocur, right into the meat.
Kocur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pandahammer was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kocur throws a sloppy body shot
and Pandahammer counters with a leg kick.
Kocur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab from Kocur.
Pandahammer 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.
Pandahammer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kocur doesn't seem bothered though.
Kocur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocur is looking to land body kicks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pandahammer - that will leave a mark!
Pandahammer takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandahammer moves out of range as Kocur throws a body kick.
Pandahammer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandahammer checks a leg kick.
Pandahammer throws out a powerful jab.
Pandahammer throws a leg kick which misses Kocur's front leg but catches the back leg as Kocur tries to avoid it.
Pandahammer tries a low kick but Kocur avoids it.
Kocur scores with a one two! Pandahammer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Grigol Pandahammer has been cut.
Some bone on bone action there as Pandahammer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pandahammer follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Pandahammer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kocur fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pandahammer checks it well.
Kocur thows a leg kick but Pandahammer checks it
and Pandahammer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pandahammer lands a front kick.
Pandahammer swinging wildly here.
Kocur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kocur misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur tries to land a leg kick but Pandahammer saw it coming and moves away.
Kocur looks to throw a body kick
and Pandahammer counters with a stiff right hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kocur, right into the meat.
Pandahammer connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pandahammer - that will leave a mark!
Kocur misses with a left hand
and Pandahammer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pandahammer takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kocur throws a front kick aimed at Pandahammer's knee but Pandahammer avoids it well.
Kocur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pandahammer can pounce on him.
Pandahammer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pandahammer blocks a jab.
Kocur throws a push kick but Pandahammer slaps the foot to one side.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
Pandahammer lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kocur.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandahammer moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Pandahammer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kocur lands a nice looking body shot.
Kocur has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pandahammer misses with some punches.
A short right from Kocur on the inside.
Kocur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pandahammer blocks a body shot from Kocur.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kocur.
Pandahammer gets through Kocur's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kocur pushes Pandahammer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pandahammer managing to block the knees to the body from Kocur.
Pandahammer has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kocur lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kocur.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pandahammer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kocur connects with a knee to the head.
Pandahammer misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Kocur dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grigol Pandahammer's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kocur wants to slow Pandahammer down by chopping away at his legs.
Kocur works Pandahammer's body with a nice hook.
Pandahammer looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocur is just out of range.
Kocur throws the left hand but Pandahammer avoids the punch easily.
Kocur avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pandahammer blocks the body kick.
Kocur avoids the body shot from Pandahammer.
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Pandahammer's shoulder, as Pandahammer tries to avoid the shot.
Kocur throws a leg kick but Pandahammer checks it.
Pandahammer thinks about the counter body kick.
Kocur fails to land with a series of punches.
Kocur is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pandahammer can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pandahammer misses with a hook
enabling Kocur to counter with a crisp jab.
Pandahammer blocks a jab.
Pandahammer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kocur throws a leg kick
and Pandahammer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Pandahammer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur tries to clinch up but Pandahammer circles away and keeps his distance.
Kocur misses with a body kick.
Pandahammer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pandahammer takes one to the side of the head.
Pandahammer slips under a jab from Kocur.
Pandahammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kocur.
Kocur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pandahammer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kocur throws a lazy uppercut
and Pandahammer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kocur throws a head kick but Pandahammer moves out of range.
Kocur misses the body punch
and Pandahammer counters with a nice body kick.
Kocur avoids a kick to the body.
Pandahammer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Pandahammer lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandahammer moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pandahammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kocur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur lands with a straight right. Pandahammer didn't see that one coming.
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Pandahammer's shoulder, as Pandahammer tries to avoid the shot.
Pandahammer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kocur.
Pandahammer fails to land with a series of punches.
Kocur scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kocur misses with a straight right.
Kocur has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pandahammer finds it's way round the side to connect with Kocur's head.
Kocur tries to land a leg kick but Pandahammer saw it coming and moves away.
Kocur throws out a loose jab but Pandahammer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pandahammer loads up on a big right hand but Kocur slips the punch.
Kocur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kocur moves out of range of the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandahammer, right into the meat.
Joey Kocur is winning the standup battle so far.
Kocur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur misses with the combination.
Nice straight punches there by Pandahammer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pandahammer.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pandahammer checks a leg kick.
Pandahammer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pandahammer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pandahammer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Pandahammer.
Kocur moves away from the strike by Pandahammer.
Pandahammer tries to score with a low kick but Kocur moves his leg out of the way.
A counter left hand to the body from Kocur misses its target.
Pandahammer cracks Kocur with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kocur thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pandahammer if he has to take too many more of those.
Kocur throws a wild body kick that Pandahammer sees coming a mile off.
Kocur moves in looking to clinch but Pandahammer pushes him off.
Pandahammer throws out a counter right but Kocur avoids it with no problem.
Kocur will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
Pandahammer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandahammer throws a looping overhand right but Kocur ducks down to avoid it.
Kocur takes a swing at Pandahammer's ribcage but misses.
Kocur lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pandahammer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kocur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocur throws a hook to the side of Pandahammer's head but Pandahammer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandahammer scores with a shot to the body.
Pandahammer misses with a straight right.
Kocur ducks under a wild hook from Pandahammer.
Kocur throws a leg kick but Pandahammer sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kocur tries to score with a low kick but Pandahammer moves his leg out of the way.
Kocur avoids a kick to the body.
Kocur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pandahammer scores with a jab to the jaw.
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 Joey Kocur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Grigol Pandahammer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kocur takes a swing at Pandahammer's ribcage but misses.
Pandahammer throws a shot from downtown. Kocur moves away and avoids it.
Kocur tried to score with a low kick but Pandahammer checks it.
Pandahammer throws a counter combo.
Kocur on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pandahammer avoids the body shot from Kocur.
Pandahammer slips a straight right by Kocur.
Pandahammer swings for the body but Kocur moves out of range.
Kocur seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pandahammer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kocur.
An inside leg kick from Kocur misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Kocur as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pandahammer blocks a leg kick.
Pandahammer checks a low kick from Kocur.
Kocur jabs Pandahammer right on the nose. Pandahammer blinks but takes it well.
Kocur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandahammer moves forwards but Kocur connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pandahammer!
Pandahammer blocks the body kick.
A big left from Kocur misses.
Pandahammer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pandahammer keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pandahammer throws a body punch but Kocur moves out of range.
Pandahammer throws a shot to the body.
Kocur uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pandahammer.
Nice uppercut there from Pandahammer.
Kocur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kocur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Kocur misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kocur.
Pandahammer misses with a lunging right hand
and Kocur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kocur.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kocur misses with a body shot.
Kocur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pandahammer.
Kocur doesn't manage to clinch there - Pandahammer circles away.
Pandahammer counters with a body kick.
Pandahammer scores with a leg kick.
Kocur sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pandahammer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kocur momentarily.
Pandahammer throws a solid leg kick but Kocur takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pandahammer.
Kocur jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Pandahammer with a hook.
Pandahammer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kocur.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kocur.
Kocur avoids a kick to the body.
A lazy left from Kocur finds it's target.
Donk. Kocur catches Pandahammer right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
It seemed like Pandahammer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice body kick from Kocur.
Pandahammer sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A leg kick checked by Pandahammer.
Kocur gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pandahammer bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kocur's head.
Pandahammer moves out of range of the strikes.
Kocur avoids the body shot from Pandahammer.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pandahammer.
Donk. Pandahammer catches Kocur right on the button with a cross.
Pandahammer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pandahammer misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandahammer checks a leg kick nicely.
Pandahammer swings widly with a right hand
and Kocur counters with a thumping low kick.
Kocur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pandahammer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kocur looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Pandahammer's shoulder, as Pandahammer tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Pandahammer does it's job there.
Kocur works the jab nicely.
Kocur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Kocur.
A low kick from Kocur misses
and Pandahammer counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kocur thinking.
Kocur throws a body kick that misses
letting Pandahammer counter with a right hand.
A lazy left from Pandahammer finds it's target.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
Pandahammer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That kick from Pandahammer tenderised Kocur's leg. Kocur is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Grigol Pandahammer just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Grigol Pandahammer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pandahammer misses with a body shot.
Kocur throws the kick towards the body but Pandahammer avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandahammer, right into the meat.
Kocur feints and then cracks Pandahammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pandahammer down.
Kocur tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pandahammer counters with a right hand to the body.
Pandahammer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Kocur misses with a double jab.
Pandahammer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kocur takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kocur explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kocur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kocur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pandahammer moves out of range of the leg kick from Kocur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur throws a poor cross that misses
and Pandahammer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Pandahammer.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pandahammer looks to land a body kick but Kocur moved away.
Kocur takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kocur throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pandahammer.
Good leg kick by Pandahammer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kocur throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kocur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Kocur misses.
Pandahammer misses with a looping left.
Pandahammer lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Pandahammer's shoulder, as Pandahammer tries to avoid the shot.
Pandahammer unleashes a big counter combination but Kocur bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Kocur does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur takes a swing at Pandahammer's ribcage but misses.
Pandahammer scores with a nice strike.
Kocur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pandahammer throws out the jab.
Kocur connects with the punch.
Kocur tries to land a front kick but Pandahammer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kocur slips under a jab from Pandahammer.
Kocur looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kocur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kocur jabs Pandahammer right on the nose. Pandahammer blinks but takes it well.
Kocur tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pandahammer counters with a nice uppercut.
Kocur doesn't manage to clinch there - Pandahammer circles away.
Kocur misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur misses with a straight right.
Pandahammer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pandahammer lands a jab to the head.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandahammer moves away.
Pandahammer throws out a counter right but Kocur avoids it with no problem.
Pandahammer motions for Kocur to come forward. Pandahammer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kocur throws a body kick that misses
and Pandahammer counters with a nice uppercut.
Kocur tries to clinch up
letting Pandahammer counter with a right hand.
Kocur slips a jab from Pandahammer.
Pandahammer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kocur can pounce on him.
Pandahammer thuds a left hand into Kocur's body.
Pandahammer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Kocur wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kocur swings for the body but Pandahammer moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandahammer throws a lazy uppercut
and Kocur counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kocur avoids a kick to the body.
Kocur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kocur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pandahammer.
Pandahammer throws a hook to the side of Kocur's head but Kocur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A counter left hand to the body from Kocur misses its target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kocur throws the left hand but Pandahammer avoids the punch easily.
Pandahammer throws out a counter right but Kocur avoids it with no problem.
Pandahammer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pandahammer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pandahammer connects with a solid leg kick.
Kocur misses with a leg kick.
Kocur scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice straight punches there by Kocur. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kocur.
Pandahammer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kocur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Grigol Pandahammer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Grigol Pandahammer's cut.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pandahammer. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Kocur misses its intended target.
Pandahammer scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kocur.
Pandahammer misses with a looping right.
Kocur looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big right from Pandahammer misses.
Kocur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pandahammer throws a hook but Kocur blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pandahammer checks it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Pandahammer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kocur dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kocur throws a poor cross that misses
and Pandahammer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pandahammer. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur throws a looping overhand right but Pandahammer ducks down to avoid it.
Kocur wants to clinch up but Pandahammer keeps it at a distance.
Pandahammer throws out a counter right but Kocur avoids it with no problem.
Kocur tries to clinch
enabling Pandahammer to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Pandahammer does it's job there.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandahammer moves away.
Pandahammer cracks Kocur with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kocur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pandahammer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pandahammer throws a one two combo.
Kocur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kocur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pandahammer scores with a nice strike.
Kocur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur misses with a combination
and Pandahammer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Kocur.
Kocur throws the kick towards the body but Pandahammer avoids it.
Pandahammer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kocur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pandahammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kocur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kocur ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandahammer, right into the meat.
That kick from Kocur tenderised Pandahammer's leg. Pandahammer is trying to keep his angry face on.
A jab from Kocur finds it's way through Pandahammer's defenses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pandahammer.
Kocur throws an overhand right that lands on Pandahammer's shoulder, as Pandahammer tries to avoid the shot.
Pandahammer let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Kocur. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Kocur misses
and Pandahammer counters with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pandahammer. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pandahammer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kocur feints and then cracks Pandahammer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pandahammer down.
Pandahammer throws a leg kick which misses Kocur's front leg but catches the back leg as Kocur tries to avoid it.
Kocur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pandahammer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pandahammer just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Kocur. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kocur.
Kocur takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pandahammer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kocur walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pandahammer misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Pandahammer misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandahammer moves away.
Pandahammer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kocur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pandahammer's head backwards.
Pandahammer misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Pandahammer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kocur throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pandahammer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kocur misses with an uppercut
and Pandahammer counters with a thumping low kick.
Kocur swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pandahammer.
Kocur lands with an overhand left.
Kocur staying out of range there.
Good work by Kocur as he checks the leg kick.
Pandahammer dodges the punch combination from Kocur.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Grigol Pandahammer.
I think Pandahammer 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 46:49
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 48:48
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Grigol Pandahammer!
Our winner, Grigol Pandahammer, 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wilder Wein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wein's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wilder Wein. Diego is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tupac - I'm a Soldier. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilder Wein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diego!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego looks to throw the jab but Wein is out of range.
Wein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Wein appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Wein lands a leg kick that knocks Diego off balance momentarily.
Diego throws a low kick, looking for Wein's leg but Wein calmly moves out of range.
Diego misses with a looping right.
Wein half committed to a counter leg kick.
Wein loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
Diego fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wein, pushing him back against the cage.
Wein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Wein avoids it by throwing Diego back against the cage.
Diego tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wein's elbow.
Wein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Wein manages to break the clinch.
Diego misses with a leg kick
and Wein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Good work by Wein as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wein blocks a jab.
Diego has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wein.
Diego throws a solid leg kick but Wein takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diego.
Diego throws a sloppy head kick and Wein moves out of range easily.
Diego missing with a left hand there. Wein was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wein blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego moves into range and clinches up with Wein.
I was talking to Wein's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Diego lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wein backwards.
Wein lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Don Diego has been cut.
Wein lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Diego fails to land.
Diego trying to stall but Wein improves his position.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Diego.
Diego is struggling to control the position.
Wein breaks from the clinch.
Wein staying out of range there.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wein moves away.
Wein is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wein throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Wein's head but Wein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wein tried to counter with a leg kick but Diego avoided it.
Diego misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wein tried to score with a low kick but Diego checks it.
A head kick by Diego misses
and Wein counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wein looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Wein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Wein takes one on the button.
Diego pushes Wein up against the cage in a clinch.
Diego tries to work over Wein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wein lands a nice shot to the body.
Wein breaks the clinch.
Wein lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diego's sensitive parts.
Wein punishes Diego's body with a nice straight punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wein.
Wein throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wein. Wein obviously looking to wear him down.
Diego's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wein connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diego scrambles back to his feet.
Wein throws a low kick, looking for Diego's leg but Diego calmly moves out of range.
Diego misses with a hook. Wein ducked under it nicely.
A low kick from Wein misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wein changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Wein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wein throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego tries to clinch but Wein moves out of range.
Wein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Wein lands a nice looking body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Diego finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Diego throws a body kick that misses.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Wein is out of range.
Wein swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diego connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wein scores with a body shot.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego throws a wild body kick that Wein sees coming a mile off.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Wein throws a lazy right hand but Diego sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Wein's head but Wein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wein counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diego throws a body kick that misses.
Wein cracks a nice hook into Diego's ribs.
Diego wants to clinch up but Wein keeps it at a distance.
Wein looks to land a body kick but Diego moved away.
Wein lands a jab to the nose.
Diego tries to clinch up but Wein circles away and keeps his distance.
Wein throws a push kick but Diego slaps the foot to one side.
Wein avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diego tries to clinch but Wein moves out of range.
Diego tries to clinch up.
Wein throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diego on the side of the head.
Diego throws a poor cross that misses
and Wein makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A big left from Wein misses.
Wein throws a head kick but Diego moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wein darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab by Wein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wilder Wein dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Diego's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diego throws a jab when Wein was well out of range.
Diego throws a low kick but Wein avoids it.
Diego moves out of range of the body kick.
Diego swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wein misses with an uppercut. Diego saw that one coming.
Donk. Diego catches Wein right on the button with a cross.
Diego with a hook.
Wein throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Diego lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A clash of legs there as Diego blocks the low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego looks to land a right hand but Wein moved out of range.
Wein blocks a low kick nicely.
Diego misses with a wild combination.
Wein slips under a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Wein finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wein scoring well with a low kick there.
Wein is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Wein throws a right hand that Diego ducks under and follows up with a left that Diego also avoids with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Wein misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diego's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Diego.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wein is keeping busy.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Wein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Diego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wein's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Wein's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego blocking some punches.
Wein pushes Diego back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wein tries to throw a body punch but Diego avoids it by throwing Wein back against the cage.
Wein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wein lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wein throws a leg kick
and Diego counters with an outside leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wein misses the target.
Wein does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diego tries a quick counter leg kick but Wein is wise to it.
A clash of legs there as Diego blocks the low kick.
Diego throws a jab but it's blocked by Wein.
Wein defending well as Diego loads up on a big left hand.
Diego tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wein is able to avoid easily.
Wein lands with a cross.
Wilder Wein is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wein throws a series of punches but Diego moves out of range.
Wein digs a good body shot into Diego's ribs.
Diego doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
An inside leg kick from Wein misses.
Wein misses the jab.
Wein connects with an inside leg kick.
Diego lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diego scores with a one two! Wein had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wein tries to score with a low kick but Diego moves his leg out of the way.
A head kick misses from Diego.
Diego's corner calls for a 1-2. Diego obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diego feints and then cracks Wein's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wein down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wein throws the kick towards the body but Diego avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.
Diego tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wein manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diego takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wein swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wein throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Wein's head but Wein sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diego throws a nice looking combination but Wein bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice body kick from Wein.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Wein's front leg but catches the back leg as Wein tries to avoid it.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Wein's front leg but catches the back leg as Wein tries to avoid it.
Wein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diego throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wein ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Wein scores with a jab.
Wein throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Diego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Don Diego'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. This is the final round!
Diego checks a leg kick.
Wein misses with a body shot.
Wein works Diego's body with a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Wein connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wein looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A telegraphed right hand from Diego misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diego looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diego chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wein.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wein throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diego.
Wein on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wein swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Diego needs to keep his hands up - Wein had a free shot at his head there.
Diego throws a series of punches but Wein avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diego walks into a stiff left hand from Wein.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego wants to counter with a clinch but Wein pushes him away.
Diego connects with the punch.
Diego is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab from Wein.
Wein attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wein's calf.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Diego.
Wein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wein's head backwards.
Diego gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wein throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diego.
Diego clobbers Wein with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego scores with a one two! Wein had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diego crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wein - the referee stops the clock and Diego gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wein. Diego manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wein ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wein throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego blocks a head kick by Wein.
Diego throws a poor cross that misses
and Wein counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wein takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wein swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Diego is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diego is looking to slow Wein down with leg kicks.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Wein with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wein slips a straight right by Diego.
Diego walks into a jab.
Wein cracks a nice hook into Diego's ribs.
Wein slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wein's head backwards.
Wein misses with a leg kick.
Diego flicks out a counter leg kick but Wein steps away.
Diego dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wein. That did some damage!
Wein misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick from Wein.
Wein takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
Diego throws a leg kick but Wein sees it coming and moves out of range.
Wein is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wein.
Diego has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Wein.
Wein throws an overhand right that lands on Diego's shoulder, as Diego tries to avoid the shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
Wein walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diego throws a jab but it's blocked by Wein.
Wein throws a low kick, looking for Diego's leg but Diego calmly moves out of range.
Diego looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wein ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wein will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wein throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diego only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diego lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diego throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Diego is predictable there
and Wein counters with a good, hard body kick but Diego shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Wein.
Wein works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheers as Wein lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diego doesn't seem phased though.
Diego is looking to clinch.
Diego tries to clinch up but Wein circles away and keeps his distance.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wein checks a low kick from Diego.
A lazy left from Wein finds it's target.
Diego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wein. Wein obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wilder Wein.
I think Wein 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wilder Wein!
During a confident post fight interview, Wilder Wein thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Don Diego was interviewed post fight and said 'WOW, rematch please.'.
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