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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gengis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reefer Manic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manic has chosen smoke somebuddy. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gengis Khan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gengis Khan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reefer Manic!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manic scores with a body shot.
Manic tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Manic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Khan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manic.
Manic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Khan swinging wildly here.
Manic cracks the inside of Khan's front leg.
Manic works Khan's body with a nice hook.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manic can pounce on him.
Manic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Manic scores with a head kick.
Manic scores with the left hand. Khan knows he should have avoided that one.
Manic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan throws the left hand but Manic avoids the punch easily.
Manic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Manic scores with a crisp jab that stopped Khan in his tracks.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Manic.
Manic darts in and clinches Khan up against the ropes.
Khan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manic misses with the head strike.
Manic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan trying to stall but Manic improves his position.
Khan working aggressively here.
Manic lands an uppercut.
Manic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Manic can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Manic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Manic is pressed up against the ropes. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Manic down to the mat. Manic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice cross by Manic.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Manic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
A head kick misses from Manic.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.
Manic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Manic prevents a takedown attempt there.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Manic scores with a shoulder strike.
Khan trying to stall but Manic improves his position.
Khan blocks a body shot from Manic.
Manic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan misses with a punch to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Manic just misses with a elbow thrown towards Khan's brow.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic tries to break free but Khan pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Manic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocking some punches.
Khan dodges an elbow strike from Manic.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Manic tries to tie him up.
Manic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Manic trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Manic.
Manic should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Manic looking to stall.
Khan has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Manic is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gengis Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manic tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Manic back against the cage.
Manic looking to slow down the pace here.
Manic tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manic is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
Manic misses with a punch on the inside.
Manic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Manic prevents Khan from breaking the clinch.
Manic throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan has Manic pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Khan pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Manic tumbling to the mat - Khan dives into Manic's guard.
Manic tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan stands and throws Manic's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Manic is trying to work for a sweep but Khan has mounted him!
Khan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Manic is working to get back to half guard.
Khan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Manic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Khan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Manic can't escape the position.
Khan controlling from mount.
Manic is looking to get to half guard.
Khan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Manic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Khan looking to finish Manic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Manic!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reefer Manic dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Manic keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Khan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manic counters with a leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Manic.
Nice shot lands for Manic.
Manic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Manic scores with a nice right hand.
Manic doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan just misses with a punch to the body.
Manic lands a body shot.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manic slips a straight right by Khan.
Nice uppercut lands for Manic. That snapped Khan's head back.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Manic jabs at Khan's body.
Manic lands a slapping body shot.
Khan moves forwards but Manic connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Manic. That's going to slow Khan down.
Manic tries to clinch up.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nice defenses there by Manic.
Manic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manic throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gengis Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Manic clinches up with Khan and pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Khan tries a body shot but Manic blocks it.
Manic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Khan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Manic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Khan tries to land a knee to the head but Manic blocks with his arms.
Khan wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Manic throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Manic - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khan.
Khan tries to break free but Manic pushes him back against the ropes.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Manic misses with a body punch.
Manic trying to stall but Khan improves his position.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Manic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Manic working hard to break the clinch.
Khan tries to score a body lock takedown but Manic shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Manic.
Manic is trying to break the clinch but Khan is controlling him.
Manic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Manic missing with knees to the body.
Manic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manic digs a right hand underneath Khan's ribcage. Khan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Manic lands with a short shot to the head.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Manic is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Khan is keeping busy.
Khan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries a body shot but Manic blocks it.
Khan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Manic tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Khan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Manic controls his hands.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Manic.
Khan can't get the takedown.
Khan can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gengis Khan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Manic throws a punch but it's blocked by Khan.
Manic is working Khan over against the ropes.
Manic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Khan blocks a body shot from Manic.
Manic presses Khan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Khan prevents a body shot from Manic.
Manic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Khan avoids it.
Khan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Manic gets through Khan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Khan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Manic holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Manic missing with knees to the body.
Manic working aggressively here.
Manic is pressed up against the ropes. Khan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Manic down to the mat. Manic avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Manic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Manic. Manic obviously looking to wear him down.
Manic connects with a high kick.
Manic dips to his left and cracks Khan with an uppercut!
Manic with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khan misses with a hook. Manic ducked under it nicely.
Khan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice body punch from Manic.
Manic lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Manic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Khan rather than just go for the knockout.
Manic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Manic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Manic lands with a good body shot.
Khan is looking to land body kicks.
A head kick from Manic lands but Khan takes it in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a right and a left that Manic avoids nicely.
Manic throws a shot to the body.
Manic goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khan tries to move into range but Manic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Khan takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Manic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Khan's sensitive parts.
Manic doesn't manage to clinch there - Khan circles away.
Khan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Manic finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Khan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Manic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Manic with a nice cross.
Manic looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Khan is fending him off so far but Manic persists. Nope, Khan circles away and we're back to standing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Manic moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Manic tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan takes a swing at Manic's ribcage but misses.
Khan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Khan fails with a takedown attempt.
Manic with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reefer Manic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Manic scores with a shot to the body.
Manic thuds a left hand into Khan's body.
Manic throws a front kick that sends Khan stumbling back into the ropes.
Manic digs a good body shot into Khan's ribs.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A good leg kick by Manic.
Manic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Manic lands with a nice body kick.
Donk. Manic catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Manic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.
Manic's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Manic duly obliges.
Manic connects with the punch.
Manic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Manic.
Manic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Manic saw that one coming.
Manic ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Manic lands a nice looking body kick.
Manic lands a body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Manic. Khan shrugs it off though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Khan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Manic tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manic lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Khan backs up against the ropes.
Khan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Manic catches Khan right on the button with a cross.
Manic takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both fighters circling a little - Manic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Manic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Khan will feel that in the morning.
Manic lands with a nice body kick.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manic, right into the meat.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reefer Manic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice body kick from Manic.
Manic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Khan crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Manic - the referee stops the clock and Khan gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Manic. Khan manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Manic moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Manic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Khan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Khan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Manic lands a nice hook to Khan's body. Khan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manic lands a jab to Khan's midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Manic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manic throws a front kick that sends Khan stumbling back into the ropes.
Manic fails in his attempt to clinch.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Manic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Manic, right into the meat.
Khan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Manic feints and then cracks Khan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Khan down.
Khan walks into a left hand.
Manic scores with a nice head shot.
Khan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Manic lands with an uppercut that bounces Khan off the ropes and back into rage.
Manic stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Khan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Manic lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
Khan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Manic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Manic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Khan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Manic scores with a nice body kick.
Manic scores with a shot to the body.
Manic scores with a nice body kick.
Khan throws a hook but Manic avoids it easily.
Manic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Manic scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Manic lands with a good body shot.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Manic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manic throws a shot to the body.
Khan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Manic saw that one coming.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Manic lands a body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Manic!
Manic jabs at Khan's body.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan misses with a body punch
and Manic counters with a stiff right hand.
Khan has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Manic.
Khan throws a sloppy body shot
and Manic counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Manic bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khan's head backwards.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Manic stalks Khan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Khan's face. Khan staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters circling a little - Manic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Manic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Manic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Manic. That one must have hurt.
Khan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Khan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Manic is just out of range.
Manic cracks a nice hook into Khan's ribs.
Manic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manic tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manic keeps Khan at a distance using the push kick.
Manic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Manic tries to clinch up.
Khan sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Khan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Manic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manic.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manic lands with a cross.
Manic throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Khan.
Manic takes the fight into the clinch.
Manic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gengis Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A hook to the body from Manic.
And that's the end of the fight!
Reefer Manic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Manic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Reefer Manic!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Reefer Manic!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Reefer Manic!
Reefer Manic wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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191 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tom Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Krueger!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
Krueger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krueger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krueger keeps the fight on the outside.
Krueger throws a combination. Watson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Watson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krueger throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Krueger.
Watson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krueger misses with a double jab
and Watson moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson is pressed up against the ropes. Krueger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Krueger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Krueger looks to land a right hand but Watson moved out of range.
Watson tries to clinch but Krueger is having none of it.
Watson tries to clinch but Krueger is having none of it.
Krueger misses with a combination
and Watson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Watson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Krueger tries to circle away but Watson has him pinned against the ropes.
Watson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krueger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Krueger wants a takedown but no success here.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Krueger in his tracks for a moment.
Watson crunches a lovely knee into Krueger's ribcage.
Krueger looks gassed!
Watson presses Krueger against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Freddy Krueger has been cut.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands with a right to the head.
Watson scores with a knee to the head.
Watson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Krueger takes an elbow to the temple.
Watson scores with a shot to the side of Krueger's head.
Watson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Watson pushes Krueger back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watson lands a hook that snaps the head of Krueger backwards.
Watson lands a nice knee to the body.
Watson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krueger backwards.
Watson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krueger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Krueger in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
Watson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Krueger.
Tom Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freddy Krueger.
Watson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Krueger is working for takedown but Watson is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson lands a knee to the head.
Watson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krueger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watson stops a takedown attempt from Krueger.
Krueger takes a knee to the side of the body.
Watson scores with a shot to the side of Krueger's head.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Krueger in his tracks for a moment.
Krueger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Watson lands a nice elbow.
Krueger is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Watson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krueger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Watson crunches a lovely knee into Krueger's ribcage.
Watson is pressed up against the ropes. Krueger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson clinches with his opponent.
Krueger has Watson pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Krueger pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Watson tumbling to the mat - Krueger dives into Watson's guard.
Krueger is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Watson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Freddy Krueger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger throws a hook but Watson blocks it.
Krueger throws a hook but Watson blocks it.
Krueger bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krueger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Krueger walks into a straight right hand from Watson.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson wants to clinch up but Krueger keeps it at a distance.
Watson tries to clinch up but Krueger circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Freddy Krueger's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Krueger connects with a nice looking jab.
Krueger stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Krueger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watson manages to avoid it.
Krueger shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Watson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Watson.
Krueger drops down looking for an ankle pick but Watson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Krueger is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krueger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krueger throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Krueger is out of range.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch but Krueger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Krueger.
Krueger gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Watson counters with a leg kick.
Tom Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freddy Krueger.
A punch lands to the side of Watson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krueger tries for a takedown but Watson circles away easily
and Watson moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson gets underhooks to prevent Krueger's takedown attempt.
Krueger is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Watson.
Krueger working hard to break the clinch.
Watson lands a nice elbow.
Watson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Krueger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watson lands a knee to the body.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krueger takes an elbow to the temple.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson lands a nice shot to the body.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Watson lands an elbow inside that Krueger shrugs off.
Tom Watson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Watson lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Watson.
Watson scores a nice knee to the body.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Watson lands an elbow inside.
Watson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Krueger in his tracks for a moment.
Watson prevents Krueger from breaking the clinch.
Watson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson lands with a right to the head.
Krueger blocks the elbow strike.
Krueger takes an elbow to the temple.
Krueger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Watson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Krueger has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Watson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nice elbow from Watson.
Krueger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watson prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Watson lands an elbow inside.
Krueger is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Watson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short left from Watson.
Krueger blocks an elbow strike.
Watson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Krueger looking for a takedown.
Watson lands a nice elbow.
Krueger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krueger goes for a takedown attempt but Watson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Krueger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Krueger throws a lazy right hand but Watson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Watson lands with a light punch inside.
Krueger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Watson lands a good knee to the midsection. Krueger won't want to take too many of those.
Watson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Krueger avoiding damage as Watson throws knees to the body.
Watson scores with a knee to the head.
Krueger goes for a takedown attempt but Watson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Krueger misses with a combination
and Watson counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A frustrated look appears on Krueger's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Watson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Freddy Krueger's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Watson as Krueger shoots in.
Watson is looking to clinch but Krueger is avoiding it.
Watson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Watson darts in and clinches Krueger up against the ropes.
Watson is pressed up against the ropes. Krueger has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Watson down to the mat. Watson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Watson tries to clinch up.
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krueger keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watson shoots in but Krueger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Krueger throws a combination that misses
and Watson counters with a low kick, right behind Krueger 's knee.
Tom Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Krueger throws a looping overhand right but Watson ducks down to avoid it.
Krueger scores with a one two! Watson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Krueger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Krueger fails to land with a series of punches.
Watson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Krueger.
Krueger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Krueger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watson counters with a good low kick that Krueger was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking to clinch.
Krueger with a lazy takedown attempt
and Watson moves into the clinch.
Tom Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Freddy Krueger.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Watson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krueger backwards.
Krueger takes an elbow to the temple.
Krueger can't break the clinch.
Watson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Watson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Krueger tries to circle away but Watson has him pinned against the ropes.
Krueger is working for takedown but Watson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Watson lands a good knee to the midsection. Krueger won't want to take too many of those.
Watson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krueger has hold of one of Watson's legs. Watson is fighting the takedown attempt but Krueger gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Watson pushes Krueger off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Krueger swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watson counters with an inside leg kick.
Krueger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tom Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krueger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Watson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Krueger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Krueger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Krueger is trying to break the clinch but Watson has him pressed against the ropes.
Krueger has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Watson prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Watson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Watson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Krueger's defenses.
Watson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krueger drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Watson lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Watson lands a nice elbow.
Watson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Watson lands an elbow inside.
Watson lands an elbow inside.
Krueger is trying to drag Watson to the mat but Watson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Watson lands an elbow inside.
Freddy Krueger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Watson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watson lands with a right to the head.
Watson lands an elbow that stopped Krueger in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Watson.
Watson lands a damaging elbow.
Watson lands an elbow just above Krueger 's eye.
Watson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Watson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Krueger.
Krueger takes an elbow to the temple.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Watson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Watson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Tom Watson!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Tom Watson!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Tom Watson!
Tom Watson wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toki Wartooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Da Cougar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wartooth comes into the arena with Murmaider blaring out of the sound system. Cougar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Those Damn Blue Collar Tweekers kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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165 lbs
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24
163 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toki Wartooth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Da Cougar!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wartooth throws a jab when Cougar was well out of range.
Cougar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wartooth misses with a straight right.
Wartooth walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cougar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cougar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wartooth throws an overhand right that lands on Cougar's shoulder, as Cougar tries to avoid the shot.
Wartooth throws a body punch but Cougar moves out of range.
Cougar moves in looking to clinch but Wartooth pushes him off.
Wartooth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cougar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Cougar is trying to drag Wartooth to the mat but Wartooth just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Cougar is working for takedown but Wartooth is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice body punch from Wartooth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wartooth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toki Wartooth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cougar checks a leg kick.
Wartooth shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cougar's guard.
Cougar is trying to keep Wartooth in close.
Wartooth passes Cougar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cougar is trying to stand up here but Wartooth is controlling him well.
Cougar blocking the ground and pound attempt from Wartooth.
Wartooth trying to pass the guard but Cougar defending well.
Cougar is trying to stand back up but Wartooth is controlling him
Wartooth working the head and body with strikes.
Wartooth trying to control the action but Cougar is working from the bottom.
Wartooth tries to pass to full mount but Cougar defends it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wartooth thumps Cougar with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wartooth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cougar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wartooth scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wartooth dodges the punch combination from Cougar.
Wartooth fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cougar avoids it really well and circles away.
Wartooth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wartooth slaps away a takedown attempt from Cougar, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Toki Wartooth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Da Cougar.
Wartooth scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cougar stops Wartooth from passing to mount.
Wartooth lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth is trying to ground and pound but Cougar uses the momentary lack of control by Wartooth to regain half guard.
Cougar wants to get back to his feet.
Cougar is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Wartooth pulls his head out easily.
Wartooth sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cougar defending well though.
Wartooth wants to get back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wartooth connects with a nice short shot to Cougar's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wartooth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cougar tries to roll over but Wartooth keeps him under control.
Cougar tries to kick Wartooth off but Wartooth keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cougar tries to clinch but Wartooth is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wartooth. Cougar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wartooth closes the distance and clinches up with Cougar, looking for a takedown. Wartooth pushes Cougar against the ropes but Cougar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wartooth tries to clinch there but Cougar circles away.
Cougar doesn't manage to clinch there - Wartooth circles away.
Wartooth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wartooth paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wartooth missing with a left hand there. Cougar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Wartooth - just one landing.
Cougar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wartooth bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cougar is pushing Wartooth's head away, looking to escape. Wartooth manages to hold on to the position though.
Cougar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cougar gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cougar pushes Wartooth off looking to stand but Wartooth dives back in and keeps control.
Cougar punching from the bottom.
Cougar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Wartooth.
Cougar wants to get back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Wartooth connects with a nice short shot to Cougar's temple.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cougar is in trouble now - Wartooth has advanced to mount!
Wartooth working Cougar over with strikes here.
Wartooth landing strikes from the mount.
Wartooth thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Cougar is squirming around, avoiding Wartooth's attempts to control the action.
Cougar is looking to improve his position but Wartooth isn't that keen on the idea.
Wartooth 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.
Wartooth working for a guillotine from mount but Cougar is in no mood to give up.
Wartooth is breathing heavily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wartooth thowing shots but they're missing.
Wartooth landing punches.
Wartooth prevents Cougar from getting the reversal.
Cougar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cougar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wartooth landing shots from mount.
Cougar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Wartooth tries to pass to full mount but Cougar defends it.
Wartooth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wartooth is keen to just control but Cougar is a slippery customer.
Cougar won't allow Wartooth to pass to mount.
Wartooth is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Cougar taking shots to the head.
Wartooth wants to control the pace but Cougar is squirming around nicely.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth avoids the attempt from Cougar to control.
Wartooth is landing with some decent strikes but Cougar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wartooth looking to finish with strikes here!
Wartooth working Cougar over with strikes here.
Cougar is looking to improve his position but Wartooth isn't that keen on the idea.
Wartooth sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cougar squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Wartooth dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wartooth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wartooth fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wartooth throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wartooth gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wartooth wants to sweep here but Cougar controlling him for the moment.
Cougar trying to control but Wartooth is working from the bottom.
Wartooth has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cougar can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cougar postures up in Wartooth's guard and throws a big left but Wartooth blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wartooth looking to control.
Toki Wartooth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cougar trying to control the position from guard on top but Wartooth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wartooth has his foot on Cougar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cougar works his way back into a safe position though.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cougar fails with the takedown.
Cougar fails to land the takedown.
Wartooth swats away the attempt to clinch by Cougar.
Wartooth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wartooth throws a sloppy head kick and Cougar moves out of range easily.
Wartooth just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wartooth gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cougar won't allow Wartooth to sweep him here.
Wartooth is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cougar defends well.
Wartooth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cougar is one step ahead there.
Cougar content to stall in guard here.
Cougar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wartooth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cougar manages to get himself to full guard.
Cougar kicks Wartooth off and gets to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Cougar.
Wartooth pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wartooth tries to clinch up but Cougar circles away and keeps his distance.
Cougar is looking to clinch.
Cougar throws a head kick but Wartooth moves out of range.
Cougar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cougar moves out of range of the leg kick from Wartooth.
Wartooth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Da Cougar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wartooth circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wartooth counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cougar tries to clinch but Wartooth moves out of range.
Cougar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wartooth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wartooth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wartooth misses with a head kick.
Wartooth bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cougar's head backwards.
Cougar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wartooth is looking to chop away at Cougar's legs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wartooth.
Horrible takedown by Cougar or perhaps it was just good defense by Wartooth which made him look bad.
Toki Wartooth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Da Cougar.
Cougar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cougar is looking to clinch but Wartooth is avoiding it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cougar keeps the fight on the outside.
Cougar tries to clinch there but Wartooth circles away.
Cougar closes the distance but Wartooth moves to the side
and Wartooth counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cougar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cougar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wartooth takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wartooth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cougar jumps guard but Wartooth stands there with Cougar around his waist. Cougar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cougar drags the fight down to the ground.
Wartooth thows a big elbow that misses.
Cougar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth throwing strikes but missing.
Wartooth chips away with some ground and pound.
Wartooth trying to control the position from guard on top but Cougar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cougar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wartooth working some strikes from top position.
Cougar is looking to stand up but Wartooth isn't so interested in that idea.
Wartooth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wartooth throwing strikes but missing.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cougar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cougar keeping moving, preventing Wartooth from controlling successfully.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A big right from Wartooth misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Wartooth misses the target.
Cougar will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wartooth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wartooth scores with a nice right hand.
Wartooth lands the left hand.
Wartooth fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cougar.
Wartooth fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cougar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wartooth sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wartooth connects with a body shot.
Cougar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wartooth is fending him off so far but Cougar persists. Nope, Wartooth circles away and we're back to standing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wartooth.
Wartooth throws a body kick that misses.
Cougar wants to clinch up but Wartooth keeps it at a distance.
Wartooth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cougar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wartooth fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cougar on the side of the head.
Wartooth lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wartooth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good shot there by Wartooth.
Cougar moves out of range as Wartooth strikes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Wartooth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A lazy left from Wartooth finds it's target.
Wartooth drives through and clinches with Cougar against the ropes.
Cougar drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wartooth gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Wartooth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cougar's face.
Wartooth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cougar.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Wartooth just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cougar's brow.
Cougar can't get the takedown.
Cougar jumps guard but Wartooth stands there with Cougar around his waist. Cougar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wartooth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wartooth thuds his shin into the meat of Cougar's side.
Wartooth feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cougar's calf.
Wartooth scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wartooth throws a looping overhand right but Cougar ducks down to avoid it.
Wartooth misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Wartooth dominated that second 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.
Cougar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wartooth throws a nice looking combination but Cougar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cougar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wartooth tries a head kick but it misses.
Toki Wartooth is winning the standup battle so far.
Wartooth looks to score with a jab to the body but Cougar is just out of range.
Cougar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wartooth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cougar throws out a loose jab but Wartooth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wartooth takes a swing at Cougar's ribcage but misses.
Wartooth jabs Cougar right on the nose. Cougar blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wartooth avoids the head kick by Cougar.
Wartooth avoids the head kick by Cougar.
Wartooth lands with a shot to the body.
Cougar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wartooth tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cougar swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cougar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wartooth lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cougar wants to clinch up but Wartooth keeps it at a distance.
Wartooth pushes Cougar up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cougar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Wartooth smiles and moves away.
Cougar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wartooth tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cougar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cougar tries to clinch up
and Wartooth counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Wartooth.
Cougar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Toki Wartooth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Da Cougar.
Wartooth looking to stall.
Wartooth struggles to land a body shot inside as Cougar controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth lands a nice uppercut.
Wartooth trying to stall but Cougar improves his position.
Wartooth breaks the clinch.
Wartooth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cougar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wartooth.
Cougar feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cougar trying to control but Wartooth is working from the bottom.
Cougar gets to his feet - Wartooth follows without any prompting.
Nice takedown defense from Cougar. No joy for Wartooth on that attempt.
Cougar instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cougar.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cougar as Wartooth tries to tie him up.
Cougar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wartooth walks away with a smile on his face. Cougar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Wartooth keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cougar closes the distance and clinches up with Wartooth, looking for a takedown. Cougar pushes Wartooth against the ropes but Wartooth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wartooth moves into range and clinches up with Cougar.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wartooth leaning against his opponent.
Wartooth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wartooth chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wartooth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cougar as he avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Cougar or perhaps it was just good defense by Wartooth which made him look bad.
Wartooth moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wartooth swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wartooth lands a nice looking body shot.
Wartooth throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cougar.
Cougar throws a right hand that Wartooth ducks under and follows up with a left that Wartooth also avoids with ease.
Cougar defending well as Wartooth loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth shoots in looking for a takedown. Cougar tries to sprawl out of it but Wartooth keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Cougar manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cougar tries to clinch up.
Cougar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wartooth wants to get back to his feet.
Cougar working Wartooth over with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wartooth manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cougar trying to control but Wartooth is working from the bottom.
Cougar tries to free his leg and advance position but Wartooth is retaining full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth keeping moving, preventing Cougar from controlling successfully.
Wartooth is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cougar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wartooth.
Wartooth thows a body kick. Cougar tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cougar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wartooth sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wartooth cracks Cougar with an open hand slap.
Cougar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cougar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wartooth scores with a shot to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Wartooth with that takedown attempt.
Wartooth circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wartooth lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cougar on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wartooth thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cougar wants to clinch.
Wartooth tries to clinch but Cougar is having none of it.
Wartooth feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cougar's calf.
Cougar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick from Wartooth.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cougar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wartooth's waist but Wartooth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cougar off to one side.
Cougar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wartooth counters with a nice uppercut.
Cougar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wartooth scores with a three punch combo!
Wartooth shoots in for a takedown but Cougar shows good takedown defense.
Cougar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cougar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wartooth moves into range and clinches up with Cougar.
Cougar being controlled against the ropes.
Cougar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cougar jumps guard but Wartooth stands there with Cougar around his waist. Cougar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wartooth has Cougar pushed against the ropes.
Wartooth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cougar misses with a wild combination.
Wartooth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cougar.
Cougar tries to clinch there but Wartooth circles away.
Wartooth throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wartooth scores with a nice head shot.
Wartooth misses with a body shot.
Good leg kick by Wartooth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wartooth scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cougar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wartooth.
Wartooth throws a hook but Cougar blocks it.
Cougar darts in trying to clinch
and Wartooth counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth throwing strikes from guard but Cougar blocks nicely.
Wartooth wants to control from the top but Cougar keeps moving.
Wartooth wants to pass the guard but Cougar is keeping the position.
Cougar scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wartooth looks to score with a jab to the body but Cougar is just out of range.
Cougar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cougar looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toki Wartooth clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Wartooth cracks a nice hook into Cougar's ribs.
Cougar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cougar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Wartooth paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cougar works over Wartooth's head and body with a nice combination.
Cougar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cougar tries a head kick but it misses.
Cougar slips a jab and a cross from Wartooth.
Wartooth closes the distance and clinches.
Cougar lands a takedown into guard.
Cougar trying to control the position from guard on top but Wartooth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wartooth lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cougar!
Cougar taking shots to the head.
Cougar is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wartooth is landing with some decent strikes but Cougar is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wartooth with shots to the head and body - Cougar looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wartooth with good strikes from the mount here!
Wartooth raining down shots from the mount!
Cougar is trying desperately to improve position.
Wartooth putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Wartooth looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth breaks from Cougar's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Wartooth trying to control but Cougar is having none of it.
Cougar wants to control but Wartooth is having none of it.
Wartooth dominating with strikes here.
Poor strikes thrown by Wartooth there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wartooth looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Cougar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cougar is holding on to half guard well.
Wartooth wants to pass the guard but Cougar is defending well.
Cougar wants to control but Wartooth is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cougar gets back to full guard.
Cougar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cougar keeping moving, preventing Wartooth from controlling successfully.
Wartooth stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cougar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cougar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wartooth throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wartooth fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wartooth scores with a jab.
Wartooth cracks the inside of Cougar's front leg.
Cougar's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wartooth is looking to slow Cougar down with leg kicks.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wartooth, right into the meat.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth throws a leg kick
so Cougar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wartooth looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cougar advances position into side control!
Wartooth is looking to regain half guard here but Cougar keeps moving and retains side control.
Wartooth is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wartooth tries to improve position but can't.
Cougar is staying tight to Wartooth's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Cougar is looking to take a break and control but Wartooth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth tries to buck Cougar off but Cougar is having none of it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wartooth leaves Cougar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wartooth uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cougar tries to clinch up but Wartooth circles away and keeps his distance.
Cougar tries to close the distance and clinch but Wartooth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wartooth shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wartooth scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wartooth has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cougar's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wartooth misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wartooth throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wartooth tries to control but Cougar wriggling away.
Wartooth misses with a head shot.
Wartooth throwing strikes here but Cougar is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Cougar trying desperately to get to his feet.
Wartooth unloads with some shots from mount but Cougar bucks and avoids them well.
Wartooth wants to control the pace but Cougar is squirming around nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cougar wants to hold on but Wartooth pushes him away.
Cougar tries to reverse the position but Wartooth maintains control.
Cougar takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wartooth throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cougar wants to hold on but Wartooth pushes him away.
Cougar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wartooth trying to control from half guard but Cougar is working away.
Wartooth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth is keen to just control but Cougar is a slippery customer.
Wartooth wants to stand but Cougar has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Cougar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cougar controlling Wartooth's posture.
Wartooth throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cougar wants to stand up but Wartooth is controlling him.
Wartooth with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Toki Wartooth will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Wartooth tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cougar sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wartooth somewhat.
Wartooth throws a head kick that misses.
Wartooth keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cougar fails with the takedown
and Wartooth counters with a straight right hand.
Wartooth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wartooth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cougar as he avoids it easily.
Cougar misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cougar looks to land a combination but Wartooth avoids it well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Wartooth swings for the body but Cougar moves out of range.
Wartooth connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cougar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wartooth works the jab nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wartooth. Cougar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wartooth lands a nice shot that snaps Cougar's head back.
Wartooth cracks Cougar with an open hand slap.
Cougar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wartooth.
Wartooth feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wartooth trying to control the position from guard on top but Cougar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cougar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cougar prevents Wartooth from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth is working hard here to advance position.
A nice elbow there by Cougar.
Wartooth is looking to get to half guard.
Cougar wants to control the pace but Wartooth is squirming around nicely.
Wartooth is desperately trying to improve his position but Cougar has a good base and remains in mount.
Cougar unloading with bombs!
Cougar controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth working to try and regain half guard.
Cougar tries to control but Wartooth wriggling away.
Wartooth is trying desperately to improve position.
Cougar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wartooth is desperately trying to improve his position but Cougar has a good base and remains in mount.
Wartooth is squirming around, avoiding Cougar's attempts to control the action.
Wartooth is looking to improve his position but Cougar isn't that keen on the idea.
Cougar controlling the position easily from mount.
Cougar cracks Wartooth with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wartooth is looking to improve his position but Cougar isn't that keen on the idea.
Cougar controlling the position easily from mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth is desperately trying to improve his position but Cougar has a good base and remains in mount.
Cougar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wartooth is looking to improve his position but Cougar isn't that keen on the idea.
Cougar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wartooth tries to reverse the position but Cougar maintains control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cougar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wartooth is looking to improve his position but Cougar isn't that keen on the idea.
Cougar controlling the position easily from mount.
Wartooth keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cougar controlling from mount.
Wartooth tries to lock up and control but Cougar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cougar prevents Wartooth from getting the reversal.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cougar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wartooth is looking to escape.
Wartooth is trying desperately to improve position.
Cougar is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Cougar wants to control the pace but Wartooth is squirming around nicely.
Despite being in the dominant position, Da Cougar just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wartooth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cougar moves away.
Wartooth throws a hook to the side of Cougar's head but Cougar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cougar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wartooth is looking to clinch but Cougar is avoiding it.
Wartooth closes the distance and clinches.
Cougar tries to pull guard but Wartooth won't allow it.
Toki Wartooth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Da Cougar.
Cougar has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Wartooth uses from the top position.
Cougar preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cougar has a closed guard, preventing Wartooth from standing up.
Wartooth is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Cougar is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Cougar has escaped and now he's on top!
Cougar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cougar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Wartooth keeping moving, preventing Cougar from controlling successfully.
Da Cougar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cougar is looking to stand up but Wartooth won't let him.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cougar gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Toki Wartooth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cougar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wartooth is keeping the position for now.
Cougar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wartooth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cougar wants to stand but Wartooth is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wartooth is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wartooth manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
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 Toki Wartooth.
Well Wartooth has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Toki Wartooth!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Toki Wartooth!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Toki Wartooth!
Toki Wartooth wins by unanimous decision!
Toki Wartooth is the new lightweight champion!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Hendrix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Smeer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendrix comes to the ring accompanied by Riot- Three Days Grace. Smeer has chosen Light it up as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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264 lbs
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270 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tyler Hendrix!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Smeer!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hendrix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smeer was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendrix.
Hendrix connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Frank Smeer has been cut.
Hendrix tries to bum rush Smeer with a series of wild strikes but Smeer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hendrix connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hendrix drops Smeer with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Smeer! Hendrix dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Tyler Hendrix!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Warwick Wolverton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jafar Al Shakir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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19
278 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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287 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Warwick Wolverton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jafar Al Shakir!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Shakir has a takedown stuffed.
Al Shakir scores a takedown into full mount!
Al Shakir wants to control the action but instead Wolverton gets a body lock and reverses into Al Shakir's guard! Nice work!
Al Shakir keeping moving, preventing Wolverton from controlling successfully.
Wolverton is looking to work some ground and pound but Al Shakir has wrist control.
Wolverton tries to free his leg and advance position but Al Shakir is retaining full guard.
Wolverton passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wolverton working away.
Al Shakir tries to buck Wolverton off but Wolverton is having none of it.
Al Shakir is not content to let Wolverton control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Al Shakir closes the distance and clinches up with Wolverton, looking for a takedown. Al Shakir pushes Wolverton against the ropes but Wolverton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Shakir throws a leg kick which misses Wolverton's front leg but catches the back leg as Wolverton tries to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wolverton misses with an uppercut. Al Shakir saw that one coming.
Al Shakir attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wolverton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Al Shakir counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wolverton won't be happy with that.
Al Shakir in side control, throwing shots but Wolverton defends.
Al Shakir wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wolverton keeps working.
Wolverton sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Wolverton tries to get to full guard but Al Shakir has control of the leg.
Al Shakir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wolverton is looking to control Al Shakir's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wolverton avoid being mounted?
Wolverton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wolverton is trying to maintain the position but Al Shakir is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Wolverton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Al Shakir is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Wolverton is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Al Shakir has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wolverton laying and praying for a moment but Al Shakir takes advantage and regains half guard.
Wolverton trying to mount his opponent but Al Shakir defends it.
Wolverton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wolverton wants to free his trapped foot but Al Shakir is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wolverton is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Shakir is staying active underneath Wolverton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Al Shakir fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wolverton checks it well.
Al Shakir scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wolverton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Al Shakir sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wolverton somewhat.
Wolverton is breathing heavily.
Al Shakir lands with a thumping leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Wolverton or perhaps it was just good defense by Al Shakir which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Warwick Wolverton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Al Shakir scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Al Shakir looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Al Shakir passes Wolverton's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Al Shakir is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Al Shakir lands a nice short elbow.
Al Shakir is looking to advance position but Wolverton won't allow it.
Wolverton wants to control but Al Shakir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Al Shakir tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wolverton knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wolverton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Al Shakir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jafar Al Shakir dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wolverton shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Al Shakir counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wolverton's knee momentarily.
Al Shakir swings for the body but Wolverton moves out of range.
Al Shakir defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Wolverton.
Al Shakir fails with the takedown
and Wolverton counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Al Shakir's guard now.
Wolverton trying to control but Al Shakir is working from the bottom.
Wolverton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Al Shakir is controlling Wolverton's posture.
Al Shakir keeping full guard, as Wolverton tries to pass.
Wolverton thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Al Shakir wants to stand up but Wolverton is controlling him.
Wolverton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Al Shakir is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Al Shakir scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wolverton doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Al Shakir counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Warwick Wolverton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Al Shakir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wolverton misses with a takedown attempt - Al Shakir sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Al Shakir gets the takedown into side control.
Al Shakir is looking to take a break and control but Wolverton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wolverton taking a bit of punishment here - Al Shakir scoring with strikes.
Al Shakir landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wolverton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Al Shakir.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wolverton manages to get back to half guard.
Wolverton controlling the position for now.
Al Shakir trying to mount his opponent but Wolverton defends it.
Wolverton is looking to improve his position.
Al Shakir wants to control but Wolverton is keeping him busy.
Al Shakir wants to pass the guard but Wolverton is defending well.
Al Shakir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Shakir throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Al Shakir is pressing down on Wolverton's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wolverton is holding on for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Al Shakir looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Al Shakir seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wolverton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Al Shakir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Wolverton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wolverton is trying to control but can't.
Wolverton avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Al Shakir.
Al Shakir sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wolverton defending well though.
Al Shakir is stalling here. Wolverton is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Al Shakir seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Wolverton has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolverton wants to control but Al Shakir is keeping him busy.
Jafar Al Shakir has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Al Shakir tries to land a leg kick but Wolverton saw it coming and moves away.
Wolverton slaps away a takedown attempt from Al Shakir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Wolverton shoots in but Al Shakir avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wolverton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Al Shakir closes the distance and clinches up with Wolverton, looking for a takedown. Al Shakir pushes Wolverton against the ropes but Wolverton circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wolverton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Al Shakir moves away.
Al Shakir takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
It looks like Jafar Al Shakir has been cut.
Wolverton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Al Shakir's waist but Al Shakir gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wolverton off to one side.
Al Shakir connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Al Shakir fails to land the takedown.
Wolverton shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Al Shakir's guard.
Wolverton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Al Shakir's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jafar Al Shakir will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jafar Al Shakir's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Wolverton scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Al Shakir is not content to let Wolverton control the position.
Al Shakir is pushing Wolverton's head away, looking to escape. Wolverton manages to hold on to the position though.
Wolverton wants to control but Al Shakir is keeping him busy.
Wolverton working the ground and pound.
Wolverton swings around for an armbar but Al Shakir sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Wolverton's guard.
Wolverton keeping moving, preventing Al Shakir from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Al Shakir preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Shakir postures up.
Wolverton keeping moving, preventing Al Shakir from controlling successfully.
Al Shakir is in close to Wolverton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Al Shakir is fighting to break Wolverton's control of his arms but Wolverton is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wolverton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wolverton is working hard here to advance position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wolverton is on top in guard.
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.
Wolverton trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Shakir is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wolverton postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Al Shakir is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Wolverton, into his guard.
Al Shakir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wolverton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wolverton is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wolverton tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Al Shakir postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Al Shakir postures up in Wolverton's guard and throws a big left but Wolverton blocks it.
Al Shakir thows a big elbow that misses.
Al Shakir throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wolverton slips a jab and a cross from Al Shakir.
Wolverton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al Shakir shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wolverton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Wolverton.
Al Shakir keeping full guard, as Wolverton tries to pass.
Wolverton postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wolverton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Al Shakir is keeping the position for now.
Al Shakir throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Al Shakir wants to stand up but Wolverton is controlling him.
Wolverton with a flurry of punches that miss.
Al Shakir is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wolverton is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Al Shakir connects with a nice short shot to Wolverton's temple.
Wolverton wants to control but Al Shakir is keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Warwick Wolverton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Al Shakir 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Jafar Al Shakir!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Jafar Al Shakir!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Jafar Al Shakir!
Jafar Al Shakir wins by unanimous decision!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between malu munoz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karpo Karelin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karpo Karelin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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213 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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23
222 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
Powerful |
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, malu munoz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Karpo Karelin!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karelin scores a takedown into full mount!
munoz is desperately trying to improve his position but Karelin has a good base and remains in mount.
Karelin with the ground and pound from mount.
munoz is trying to escape the mount.
munoz trying desperately to get to his feet.
Karelin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Karelin landing strikes from the mount and munoz is in trouble!
munoz is looking to get to half guard.
Karelin avoids the attempt from munoz to control.
munoz working to try and regain half guard.
Karelin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karelin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
munoz is rocked!
Karelin connects with a bit shot that sees munoz covering up! More strikes from Karelin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Karelin is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karpo Karelin!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edmond Honda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Starsmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Honda comes to the ring accompanied by Edmond Honda's Theme. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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312 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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300 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Edmond Honda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Starsmore!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Starsmore.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Honda jabs at Starsmore's body.
Starsmore takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Honda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Starsmore looks gassed!
Honda thumps Starsmore with a low kick.
Edmond Honda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Honda looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Starsmore!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honda sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Honda lands a big elbow.
Honda throwing strikes here but Starsmore is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Honda looking to secure an arm triangle but Starsmore defends it well.
Honda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Honda looking to finish with strikes here!
Starsmore takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honda looking to finish with strikes here!
Honda wants to control the pace but Starsmore is squirming around nicely.
Honda looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Honda raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Honda landing strikes from the mount.
Honda is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Starsmore is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Starsmore flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Honda anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Starsmore and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Honda slips an arm under Starsmore chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Honda has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Honda is squeezing on Starsmore like an anaconda would it's prey. Starsmore fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Edmond Honda!
Edmond Honda retains his super heavyweight title!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Mcpeeny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamehameha Kalua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalua is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Summer In The City by St. Lunatics. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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250 lbs
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240 lbs
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Excellent MT
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Mcpeeny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kamehameha Kalua!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalua tries to bum rush Mcpeeny with a series of wild strikes but Mcpeeny uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kalua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mcpeeny manages to avoid it.
Mcpeeny showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kalua.
Mcpeeny shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kalua swats away the attempt to clinch by Mcpeeny.
Nice straight punches there by Kalua. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kalua.
Kalua misses with a takedown
and Mcpeeny holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Mcpeeny working Kalua over with knees to the body.
Mcpeeny lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Kamehameha Kalua has been cut.
Mcpeeny blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mcpeeny creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kalua can't find room to land a body shot as Mcpeeny controls the action.
Knees to the body from Mcpeeny.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalua has had enough of the clinch but Mcpeeny keeps him there for the moment.
Kalua takes an elbow to the temple.
Kalua looks gassed!
Mcpeeny tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kalua avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcpeeny scores with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Kamehameha Kalua's cut even more.
Mcpeeny lands a good knee to the midsection. Kalua won't want to take too many of those.
Mcpeeny lands an elbow that stopped Kalua in his tracks for a moment.
Mcpeeny tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kalua dodges an elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Kalua blocks an elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Kalua misses with a knee strike.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow that misses.
Mcpeeny crunches a lovely knee into Kalua's ribcage.
Kalua takes an elbow to the temple.
Mcpeeny lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mcpeeny lands a nice elbow.
The cut above Kamehameha Kalua's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kalua dodges an elbow strike from Mcpeeny.
Kalua takes an elbow to the temple.
Kamehameha Kalua's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Mcpeeny throws an elbow but it misses.
Kalua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mcpeeny lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kamehameha Kalua's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). James Mcpeeny!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessio Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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21
220 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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215 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jerry Lawson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alessio Fuschini!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Lawson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fuschini at a distance.
Fuschini avoids the body shot from Lawson.
Fuschini pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lawson is out of range and Fuschini settles back down.
Alessio Fuschini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuschini tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice body punch from Fuschini.
Lawson misses with a hook to the body
and Fuschini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fuschini misses with a low kick.
Fuschini ducks under a wild hook from Lawson.
Fuschini throws a series of punches but Lawson avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with the combination.
Lawson cracks Fuschini with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Fuschini misses its intended target.
Fuschini connects with a right hand. Lawson shakes it off.
Fuschini misses with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fuschini, right into the meat.
Fuschini plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Jerry Lawson has been cut.
Lawson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fuschini looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fuschini throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lawson has his takedown stuffed
and Fuschini counters with a slapping leg kick.
Lawson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fuschini throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lawson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lawson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fuschini as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Lawson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lawson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fuschini throws a lazy right hand but Lawson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lawson tries for a takedown but Fuschini circles away easily
and Fuschini counters with a left to the body.
Lawson throws a body punch but Fuschini moves out of range.
Lawson is looking to wear down Fuschini with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lawson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lawson is breathing heavily.
Lawson blocks a head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini's corner calls for a 1-2. Fuschini obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini lands the left hand.
Fuschini misses with a body kick.
Fuschini misses with a double jab.
Fuschini throws a head kick but Lawson moves out of range.
Fuschini throws a body kick that misses.
Fuschini throws a head kick that misses.
Lawson misses with a takedown
and Fuschini counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lawson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Fuschini looks to land a combination but Lawson avoids it well.
Fuschini turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Fuschini there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lawson shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Fuschini defends it nicely.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini misses with a two punch combination.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Lawson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Fuschini scores with a head kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Lawson misses the target.
Fuschini lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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!
Fuschini slips a jab from Lawson.
Lawson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fuschini thows a body shot but no joy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lawson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fuschini looks to land a left hand but Lawson moved out of range nicely.
Alessio Fuschini is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuschini tries to land a leg kick but Lawson saw it coming and moves away.
Fuschini lands a really nice looking cross but Lawson seems unphased.
Lawson shoots in for a takedown but Fuschini shows good takedown defense.
Fuschini pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fuschini lands a jab to the head.
Lawson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lawson misses the jab.
Lawson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fuschini was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawson.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawson just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuschini looks for the body kick but Lawson saw that one coming.
Fuschini thuds a left hand into Lawson's body.
Fuschini just misses with a punch to the body.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Lawson moves out of range easily.
Lawson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Fuschini tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuschini throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini moves out of range of the strikes.
Fuschini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fuschini pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fuschini misses with a body punch
and Lawson counters with a left to the body.
Fuschini tries to score with a low kick but Lawson moves his leg out of the way.
A jab lands there for Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a low kick.
Fuschini throws a head kick that Lawson semi-blocks.
Fuschini turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fuschini is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lawson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fuschini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lawson.
Lawson ducks under a wild hook from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's eight 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!
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Fuschini tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini thows a body shot but no joy.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fuschini scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fuschini closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lawson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lawson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lawson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fuschini scores with a nice strike.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lawson scores with a jab to the body.
Fuschini misses with a looping left.
Fuschini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lawson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lawson 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.
Fuschini desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Fuschini really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lawson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lawson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuschini wants to control but Lawson is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alessio Fuschini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jerry Lawson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lawson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lawson showed some decent athleticism there.
Fuschini avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lawson.
Lawson wants to pass to mount but Fuschini is defending the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fuschini is staying active underneath Lawson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuschini scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Lawson manages to mount him!
Fuschini has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lawson tries to control but Fuschini wriggling away.
Lawson working Fuschini over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini is working to get back to half guard.
Lawson throws some wild stikes that Fuschini manages to avoid easily.
Lawson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Fuschini has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fuschini tries to hold on but Lawson postures up.
Fuschini is desperately trying to improve his position but Lawson has a good base and remains in mount.
Lawson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.
Lawson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fuschini is trying to escape the mount.
Lawson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Fuschini wants to get back to his feet.
Lawson scoring with strikes but Fuschini is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson goes for an armbar but Fuschini turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Fuschini.
Fuschini in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lawson wants to sweep but no luck.
Fuschini has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lawson is proving hard to escape from.
Lawson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lawson keeping moving, preventing Fuschini from controlling successfully.
Lawson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fuschini thows a big elbow that misses.
Lawson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice straight punches there by Fuschini. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fuschini.
A big right from Lawson misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fuschini.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lawson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fuschini sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fuschini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lawson.
Lawson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lawson wants to pass the guard but Fuschini is keeping the position.
Fuschini can't keep his opponent in guard - Lawson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fuschini is looking to escape.
Lawson misses with a head shot. Fuschini uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lawson prevents Fuschini from getting back to his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Fuschini kicks Lawson off and gets to his feet.
Lawson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A leg kick checked by Lawson.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fuschini staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lawson. Fuschini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lawson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Lawson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lawson misses with a straight left.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a straight left.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a leg kick but Lawson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fuschini throws out a loose jab but Lawson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lawson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lawson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fuschini connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lawson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Fuschini throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fuschini throws a jab when Lawson was well out of range.
Fuschini throws a leg kick
and Lawson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fuschini does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fuschini misses with a leg kick
and Lawson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with a leg kick.
Fuschini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lawson. That did some damage!
Lawson throws an overhand right that lands on Fuschini's shoulder, as Fuschini tries to avoid the shot.
Fuschini misses with a straight right.
Fuschini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lawson.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lawson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lawson passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Fuschini!
Lawson throws a wild left hand from mount and Fuschini manages to wriggle his way back to half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lawson throwing shots but Fuschini is blocking nicely.
Fuschini pushes Lawson off but Lawson dives into side control.
Lawson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fuschini has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lawson wants to control for a moment but Fuschini uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Fuschini gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alessio Fuschini showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jerry Lawson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fuschini throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lawson's head.
Lawson lands with a shot to the body.
No luck for Lawson with that takedown attempt.
Fuschini missing with a left hand there. Lawson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fuschini thumps Lawson with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fuschini.
Alessio Fuschini seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fuschini connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lawson's hands.
Fuschini misses with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fuschini throws a jab but it's blocked by Lawson.
Fuschini pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lawson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini stalks Lawson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lawson's face. Lawson staggers backwards, shaken.
Lawson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lawson looks for a takedown but Fuschini sprawls well.
Fuschini feints and then cracks Lawson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lawson down.
Lawson blocks a head kick by Fuschini.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini misses with a body shot.
Fuschini lands the left hand.
Fuschini is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with a shot to the body
and Lawson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Fuschini!
Fuschini wants to control but Lawson is having none of it.
Lawson is working for a guillotine from mount but Fuschini frees his head quite easily.
Lawson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Fuschini to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Fuschini shrugs it off.
Fuschini just holding on.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Fuschini can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lawson unloads with some shots from mount but Fuschini bucks and avoids them well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fuschini holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lawson tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jerry Lawson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fuschini tries to buck Lawson off but he can't manage it.
Lawson cracks Fuschini with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lawson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Lawson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lawson goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Fuschini is on top in guard.
Fuschini trying to control the position from guard on top but Lawson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lawson's guard.
Fuschini is looking to work some ground and pound but Lawson has wrist control.
Fuschini wants to control from the top but Lawson keeps moving.
Fuschini controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lawson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lawson moves forwards but Fuschini connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fuschini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Lawson moves out of range easily.
Fuschini pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Some bone on bone action there as Lawson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fuschini plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fuschini dodges the punch combination from Lawson.
Lawson with a jab.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawson looks to score with a jab to the body but Fuschini is just out of range.
Lawson looks to throw the jab but Fuschini is out of range.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini misses with a body shot
and Lawson counters with a shoot takedown. Fuschini fights it but they end up in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lawson trying to control but Fuschini is working from the bottom.
Lawson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lawson pushing down on Fuschini's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini is looking for a sweep. Lawson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lawson throws a strike but Fuschini avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Lawson wants to control from the top but Fuschini keeps moving.
Lawson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lawson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fuschini tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lawson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lawson throws an elbow but Fuschini slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fuschini can't do much from the bottom here.
Fuschini is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but Lawson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Lawson throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Lawson advances to mount.
Lawson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Fuschini tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lawson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fuschini because Lawson loaded up on that one.
Lawson tries to control but Fuschini wriggling away.
Lawson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fuschini is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Fuschini tries to hold on but Lawson pushes him away.
Lawson is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Fuschini has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Fuschini!
Lawson wants to sweep but no luck.
Lawson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fuschini controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Alessio Fuschini just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Jerry Lawson's cut.
That's time! Lawson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fuschini looks to land a left hand but Lawson moved out of range nicely.
Lawson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fuschini circles away.
Lawson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fuschini throws a leg kick
and Lawson counters with a left to the body.
A good leg kick by Fuschini.
Lawson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lawson takes a swing at Fuschini's ribcage but misses.
Lawson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lawson slips a jab from Fuschini.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Lawson throws a shot from downtown. Fuschini moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fuschini, right into the meat.
Lawson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuschini moves away.
Lawson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fuschini but Fuschini pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jerry Lawson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fuschini dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lawson. That did some damage!
Fuschini throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lawson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fuschini looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lawson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lawson wants to free his trapped foot but Fuschini is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fuschini trying to hold on to Lawson's head to control him but Lawson postures up.
Fuschini looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lawson is trying to work for a kimura but Fuschini is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lawson is trying to control. Fuschini wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fuschini throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lawson's head.
Lawson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuschini.
Lawson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lawson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fuschini slips a straight right by Lawson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini tries to land a front kick but Lawson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lawson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Fuschini makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fuschini throws a chopping leg kick but Lawson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fuschini throws a leg kick but Lawson moved away.
Lawson avoids the body shot from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lawson shoots in looking for a takedown. Fuschini tries to sprawl out of it but Lawson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Fuschini manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fuschini moves away from the strike by Lawson.
Lawson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lawson missing with a left hand there. Fuschini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fuschini swats away the attempt to clinch by Lawson.
Lawson has his takedown stuffed
and Fuschini counters with a head kick. That will keep Lawson thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A head kick misses from Fuschini.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lawson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
No joy there for Fuschini, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fuschini thows a body shot but no joy.
Fuschini throws a leg kick but Lawson checks it.
Fuschini lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lawson missing with a left hand there. Fuschini was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A head kick misses from Fuschini.
Fuschini bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fuschini tried to score with a low kick but Lawson checks it.
Lawson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fuschini.
Fuschini just misses with a punch to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Lawson moves out of range easily.
Lawson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fuschini counters with an outside leg kick.
Fuschini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuschini throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lawson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fuschini will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lawson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fuschini is fending him off so far but Lawson persists. Nope, Fuschini circles away and we're back to standing.
Fuschini displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lawson.
Fuschini throws a shot from downtown. Lawson moves away and avoids it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuschini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lawson checks a leg kick.
Fuschini throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fuschini throws a head kick that half lands.
Fuschini moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fuschini throws a leg kick but Lawson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fuschini looks to land a body kick but Lawson moved away.
Fuschini swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fuschini swings for the body but Lawson moves out of range.
Fuschini finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Lawson moves out of range easily.
Fuschini scores with a shot to the body.
Fuschini throws a head kick but Lawson moves out of range.
Fuschini moves away from the strike by Lawson.
Fuschini misses with a jab to the body
and Lawson counters with a takedown into side control.
Lawson takes a little break here. Fuschini wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Lawson throws a strike aimed at the side of Fuschini's head but Fuschini avoids it well.
Fuschini tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alessio Fuschini dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Jerry Lawson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Fuschini misses with a low kick as Lawson jumps back.
Fuschini looks to land a right hand but Lawson moved out of range.
Fuschini connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fuschini tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuschini throws an overhand right that lands on Lawson's shoulder, as Lawson tries to avoid the shot.
A leg kick checked by Lawson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Lawson moves out of range easily.
Fuschini throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lawson.
Lawson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fuschini wants to land a leg kick but Lawson is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lawson avoids a kick to the body.
Fuschini is looking to slow Lawson down with leg kicks.
Fuschini misses with a head kick.
Lawson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fuschini looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lawson tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Fuschini is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Lawson off and has taken his back!
Fuschini is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Fuschini is striking from the back but Lawson escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Lawson is staying active underneath Fuschini, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini is nestled in close to Lawson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lawson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Fuschini trying to control from half guard but Lawson is working away.
Lawson gets full guard.
Fuschini stands and steps away. Lawson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini misses with a straight left.
Fuschini throws a body punch but Lawson moves out of range.
Lawson moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini swings for the body but Lawson moves out of range.
Nice cross by Lawson.
Fuschini looks for the body kick but Lawson saw that one coming.
Fuschini takes a swing at Lawson's ribcage but misses.
Lawson lands with an overhand left.
Lawson avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Lawson blocks a head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fuschini throws a push kick but Lawson slaps the foot to one side.
Lawson checks a leg kick nicely.
Lawson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fuschini was well out of range. Poor timing from Lawson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A bone on bone clash there as Lawson blocks the leg kick.
Fuschini motions for Lawson to come forward. Fuschini throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lawson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fuschini moves out of range as Lawson strikes.
Lawson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Fuschini wants to control but Lawson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fuschini is looking for a sweep. Lawson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lawson content to control rather than advance.
Lawson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lawson trying to control the action but Fuschini is working from the bottom.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lawson connects with a nice short shot to Fuschini's temple.
Lawson is taking a breather. Fuschini says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lawson trying to mount his opponent but Fuschini defends it.
Lawson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lawson prevents Fuschini from improving his position.
Lawson seems to be looking for submissions.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fuschini is looking for a sweep. Lawson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lawson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Fuschini is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fuschini tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lawson was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuschini misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Lawson.
Jerry Lawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Fuschini.
Lawson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fuschini blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lawson.
Fuschini is looking to improve his position.
Fuschini trying to control but Lawson postures up.
Fuschini is refusing to be controlled, as Lawson sits in half guard.
Lawson trying to advance position but Fuschini counters by regaining guard.
Lawson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lawson manages to get himself to full guard.
Lawson wants to sweep here but Fuschini controlling him for the moment.
Lawson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini stands up over Lawson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lawson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fuschini is looking to escape.
Lawson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fuschini defending well though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lawson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fuschini defends it well.
Fuschini is looking to escape.
Alessio Fuschini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lawson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lawson is working for a kimura but Fuschini is defending it quite comfortably.
Lawson prevents Fuschini from improving his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Lawson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fuschini has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Alessio Fuschini!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Alessio Fuschini!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Alessio Fuschini!
Alessio Fuschini wins by unanimous decision!
Alessio Fuschini is the new light heavyweight champion!
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