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LEGACY! 66 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Agustin Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trujillo comes to the cage accompanied by Infectious Grooves - Violent & Funky. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Agustin Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Daniel Williams!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Trujillo slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Williams throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Trujillo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Williams tries to sprawl but Trujillo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Williams told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trujillo tries to pass to full mount but Williams defends it.
Trujillo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Williams is looking to control Trujillo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Trujillo is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've been hearing that Trujillo has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Trujillo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Williams pushes Trujillo off looking to stand but Trujillo dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Trujillo.
Trujillo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Williams wants to improve his position but Trujillo is controlling well.
Trujillo is working for a kimura but Williams is defending it quite comfortably.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Williams is looking to control Trujillo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Trujillo throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams is positioning himself well to prevent Trujillo advancing to mount.
Trujillo prevents Williams from improving his position.
Trujillo working the head and body with strikes.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trujillo works his foot free and advances to mount.
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Trujillo with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
Trujillo has control of Williams's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Williams regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Williams bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Trujillo looking for a sweep. Not yet Trujillo, not yet.
Williams trying to control but Trujillo is working from the bottom.
Williams slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Trujillo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williams defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams got a little sloppy there for a moment and Trujillo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Williams has managed to get both his arms back between Trujillo's legs - danger averted.
Trujillo looking for a guillotine here but Williams defends easily.
Trujillo is trying to control the position but Williams postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Williams won't allow Trujillo to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Agustin Trujillo dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Williams cracks Trujillo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Trujillo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Williams was covering up waiting for the punch and Trujillo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Trujillo looking to pass the guard.
Trujillo advances to half guard.
Trujillo 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Williams moves into full guard.
Trujillo trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Trujillo is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams keeping full guard, as Trujillo tries to pass.
Trujillo trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trujillo wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Trujillo looking to pass the guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams controls Trujillo momentarily but Trujillo frees himself.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Trujillo clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trujillo.
Trujillo missing with knees to the body.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trujillo throws a head punch that misses.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trujillo manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo misses with a looping left.
Williams lands with a hook. Trujillo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Williams gets caught napping as Trujillo dives in and scores a takedown. Williams manages to retain guard.
Trujillo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Williams's guard.
Trujillo wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Williams wants to control but Trujillo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Trujillo trying to pass the guard but Williams defending well.
Williams trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Trujillo manages to pass to mount!
Trujillo with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Williams's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Trujillo lands a big elbow.
Trujillo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Trujillo looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williams working to try and regain half guard.
Trujillo wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo breaks from Williams's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Agustin Trujillo dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Williams throws a hook but Trujillo blocks it.
Trujillo misses with a hook
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Trujillo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Williams tries to keep at a distance but Trujillo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Trujillo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Trujillo throws a quick counter kick to the body but Williams avoids it.
Trujillo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trujillo lands in his opponent's guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Trujillo from controlling successfully.
Trujillo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo is really struggling to control Williams but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Trujillo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Trujillo is working hard here to advance position.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Trujillo wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo regains full guard. Nicely done.
Williams engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Trujillo keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Trujillo keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Trujillo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Trujillo is trying to keep Williams in close.
Trujillo controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment.
Trujillo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Williams defends well.
Williams wants to stand but Trujillo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Williams decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Trujillo throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams connects with a good right hand that stumbles Trujillo. Trujillo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Agustin Trujillo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Trujillo avoids the head kick by Williams.
Daniel Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams gets caught flat footed, as Trujillo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Trujillo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Trujillo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Williams is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Williams has momentary wrist control but Trujillo slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Trujillo showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Trujillo trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Williams.
I think Trujillo 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Agustin Trujillo!
Agustin Trujillo really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonel Gatti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hennan Hoyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonel Gatti could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Hennan Hoyce's chin.
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261 lbs
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290 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leonel Gatti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hennan Hoyce!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatti swings for the body but Hoyce moves out of range.
Despite the aggression on Hoyce's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hoyce lands a big head kick that sends Gatti tumbling to the mat! Hoyce takes a step backwards and waves Gatti back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Gatti is rocked!
It looks like Leonel Gatti has been cut.
Gatti lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hoyce's sensitive parts.
Oh Gatti is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hoyce wants to slow Gatti down by chopping away at his legs.
Gatti was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gatti stuns Hoyce with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gatti tries a low kick but Hoyce avoids it.
Hoyce is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gatti with a body shot.
Gatti seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gatti misses the shot to the body.
Gatti avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gatti half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Hoyce misses the shot to the body.
Hoyce throws a head kick but Gatti moves out of range.
Hoyce drops Gatti with a beautiful combination! Gatti stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hoyce is looking for the KO!
Leonel Gatti's cut is getting worse.
Hoyce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoyce throws a head kick but Gatti moves out of range.
That kick from Gatti tenderised Hoyce's leg. Hoyce is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gatti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hoyce has time to react.
Hoyce swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gatti.
Leonel Gatti's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gatti throws a leg kick but Hoyce sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hoyce takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gatti connects with a body shot.
Hoyce throws a right hand that Gatti ducks under and follows up with a left that Gatti also avoids with ease.
Leonel Gatti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gatti misses with a leg kick.
Hoyce looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gatti misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatti shoots in but no luck this time.
Hoyce appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gatti lands with a right hand.
Gatti throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Hoyce misses.
Gatti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hoyce.
Gatti half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoyce misses with a combination
letting Gatti counter with a right hand.
Hoyce takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gatti blocks a head kick by Hoyce.
Nice body punch from Gatti.
Gatti gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Hennan Hoyce!
Hennan Hoyce seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Leonel Gatti was interviewed post fight and said 'Congratulations to the winner. I tried my best.
Some days things don't work out. '.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Dunas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Niederreiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrei Dunas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nino Niederreiter!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dunas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dunas missing with a left hand there. Niederreiter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Niederreiter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Niederreiter looks to land a right hand but Dunas moved out of range.
Dunas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dunas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niederreiter has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Dunas is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Niederreiter throws a low kick but Dunas avoids it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunas.
Dunas misses with a kick to the body.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick which misses Dunas's front leg but catches the back leg as Dunas tries to avoid it.
Niederreiter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dunas.
Niederreiter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dunas throws a jab when Niederreiter was well out of range.
Niederreiter wants to land a leg kick but Dunas is out of range.
Niederreiter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dunas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Niederreiter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick from Niederreiter misses.
Niederreiter buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Niederreiter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Niederreiter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dunas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Niederreiter's calf.
Dunas misses with a left hand
and Niederreiter finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Niederreiter lands with a shot to the body.
Dunas misses with a wild body shot.
Dunas drops his hands momentarily and Niederreiter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
Dunas has closed the distance and engaged Niederreiter in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Niederreiter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dunas misses with a punch to the body.
Dunas lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Niederreiter scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter looking to stall.
Niederreiter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Niederreiter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dunas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws an overhand right that lands on Dunas's shoulder, as Dunas tries to avoid the shot.
Niederreiter walks into a left hand.
Dunas scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but Dunas checks it.
Dunas wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Dunas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dunas scores with a nice body kick.
Niederreiter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Niederreiter cracks Dunas with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Niederreiter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Dunas checks a low kick from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter with a jab.
Niederreiter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dunas is out of range.
Dunas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Niederreiter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dunas blocks a head kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with a wild body shot.
Dunas is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Niederreiter.
Dunas lands with a cross.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Niederreiter, right into the meat.
Dunas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dunas checks a low kick from Niederreiter.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Niederreiter lands with a thumping leg kick.
Niederreiter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice shot by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dunas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunas lands a nice shot to the body.
Niederreiter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Niederreiter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dunas is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Niederreiter.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Niederreiter checks a leg kick.
Dunas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with a body kick.
Dunas is looking to counter the offense by Niederreiter and move into the clinch.
Niederreiter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dunas.
Dunas tries to land a leg kick but Niederreiter saw it coming and moves away.
Dunas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Niederreiter.
Dunas moves into the clinch.
Niederreiter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Niederreiter taking a breather.
Niederreiter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Niederreiter misses the shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Niederreiter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Niederreiter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dunas drops his hands momentarily and Niederreiter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Niederreiter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter avoids the body shot from Dunas.
Dunas looks to land a left hand but Niederreiter moved out of range nicely.
Niederreiter only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Niederreiter swings for the body but Dunas moves out of range.
Dunas misses with a wild body shot.
Niederreiter throws a jab when Dunas was well out of range.
Dunas avoids a kick to the body.
Niederreiter avoids the body shot from Dunas.
Niederreiter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dunas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Niederreiter is looking to chop away at Dunas's legs.
Dunas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niederreiter moves away.
Dunas moves into range and clinches up with Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a head punch that misses.
Niederreiter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dunas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dunas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Dunas misses.
Niederreiter slips under a jab from Dunas.
A head kick misses from Dunas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunas. Niederreiter does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Niederreiter throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dunas seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Niederreiter lands with a shot to the body.
Niederreiter slips under a jab.
Dunas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Niederreiter looks for the body kick but Dunas saw that one coming.
Dunas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dunas misses with a body shot.
Dunas is looking to wear down Niederreiter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Niederreiter scores with a sloppy right hand. Dunas should have avoided that one.
Dunas misses with a body shot.
Niederreiter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dunas throws a body shot but no joy.
Nino Niederreiter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Niederreiter thows a leg kick but Dunas checks it
and Dunas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dunas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niederreiter.
Dunas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nino Niederreiter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Niederreiter tests Dunas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab from Dunas.
A jab from Dunas does it's job there.
Dunas 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 one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Dunas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Niederreiter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dunas.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
Dunas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
Niederreiter cracks Dunas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Niederreiter throws a jab but it's blocked by Dunas.
A big right from Niederreiter misses.
Niederreiter is looking to score with low kicks.
Niederreiter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dunas.
Niederreiter throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Niederreiter lands with a hook. Dunas tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dunas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Niederreiter.
An inside leg kick from Niederreiter misses.
Niederreiter tries to work over Dunas's front leg with a kick but Dunas checks it.
Dunas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Niederreiter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dunas at a distance.
Niederreiter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dunas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Niederreiter throws out the jab.
Niederreiter defending well as Dunas loads up on a big left hand.
Dunas blocks a head kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dunas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niederreiter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Niederreiter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dunas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niederreiter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Niederreiter scores with a punch to the head.
Dunas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Niederreiter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Niederreiter looks for the body kick but Dunas saw that one coming.
Niederreiter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Niederreiter feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dunas's calf.
Niederreiter tries to land a front kick but Dunas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Niederreiter lands a head shot.
Niederreiter lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dunas blocks a low kick nicely.
Dunas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dunas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dunas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Niederreiter if he has to take too many more of those.
Niederreiter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Niederreiter throws a half hearted mid kick.
Niederreiter thuds a left hand into Dunas's body.
Dunas thumps Niederreiter with a low kick.
Niederreiter looks to throw the jab but Dunas is out of range.
Niederreiter throws a body kick that misses.
Dunas checks a low kick from Niederreiter.
Dunas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Niederreiter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dunas lands with a kick to the temple. Niederreiter shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dunas avoids the head kick by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter connects with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Niederreiter. Dunas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunas half committed to a counter leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Niederreiter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Niederreiter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niederreiter missing with a left hand there. Dunas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter scores with a push kick.
Dunas 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.
Dunas pushes Niederreiter away with a front kick.
Niederreiter avoids the body shot from Dunas.
Dunas throws a big shot that misses.
Niederreiter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dunas lands with a slapping head kick.
Niederreiter throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dunas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Niederreiter swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Niederreiter misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Dunas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Niederreiter avoids the body shot from Dunas.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dunas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Niederreiter.
Dunas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Niederreiter moves away.
Dunas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dunas avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Niederreiter moves out of range of the strikes.
Niederreiter tries a quick counter leg kick but Dunas is wise to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter 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!
Niederreiter lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Niederreiter scores with the left hand. Dunas knows he should have avoided that one.
Dunas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Niederreiter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dunas moves away.
Niederreiter looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A swing and a miss from Niederreiter.
Dunas checks the leg kick nicely there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dunas. Niederreiter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dunas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Niederreiter manages to avoid it.
Niederreiter is looking to land body kicks.
Dunas connects with a nice looking jab.
Dunas throws out a loose jab but Niederreiter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Niederreiter throws a push kick but Dunas slaps the foot to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niederreiter lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Niederreiter throws a big shot that misses.
Dunas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Niederreiter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Niederreiter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dunas lands with an uppercut that bounces Niederreiter off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dunas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dunas is looking to counter the offense by Niederreiter and move into the clinch.
Dunas misses with a kick to the body.
Dunas blocks a head kick by Niederreiter.
Dunas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Niederreiter can pounce on him.
Dunas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Niederreiter thinks about the counter body kick.
Dunas clobbers Niederreiter with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Some bone on bone action there as Dunas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dunas looks to land a body kick but Niederreiter moved away.
Niederreiter takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dunas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niederreiter lands a jab to the nose.
Dunas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Niederreiter tries to score with a low kick but Dunas moves his leg out of the way.
Nice shot lands for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter avoids the body shot from Dunas.
Crunch! Niederreiter slams his shin into Dunas's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dunas feints and then cracks Niederreiter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Niederreiter down.
Niederreiter with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Andrei Dunas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dunas misses with a left hand
and Niederreiter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dunas's knee momentarily.
Niederreiter tries to land a body kick
and Dunas counters by clinching up.
Niederreiter is leaning against Dunas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Niederreiter pushes Dunas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Niederreiter lands with a light punch inside.
Dunas is leaning against Niederreiter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dunas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dunas lands with a short shot to the head.
Dunas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dunas misses with a body punch.
Dunas keeps control of Niederreiter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Niederreiter lands with a short shot to the head.
Niederreiter tries a body shot but Dunas blocks it.
Niederreiter blocks an uppercut.
Dunas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Niederreiter misses with a body punch.
Dunas misses with a body punch.
Dunas lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter controlling the action here for a moment.
Dunas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dunas blocking some punches.
Niederreiter can't find room to land a body shot as Dunas controls the action.
Dunas keeps control of Niederreiter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Niederreiter tries to break the clinch but Dunas is controlling the position.
A short right from Niederreiter on the inside.
Dunas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dunas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dunas has a couple of punches blocked by Niederreiter.
Niederreiter misses with a body punch.
Dunas lands a shot to the body.
Andrei Dunas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Niederreiter wants to break free but Dunas has control.
Niederreiter scores with a shoulder strike.
Dunas pushes Niederreiter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Niederreiter is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunas has double underhooks.
Niederreiter misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dunas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Niederreiter is looking to control Dunas's arms but Dunas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Niederreiter has his back to the cage.
Dunas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niederreiter backwards.
Dunas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Niederreiter misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Dunas.
Nino Niederreiter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dunas misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niederreiter backwards.
Dunas lands a shot to the body.
Niederreiter works on Dunas's body with a couple of short punches.
Niederreiter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dunas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Niederreiter backwards.
Dunas misses with a punch on the inside.
Dunas will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niederreiter.
Dunas digs a right hand underneath Niederreiter's ribcage. Niederreiter let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Niederreiter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Niederreiter is looking to break free of the clinch but Dunas has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Niederreiter.
Niederreiter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
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 Andrei Dunas.
I think Niederreiter 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nino Niederreiter!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuznetsov's entrance music is Siberia - Cold winter night whispers. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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217 lbs
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27
216 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ivan Kuznetsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sole throws out a leg kick but Kuznetsov moves out of range and Sole only half commits.
Sole connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kuznetsov's hands.
Sole throws a looping overhand right but Kuznetsov ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.
Kuznetsov is looking to land body kicks.
Sole throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sole misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Sole throws the left hand but Kuznetsov avoids the punch easily.
Kuznetsov is looking for a counter combo.
Sole looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kuznetsov tests Sole's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sole throws a push kick but Kuznetsov slaps the foot to one side.
Sole uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Kuznetsov lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kuznetsov throws a right and a left that Sole avoids nicely.
Kuznetsov throws the left hand but Sole avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Sole's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov moves out of range as Sole throws a body kick.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole connects with a crisp jab.
Sole connects with an inside leg kick.
Kuznetsov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sole.
Sole's coach down at White Eagle was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sole's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sole moves out of range as Kuznetsov throws a body kick.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut. Sole saw that one coming.
Kuznetsov tries to bum rush Sole with a series of wild strikes but Sole uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kuznetsov throws a right hand that Sole ducks under and follows up with a left that Sole also avoids with ease.
Sole lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kuznetsov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sole momentarily.
Sole catches Kuznetsov with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kuznetsov lands a nice shot that snaps Sole's head back.
Sole misses with a straight right.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sole.
A head kick misses from Sole.
Sole moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sole will feel that in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sole stalks Kuznetsov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kuznetsov's face. Kuznetsov staggers backwards, shaken.
Kuznetsov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sole defending well as Kuznetsov loads up on a big left hand.
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Kuznetsov misses.
Sole just misses with a punch to the body.
Kuznetsov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sole throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kuznetsov blocks a jab.
Kuznetsov jabs at Sole's body.
Kuznetsov throws a combination. Sole tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Sole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kuznetsov scores with a decent looking hook.
Sole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sole swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kuznetsov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Sole takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kuznetsov tries to land a leg kick but Sole saw it coming and moves away.
Kuznetsov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kuznetsov's calf.
Kuznetsov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sole doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kuznetsov connects with a crisp jab.
Sole throws a looping overhand right but Kuznetsov ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a hook but Sole blocks it.
Ivan Kuznetsov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sole looks to land a combination. Kuznetsov sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kuznetsov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sole's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sole.
Nice body kick there by Sole.
Ivan Kuznetsov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuznetsov scores with a leg kick.
Kuznetsov throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.
Sole changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sole.
Kuznetsov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sole manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Kuznetsov misses its intended target.
Sole closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kuznetsov did well to prevent Sole getting side control.
Sole takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sole wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuznetsov keeps working.
Kuznetsov trying to control but Sole postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole winds up and cracks Kuznetsov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jacks Sole will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sole throws a hook to the side of Kuznetsov's head but Kuznetsov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kuznetsov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sole.
Kuznetsov tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Kuznetsov misses with a body kick.
Sole slips under a jab.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sole looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ivan Kuznetsov is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from Kuznetsov.
Sole looks to land a body kick but Kuznetsov moved away.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sole.
Kuznetsov blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole loads up on a big right hand but Kuznetsov slips the punch.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Sole ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Sole cracks Kuznetsov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kuznetsov jabs at Sole's body.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kuznetsov on the side of the head.
Sole closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Kuznetsov did well to prevent Sole getting side control.
Sole not doing much here.
Kuznetsov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sole takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sole scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sole working over Kuznetsov with some ground and pound. Kuznetsov looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sole seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kuznetsov does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kuznetsov is trying to maintain the position but Sole is very close to passing his half guard.
Sole is nestled in close to Kuznetsov, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov trying to hold on to Sole's head to control him but Sole postures up.
Kuznetsov is not content to let Sole control the position.
Kuznetsov flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Sole is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kuznetsov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sole pulls his head out easily.
Sole with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kuznetsov is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov actively working from the bottom here.
Sole is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sole lands strikes from half guard.
Kuznetsov is refusing to be controlled, as Sole sits in half guard.
Kuznetsov taking some punishment here, with Sole in his half guard.
Sole looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kuznetsov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sole lands a nice short elbow.
Sole looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov wants to control but Sole is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sole prevents Kuznetsov from improving his position.
Kuznetsov taking some punishment here, with Sole in his half guard.
Kuznetsov is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sole pulls his head out easily.
Sole wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kuznetsov keeps working.
Sole landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kuznetsov works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kuznetsov trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacks Sole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kuznetsov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Kuznetsov takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Sole scores with a nice body kick.
Sole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kuznetsov misses with the combination.
Sole shoots in looking for a takedown but Kuznetsov manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sole's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sole attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Kuznetsov misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuznetsov tries a head kick but it misses.
Kuznetsov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuznetsov.
A countering left hand to the body from Sole misses.
Sole cracks a nice hook into Kuznetsov's ribs.
Sole throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov defending well as Sole loads up on a big left hand.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuznetsov throws out the jab.
Kuznetsov throws a wild body kick that Sole sees coming a mile off.
Kuznetsov misses with a wild body shot.
Sole throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kuznetsov's head.
Kuznetsov is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sole throws a leg kick but Kuznetsov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sole throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kuznetsov throws a looping overhand right but Sole ducks down to avoid it.
Nice body kick there by Sole.
Kuznetsov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sole misses with an uppercut. Kuznetsov saw that one coming.
Sole throws a jab when Kuznetsov was well out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a poor cross that misses
and Sole decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kuznetsov's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sole controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuznetsov wants to hit a switch here but Sole passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kuznetsov there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kuznetsov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kuznetsov tries to hold on but Sole postures up.
Sole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sole lands with some strikes.
Jacks Sole has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kuznetsov is bucking up trying to escape but Sole cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kuznetsov is rocked!
Kuznetsov wants to control but Sole is having none of it.
Oh Kuznetsov is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sole tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kuznetsov seems to have got his legs back now.
Sole with good strikes from the mount here!
Kuznetsov takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kuznetsov wants to control but Sole is having none of it.
Sole postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Kuznetsov out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sole goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jacks Sole!
Our winner, Jacks Sole, 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.
Ivan Kuznetsov spoke after the fight, saying 'I need to change something. I think i go back to heavyweight, i haven't done good after dropping to 205.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Halo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ken Halo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Brian Pereira!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira throws an off balance right hand
and Halo counters with a nice leg kick.
Pereira cracks Halo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pereira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Halo's head backwards.
Pereira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pereira throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Halo has time to react.
Halo moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Halo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pereira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pereira darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Halo's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Pereira before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brian Pereira!
A very excited looking Brian Pereira made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Ken Halo was interviewed post fight and said 'The dude tried to do a finger poke in my bung hole, its not fair that they dont take a point for that, especially when they do it repeatedly ya know? F#ck this man!'.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Brewster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brewster might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bodies. Lemaitre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by La Marseillaise. This should be a great matchup!
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Barry Brewster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewster misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brewster walks into a stiff left hand from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lemaitre dips to his left and cracks Brewster with an uppercut!
Lemaitre throws a shot to the body.
Brewster takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brewster falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lemaitre connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brewster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lemaitre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lemaitre throws a combination. Brewster tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
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!
Lemaitre pushes Brewster up against the cage in a clinch.
Lemaitre lands a nice shot to the body.
Brewster is trying to force a seperation but Lemaitre has the dominant position.
Lemaitre tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brewster avoids it.
Lemaitre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brewster is defending well for now.
Brewster has a couple of punches blocked by Lemaitre.
Brewster misses with a punch to the body.
Lemaitre pushes Brewster back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brewster misses with the head strike.
Brewster is trying to maintain a safe position but Lemaitre gets an underhook and turns Brewster into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaitre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brewster or not.
Lemaitre trying to land knees to the body.
Brewster takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brewster is breathing heavily.
A short body shot lands from Lemaitre as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Lemaitre - that landed with a thud.
Lemaitre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brewster prevents a body shot from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Brewster wants to get back to his feet but Lemaitre passes into half guard.
Lemaitre stalling.
Lemaitre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lemaitre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Lemaitre there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lemaitre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre throwing shots but Brewster is blocking nicely.
Brewster trying to control from the bottom.
Lemaitre is working for a submission of some sort.
Brewster blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lemaitre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lemaitre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lemaitre not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lemaitre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Lemaitre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lemaitre lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brewster is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at London MMA Club, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Lemaitre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lemaitre is nestled in close to Brewster, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lemaitre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lemaitre throwing shots but Brewster is blocking nicely.
Lemaitre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brewster's head.
Lemaitre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brewster's head.
Lemaitre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brewster manages to get to full guard.
Lemaitre postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lemaitre drops back, looking for a kneebar! Brewster looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Brewster looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Brewster!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre is looking to reverse the position.
Lemaitre is not content to let Brewster control the position.
Lemaitre is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lemaitre is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A lull in the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Lemaitre dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brewster throws a head kick that misses.
Lemaitre lands a body shot.
Brewster staying out of range there.
Lemaitre jabs Brewster right on the nose. Brewster blinks but takes it well.
Lemaitre throws a series of punches but Brewster avoids them all with ease.
Lemaitre connects with the punch.
Lemaitre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brewster.
Brewster takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lemaitre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brewster appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Brewster misses with an uppercut. Lemaitre saw that one coming.
Brewster avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brewster slips a straight right by Lemaitre.
Brewster lands a jab to the nose.
Lemaitre ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lemaitre thuds a left hand into Brewster's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lemaitre looks to throw the jab but Brewster is out of range.
Samir Lemaitre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemaitre scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Lemaitre misses.
Lemaitre misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewster pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brewster looks to throw the jab but Lemaitre is out of range.
Brewster tried to score with a low kick but Lemaitre checks it.
Brewster misses with a lunging right hand
and Lemaitre counters with a stiff right hand.
Brewster takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lemaitre throws a series of punches but Brewster avoids them all with ease.
Lemaitre lands with a nice body punch.
Lemaitre ducks under a wild hook from Brewster.
Samir Lemaitre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lemaitre takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Lemaitre misses its intended target.
Lemaitre lands with a good body shot.
Lemaitre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lemaitre just misses with a punch to the body.
Lemaitre misses with a two punch combination.
Lemaitre throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Brewster wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemaitre throws a jab but it's blocked by Brewster.
Lemaitre swings for the body but Brewster moves out of range.
Lemaitre defending well as Brewster loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewster pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lemaitre is out of range and Brewster settles back down.
The fighters circling - Brewster throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lemaitre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lemaitre just misses with a punch to the body.
Brewster was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lemaitre walks into a jab.
Lemaitre tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brewster manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lemaitre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brewster.
Brewster pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brewster throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Lemaitre counter with a right hand.
Brewster is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lemaitre.
Lemaitre is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Brewster throws a jab when Lemaitre was well out of range.
Donk. Lemaitre catches Brewster right on the button with a cross.
Barry Brewster is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Lemaitre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brewster takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lemaitre lands with a good body shot.
Lemaitre lands with a good body shot.
Brewster waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lemaitre.
Brewster misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brewster looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brewster takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brewster connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brewster gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good work by Lemaitre as he checks the leg kick.
Lemaitre sizes up Brewster with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brewster looks to land a left hand but Lemaitre moved out of range nicely.
Brewster attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lemaitre throws a jab but it's blocked by Brewster.
Lemaitre scores with a shot to the body.
Brewster misses with a leg kick.
Lemaitre lands with a good body shot.
Brewster is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lemaitre.
Brewster lands a nice hook to Lemaitre's body. Lemaitre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lemaitre cracks Brewster with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lemaitre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lemaitre misses with a looping left.
Lemaitre sizes up Brewster with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brewster looks to land a combination but Lemaitre avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brewster misses with a wild body shot.
Brewster is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lemaitre.
Brewster defending well as Lemaitre loads up on a big left hand.
Lemaitre works Brewster's body with a nice hook.
Lemaitre throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Nice cross by Lemaitre.
Lemaitre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lemaitre scores with a jab to the body.
Brewster connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lemaitre momentarily.
Brewster has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brewster there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lemaitre lands a nice shot to the body.
Brewster tries to land a leg kick but Lemaitre saw it coming and moves away.
A cross from Lemaitre lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lemaitre lands a nice hook to Brewster's body. Brewster takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lemaitre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brewster at a distance.
Lemaitre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brewster.
Brewster throwing a counter right hand but Lemaitre manages to avoid it.
Lemaitre jabs Brewster right on the nose. Brewster blinks but takes it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Lemaitre 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!
Brewster throws a body kick that misses.
Lemaitre moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lemaitre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lemaitre lands with a straight right. Brewster didn't see that one coming.
Lemaitre takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brewster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemaitre manages to avoid it.
Lemaitre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Lemaitre releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lemaitre defending well as Brewster loads up on a big left hand.
Lemaitre now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Brewster fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemaitre manages to avoid it.
Brewster blocks a jab.
Lemaitre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lemaitre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brewster tries to land a front kick but Lemaitre steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brewster misses with a straight left.
Lemaitre throws a hook but Brewster blocks it.
Brewster takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemaitre darts in and clinches Brewster up against the cage.
Lemaitre tries to work over Brewster's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemaitre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brewster prevents a body shot from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lemaitre landing knees to the body.
Lemaitre tries a body shot but Brewster blocks it.
Lemaitre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Lemaitre obliges.
Lemaitre struggles to land a body shot inside as Brewster controls his hands.
Lemaitre lands a nice knee to the body.
Lemaitre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lemaitre lands with a left to the head.
Lemaitre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lemaitre wants a takedown but no success here.
Brewster looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lemaitre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lemaitre scores with a hook to the body.
Lemaitre keeps control of Brewster as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Lemaitre as the two fighters clinch.
Lemaitre can't find room to land a body shot as Brewster controls the action.
Lemaitre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barry Brewster has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewster has had enough of the clinch but Lemaitre keeps him there for the moment.
Lemaitre turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lemaitre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Brewster sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Lemaitre throws a strike aimed at the side of Brewster's head but Brewster avoids it well.
Brewster parries the strikes from Lemaitre easily there. Lemaitre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Brewster to escape.
Lemaitre landing a few strikes.
Lemaitre throws an elbow but Brewster slips to the side and avoids it well.
Brewster is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lemaitre connects with a decent elbow.
Lemaitre grinds an elbow into Brewster's temple.
Lemaitre cracks Brewster with a big elbow.
Brewster avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lemaitre.
Lemaitre scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Brewster is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Lemaitre can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samir Lemaitre!
Samir Lemaitre made sure to mention his sponsor, Bullet Proof System in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Wiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wiz comes into the arena with SouthSide blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big Wiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Magnus Cross!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross moves out of range as Wiz strikes.
Wiz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cross.
Cross lands the left hand.
It looks like Big Wiz has been cut.
Cross keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiz.
Wiz lands a big right hand that sends Cross crashing to the mat! Wiz stays standing though and waves Cross back to his feet!
It looks like Magnus Cross has been cut.
Cross lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiz looks to land a right hand but Cross moved out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cross darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wiz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cross swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cross scores with a nice right hand.
Big Wiz's cut is getting worse.
Cross has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
No joy there for Cross, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cross looks to throw the jab but Wiz is out of range.
Wiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cross looks to score with a jab to the body but Wiz is just out of range.
Wiz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Magnus Cross is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cross bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wiz's head.
Cross throws a body shot but no joy.
Wiz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cross, as that shot connected.
Big Wiz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cross lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wiz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cross.
Cross jabs at Wiz's body.
Cross uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wiz.
Cross lands the left hand.
Jeez, Big Wiz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Cross clobbers Wiz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross stuns Wiz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cross avoids the head kick by Wiz.
Wiz misses with a wild combination.
Cross throws a poor cross that misses
and Wiz counters with a three punch combo that has Cross backing up. Cross nods at Wiz to acknowledge the strikes.
Cross jabs Wiz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wiz working aggressively here.
Wiz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cross blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cross tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wiz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cross breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Big Wiz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Magnus Cross!
Magnus Cross spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anakoni Kai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Newmark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kai comes to the cage accompanied by Firestarter. The crowd seem to be enjoying Newmark's choice of entrance music: On the run. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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28
212 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
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221 lbs
39 - 23 - 1 |
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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
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anakoni Kai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Newmark!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newmark dips to his left and cracks Kai with an uppercut!
Newmark throws a head kick that misses.
Kai is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Newmark throws a shot from downtown. Kai moves away and avoids it.
Kai tries a head kick but it misses.
Newmark on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Newmark throws a series of punches but Kai avoids them all with ease.
A telegraphed right hand from Newmark misses the target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Newmark crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kai - the referee stops the clock and Newmark gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kai. Newmark manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Newmark swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've been told by Kai's head coaches at White Eagle that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kai feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Newmark's calf.
A shot to the liver by Kai. Beautiful body shot.
Newmark gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kai.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kai throws a shot from downtown. Newmark moves away and avoids it.
Kai misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newmark rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Newmark takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Newmark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kai moves away.
Kai was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A nice inside leg kick there by Newmark. That's going to slow Kai down.
Newmark throws an off balance right hand
and Kai counters with a nice kick to the body.
Newmark looks winded!
Newmark swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kai counters with a head kick that drops Newmark to the mat! Newmark scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Newmark is rocked!
Kai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Newmark is still on wobbly legs! Can Kai finish him?
Kai lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Newmark out cold! Newmark is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Anakoni Kai!
During a confident post fight interview, Anakoni Kai 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dmitry Borschev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bull Hurley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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237 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dmitry Borschev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bull Hurley!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borschev throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dmitry Borschev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hurley lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hurley looks to land a right hand but Borschev moved out of range.
Hurley throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crunch! Borschev slams his shin into Hurley's torso.
Jab, jab by Borschev - just one landing.
A jab from Hurley misses.
Borschev seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Borschev is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Borschev staying out of range there.
Borschev misses with a body shot.
Hurley only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Borschev throws a half hearted mid kick.
Borschev blocks the body kick.
Borschev is looking to score with low kicks.
Borschev just misses with a punch to the body.
Borschev misses with a body punch
and Hurley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borschev throws a leg kick
and Hurley counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Borschev throws the kick towards the body but Hurley avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschev moves out of range of the body kick.
Hurley lands a head kick!
Hurley lands with a nice combination. Borschev backs away looking to recover.
Borschev slips a jab from Hurley.
Hurley blocks a head kick by Borschev.
Borschev doesn't manage to clinch there - Hurley circles away.
Borschev is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Borschev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hurley throws a leg kick but Borschev sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Borschev misses the target.
Hurley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hurley misses with a body kick.
Borschev throwing a counter right hand but Hurley manages to avoid it.
Borschev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hurley scores with a spinning back kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borschev throws a wild body kick that Hurley sees coming a mile off.
Hurley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurley's corner calls for a 1-2. Hurley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hurley.
Hurley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hurley.
Borschev moves out of range of the body kick from Hurley.
Hurley walks into a jab.
Nice cross by Hurley.
Borschev walks into a left hand.
Hurley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Borschev avoids the body shot from Hurley.
Borschev steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hurley.
Hurley lands a nice looking body kick.
Hurley lands with a shot to the body.
Borschev is breathing heavily.
Borschev on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Hurley lands with a nice body kick.
Borschev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hurley.
Hurley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hurley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hurley 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.
Hurley misses with a looping left.
Hurley scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hurley punishes Borschev's body with a nice straight punch.
Hurley cracks Borschev with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Borschev looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hurley finish him?
Borschev is rocked!
It looks like Dmitry Borschev has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Borschev walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hurley.
Hurley throws a right and a left that Borschev avoids nicely.
Borschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurley throws out the jab.
Borschev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hurley clinches up with Borschev and pushes him back against the cage.
Hurley struggles to land a body shot inside as Borschev controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hurley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hurley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borschev is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hurley ducks under a wild hook from Borschev.
Hurley avoids the body shot from Borschev.
Hurley looks to land a body kick but Borschev moved away.
Borschev throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hurley catches Borschev with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hurley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Borschev misses with a body kick.
Borschev tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hurley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hurley. Borschev shrugs it off though.
Hurley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hurley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hurley feints and then cracks Borschev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Borschev down.
Hurley throws a push kick but Borschev slaps the foot to one side.
Borschev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hurley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Borschev had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hurley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Borschev was well out of range. Poor timing from Hurley.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bull Hurley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Borschev'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.
Hurley connects with a right hand. Borschev shakes it off.
Borschev misses with a head kick.
Hurley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Borschev.
Hurley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hurley takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hurley moves into the clinch.
Hurley tries to throw a body punch but Borschev avoids it by throwing Hurley back against the cage.
Borschev will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hurley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borschev avoids it.
Borschev lands an uppercut.
Hurley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Borschev's elbow.
A hook to the body from Hurley.
Hurley lands a body punch.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the head but Borschev blocks with his arms.
Hurley lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hurley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hurley misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borschev is defending well for now.
Hurley connects with a knee to the head.
Hurley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Borschev fails to land.
Borschev misses with a body punch.
Borschev misses with a punch to the body.
Borschev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hurley lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hurley tries to throw a body punch but Borschev avoids it by throwing Hurley back against the cage.
Hurley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Borschev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Borschev throws the kick towards the body but Hurley avoids it.
Borschev throws a low kick but Hurley moves out of range easily.
Hurley cracks Borschev with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hurley throws a leg kick but Borschev moved away.
Hurley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borschev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hurley throws a leg kick but Borschev sees it coming and moves out of range.
Borschev swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hurley looks to land a body kick but Borschev moved away.
Hurley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Borschev's calf.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Borschev - that will leave a mark!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Borschev finds it's way through Hurley's defenses.
Borschev takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hurley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hurley misses with a body kick.
Borschev with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Borschev misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hurley scoring well with a low kick there.
Borschev lands a jab to the head.
Borschev has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hurley.
Borschev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hurley throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borschev misses with a low kick.
A low kick from Borschev is predictable there
and Hurley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hurley thuds his right hand into Borschev's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Borschev takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hurley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Borschev blocks a head kick by Hurley.
Hurley is looking to land body kicks.
Hurley forces Borschev back against the cage and clinches.
Borschev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hurley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Borschev is defending well for now.
Borschev managing to block the knees to the body from Hurley.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hurley as Borschev tries to tie him up.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Borschev avoids it.
Hurley lands a body shot.
Hurley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borschev misses with a punch on the inside.
Borschev swings wildly with an uppercut but Hurley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hurley tries to land a knee to the head but Borschev blocks with his arms.
Hurley misses with a body punch.
Borschev working aggressively here.
Borschev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Borschev 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!
Borschev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hurley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A head punch on the inside from Borschev fails to land.
Hurley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Borschev backwards.
Hurley trying to land knees to the body.
Hurley is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Borschev has a couple of punches blocked by Hurley.
Hurley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Borschev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bull Hurley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dmitry Borschev'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.
Hurley thows a body kick. Borschev tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bull Hurley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A shot to the liver by Borschev. Beautiful body shot.
Borschev slips under a jab.
Hurley lands a lovely overhand right.
Borschev misses with a two punch combination.
Borschev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hurley.
A good leg kick by Borschev.
Hurley stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hurley slips a straight right by Borschev.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hurley.
Hurley scoring well with a low kick there.
Borschev pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Borschev misses with a leg kick
and Hurley counters with a body kick that stops Borschev in his tracks momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurley scores with a shot to the body.
Hurley fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hurley digs a good body shot into Borschev's ribs.
Borschev is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borschev takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hurley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hurley lands a big head kick that sends Borschev to the canvas! Hurley follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bull Hurley!
After winning the bout, Bull Hurley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ravi Shankoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Jong Un (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shankoli comes to the cage accompanied by Ravi Shankar - Om Shiva. Jong Un is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Aegukka. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ravi Shankoli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kim Jong Un!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jong Un fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jong Un feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shankoli's calf.
Shankoli has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Broken Halo's -Temple of Illumination in the buildup to the fight.
Nice shot lands for Jong Un.
Jong Un throws a leg kick which misses Shankoli's front leg but catches the back leg as Shankoli tries to avoid it.
Jong Un scores with a leg kick.
Shankoli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jong Un.
Jong Un tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Shankoli misses the target.
Jong Un throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Shankoli sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Shankoli jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jong Un misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jong Un misses with a low kick.
Shankoli seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jong Un throws a leg kick but Shankoli moved away.
As Jong Un looks to move away, Shankoli throws a big counter combo but Jong Un just gets out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong Un scores with a nice body kick.
Shankoli takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jong Un throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've been informed that Jong Un 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.
Jong Un throws a looping overhand right but Shankoli ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Shankoli was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jong Un.
Nice shot lands for Jong Un.
Jong Un feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shankoli's calf.
Jong Un stuns Shankoli with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shankoli takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Shankoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jong Un.
Shankoli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong Un misses with a right hand
and Shankoli connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jong Un tries to bum rush Shankoli with a series of wild strikes but Shankoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shankoli throwing a counter right hand but Jong Un manages to avoid it.
Jong Un misses with a low kick.
As Jong Un backs away, Shankoli returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jong Un. Shankoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jong Un scoring well with a low kick there.
Kim Jong Un seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shankoli throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jong Un throws a right and a left that Shankoli avoids nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Shankoli!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli tries to bum rush Jong Un with a series of wild strikes but Jong Un uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jong Un waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shankoli.
Shankoli ducks right into an uppercut from Jong Un.
Shankoli looks to land a combination but Jong Un avoids it well.
Jong Un slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shankoli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jong Un moves away.
Shankoli slips under a jab from Jong Un.
Jong Un throws a lazy right hand but Shankoli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shankoli throws a quick counter head kick but Jong Un was just out of range.
Jong Un looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli slips under a jab.
Shankoli checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Jong Un goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shankoli seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Shankoli throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jong Un cracks the inside of Shankoli's front leg.
Jong Un thuds a left hand into Shankoli's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Jong Un.
Shankoli throws a big counter combination but Jong Un scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Jong Un fakes the leg kick and cracks Shankoli in the body.
Jong Un misses with a left hand
and Shankoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Jong Un dominated that round.
That's time! Shankoli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jong Un looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Jong Un misses
and Shankoli makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jong Un connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ravi Shankoli is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jong Un misses with an uppercut.
Jong Un uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jong Un pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Shankoli back to the cage. Jong Un follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jong Un will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Shankoli thinks about countering with a body kick.
Nice body kick there by Jong Un.
Shankoli misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shankoli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shankoli is looking to counter with a body kick.
Jong Un scores with a kick to the body.
Jong Un misses with a looping left.
Jong Un has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jong Un lands a nice shot to the body.
Shankoli moves out of range of the body kick from Jong Un.
Shankoli is looking for a counter combo.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Jong Un in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jong Un throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Shankoli wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jong Un scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jong Un can pounce on him.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jong Un darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jong Un scores with a nice right hand.
Jong Un throws an overhand right that lands on Shankoli's shoulder, as Shankoli tries to avoid the shot.
Shankoli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shankoli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jong Un.
Jong Un connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jong Un waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shankoli.
Shankoli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jong Un is looking to chop away at Shankoli's legs.
As Jong Un looks to move away, Shankoli throws a big counter combo but Jong Un just gets out of the way.
Jong Un scores with a hook.
Shankoli chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jong Un can pounce on him.
Jong Un throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Shankoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jong Un looks to land a right hand but Shankoli moved out of range.
A quick step to the side and Shankoli tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jong Un lands with a shot to the body.
Jong Un fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shankoli manages to avoid it.
Jong Un uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shankoli.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Shankoli misses
and Jong Un counters with a right hand to the body.
Jong Un takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jong Un misses with a leg kick
and Shankoli counters with a nice body kick.
A jab lands there for Jong Un.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Shankoli might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jong Un. Shankoli does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Shankoli was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jong Un comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kim Jong Un seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shankoli avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
As Jong Un looks to move away, Shankoli throws a big counter combo but Jong Un just gets out of the way.
Jong Un throws a shot from downtown. Shankoli moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Jong Un showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jong Un misses with a looping left.
Shankoli is looking for a counter combo.
Jong Un rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shankoli counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shankoli misses with a double jab.
Shankoli moves out of range of the strikes.
A left lands for Jong Un.
Shankoli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jong Un.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jong Un throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shankoli thinks about countering with a body kick.
Jong Un lands a slapping body shot.
Shankoli tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shankoli misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Shankoli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jong Un looks to land a right hand but Shankoli moved out of range.
It looked like Shankoli was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jab by Jong Un.
Shankoli takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shankoli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Shankoli blocks the leg kick.
It looked like Shankoli was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Shankoli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shankoli lands with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jong Un.
Jong Un tries to score with a low kick but Shankoli moves his leg out of the way.
It looked like Shankoli was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Shankoli's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Shankoli catches Jong Un with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Kim Jong Un has been cut.
Jong Un throws a shot to the body.
Jong Un throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jong Un throws a big shot that misses.
Shankoli seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jong Un misses with a jab to the body
and Shankoli counters with a crisp right hand that drops Jong Un! Shankoli lets Jong Un back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Jong Un is rocked!
Shankoli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jong Un is still on wobbly legs! Can Shankoli finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jong Un, right into the meat.
Jong Un seems to have recovered his senses.
Jong Un misses with a low kick.
Jong Un throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shankoli counters with a nice right hand that sends Jong Un toppling to the canvas! Jong Un scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Shankoli finish him?!
Shankoli ducks under a wild hook from Jong Un.
Shankoli appears to be looking for a big counter.
Shankoli takes one to the side of the head.
Jong Un connects with a leg kick. Shankoli looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jong Un lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shankoli thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jong Un.
Shankoli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jong Un avoids the body shot from Shankoli.
Shankoli backing away here, and Jong Un unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Shankoli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from Shankoli does no damage.
Shankoli blocks a low kick nicely.
Shankoli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shankoli keeps the fight on the outside.
Shankoli has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jong Un.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ravi Shankoli did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Kim Jong Un's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jong Un throws an overhand right that lands on Shankoli's shoulder, as Shankoli tries to avoid the shot.
Shankoli throwing a counter right hand but Jong Un manages to avoid it.
Jong Un lands a nice looking body shot.
Shankoli is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jong Un moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jong Un pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shankoli went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jong Un jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shankoli slips a jab from Jong Un.
Shankoli appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jong Un throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jong Un misses with an uppercut. Shankoli saw that one coming.
It looked like Shankoli was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jong Un.
Shankoli thumps Jong Un with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jong Un pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shankoli is looking for a counter combo.
Jong Un throws a body shot but no joy.
Jong Un feints and then cracks Shankoli's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shankoli down.
Jong Un misses with a low kick.
Shankoli is looking for a counter combo.
Jong Un misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shankoli.
Jong Un throws a leg kick
and Shankoli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shankoli lands a nice looking body shot.
Shankoli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jong Un lands a slapping body shot.
Jong Un fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shankoli looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jong Un looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jong Un lands a jab.
Shankoli uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jong Un.
Shankoli throws a big counter combination but Jong Un scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A shot to the liver by Jong Un. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jong Un lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shankoli takes a step back to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli scores with a nice head shot.
Jong Un misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jong Un throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jong Un scores with a kick to the body.
Shankoli doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Shankoli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jong Un cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jong Un throws a low kick, looking for Shankoli's leg but Shankoli calmly moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shankoli has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jong Un.
Shankoli misses with a double jab.
It seemed like Jong Un was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shankoli slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A swing and a miss from Jong Un.
Jong Un thuds a left hand into Shankoli's body.
Shankoli defending well as Jong Un loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shankoli keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jong Un.
Jong Un looks to land a body kick but Shankoli moved away.
A counter left hand to the body from Shankoli misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Jong Un dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Kim Jong Un's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jong Un ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shankoli moves away.
Jong Un throws out a loose jab but Shankoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jong Un throws a lazy body kick
and Shankoli counters with a nice right hand that sends Jong Un toppling to the canvas! Jong Un scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Shankoli finish him?!
Shankoli fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jong Un has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jong Un wants to slow Shankoli down by chopping away at his legs.
Shankoli is looking to counter with head kicks.
Jong Un dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shankoli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jong Un on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jong Un misses the target.
Shankoli throws a low kick but Jong Un moves out of range easily.
Jong Un is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shankoli with a body shot.
Shankoli slips under a jab from Jong Un.
Jong Un tries to land a leg kick but Shankoli saw it coming and moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shankoli.
Decent striking displayed by Jong Un there.
Shankoli takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Shankoli.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Jong Un.
Ravi Shankoli has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jong Un throws a low kick, looking for Shankoli's leg but Shankoli calmly moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Shankoli misses its target.
Jong Un throws a shot from downtown. Shankoli moves away and avoids it.
Shankoli looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jong Un takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A shot to the liver by Jong Un. Beautiful body shot.
Shankoli takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shankoli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jong Un with a nice cross.
Jong Un throws a leg kick but Shankoli checks it.
Shankoli will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Shankoli throws a jab when Jong Un was well out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jong Un, right into the meat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jong Un.
An inside leg kick lands from Jong Un.
Jong Un sizes up Shankoli with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shankoli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jong Un manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Shankoli.
An attempted straight right counter from Shankoli misses the target.
Jong Un scores with a push kick.
Shankoli takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jong Un waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shankoli.
Jong Un misses with a low kick.
Shankoli throwing a counter right hand but Jong Un manages to avoid it.
Jong Un misses with a straight right.
Shankoli throws a big counter combination but Jong Un scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Shankoli swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jong Un counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Shankoli stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jong Un.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kim Jong Un comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jong Un has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Jong Un!
Kim Jong Un is the new light heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Kim Jong Un, 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.
The defeated Ravi Shankoli had this to say: 'I believe he forgotten shower for a week or something, I gagged on my own vomit and never could get it back together again. Take a shower you filthy bastard!'.
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