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T152 Hussle vs McKane PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Incheol Wonha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lu Hao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hao has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Incheol Wonha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 2, fighting out of London, Lu Hao!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonha connects with a looping right hand.
Hao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wonha defending well as Hao loads up on a big left hand.
Wonha misses with a body kick.
Hao looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wonha takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hao misses with a body kick.
Wonha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hao misses with a body shot.
Hao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wonha.
Wonha closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao misses with a body punch.
Hao tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hao tries to work over Wonha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Wonha blocks a body shot from Hao.
Hao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
Hao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hao avoids it.
Wonha effectively controlling the action here.
Hao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha lands a nice knee to the body.
Wonha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao avoids the damage to the body.
Hao avoids a wild elbow strike from Wonha.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wonha.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wonha blocks a body shot from Hao.
Hao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from Hao.
Wonha is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short left from Hao.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Wonha working Hao over with knees to the body.
Hao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
I was talking to Wonha's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Hao tries a body shot but Wonha blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hao misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Hao fails to land.
Hao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wonha swings wildly with an uppercut but Hao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hao avoids it.
Hao misses with a punch to the body.
Hao avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hao fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hao.
Hao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hao scores with a shoulder strike.
Wonha missing with knees to the body.
Hao misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wonha.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Wonha leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hao scores with a hook to the body.
Wonha blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wonha.
Hao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wonha.
A short right from Hao on the inside.
Hao tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Hao back against the cage.
Hao misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Hao.
Hao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wonha backwards.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Hao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
Hao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Hao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lu Hao will probably get the nod.
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.
Hao tries to keep at a distance but Wonha has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wonha landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hao misses with some punches.
Hao lands a right hand that snaps the head of Wonha backwards.
Hao lands with a short shot to the head.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Hao is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hao gets through Wonha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Come on Wonha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Wonha holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hao misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Hao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the head but Hao blocks with his arms.
Wonha misses with a punch to the body.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Hao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wonha lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Lu Hao has been cut.
Wonha stalls.
Hao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wonha wants to stall.
Hao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wonha is keeping busy.
Hao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Wonha.
Wonha blocks a body shot from Hao.
Hao letting Wonha take a breather here.
Wonha blocks a body shot from Hao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Hao lands a left hand.
Hao avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Hao tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Hao back against the cage.
Hao misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hao avoids it.
Hao throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
Hao scores with a shoulder strike.
Wonha pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonha lands with a short shot to the head.
Wonha lands an elbow inside that Hao shrugs off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wonha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wonha.
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao avoids the damage to the body.
Hao tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Hao back against the cage.
Hao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wonha is stalling here.
Hao is working Wonha over against the cage.
Hao throws a head punch that misses.
Wonha crunches a lovely knee into Hao's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Hao - that landed with a thud.
Wonha tries to work over Hao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wonha's elbow.
Hao misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Wonha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Wonha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wonha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wonha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Hao misses with a body punch.
Hao misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Hao.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
A right hand to the body from Hao.
Hao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Hao lands a nice shot to the body.
Hao throws a punch but it's blocked by Wonha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Incheol Wonha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Lu Hao's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Wonha throws a looping overhand right but Hao ducks down to avoid it.
Hao just misses with a punch to the body.
Wonha moves into the clinch.
Wonha blocks an uppercut.
Hao avoiding damage as Wonha throws knees to the body.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Hao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hao misses with a body punch.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Wonha working Hao over with knees to the body.
Hao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hao tries to throw a body punch but Wonha avoids it by throwing Hao back against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hao in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
Hao just leaning against Wonha, taking a breather.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
Wonha tries to land knees in the clinch but Hao avoids the damage to the body.
Hao being controlled against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Hao.
Hao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wonha lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wonha throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Wonha tries to throw a body punch but Hao avoids it by throwing Wonha back against the cage.
Hao managing to block the knees to the body from Wonha.
Wonha blocking some punches.
Hao avoids a wild elbow strike from Wonha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonha lands a nice knee to the body.
Wonha scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hao tries to work over Wonha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wonha obliges.
Wonha lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wonha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Hao avoids a wild elbow strike from Wonha.
Wonha lands a nice knee to the body.
Wonha trying to land knees to the body.
Hao can't find room to land a body shot as Wonha controls the action.
Wonha has Hao pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wonha.
Wonha unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wonha is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wonha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hao avoids it.
Wonha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hao working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hao.
Wonha lands a nice elbow.
Wonha lands a damaging elbow.
Hao misses with some punches.
Wonha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hao as Wonha tries to tie him up.
Incheol Wonha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wonha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hao lands a right hand.
Hao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wonha leaning against his opponent.
Hao misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Hao.
A shot in the inside from Wonha.
Hao misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Hao.
Wonha is trying to maintain a safe position but Hao gets an underhook and turns Wonha into the cage.
Hao struggles to land a body shot inside as Wonha controls his hands.
Hao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wonha or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wonha throws an elbow but it misses.
Hao misses with a punch on the inside.
Wonha scores a nice knee to the body.
Wonha is looking to control Hao's arms but Hao gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wonha has his back to the cage.
Hao misses with a punch to the body.
Wonha is trying to stall.
Hao misses with a body punch.
Wonha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hao.
Hao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right hook to the body lands for Wonha.
Wonha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wonha prevents a body shot from Hao.
And that's the end of the fight!
Incheol Wonha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wonha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Incheol Wonha!
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#R1#
A low kick from Dirty misses
and O'Sullivan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O'Sullivan has a takedown stuffed.
Dirty looks to land a right hand but O'Sullivan moved out of range.
A low kick from Dirty is predictable there #TD#
and O'Sullivan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
O'Sullivan is looking to advance position but Dirty has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!#REVB#
Dirty takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#SUB2#
Dirty looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Dirty trying to control but O'Sullivan is having none of it. #T1#
Dirty might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control O'Sullivan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
O'Sullivan is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Lucky Liam's MMA Academy, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Dirty controlling from mount.
Let's hope that Dirty has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
O'Sullivan manages to regain half guard. Good work. #T2#
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.
Dirty not doing much here.
Dirty trying to control the action but O'Sullivan is working from the bottom.
Dirty is looking to advance position but O'Sullivan won't allow it. #T3#
O'Sullivan is trying to maintain the position but Dirty is very close to passing his half guard.
Dirty wants to take a breather but O'Sullivan is having none of it.
Dirty stalling.
O'Sullivan is trying to control but can't.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
O'Sullivan tries to get to full guard but Dirty has control of the leg. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
O'Sullivan misses with a straight right.
Dirty looks to land a right hand but O'Sullivan moved out of range.
It looked like O'Sullivan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dirty fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O'Sullivan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O'Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dirty.
O'Sullivan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dirty looks to throw the jab but O'Sullivan is out of range.
O'Sullivan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dirty walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O'Sullivan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dirty connects with an inside leg kick.
O'Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dirty.
O'Sullivan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
O'Sullivan misses with a body kick.
Dirty misses with an uppercut
#TD#
and O'Sullivan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by O'Sullivan.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O'Sullivan trying to control the position from guard on top but Dirty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O'Sullivan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dirty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dickie Dirty will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
O'Sullivan swings for the body but Dirty moves out of range.
Dirty only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dirty throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent O'Sullivan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dirty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dirty connects with a looping right hand.
Dirty throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O'Sullivan fakes the leg kick and cracks Dirty in the body.
O'Sullivan throws a leg kick which misses Dirty's front leg but catches the back leg as Dirty tries to avoid it.
Dirty jabbing away but nothing is landing.
O'Sullivan is looking to counter with head kicks.
O'Sullivan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
O'Sullivan scores with a jab to the head.
O'Sullivan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dirty.
O'Sullivan throws a leg kick
and Dirty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
O'Sullivan avoids the body shot from Dirty.
O'Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dirty was well out of range. Poor timing from O'Sullivan.
Dirty doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
O'Sullivan cracks Dirty with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Dirty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
#T1#
Dirty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dirty thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dirty throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dirty misses with a body shot
and O'Sullivan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O'Sullivan scores with a hook to the body. Dirty takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dirty throws a solid leg kick but O'Sullivan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dirty.
Dickie Dirty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
O'Sullivan misses with a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for O'Sullivan.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as O'Sullivan checks a leg kick.
O'Sullivan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dirty.
Dirty lands a nice shot to the body.
Dirty throws a leg kick #TD#
and O'Sullivan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
O'Sullivan is looking to advance position but Dirty has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!#REVB#
O'Sullivan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.#T2#
O'Sullivan is looking to improve his position.
Dirty trying to control the action but O'Sullivan is working from the bottom.
Dirty not doing much here.
O'Sullivan holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now. #T3#
Dirty trying to control from half guard but O'Sullivan is working away. #SUB#
O'Sullivan actively working from the bottom here.
Dirty is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. O'Sullivan manages to regain full guard. Nice work. #T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dirty is pushing down on O'Sullivan's leg trying to pass to half guard. O'Sullivan is fighting to maintain full guard but Dirty has managed to sneak the leg through.
Dirty trying to control from O'Sullivan's half guard. O'Sullivan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
O'Sullivan keeping moving, preventing Dirty from controlling successfully. #SUB#
O'Sullivan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dirty stays in close to O'Sullivan's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Daniel O'Sullivan will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R3#
O'Sullivan moves in looking to clinch but Dirty pushes him off.
A punch combination from O'Sullivan misses.
Dirty looks like he wants to counter punch here.
O'Sullivan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dirty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
O'Sullivan has a takedown stuffed.
O'Sullivan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dirty as he jumps to the side.
Dirty lands a slapping body shot.
Dirty lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O'Sullivan walks into a jab.
Good leg kick by Dirty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dickie Dirty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dirty misses with a hook.
Dirty throws a jab but it's blocked by O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. #T1#
O'Sullivan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dirty.
Dirty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dirty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O'Sullivan can pounce on him.
Dirty throws a series of punches but O'Sullivan avoids them all with ease.
Dirty throws a low kick but it's checked well by O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dirty.
O'Sullivan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
O'Sullivan takes one to the side of the head.
Dirty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dirty, right into the meat.
O'Sullivan tried to score with a low kick but Dirty checks it.
Dirty comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dirty darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dirty lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#CL#
O'Sullivan clinches up against the cage.
O'Sullivan throws a head punch that misses. #T2#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dirty.
A short right from Dirty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O'Sullivan'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.
A head punch on the inside from Dirty fails to land.
Dirty tries to break the clinch but O'Sullivan is controlling the position.
O'Sullivan wants to take the fight to the mat but Dirty manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel O'Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Dirty fails to land.
O'Sullivan lands a right hand. #BC#
O'Sullivan manages to break the clinch.
O'Sullivan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dirty was well out of range. Poor timing from O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan slips under a jab.
Dirty throws a nice outside leg kick.
O'Sullivan lands a high kick!
Dickie Dirty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O'Sullivan tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dirty defends well and O'Sullivan ends up having to push Dirty into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dirty. O'Sullivan does a little dance to reset his feet.#T3#
O'Sullivan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dirty cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dirty.
O'Sullivan misses with a combination
and Dirty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dirty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dirty throws a big shot that misses.
O'Sullivan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dirty.
Dirty checks a leg kick.
O'Sullivan throws a jab but it's blocked by Dirty.
O'Sullivan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#TD#
O'Sullivan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
O'Sullivan works his way into side control. #T4#
Dirty struggling a bit here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O'Sullivan trying to control the position but Dirty is working away.
Dirty tries to bench press O'Sullivan off him but O'Sullivan keeps the position.
Dirty manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
O'Sullivan trying to control from Dirty's half guard. Dirty has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
O'Sullivan looking to pass the guard.
Dirty has O'Sullivan pulled in close to control his posture.
Dirty wants to sweep here but O'Sullivan controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dickie Dirty really dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R4#
O'Sullivan scores with a punch to the head.
Dirty moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dirty scores with a jab to the body.
O'Sullivan swinging wildly here.
O'Sullivan throws a body shot but no joy.
Good exchange - Dirty coming out on top.
Dirty connects with an inside leg kick.
Dirty looks to land a left hand but O'Sullivan moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dirty blocks a head kick by O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan looks to land a combination. Dirty sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dirty throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dirty jabs O'Sullivan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Dirty. #T1#
A good leg kick by Dirty.
Dirty listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dirty tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and O'Sullivan is able to avoid easily.
O'Sullivan shoots for a double leg takedown but Dirty sprawls well. He's pushed O'Sullivan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
O'Sullivan checks the leg kick.
O'Sullivan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Dirty.
O'Sullivan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dirty staying out of range there.
Dirty walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. O'Sullivan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
O'Sullivan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dirty turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dirty changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
O'Sullivan tries to land a front kick but Dirty steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
O'Sullivan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dirty tries to avoid it but O'Sullivan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dirty to the ground. Dirty escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. #T2#
Dirty's hands are dropping dangerously low here and O'Sullivan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dirty scrambles back to his feet.
O'Sullivan is looking to score with low kicks.
O'Sullivan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O'Sullivan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dirty looks to land a left hand but O'Sullivan moved out of range nicely.
O'Sullivan missing with a left hand there. Dirty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
O'Sullivan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Dirty throws a hook but O'Sullivan avoids it easily.
Dirty uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O'Sullivan.
Dirty throws out a counter right but O'Sullivan avoids it with no problem.
O'Sullivan's corner calls for a 1-2. O'Sullivan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dirty tests O'Sullivan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O'Sullivan, right into the meat.
The crowd cheers as Dirty lands an impressive looking overhand right. O'Sullivan doesn't seem phased though.
O'Sullivan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dirty throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O'Sullivan sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T3#
Dirty is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dirty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O'Sullivan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dirty.
O'Sullivan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dirty is looking to score with low kicks.
Dirty throws a leg kick but O'Sullivan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
O'Sullivan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dirty counters with a nice uppercut.
Dirty thumps O'Sullivan with a low kick.
O'Sullivan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
O'Sullivan throws a wild body kick that Dirty sees coming a mile off.
Good exchange - O'Sullivan coming out on top.
A slow jab from Dirty misses its intended target.
Dirty throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dirty fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches O'Sullivan on the side of the head.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dirty is looking to slow O'Sullivan down with leg kicks.
O'Sullivan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel O'Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O'Sullivan defending well as Dirty loads up on a big left hand.
O'Sullivan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
O'Sullivan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O'Sullivan misses with a hook.
O'Sullivan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
O'Sullivan wants to land a leg kick but Dirty is out of range.
O'Sullivan misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Dirty flicks out a counter leg kick but O'Sullivan steps away.
Dirty fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt O'Sullivan.
Dirty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but O'Sullivan is out of range.
Dirty throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dickie Dirty dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R5#
Dirty scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
O'Sullivan misses with a hook.
Dirty misses with an uppercut. O'Sullivan saw that one coming.
Dirty's corner calls for a 1-2. Dirty obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dirty takes a swing at O'Sullivan's ribcage but misses.
O'Sullivan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dirty now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dirty misses with a straight left.
Dirty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O'Sullivan manages to avoid it.
O'Sullivan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dirty keeps the fight on the outside.
Dirty appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from O'Sullivan misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd cheers as Dirty lands an impressive looking overhand right. O'Sullivan doesn't seem phased though.
O'Sullivan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good leg kick by Dirty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dirty lands a leg kick that knocks O'Sullivan off balance momentarily.
Dirty blocks a head kick by O'Sullivan.
#T1#
O'Sullivan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dirty throws out a counter right but O'Sullivan avoids it with no problem.
A good leg kick by O'Sullivan.
Dirty throws a shot to the body.
O'Sullivan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dirty has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dirty misses with a body shot.
O'Sullivan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dirty just manages to avoid it.
O'Sullivan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dirty throws a leg kick which misses O'Sullivan's front leg but catches the back leg as O'Sullivan tries to avoid it.
Dirty avoids the body shot from O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan staying out of range there.
O'Sullivan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O'Sullivan looks to throw the jab but Dirty is out of range.
O'Sullivan misses with a left hand
and O'Sullivan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
O'Sullivan ducks right into an uppercut from Dirty.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by O'Sullivan.
#T2#
Dirty wants to land a leg kick but O'Sullivan is out of range.
A big left from Dirty misses.
O'Sullivan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan fails to land the takedown.
Dirty attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
O'Sullivan is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Dirty.
O'Sullivan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dirty looks to score with a jab to the body but O'Sullivan is just out of range.
As Dirty backs away, O'Sullivan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
O'Sullivan misses with a takedown attempt - Dirty sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dirty was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Dirty misses with a straight left.
As Dirty looks to move away, O'Sullivan throws a big counter combo but Dirty just gets out of the way.
Dirty lands a glancing blow to the side of O'Sullivan's head.#T3#
Dirty chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dirty attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
O'Sullivan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dirty manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dirty tests O'Sullivan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
O'Sullivan takes one to the side of the head.
Dirty misses with a straight right.
Daniel O'Sullivan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dirty scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big left from Dirty misses.
A big left from Dirty misses.
Dirty swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
O'Sullivan throws a leg kick which misses Dirty's front leg but catches the back leg as Dirty tries to avoid it.
O'Sullivan wants to clinch up but Dirty keeps it at a distance.
O'Sullivan tries to clinch up.
Dirty only half commits to the counter leg kick.#T4#
Dirty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Dirty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from O'Sullivan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel O'Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
O'Sullivan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O'Sullivan slips under a jab from Dirty.
Dirty has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O'Sullivan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dirty misses with a looping left.
O'Sullivan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Dirty just manages to avoid it.
Dirty scores with a head kick.
O'Sullivan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Dirty pinned against the cage. Dirty gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Dirty uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O'Sullivan.
Dirty thuds his right hand into O'Sullivan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dickie Dirty comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dirty has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 47:49
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dickie Dirty!
As Dickie Dirty got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: It takes a special kind of coward to call out a retired fighter after having refused to fight me on numerous occasions... You are officially my bitch now dude.'.
Daniel O'Sullivan was interviewed post fight and said 'This is bullshit'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robledo Puch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Parke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puch comes to the cage accompanied by Breathe. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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161 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Robledo Puch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Parke!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parke throws a body shot but no joy.
Puch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Puch sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Puch working the head and body with strikes.
Puch thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Parke is pressing down on Puch's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Parke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Parke looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Puch has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Parke preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Parke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parke 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.
Puch working some strikes from top position.
Puch postures up in Parke's guard and throws a big left but Parke blocks it.
Parke tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Parke keeps trying to improve his position.
Puch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Parke's head.
Puch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Puch stopping the sweep attempt from Parke.
Puch is looking to work some ground and pound but Parke has wrist control.
Puch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Parke pulls Puch in close to his closed guard and prevents Puch from doing any damage or advancing position.
Puch won't allow Parke to sweep him here.
Puch loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Puch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Puch 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Parke has Puch pulled in close to control his posture.
Parke's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Puch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Puch trying to control the position from guard on top but Parke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parke trying to keep a closed guard but Puch is proving a slippery customer.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Parke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Puch scoring with punches to the head and body.
Puch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Puch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Parke looking for a sweep. Not yet Parke, not yet.
Puch trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parke 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.
Puch connects with a couple of short punches.
Puch throws a strike but Parke rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Parke trying to control the position from guard on top but Puch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Puch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Parke is one step ahead there.
Parke trying to control but Puch is working from the bottom.
Puch has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Parke doesn't defend quickly enough and Puch has managed to lock this one up! Can Parke escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Puch on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Robledo Puch!
Robledo Puch took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hellbent for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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182 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Julius Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Chris Edwards and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Shamrock.
Shamrock sets himself, and Henderson steps forward looking for the clinch! Shamrock avoids it this time.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body
and Henderson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Henderson throws a leg kick
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henderson.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock lands with a short shot to the head.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shamrock is defending well for now.
Henderson lands a right hand.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
I was talking to Shamrock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Henderson takes a shot to the head.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Shamrock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.
Henderson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shamrock lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock lands a nice uppercut.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Shamrock in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Shamrock working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Henderson.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Henderson scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shamrock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Henderson swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson trying to land knees to the body.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Shamrock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shamrock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
Henderson lands a left hand.
Henderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock lands a body punch.
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Henderson.
Shamrock tries a body shot but Henderson blocks it.
Shamrock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Shamrock on the inside.
Henderson works on Shamrock's body with a couple of short punches.
Henderson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Bobby Shamrock has been cut.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
Shamrock lands a body shot.
Henderson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Henderson looking to throw knees to the head but Shamrock is blocking nicely.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock lands a body punch.
Shamrock lands with a right to the head.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hand to the body from Henderson.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body.
Shamrock blocks a body shot from Henderson.
A short left from Henderson.
Shamrock throws a punch but it's blocked by Henderson.
Henderson misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock managing to block the knees to the body from Henderson.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Henderson lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Henderson.
Shamrock avoiding damage as Henderson throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Shamrock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Shamrock's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Henderson misses with an uppercut
and Shamrock counters with a nice body shot.
Henderson misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Shamrock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Henderson clinches with his opponent.
Bobby Shamrock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Shamrock lands a nice shot to the body.
Henderson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Henderson is defending well for now.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Henderson lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.
Henderson prevents a body shot from Shamrock.
Shamrock scores with a shot to the side of Henderson's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shamrock is defending well for now.
Henderson landing knees to the body.
Henderson tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Henderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson lands a body shot.
Henderson lands a nice uppercut.
Knees to the body from Henderson.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Henderson pushes Shamrock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Henderson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Henderson on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Henderson or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Shamrock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Shamrock as the two fighters clinch.
Henderson lands a knee to the head.
Henderson lands an uppercut.
Henderson working Shamrock over with knees to the body.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shamrock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Henderson tries a body shot but Shamrock blocks it.
Henderson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Henderson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Henderson tries to work over Shamrock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Shamrock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Henderson's elbow.
Shamrock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
Henderson digs a right hand underneath Shamrock's ribcage. Shamrock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shamrock misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson tries a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Shamrock as the two fighters clinch.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Shamrock on the inside.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Henderson.
Shamrock lands a right hand.
Shamrock gets through Henderson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Henderson.
Shamrock misses with the head strike.
Shamrock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hendersons head.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock cracks Henderson with a nice body shot.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock lands a left hand.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shamrock scores with a shoulder strike.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shamrock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Shamrock.
Henderson blocks a body shot from Shamrock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock misses with some punches.
Henderson lands a shoulder strike.
Shamrock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Shamrock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Shamrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Shamrock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Shamrock's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Henderson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Henderson delivers a nice body kick.
Henderson is looking to land body kicks.
An attempted straight right counter from Shamrock misses the target.
Jab by Henderson.
A combination from Shamrock does no damage.
Henderson tries to counter with a clinch but Shamrock shakes him off and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shamrock.
Henderson scores with a punch to the head.
Henderson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson throws a push kick but Shamrock slaps the foot to one side.
Shamrock was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Shamrock checks the leg kick nicely there.
It looked like Shamrock was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Henderson.
Henderson moves in looking to clinch but Shamrock pushes him off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Henderson.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body
and Shamrock counters with a straight right hand.
Henderson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shamrock checks it well.
Shamrock is looking to counter the offense by Henderson and move into the clinch.
Henderson has closed the distance and engaged Shamrock in a clinch.
Julius Henderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock working aggressively here.
Henderson tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
Henderson throws a head punch that misses.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
Henderson lands a nice shot to the body.
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Henderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Henderson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Henderson lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Henderson scores a nice knee to the body.
Henderson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henderson.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shamrock can't find room to land a body shot as Henderson controls the action.
Shamrock prevents a body shot from Henderson.
Henderson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Shamrock swings wildly with an uppercut but Henderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Henderson crunches a lovely knee into Shamrock's ribcage.
A short left from Henderson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
A shot in the inside from Henderson.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Henderson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock is working Henderson over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
Shamrock misses with some punches.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
A knee to the head by Henderson.
Shamrock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Henderson working Shamrock over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henderson blocks an uppercut.
Henderson working Shamrock over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson lands a left hand.
Henderson blocking some punches.
Henderson tries to throw a body punch but Shamrock avoids it by throwing Henderson back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shamrock.
Shamrock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Henderson backwards.
Henderson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Henderson missing with knees to the body.
Henderson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shamrock misses with a hook from the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Shamrock.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Henderson.
Henderson misses with a knee strike.
Henderson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Henderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Henderson.
Henderson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shamrock avoids it.
Henderson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shamrock blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock tries to work over Henderson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Henderson misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julius Henderson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shamrock has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Shamrock!
Our winner, Bobby Shamrock, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Gatsby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Gatsby!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gatsby misses with a head kick.
Summers appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Gatsby throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Gatsby throws a low kick, looking for Summers's leg but Summers calmly moves out of range.
Summers takes one to the chin there.
Gatsby connects with a crisp jab.
Gatsby throws a big shot that misses.
Gatsby catches Summers with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gatsby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gatsby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Summers on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gatsby. Gatsby obviously looking to wear him down.
Summers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gatsby rushes Summers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gatsby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Summers throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Nice body punch from Summers - that landed with a thud.
Summers blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Summers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby is working for takedown but Summers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Summers working aggressively here.
Gatsby tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gatsby.
Summers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Summers blocking some punches.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers pushes Gatsby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Gatsby lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Gatsby goes for a takedown attempt but Summers pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gatsby throws a hook to the side of Summers's head but Summers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice inside leg kick there by Summers. That's going to slow Gatsby down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby throws a hook but Summers avoids it easily.
Gatsby keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nathan Summers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Summers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gatsby wants to counter the offense by Summers and move into the clinch position.
That kick from Gatsby tenderised Summers's leg. Summers is trying to keep his angry face on.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gatsby misses with a straight left.
Summers takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Nathan Summers has been cut.
Summers tries to work over Gatsby's front leg with a kick but Gatsby checks it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gatsby, right into the meat.
A low kick from Summers misses
and Gatsby counters with a single leg into guard. Summers didn't expect that.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gatsby working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Summers being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gatsby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Summers is keeping the position for now.
Summers wants to stand up but Gatsby is controlling him.
Gatsby with a nice head shot there.
Gatsby controlling from the top position.
Summers wants to stand up but Gatsby is controlling him.
Summers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
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.
Summers keeping full guard, as Gatsby tries to pass.
Gatsby wants to control from the top but Summers keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gatsby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Summers lands a nice shot that snaps Gatsby's head back.
Gatsby misses with a body kick.
Gatsby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gatsby plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Gatsby thows a leg kick but Summers checks it
and Summers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Summers lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Summers connects with an inside leg kick.
Gatsby moves out of range of the body kick.
A good leg kick by Summers.
Summers misses with a body kick.
Summers scores with a head kick.
Gatsby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jay Gatsby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gatsby has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Summers.
Summers avoids the head kick by Gatsby.
Summers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatsby checks a leg kick.
Summers cracks Gatsby with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Summers thuds his right hand into Gatsby's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gatsby checks the leg kick.
Summers misses with a wild body shot.
Summers throws the kick towards the body but Gatsby avoids it.
Gatsby wants to counter with a clinch but Summers pushes him away.
Gatsby lunges at Summers with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Summers's hand.
Summers avoids the head kick by Gatsby.
Summers moves into the clinch.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gatsby tries a body shot but Summers blocks it.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
Summers working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gatsby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Summers working aggressively here.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby scores with a shot to the side of Summers's head.
A short left from Summers.
Summers throws a punch but it's blocked by Gatsby.
Summers cracks Gatsby with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Summers.
Gatsby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gatsby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gatsby lands a right hand.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Summers swings wildly with an uppercut but Gatsby uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Summers tries a body shot but Gatsby blocks it.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Gatsby misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Gatsby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Summers.
Summers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
I was talking to Summers's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Summers misses with a body punch.
Gatsby misses with some punches.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers digs a right hand into Gatsby's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gatsby's gas tank.
Summers misses with a punch to the body.
Summers misses with a body punch.
Gatsby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gatsby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Summers lands a right hand.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
Gatsby blocks a body shot from Summers.
Gatsby has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Summers is trying to keep an underhook but Gatsby manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Summers kicks off Gatsby and gets to his feet.
Gatsby lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Summers throws a nice outside leg kick.
Summers moves out of range as Gatsby strikes.
Summers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gatsby's sensitive parts.
Summers throws a solid leg kick but Gatsby takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Summers.
Summers throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Gatsby's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gatsby checks a low kick from Summers.
Gatsby shapes to counter with a head kick.
Gatsby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Summers misses with a looping right.
Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gatsby manages to avoid it.
Gatsby replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Summers blocks it well.
Summers chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gatsby can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with a left hand
and Gatsby makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A jab lands there for Summers.
Gatsby just misses with a punch to the body.
Gatsby throws a head kick that misses.
Summers listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gatsby is looking to slow Summers down with leg kicks.
Summers looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
An inside leg kick from Summers misses.
Gatsby wants to counter with a clinch but Summers pushes him away.
Summers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Summers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nathan Summers is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheers as Gatsby lands an impressive looking overhand right. Summers doesn't seem phased though.
Gatsby shoots in but Summers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gatsby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gatsby has a couple of punches blocked by Summers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Summers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nathan Summers's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Summers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gatsby goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Summers misses with a series of wild punches.
Summers wants to land a leg kick but Gatsby is out of range.
Summers throws a leg kick but Gatsby sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Summers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice cross by Summers.
Gatsby misses with a few strikes there.
Summers scoring well with a low kick there.
Gatsby tries to clinch up.
Summers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Summers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gatsby closes the distance looking to clinch
and Summers counters with a nice body kick.
Summers scores with a head kick. Gatsby tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Summers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gatsby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gatsby throws a leg kick which misses Summers's front leg but catches the back leg as Summers tries to avoid it.
Gatsby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Summers.
Gatsby missing with a left hand there. Summers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Summers throws a wild body kick that Gatsby sees coming a mile off.
Summers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A little jabbing left from Gatsby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Summers throwing a counter right hand but Gatsby manages to avoid it.
Gatsby tests Summers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gatsby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Summers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gatsby misses with a series of wild punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Gatsby as he connects with a hook.
Summers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gatsby throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Summers takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Summers. Gatsby shrugs it off though.
Gatsby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gatsby looks to land a right hand but Summers moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gatsby tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Summers counters with a solid body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Summers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Summers gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gatsby throws a punch but it's blocked by Summers.
Summers has a couple of punches blocked by Gatsby.
Gatsby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Summers scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Summers.
Summers throws a head punch that misses.
Summers misses with a hook to the ribs.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Summers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Gatsby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers misses with some punches.
Gatsby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Summers is working Gatsby over against the cage.
Gatsby blocks an uppercut.
Gatsby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Summers misses with the head strike.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gatsby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Summers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers lands a right hand.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Gatsby.
Summers misses with a punch on the inside.
Summers misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Gatsby fails to land.
Gatsby swings wildly with an uppercut but Summers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Summers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gatsby backwards.
Summers lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gatsby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Summers is working Gatsby over against the cage.
Gatsby working aggressively here.
Gatsby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatsby.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Summers.
Summers can't find room to land a body shot as Gatsby controls the action.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Summers misses with some punches.
Gatsby looking for a takedown.
Gatsby throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Summers fails to land.
Gatsby blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Summers showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Summers has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Summers!
Nathan Summers decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
The defeated Jay Gatsby had this to say: 'Damn, I had him. I don't think I'd have lost if... In fact, I'm sure I won this fight, hope you give me a rematch, old sport. Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can... of course you can. '.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gustav Marailov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miric comes into the arena with Mitar Miric - Ko je onaj mladic blaring out of the sound system. Marailov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Вставай. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
21 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mitar Miric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gustav Marailov!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marailov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Miric's hands.
Miric throws a hook to the side of Marailov's head but Marailov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marailov looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Miric misses the jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Marailov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Marailov throws a shot to the body.
Marailov checks a low kick from Miric.
Marailov just misses with a punch to the body.
Marailov throws a series of punches but Miric avoids them all with ease.
Miric swings for the body but Marailov moves out of range.
Marailov misses with the combination.
Miric thinks about countering with a body kick.
Miric throws a body punch but Marailov moves out of range.
As Miric backs off Marailov throws a huge counter combo but Miric manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miric takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marailov misses the body punch
and Miric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miric takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Mitar Miric has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miric misses with an attempted mid kick.
Miric looks for the body kick but Marailov saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Marailov does it's job there.
Miric tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miric uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marailov.
Miric appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Miric looks to land a body kick but Marailov moved away.
A nice side step and Marailov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Marailov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marailov misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Miric was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Miric checks a low kick from Marailov.
Marailov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A lazy left from Marailov finds it's target.
Marailov moves out of range of the body kick.
Miric lands a high kick!
It looks like Gustav Marailov has been cut.
Miric bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marailov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Miric rather than just go for the knockout.
Marailov cracks a nice hook into Miric's ribs.
Miric tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Miric motions for Marailov to come forward. Miric throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marailov throws a shot from downtown. Miric moves away and avoids it.
Miric is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Left hook, right uppercut from Marailov.
Nice jab there from Marailov.
Marailov checks a low kick from Miric.
Marailov misses the shot to the body.
Miric throws a hook but Marailov blocks it.
Marailov swinging wildly here.
Marailov misses with a two punch combination.
Miric throws a head kick that misses.
Marailov fails to land with a series of punches.
Miric misses with a straight right.
Marailov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Miric looks to score with a jab to the body but Marailov is just out of range.
Marailov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Miric throws a sloppy head kick and Marailov moves out of range easily.
Marailov swings for the body but Miric moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marailov's calf.
Miric scores with a hook.
Miric misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch combination from Marailov misses.
Miric cracks the inside of Marailov's front leg.
Marailov misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Miric tries to counter by clinching up but Marailov breaks away and moves out of range.
Miric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miric is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Marailov sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Miric bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Miric throws a leg kick but Marailov moved away.
Marailov avoids the head kick by Miric.
Miric missing with a left hand there. Marailov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Miric throws the kick towards the body but Marailov avoids it.
Marailov clobbers Miric with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marailov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Miric misses with a leg kick.
Miric moves into range and clinches up with Marailov.
Miric throws a head punch that misses.
Marailov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marailov blocks a body shot from Miric.
Marailov breaks the clinch.
Marailov cracks Miric with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Miric takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Miric throws a leg kick
enabling Marailov to counter with a crisp jab.
Marailov avoids the body shot from Miric.
Miric looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Miric.
Miric looks to land a combination but Marailov avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gustav Marailov will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Miric pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Miric misses with a looping right.
Miric throws a head kick that misses.
Marailov misses with the combination.
Marailov blocks a head kick by Miric.
Marailov lands with a right hand.
Marailov connects with a single shot there.
Gustav Marailov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Miric misses with a body shot.
Mitar Miric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miric connects with a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Miric. That's going to slow Marailov down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marailov throws a nice looking combination but Miric bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A quick step to the side and Miric tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marailov swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Marailov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marailov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marailov.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marailov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marailov misses with a series of wild punches.
Marailov looks to land a combination but Miric avoids it well.
Marailov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Marailov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Miric throws a hook to the side of Marailov's head but Marailov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marailov connects with a body shot that sends Miric's belly button to the back.
Marailov looks to score with a jab to the body but Miric is just out of range.
Miric swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marailov.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marailov throws a hook but Miric blocks it.
Miric on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A left lands for Marailov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miric throws a sloppy head kick and Marailov moves out of range easily.
Marailov throws a counter combo.
Marailov misses with a two punch combination.
Miric connects with a jab.
Miric throws a leg kick but Marailov moved away.
Miric throws a sloppy head kick and Marailov moves out of range easily.
Miric throws a head kick but Marailov moves out of range.
Miric tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marailov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marailov misses with a straight right.
Miric takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Miric misses with a wild body shot.
Marailov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Miric uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marailov.
Miric dodges the punch combination from Marailov.
Marailov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marailov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marailov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gustav Marailov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Miric checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marailov misses with a combination
and Miric counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marailov.
Miric feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marailovs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Marailov takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Miric keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Miric is looking to score with low kicks.
Marailov scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Miric throws a head kick but Marailov moves out of range.
Marailov throws a counter combo.
Marailov misses with a wild body shot.
Marailov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Miric is looking to counter the offense by Marailov and move into the clinch.
A jab lands there for Marailov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Miric lands a slapping body shot.
Marailov throws a body shot but no joy.
Miric loads up on a big right hand but Marailov slips the punch.
Miric works the jab nicely.
Miric is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marailov throws a looping overhand right but Miric ducks down to avoid it.
Miric throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marailov counters with a right hand to the body.
Miric throws a head kick that Marailov semi-blocks.
Miric keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marailov.
Miric misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marailov.
Miric throws a half hearted mid kick.
Miric throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Miric thuds his shin into the meat of Marailov's side.
Miric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marailov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marailov misses with a low kick.
Miric looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustav Marailov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Marailov with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Good work by Marailov as he checks the leg kick.
Marailov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miric.
Miric throws a head kick but Marailov moves out of range.
Miric checks a leg kick nicely.
Miric takes the fight into the clinch.
Miric misses with a punch on the inside.
Marailov blocks a body shot from Miric.
Marailov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marailov misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marailov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Miric moves out of range as Marailov strikes.
Marailov misses with a left hand
and Miric counters by moving into the clinch.
Miric swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Miric.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric scores with a hook to the body.
A short left from Marailov.
Marailov tries to land a knee to the head but Miric blocks with his arms.
Miric keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marailov's efforts to push away.
Marailov misses with some punches.
Marailov working aggressively here.
Marailov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miric has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marailov.
Miric doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marailov is trying to force a seperation but Miric has the dominant position.
Miric tries a body shot but Marailov blocks it.
Marailov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marailov lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marailov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marailov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Miric has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Miric throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marailovs head.
Marailov tries to throw a body punch but Miric avoids it by throwing Marailov back against the cage.
Mitar Miric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marailov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Miric blocks it with crossed arms.
Marailov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Miric avoids it.
Marailov is looking to break free of the clinch but Miric has double underhooks.
Miric doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Miric tries to throw a body punch but Marailov avoids it by throwing Miric back against the cage.
Miric swings wildly with an uppercut but Marailov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marailov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Miric can't find room to land a body shot as Marailov controls the action.
Marailov manages to break the clinch.
Miric blocks a leg kick.
Marailov takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marailov looks to land a right hand but Miric moved out of range.
Miric looks to score with a jab to the body but Marailov is just out of range.
A lazy left from Miric finds it's target.
Miric connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric scores with the left hand. Marailov knows he should have avoided that one.
Marailov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Miric stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Marailov throws a body shot but no joy.
Marailov ducks under a wild hook from Miric.
Marailov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Miric circles away quickly and effectively.
Miric seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Miric avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marailov digs a good body shot into Miric's ribs.
Miric sizes up Marailov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Miric lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good shot there by Marailov.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Miric.
Marailov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Miric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marailov paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Miric doesn't manage to clinch there - Marailov circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Miric dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marailov. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miric throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marailov.
Miric lands a big head kick that sends Marailov tumbling to the mat! Miric takes a step backwards and waves Marailov back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Marailov is rocked!
Marailov stalks Miric and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Miric's face. Miric staggers backwards, shaken.
Marailov is still on wobbly legs! Can Miric finish him?
Marailov blocks a head kick by Miric.
Marailov seems to have recovered his senses.
Marailov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miric was well out of range. Poor timing from Marailov.
Marailov misses the shot to the body.
Gustav Marailov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marailov stuns Miric with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marailov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marailov takes a swing at Miric's ribcage but misses.
Marailov scores with a shot to the body.
Marailov connects with a leg kick. Miric looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Miric, as that shot connected.
Miric slips a jab from Marailov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mitar Miric showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marailov 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustav Marailov!
Gustav Marailov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rustam Kersikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chet Lamare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kersikov comes to the cage accompanied by ЦельРазгроl. Lamare has chosen Opeth as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rustam Kersikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chet Lamare!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kersikov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamare manages to avoid it.
Kersikov takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Rustam Kersikov has been cut.
Kersikov blocks a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kersikov. Lamare does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good leg kick by Lamare there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Rustam Kersikov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kersikov lands a big head kick that sends Lamare tumbling to the mat! Kersikov takes a step backwards and waves Lamare back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kersikov looks to score with a jab to the body but Lamare is just out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Kersikov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kersikov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Kersikov throws a good cross that connects.
Lamare is rocked!
Kersikov wants to slow Lamare down by chopping away at his legs.
Lamare is still on wobbly legs! Can Kersikov finish him?
That kick from Lamare tenderised Kersikov's leg. Kersikov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lamare seems to have recovered his senses.
Lamare lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kersikov's sensitive parts.
Kersikov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kersikov throws a push kick but Lamare slaps the foot to one side.
Lamare wants to counter the offense by Kersikov and move into the clinch position.
Lamare goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kersikov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kersikov lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kersikov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jab, jab by Kersikov - just one landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kersikov. Lamare does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Kersikov.
Lamare is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Lamare blocks the leg kick.
Kersikov throws a jab but it's blocked by Lamare.
Lamare works the jab nicely.
Lamare looks to land a combination but Kersikov avoids it well.
Lamare takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Kersikov throws a low kick but Lamare moves out of range easily.
Lamare will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lamare throws a right and a left that Kersikov avoids nicely.
Kersikov lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamare looks to score with a jab to the body but Kersikov is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kersikov.
The fighters circling - Kersikov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lamare is trying to counter with his kicks.
Lamare misses with a right hand
and Kersikov counters with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Lamare, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kersikov misses with a kick to the body.
Kersikov throws a sloppy head kick and Lamare moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Kersikov.
Lamare misses with a low kick.
Kersikov tried to counter with a leg kick but Lamare avoided it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kersikov.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kersikov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lamare is out of range and Kersikov settles back down.
Kersikov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lamare throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kersikov counters with a head kick that drops Lamare to the mat! Lamare scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Kersikov is looking to land body kicks.
Kersikov misses with a kick to the body.
Kersikov throws a body shot but no joy.
Kersikov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Kersikov misses the target.
Kersikov misses with a wild body shot.
Lamare is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A combination from Kersikov does no damage.
Kersikov misses with an uppercut.
Lamare misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lamare is looking to clinch but Kersikov is avoiding it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Kersikov throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kersikov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lamare counters with a body kick.
Kersikov throws a push kick but Lamare slaps the foot to one side.
Kersikov throws a leg kick that misses.
Lamare tries to clinch up.
Lamare throws a solid leg kick but Kersikov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lamare.
Kersikov fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lamare checks it well.
Kersikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lamare lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kersikov circles away quickly and effectively.
Lamare avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kersikov avoids a kick to the body.
Lamare blocks a head kick by Kersikov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rustam Kersikov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rustam Kersikov's cut.
That's time! Kersikov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kersikov lands with a good body shot.
Lamare misses with a body kick.
Lamare misses with a body kick.
Kersikov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Kersikov throws a right and a left that Lamare avoids nicely.
Kersikov misses with a leg kick
and Lamare counters by moving into the clinch.
Lamare pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lamare breaks the clinch.
Rustam Kersikov is winning the standup battle so far.
Kersikov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lamare displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kersikov on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kersikov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lamare can do to turn this around?
Kersikov swats away the attempt to clinch by Lamare.
Lamare looks for the body kick but Kersikov saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare lands with a kick to the ribs.
Lamare tries to clinch but Kersikov moves out of range.
Lamare tries to land a front kick but Kersikov steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kersikov thuds a left hand into Lamare's body.
Nice body punch from Kersikov.
Kersikov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lamare throws the kick towards the body but Kersikov avoids it.
Lamare misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Kersikov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lamare.
Lamare moves out of range of the body kick from Kersikov.
Lamare throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kersikov scores with a head kick.
Lamare throws a series of punches but Kersikov avoids them all with ease.
Good standup being displayed there by Lamare as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kersikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kersikov sets himself, and Lamare steps forward looking for the clinch! Kersikov avoids it this time.
Kersikov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lamare manages to avoid it.
Lamare misses with a kick to the body
and Kersikov counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamare avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kersikov throws an overhand right that lands on Lamare's shoulder, as Lamare tries to avoid the shot.
Lamare feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kersikov's calf.
Lamare looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lamare throws a leg kick that misses.
Lamare keeps Kersikov at a distance using the push kick.
Kersikov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lamare.
Kersikov misses with a low kick.
Lamare just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov misses with a looping left.
Kersikov dodges the punch combination from Lamare.
Kersikov throws a wild body kick that Lamare sees coming a mile off.
Crunch! Lamare slams his shin into Kersikov's torso.
Lamare throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A right-left combo lands from Lamare.
Lamare throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kersikov connects with a looping right hand.
Kersikov just misses with a punch to the body.
Lamare moves out of range of the body kick.
Kersikov misses with a straight left.
Kersikov scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Lamare.
Lamare misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lamare wants to clinch up but Kersikov keeps it at a distance.
Kersikov throws a leg kick which misses Lamare's front leg but catches the back leg as Lamare tries to avoid it.
Kersikov dodges the punch combination from Lamare.
Kersikov has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kersikov throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kersikov throws a lazy right hand but Lamare sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kersikov throws a shot from downtown. Lamare moves away and avoids it.
Kersikov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lamare's head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lamare checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chet Lamare will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rustam Kersikov's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kersikov throws out a leg kick but Lamare moves out of range and Kersikov only half commits.
Kersikov throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kersikov scores with a head kick.
Lamare checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lamare tries to counter with a clinch but Kersikov shakes him off and moves away.
Kersikov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lamare displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kersikov throws out the jab.
Kersikov lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lamare rushes Kersikov and presses him up against the cage.
Lamare throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kersikovs head.
Lamare blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamare blocking some punches.
Lamare lands a body punch.
Lamare lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kersikov misses with some punches.
Lamare breaks from the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lamare.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamare rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kersikov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Kersikov misses the target.
Lamare lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lamare throws a series of punches but Kersikov avoids them all with ease.
Kersikov misses with a body shot.
Kersikov thows a leg kick but Lamare checks it
and Lamare counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lamare.
Lamare missing with knees to the body.
Kersikov has Lamare pressed against the cage, preventing Lamare from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kersikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lamare prevents a body shot from Kersikov.
Kersikov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kersikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kersikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lamare blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lamare is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kersikov is defending well for now.
Lamare misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kersikov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lamare backwards.
Kersikov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kersikov misses with a few strikes there.
Kersikov lands a body shot.
Chet Lamare is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lamare checks a low kick from Kersikov.
Kersikov scores with a nice strike.
Kersikov swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lamare misses with a double jab.
Kersikov half committed to a counter leg kick.
Kersikov dodges the punch combination from Lamare.
Lamare's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lamare swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lamare closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lamare walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov gets tackled into the cage by Lamare. Lamare maintains the clinch.
Kersikov blocks a body shot from Lamare.
A hook to the body from Kersikov.
Lamare takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lamare is trying to push Kersikov away but Kersikov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lamare wants to stall.
A short right from Kersikov.
Lamare misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kersikov.
Kersikov lands a body shot.
Kersikov tries to work over Lamare's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kersikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kersikov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lamare lands a hook that snaps the head of Kersikov backwards.
Kersikov tries to throw a body punch but Lamare avoids it by throwing Kersikov back against the cage.
Kersikov throws a punch but it's blocked by Lamare.
Lamare tries to circle away but Kersikov has him pinned against the cage.
Kersikov scores with a shot to the side of Lamare's head.
Lamare throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kersikov pushes Lamare back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kersikov blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kersikov working aggressively here.
Lamare tries to break free but Kersikov pushes him back against the cage.
Kersikov digs a right hand underneath Lamare's ribcage. Lamare let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Kersikov.
Kersikov lands a body shot.
Kersikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kersikov.
Lamare throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kersikov lands a right hand.
Kersikov throws a big uppercut that drops Lamare! More strikes from Kersikov and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lamare lies dazed against the cage as Kersikov celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rustam Kersikov!
The defeated Chet Lamare had this to say: 'I'm not sure where to go from here? Do I keep fighting?'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalervo Kaunismieli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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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
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kalervo Kaunismieli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carter Martin!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kaunismieli connects with a good right hand that stumbles Martin. Martin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kaunismieli misses with a hook.
Kaunismieli falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martin counters with a nice body shot.
Kaunismieli throws a predictable looking body shot
and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kaunismieli wants to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Martin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaunismieli moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Kaunismieli misses.
Kaunismieli misses with a left hand
and Martin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaunismieli tries to clinch there but Martin circles away.
A little jabbing left from Martin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli scores with a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Kaunismieli. That snapped Martin's head back.
Kaunismieli moves into range and clinches up with Martin.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Kaunismieli on the inside.
Kaunismieli throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Martin pushes Kaunismieli back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Martin misses with some punches.
Kaunismieli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaunismieli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kaunismieli tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kaunismieli is trying to stall.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Kaunismieli.
A head punch on the inside from Kaunismieli fails to land.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli is stalling here.
Martin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kaunismieli working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin lands a left hand.
Kaunismieli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaunismieli lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin blocks a body shot from Kaunismieli.
Kaunismieli lands with a left to the head.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Kaunismieli controls the action.
Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaunismieli is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Martin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kaunismieli bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martin's head backwards.
Martin checks a leg kick.
Martin misses with a double jab.
Kaunismieli moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Kaunismieli looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kaunismieli.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kaunismieli was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Martin gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kaunismieli.
Martin is rocked!
Martin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martin is still on wobbly legs! Can Kaunismieli finish him?
Martin slips a jab from Kaunismieli.
A countering left hand to the body from Martin misses.
Martin leaves his chin hanging out and Kaunismieli seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Martin crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kalervo Kaunismieli!
During a confident post fight interview, Kalervo Kaunismieli thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Hussle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ozzy McKane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McKane is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by SAIL - AWOLNATION. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ozzy McKane enters the cage!
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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
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Hussle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ozzy McKane!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hussle scores with a punch to the head.
Hussle throws a leg kick
and McKane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McKane jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hussle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McKane cracks Hussle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hussle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McKane shoots in for a takedown but Hussle shows good takedown defense.
McKane misses with a series of wild punches.
McKane avoids the body shot from Hussle.
McKane lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McKane looks to land a left hand but Hussle moved out of range nicely.
McKane swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hussle lands a nice shot to the body.
Hussle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McKane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hussle throws the left hand but McKane avoids the punch easily.
McKane has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hussle lands a nice looking kick to the body. McKane takes a step back to recover.
McKane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKane lands a slapping body shot.
Hussle throws a jab but it's blocked by McKane.
Hussle thows a body kick. McKane tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hussle loads up on a big right hand but McKane slips the punch.
Hussle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussle ducks under a wild hook from McKane.
Hussle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A lazy body kick from Hussle
and Hussle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hussle 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.
McKane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hussle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hussle throws a hook but McKane avoids it easily.
Hussle tests McKane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Ozzy McKane has been cut.
Hussle gets caught flat footed, as McKane shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hussle holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hussle has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Hussle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hussle has McKane pulled in close to control his posture.
McKane looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hussle keeping full guard, as McKane tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussle seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
McKane wants to control from the top but Hussle keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hussle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice body punch from Hussle.
Hussle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping McKane at a distance.
Hussle misses with a leg kick
and McKane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McKane misses with a left hand
and Hussle counters with a nice kick to the body.
McKane keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hussle.
Mike Hussle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McKane throws out a loose jab but Hussle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hussle scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for Hussle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McKane blocks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hussle.
Nice defenses there by Hussle.
Hussle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKane moves away.
Hussle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McKane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McKane moves out of range of the leg kick from Hussle.
Some bone on bone action there as McKane checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McKane might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hussle connects with an inside leg kick.
McKane looks to land a left hand but Hussle moved out of range nicely.
Hussle throws the left hand but McKane avoids the punch easily.
McKane moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Hussle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ozzy McKane's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hussle misses the body punch
and McKane counters with a straight right hand.
Hussle doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hussle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McKane.
Hussle feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hussle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Hussle misses its intended target.
Hussle checks a leg kick.
Hussle throws a quick counter kick to the body but McKane avoids it.
Hussle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hussle walks into a stiff left hand from McKane.
McKane tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hussle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
McKane shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hussle counters with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from McKane. Hussle does a little dance to reset his feet.
McKane doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hussle throws a low kick, looking for McKane's leg but McKane calmly moves out of range.
McKane flicks out a counter leg kick but Hussle steps away.
McKane gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hussle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKane digs a good body shot into Hussle's ribs.
McKane throws an overhand right that lands on Hussle's shoulder, as Hussle tries to avoid the shot.
Hussle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hussle fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McKane looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hussle plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hussle scores with a nice body kick.
Hussle connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McKane momentarily.
McKane clinches with his opponent.
McKane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from McKane.
Hussle tries to stall but McKane uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
McKane works on Hussle's body with a couple of short punches.
Hussle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hussle misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussle has a couple of punches blocked by McKane.
Hussle working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hussle blocking some punches.
Hussle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hussle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hussle.
Hussle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McKane's elbow.
McKane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McKane pulls guard effortlessly.
McKane is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hussle defends well.
Hussle avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussle showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hussle trying to control but McKane is working from the bottom.
McKane looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hussle passes into side control.
Hussle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McKane on the ground.
You can see the frustration on McKane's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
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.
McKane is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hussle remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
McKane is looking for a sweep.
McKane is trying to control Hussle's posture but Hussle avoids it.
Hussle controls the position from side control.
Hussle trying to control the action but McKane is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mike Hussle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ozzy McKane's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hussle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hussle throws a wild body kick that McKane sees coming a mile off.
McKane scores with a nice right hand.
Hussle throws a hook to the side of McKane's head but McKane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McKane! But no joy.
Hussle throws a looping overhand right but McKane ducks down to avoid it.
McKane changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hussle takes a swing at McKane's ribcage but misses.
Hussle scores with a nice right hand.
Hussle missing with a left hand there. McKane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hussle takes a swing at McKane's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hussle slips a straight right by McKane.
A slow jab from McKane misses its intended target.
Hussle misses with a hook to the body
and McKane connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McKane throws a one two combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hussle avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussle throws a body shot but no joy.
Hussle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McKane throws a low kick, looking for Hussle's leg but Hussle calmly moves out of range.
Hussle jabs at McKane's body.
Hussle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McKane.
Hussle throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hussle. McKane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hussle looks to land a right hand but McKane moved out of range.
McKane chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hussle can pounce on him.
McKane throws an overhand right that lands on Hussle's shoulder, as Hussle tries to avoid the shot.
McKane digs a good hook to Hussle's body.
Hussle looks to throw the jab but McKane is out of range.
McKane scores with a decent looking hook.
Hussle scores with a jab. McKane acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Hussle.
Hussle scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McKane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hussle throws out the jab.
Hussle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hussle takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McKane misses with a jab to the body
and McKane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hussle lands with a good body shot.
Hussle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jab by McKane.
McKane scores with a nice right hand.
Hussle misses with a straight left.
McKane shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
McKane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hussle feinted there with a counter leg kick.
McKane throws a jab when Hussle was well out of range.
Mike Hussle is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hussle lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hussle throws a body punch but McKane moves out of range.
A solid body kick from Hussle.
McKane on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McKane tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hussle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Hussle was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McKane.
Hussle walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hussle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McKane doesn't seem bothered though.
Hussle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McKane uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hussle throws an overhand right that lands on McKane's shoulder, as McKane tries to avoid the shot.
McKane has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hussle.
A jab from McKane misses.
McKane's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McKane throws a hook but Hussle blocks it.
Hussle misses with a body shot.
McKane tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane ducks under a wild hook from Hussle.
McKane drops his hands momentarily and Hussle takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McKane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hussle tests McKane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McKane scores with a nice head shot.
Hussle feints and then cracks McKane's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow McKane down.
A lazy left from Hussle finds it's target.
McKane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McKane shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hussle but Hussle pushes him off and we're back to square one.
McKane bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hussle's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Hussle clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Ozzy McKane's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hussle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hussle cracks McKane with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hussle thumps McKane with a low kick.
McKane throws a combination. Hussle tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
McKane scores with a decent looking hook.
McKane connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A jab from Hussle misses.
McKane swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McKane lands a leg kick that knocks Hussle off balance momentarily.
Hussle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hussle avoids a punch combination nicely.
McKane gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McKane drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKane bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hussle works McKane's body with a nice hook.
A punch lands to the side of McKane 's head but he takes it in his stride.
McKane scores with a jab to the body.
Hussle connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hussle throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and McKane counters with a stiff right hand.
McKane moves into range and connects with a jab.
McKane throws a hook to the side of Hussle's head but Hussle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McKane on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hussle. Hussle obviously looking to wear him down.
McKane is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hussle.
Hussle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McKane just misses with a punch to the body.
Hussle lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hussle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKane moves away.
McKane looks to throw the jab but Hussle is out of range.
A swing and a miss from McKane.
Hussle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McKane moves out of range as Hussle strikes.
McKane throws a hook but Hussle blocks it.
Hussle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McKane shoots and misses
letting Hussle counter with a right hand.
Hussle moves out of range of the strikes.
McKane connects with a crisp jab.
McKane ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McKane needs to keep his hands up - Hussle had a free shot at his head there.
Hussle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
McKane flicks out a counter leg kick but Hussle steps away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKane cracks Hussle with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McKane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hussle misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McKane.
McKane throws a jab when Hussle was well out of range.
It looked like Hussle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hussle looks to land a body kick but McKane moved away.
Hussle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hussle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McKane.
Hussle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McKane connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hussle. Hussle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McKane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McKane moves out of range of the body kick.
McKane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hussle manages to avoid it.
Hussle swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
McKane slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKane uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hussle.
It seemed like McKane was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hussle loads up on a big right hand but McKane slips the punch.
Hussle moves out of range as McKane strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hussle.
Hussle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McKane.
A jab from Hussle misses.
And McKane responds with a good body kick, but Hussle manages to step out the way in time.
McKane staying out of range there.
Hussle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McKane.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McKane defending well as Hussle loads up on a big left hand.
McKane takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McKane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McKane misses with an uppercut. Hussle saw that one coming.
Hussle loads up on a big right hand but McKane slips the punch.
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 Mike Hussle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ozzy McKane's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Hussle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McKane was well out of range. Poor timing from Hussle.
McKane feints the counter takedown.
The fighters circling - Hussle throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McKane throws out a counter right but Hussle avoids it with no problem.
Hussle looks to land a left hand but McKane moved out of range nicely.
A big right from McKane misses.
McKane walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hussle lands a glancing blow to the side of McKane's head.
McKane works the jab nicely.
Hussle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hussle throws a lazy right hand but McKane sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McKane looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McKane darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hussle misses with a low kick.
Hussle scores with a jab. McKane acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McKane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussle.
Good leg kick by Hussle there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hussle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McKane.
Good standup being displayed there by Hussle as he connects with a hook.
Hussle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McKane looks to score with a jab to the body but Hussle is just out of range.
The crowd cheers as McKane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hussle doesn't seem phased though.
Hussle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McKane stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McKane throws a shot to the body.
McKane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McKane checks the leg kick.
McKane is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
McKane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab lands there for McKane.
Hussle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
McKane has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McKane lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ozzy McKane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKane misses with a hook. Hussle ducked under it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McKane throws a jab but it's blocked by Hussle.
Hussle goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McKane throws a head kick that misses.
Hussle moves out of range as McKane strikes.
McKane turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McKane jabs Hussle to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice shot by Hussle.
Hussle misses with the body kick
and McKane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McKane misses with a straight right.
Hussle appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
McKane throws a poor cross that misses
and Hussle counters with a stiff right hand.
McKane throws a hook to the side of Hussle's head but Hussle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McKane looks to throw the jab but Hussle is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKane ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hussle moves away.
Hussle lands a nice hook to McKane's body. McKane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McKane fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hussle manages to avoid it.
Hussle lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McKane loads up on a big right hand but Hussle slips the punch.
A punch combination from McKane misses.
McKane misses with a hook.
Hussle throws a body punch but McKane moves out of range.
Hussle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McKane.
Hussle scores with a jab to the body.
Hussle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McKane throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hussle keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hussle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hussle moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McKane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hussle.
McKane swings widly with a right hand
enabling Hussle to counter with a crisp jab.
McKane misses with an uppercut
and McKane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hussle.
Hussle takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hussle looks to score with a jab to the body but McKane is just out of range.
McKane throws an off balance right hand
and Hussle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hussle lands a nice looking body kick.
McKane throws a right hand that misses
and Hussle counters with a nice uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hussle.
McKane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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 Mike Hussle.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hussle, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Glass scores the fight 50:45
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Hussle!
Mike Hussle retains his lightweight title!
Mike Hussle decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Ozzy McKane spoke after the fight, saying '"Fightin' midgets 20 lbs lighter always works out. Exploitation."'.
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