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BFT-476: PRIDE Never Die! 18 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Suchart Chaowanungkarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pithe Canthropus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chaowanungkarn comes to the ring accompanied by Muay Thai fight music. Canthropus has chosen Pizzaman - Trippin' On Sunshine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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152 lbs
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165 lbs
39 - 40 - 2 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 33 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Suchart Chaowanungkarn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 40 - 2, fighting out of London, Pithe Canthropus!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Topper Green and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaowanungkarn throws out a powerful jab.
Chaowanungkarn looks to throw a body kick
so Canthropus counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Chaowanungkarn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn seems keen to control Canthropus's posture.
Canthropus wants to control from the top but Chaowanungkarn keeps moving.
Chaowanungkarn trying to control the position here.
Canthropus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaowanungkarn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Canthropus stopping the sweep attempt from Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chaowanungkarn managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canthropus trying to control but Chaowanungkarn is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Chaowanungkarn moves away from the strike by Canthropus.
Canthropus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chaowanungkarn, right into the meat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chaowanungkarn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Canthropus will feel that in the morning.
Chaowanungkarn blocks the body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Canthropus blocks the leg kick.
Canthropus thuds his right hand into Chaowanungkarn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chaowanungkarn lands a leg kick that knocks Canthropus off balance momentarily.
Canthropus misses with a straight left.
Canthropus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Canthropus throws a body kick that misses.
No joy there for Canthropus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land a front kick but Canthropus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chaowanungkarn.
Suchart Chaowanungkarn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn lands with a nice body punch.
Canthropus walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chaowanungkarn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chaowanungkarn avoids the body shot from Canthropus.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Canthropus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Canthropus cracks Chaowanungkarn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chaowanungkarn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Canthropus's calf.
Canthropus misses with a low kick.
Canthropus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice shot to the body.
Canthropus tries a low kick but Chaowanungkarn avoids it.
Chaowanungkarn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Canthropus connects with an inside leg kick.
Chaowanungkarn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Canthropus throws a head kick but Chaowanungkarn moves out of range.
Canthropus tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Canthropus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chaowanungkarn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn sets himself, and Canthropus steps forward looking for the clinch! Chaowanungkarn avoids it this time.
Chaowanungkarn takes one on the button.
Chaowanungkarn moves out of range as Canthropus strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A big left from Canthropus misses.
Canthropus looks to land a body kick but Chaowanungkarn moved away.
Chaowanungkarn lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Pithe Canthropus has been cut.
Chaowanungkarn jabs Canthropus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Canthropus looks winded!
Chaowanungkarn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chaowanungkarn lands with a good body shot.
Canthropus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Canthropus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn ducks under a wild hook from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn scores with a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Canthropus crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Chaowanungkarn - the referee stops the clock and Canthropus gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Chaowanungkarn. Canthropus manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn connects with an inside leg kick.
Canthropus has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus blocks a head kick by Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn thuds his shin into the meat of Canthropus's side.
Canthropus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chaowanungkarn scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn cracks Canthropus with an open hand slap.
Chaowanungkarn throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chaowanungkarn. That's going to slow Canthropus down.
Chaowanungkarn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chaowanungkarn lands an overhand right.
Canthropus's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chaowanungkarn just misses with a punch to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Canthropus at a distance.
Chaowanungkarn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Canthropus goes for a double leg but Chaowanungkarn avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Chaowanungkarn continues to drive forward.
Chaowanungkarn is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chaowanungkarn throws a leg kick which misses Canthropus's front leg but catches the back leg as Canthropus tries to avoid it.
Chaowanungkarn cracks Canthropus with a good jab.
Canthropus has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn moves out of range of the strikes.
Canthropus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Canthropus 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.
Chaowanungkarn pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Canthropus throws a big shot that misses.
Canthropus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus gets tackled into the ropes by Chaowanungkarn. Chaowanungkarn maintains the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus takes an elbow to the temple.
Chaowanungkarn taking a breather.
Canthropus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chaowanungkarn tries to stall but Canthropus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn trying to land knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn taking a breather.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canthropus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow just above Canthropus 's eye.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chaowanungkarn missing with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Canthropus managing to block the knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn lands a shot to the body.
Canthropus managing to block the knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn lands a knee to the body.
Chaowanungkarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Canthropus's defenses.
Chaowanungkarn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Canthropus's defenses.
Chaowanungkarn is leaning against Canthropus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chaowanungkarn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn is leaning against Canthropus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canthropus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canthropus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn crunches a lovely knee into Canthropus's ribcage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn works on Canthropus's body with a couple of short punches.
Chaowanungkarn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canthropus is keeping busy.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Canthropus avoids it.
Canthropus takes an elbow to the temple.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body.
Canthropus working aggressively here.
Chaowanungkarn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus avoiding damage as Chaowanungkarn throws knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Canthropus is keeping busy.
Chaowanungkarn working Canthropus over with knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chaowanungkarn obliges.
Chaowanungkarn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow just above Canthropus 's eye.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow that stopped Canthropus in his tracks for a moment.
Chaowanungkarn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a good knee to the midsection. Canthropus won't want to take too many of those.
Chaowanungkarn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow inside.
Chaowanungkarn working Canthropus over with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn cracks Canthropus with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaowanungkarn.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the head.
Chaowanungkarn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canthropus is defending well for now.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice shot to the body.
Chaowanungkarn missing with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land knees in the clinch but Canthropus avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Canthropus avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice knee to the body.
Chaowanungkarn'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.
Chaowanungkarn'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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Suchart Chaowanungkarn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pithe Canthropus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
An inside leg kick lands from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn cracks the inside of Canthropus's front leg.
Canthropus misses with a body shot.
Chaowanungkarn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Canthropus can do to turn this around?
Canthropus tried to score with a low kick but Chaowanungkarn checks it.
Suchart Chaowanungkarn is winning the standup battle so far.
Chaowanungkarn staying out of range there.
Canthropus moves out of range as Chaowanungkarn throws a body kick.
Chaowanungkarn throws a low kick but Canthropus avoids it.
Canthropus on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Canthropus blocks a head kick by Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chaowanungkarn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Canthropus throws an off balance right hand
and Chaowanungkarn holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaowanungkarn holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn'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.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Canthropus is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Canthropus's face.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land knees in the clinch but Canthropus avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Chaowanungkarn as Canthropus tries to tie him up.
Chaowanungkarn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land knees in the clinch but Canthropus avoids the damage to the body.
Suchart Chaowanungkarn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Chaowanungkarn as the two fighters clinch.
Chaowanungkarn working Canthropus over with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice elbow.
Chaowanungkarn crunches a lovely knee into Canthropus's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right handed body shot lands from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn is looking to control Canthropus's arms but Canthropus gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chaowanungkarn has his back to the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn taking a breather.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body shot.
Chaowanungkarn lands a knee to the body.
Canthropus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow that stopped Canthropus in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus misses with a body punch.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chaowanungkarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Canthropus's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow that stopped Canthropus in his tracks for a moment.
Chaowanungkarn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Chaowanungkarn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Canthropus is defending well for now.
A right hand to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn lands a good knee to the midsection. Canthropus won't want to take too many of those.
A hook to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn stalling in the clinch but Canthropus improves position.
Chaowanungkarn scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chaowanungkarn digs a right hand underneath Canthropus's ribcage. Canthropus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Chaowanungkarn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chaowanungkarn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canthropus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chaowanungkarn avoiding damage.
Chaowanungkarn trying to land knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn connects with a knee to the head.
Canthropus looking to stall.
Canthropus struggles to land a body shot inside as Chaowanungkarn controls his hands.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Canthropus avoids it.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Chaowanungkarn to work.
Chaowanungkarn lands a good knee to the midsection. Canthropus won't want to take too many of those.
Chaowanungkarn presses Canthropus against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Canthropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Chaowanungkarn leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
Chaowanungkarn working Canthropus over with knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn is leaning against Canthropus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chaowanungkarn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn avoids the elbow strike from Canthropus, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn trying to stall but Canthropus improves his position.
Chaowanungkarn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow inside that Canthropus shrugs off.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow just above Canthropus 's eye.
Chaowanungkarn digs a right hand into Canthropus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Canthropus's gas tank.
Chaowanungkarn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Canthropus or not.
Chaowanungkarn digs a right hand into Canthropus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Canthropus's gas tank.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body punch.
Chaowanungkarn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Canthropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Chaowanungkarn's brow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canthropus.
Canthropus tries a body shot but Chaowanungkarn blocks it.
Chaowanungkarn is stalling here.
Canthropus misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaowanungkarn tries to land knees in the clinch but Canthropus avoids the damage to the body.
Chaowanungkarn looking to stall.
Chaowanungkarn is leaning against Canthropus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chaowanungkarn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Canthropus avoiding damage as Chaowanungkarn throws knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaowanungkarn.
A left hand lands to the body for Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A right hand to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Chaowanungkarn takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chaowanungkarn has Canthropus pressed against the ropes.
Canthropus taking a breather.
Canthropus avoiding damage as Chaowanungkarn throws knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chaowanungkarn is keeping busy.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Canthropus.
Canthropus on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Canthropus as Chaowanungkarn tries to tie him up.
Good body shot from Chaowanungkarn.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chaowanungkarn obliges.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Canthropus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Chaowanungkarn crunches a lovely knee into Canthropus's ribcage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn lands a nice knee to the body.
Canthropus is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Canthropus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chaowanungkarn digs a right hand underneath Canthropus's ribcage. Canthropus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Canthropus tries to throw a body punch but Chaowanungkarn avoids it by throwing Canthropus back against the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn crunches a lovely knee into Canthropus's ribcage.
A right hand to the body from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Canthropus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right handed body shot lands from Chaowanungkarn.
Pithe Canthropus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Canthropus tries to land knees in the clinch but Chaowanungkarn avoids the damage to the body.
Chaowanungkarn digs a right hand underneath Canthropus's ribcage. Canthropus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Canthropus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chaowanungkarn crunches a lovely knee into Canthropus's ribcage.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
Canthropus takes a knee to the side of the body.
Chaowanungkarn prevents a body shot from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Chaowanungkarn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Chaowanungkarn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Canthropus.
Chaowanungkarn slowing the pace effectively.
Canthropus is trying to maintain a safe position but Chaowanungkarn gets an underhook and turns Canthropus into the ropes.
Chaowanungkarn scores a nice knee to the body.
Chaowanungkarn lands a good knee to the midsection. Canthropus won't want to take too many of those.
Chaowanungkarn lands an elbow inside that Canthropus shrugs off.
Chaowanungkarn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chaowanungkarn.
Canthropus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Canthropus takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chaowanungkarn.
Chaowanungkarn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Canthropus's defenses.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body punch.
Chaowanungkarn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Canthropus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chaowanungkarn's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chaowanungkarn.
And that's the end of the fight!
Suchart Chaowanungkarn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chaowanungkarn 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Suchart Chaowanungkarn!
Judge Topper Green scores the fight for Suchart Chaowanungkarn!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Suchart Chaowanungkarn!
Suchart Chaowanungkarn wins by unanimous decision!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Suchart Chaowanungkarn waved his t-shirt featuring Tokyo United Fightwear 's logo in front of the cameras.
In defeat, Pithe Canthropus stepped up to the mic, saying 'Crap. I lost. That sucks.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Janek Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Sting Of The Bumblebee. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
30 - 32 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 47 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Janek Kochanowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sami Vasara!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ron Honeybunn and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kochanowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kochanowski avoids the body shot from Vasara.
Vasara on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Vasara lands with an uppercut that bounces Kochanowski off the ropes and back into range.
Vasara looks to land a right hand but Kochanowski moved out of range.
Vasara drives through and clinches with Kochanowski against the ropes.
Kochanowski pushes Vasara back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vasara is trying to break the clinch but Kochanowski has him pressed against the ropes.
Vasara working hard to break the clinch.
Vasara is trying to push Kochanowski away but Kochanowski has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Kochanowski is trying to stall.
Vasara avoids the elbow strike from Kochanowski, against the ropes.
Vasara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vasara is trying to force a seperation but Kochanowski has the dominant position.
Vasara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Vasara breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Vasara gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kochanowski 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vasara doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kochanowski misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kochanowski effectively controlling the action here.
Vasara breaks the clinch.
Kochanowski connects with a looping right hand.
Vasara cracks the inside of Kochanowski's front leg.
Vasara misses with a series of wild punches.
Vasara misses with a hook.
Vasara throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kochanowski blocks a head kick by Vasara.
Vasara throws a combination that misses
and Kochanowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Sami Vasara has been cut.
Kochanowski scores with a jab to the jaw.
Vasara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski rushes Vasara and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Vasara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kochanowski looks to land a combination but Vasara avoids it well.
Vasara throws a counter combo.
Vasara tried to score with a low kick but Kochanowski checks it.
Vasara has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Vasara wants to stay close but Kochanowski steps back to make room for something. Vasara seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Kochanowski and Vasara drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Janek Kochanowski!
An out of breath and clearly excited Janek Kochanowski thanked Sun-Tzu for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bone Crash (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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158 lbs
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34
157 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shinya Aoki !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bone Crash!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Donatello Bradman and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki avoids a kick to the body.
Crash lands with a kick to the temple. Aoki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Crash misses with a head kick.
Aoki clinches with his opponent.
Crash working aggressively here.
Crash stalling in the clinch but Aoki improves position.
Aoki blocks an elbow strike from Crash.
Crash struggles to land a body shot inside as Aoki controls his hands.
Crash manages to break the clinch.
Aoki shoots in looking for a takedown but Crash manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aoki 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Aoki closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crash did well to prevent Aoki getting side control.
Aoki works his foot free and advances to mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aoki get's back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crash's waist but Crash gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Aoki off to one side.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Aoki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Aoki attempts a counter takedown but Crash avoids it well and moves away.
Bone Crash is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice sprawl there from Crash as Aoki shoots in.
Crash unleashes a big counter combination but Aoki bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Aoki . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crash throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Aoki .
Crash flicks out a counter leg kick but Aoki steps away.
Crash lands a head kick. Aoki smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt - Crash sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aoki looks to land a combination but Crash avoids it well.
Crash throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crash tries a head kick but it misses.
Aoki throws a sloppy body shot
and Crash counters with a series of strikes. Aoki will be more careful next time no doubt.
Aoki has a takedown stuffed.
Crash lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crash's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Crash duly obliges.
Crash bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Aoki 's head backwards.
Crash tries to sprawl but Aoki drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Crash makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Crash.
Crash wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Aoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Crash is retaining full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Crash looking for a sweep. Not yet Crash, not yet.
Crash bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Aoki 's guard.
Aoki 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crash postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Crash must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Crash sitting in guard here, content to control.
Aoki trying to control the position.
Aoki wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Crash manages to pass to side control.
Aoki is trying to maintain the position but Crash is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Aoki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Crash's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Crash's back!
Aoki is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Crash has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Crash trying to control the hands but Aoki breaks the grip.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Aoki is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Crash defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Aoki avoiding Crash 's attempts to control his hands.
Crash is keeping busy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Crash is defending well though. Aoki let's go of the attempt for now.
Aoki trying to control.
Crash trying to control but not successfully.
Aoki misses with an elbow to the head.
Aoki scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Crash covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Crash knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Crash for a finish.
Aoki working for a choke but Crash reverses nicely into Aoki 's guard.
Aoki 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.
Aoki keeping moving, preventing Crash from controlling successfully.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aoki controls Crash momentarily but Crash frees himself.
Aoki wants to sweep here but Crash controlling him for the moment.
Crash looking to sit in guard and control but Aoki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aoki being controlled here momentarily.
Crash wants to improve his position but instead Aoki has moved into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crash is trying to get back to full guard.
Crash trying to hold on to Aoki 's head to control him but Aoki postures up.
Aoki is looking to stall here but Crash recovers full guard.
Aoki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crash's head.
Crash seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Crash looking for a sweep. Not yet Crash, not yet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Aoki gets to his feet - Crash follows without any prompting.
Aoki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Crash.
Crash throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crash slaps away a takedown attempt from Aoki , before circling back to the center of the mat.
Aoki goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Aoki misses with a wild combination.
Crash connects with an inside leg kick.
Crash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aoki shoots in and drives through. Crash sprawls well.
Crash moves out of range of the leg kick from Aoki .
Aoki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bone Crash will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Crash!
Aoki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Crash looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Aoki stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Aoki shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crash's guard.
Crash is trying to control the position but Aoki postures up.
Aoki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Crash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Aoki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Crash is keeping the position for now.
Aoki is working hard here to advance position.
Aoki being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aoki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crash works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Aoki looking to sit in guard and control but Crash gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Aoki 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.
Aoki has an active guard here but Crash has managed to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is trying to control but can't.
Aoki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shinya Aoki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Aoki wants to sweep here but Crash controlling him for the moment.
Crash trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Aoki seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crash.
Crash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crash misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crash pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Aoki looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Crash!
Aoki stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Aoki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crash connects with a high kick.
Aoki swings for the body but Crash moves out of range.
Crash is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Aoki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crash throws a leg kick but Aoki checks it.
Aoki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crash is fending him off so far but Aoki persists. Nope, Crash circles away and we're back to standing.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Aoki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aoki shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crash is trying to maintain the position but Aoki is very close to passing his half guard.
Aoki stalling away here and it's allowed Crash to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Aoki drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Crash manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Aoki has Crash in his guard.
Crash preventing the sweep.
Crash slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Aoki .
Aoki makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aoki dives in and scores a takedown into Crash's guard.
The fighters are working up against the ropes. Crash manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the ropes.
I was talking to Aoki 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Aoki jumps guard but Crash turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shinya Aoki . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crash lands an elbow inside that Aoki shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crash misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crash comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crash scores with a shoulder strike.
Crash wants to stall.
Aoki blocks a body shot from Crash.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Crash throws an elbow but misses.
Crash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Well,Aoki is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Crash lands with a nice combination. Aoki backs away looking to recover.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Crash but Crash pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Aoki moves out of range of the body kick from Crash.
Crash's corner calls for a 1-2. Crash obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bone Crash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crash throws a left and a right that both miss
so Aoki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Aoki wants to pass the guard but Crash is keeping the position.
Aoki postures up.
Aoki stands up and waves to Crash to follow him.
Shinya Aoki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Crash throws a right hand that Aoki ducks under and follows up with a left that Aoki also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Crash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shinya Aoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crash scores with a punch to the head.
Aoki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Aoki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aoki with a poor takedown
and Crash counters with a left and a right that stings Aoki .
Aoki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crash counters with a nice leg kick.
Aoki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Aoki crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crash - the referee stops the clock and Aoki gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crash. Aoki manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crash misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Crash.
Crash lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aoki takes a step back to recover.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Crash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aoki thuds a left hand into Crash's body.
Bone Crash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Aoki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Crash has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Aoki misses with a head kick.
Crash throws a leg kick which misses Aoki 's front leg but catches the back leg as Aoki tries to avoid it.
Aoki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Aoki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crash stuffs the takedown attempt from Aoki . Aoki gets slowly back to his feet.
Aoki tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Crash throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aoki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bone Crash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Crash 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight for Bone Crash!
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight for Bone Crash!
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight for Bone Crash!
Bone Crash wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wong Mongtong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves comes to the ring accompanied by Guerreiro by Curumin. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Guilherme Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Wong Mongtong!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mongtong attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alves tries to counter with a takedown but Mongtong is quick to defend against it.
Alves avoids a kick to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mongtong.
Mongtong lands with an uppercut that bounces Alves off the ropes and back into range.
Mongtong throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alves 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.
Alves throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mongtong counters with a body kick that stops Alves in his tracks momentarily.
Mongtong throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alves checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves throws the left hand but Mongtong avoids the punch easily.
Alves moves away from the strike by Mongtong.
Alves half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mongtong scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice shot by Mongtong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves moves forwards but Mongtong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Alves tries a head kick but it misses.
Mongtong scores with a leg kick.
Wong Mongtong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Mongtong misses its intended target.
Alves half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mongtong throws a low kick but Alves moves out of range easily.
Alves half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mongtong fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alves has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A good leg kick by Mongtong.
Mongtong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Alves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mongtong takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mongtong bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongtong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mongtong moves out of range of the body kick.
Mongtong tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alves drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mongtong sprawls and moves away.
Mongtong throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alves wants to clinch up but Mongtong keeps it at a distance.
Mongtong throws out a loose jab but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mongtong sprawls and moves away.
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!
Mongtong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mongtong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alves.
Alves half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mongtong fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alves.
Alves blocks a head kick by Mongtong.
Mongtong lands a high kick!
Good exchange - Mongtong coming out on top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mongtong lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mongtong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Alves.
Mongtong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mongtong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mongtong throws a looping overhand right but Alves ducks down to avoid it.
Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mongtong.
Mongtong throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mongtong lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Alves moves into range and clinches up with Mongtong.
Alves on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mongtong throws an elbow but misses.
Mongtong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Alves.
Mongtong blocks a body shot from Alves.
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mongtong creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves blocks a body shot from Mongtong.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Alves.
Alves dodges an elbow strike from Mongtong.
Alves taking a breather.
Alves blocks an elbow strike.
Mongtong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Guilherme Alves has been cut.
Nice body punch from Alves - that landed with a thud.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Wong Mongtong has been cut.
Alves lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mongtong lands a nice uppercut.
Mongtong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alves blocks an elbow strike.
Alves misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alves pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Mongtong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alves gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Mongtong regains guard.
Alves landing some decent shots from guard.
Alves with a nice head shot there.
Alves looking to sit in guard and control but Mongtong gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mongtong defends well.
Alves keeping full guard, as Mongtong tries to pass.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mongtong is sitting in close to Alves's body. Alves has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Mongtong is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Mongtong is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Alves.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Guilherme Alves!
Guilherme Alves really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Tokyo United Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanjay Singh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaska Juntta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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250 lbs
18 - 19 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sanjay Singh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jaska Juntta!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Topper Green and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Singh throws a leg kick
and Juntta counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Juntta.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Singh is on top in guard.
Singh is looking to stand up but Juntta won't let him.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Singh won't allow Juntta to sweep him here.
Singh wants to stand but Juntta is controlling his posture from full guard.
Juntta 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.
Juntta has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Singh can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juntta is pulling down on Singh's head to control his posture.
Juntta looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Juntta is trying to control the position but Singh postures up.
Juntta is pulling down on Singh's head. It's preventing any offense from Singh, at least for the moment.
Juntta has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Singh is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Juntta.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Juntta tries to bench press Singh off him but Singh keeps the position.
Singh wants to stand but Juntta is controlling his arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Juntta is looking for a sweep.
Juntta is trying to control Singh's posture but Singh avoids it.
Singh works to advance to full mount. Juntta defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Singh looking to control but Juntta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Juntta tries to hold on but Singh postures up.
Singh controlling the pace for now.
Juntta working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Singh looking to control but Juntta is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Singh breaks from Juntta's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Juntta is looking to improve his position but Singh isn't that keen on the idea.
Juntta reaches up to try and control the position but Singh seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Juntta rolls and tries to escape and now Singh has his back!
Singh doesn't have the hooks in and Juntta manages to turn into his guard.
Juntta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Singh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Juntta manages to get himself to full guard.
Singh wants to pass the guard but Juntta is keeping the position.
Juntta seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Juntta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Singh slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Singh wants to get up but he can't break Juntta's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Juntta has Singh pulled in close to control his posture.
Juntta lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Juntta's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Singh keeping full guard, as Juntta tries to pass.
Singh throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Juntta is looking to work some ground and pound but Singh has wrist control.
Juntta wants to control from the top but Singh keeps moving.
Juntta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Singh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Juntta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Singh trying to control the position.
Juntta throws a strike but Singh rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Singh tries to stand but Juntta is controlling from the bottom.
Singh won't allow Juntta to sweep him here.
Singh forces his way into half guard.
Singh decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Singh throws a jab when Juntta was well out of range.
Juntta checks a leg kick.
Sanjay Singh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Juntta fails with a takedown attempt.
Juntta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Singh momentarily.
Singh misses with a shot to the body
and Juntta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Juntta staying out of range there.
Juntta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Juntta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Singh.
Jaska Juntta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Singh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Juntta shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Singh sprawls well. Singh wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Juntta gets slowly back to his feet.
Singh misses with a straight right.
Singh throws a leg kick but Juntta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Singh throws a shot from downtown. Juntta moves away and avoids it.
Juntta fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanjay Singh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
Singh throws a combination that misses
and Juntta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Singh needs to keep his hands up - Juntta had a free shot at his head there.
Juntta lands a head shot.
Singh throws out a loose jab but Juntta uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Juntta shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Singh as he avoids it easily.
Singh scores with the left hand. Juntta knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Jaska Juntta has been cut.
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!
Singh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
A telegraphed right hand from Singh misses the target.
Juntta slips a straight right by Singh.
Juntta lands with a shot to the body.
Singh throws a front kick aimed at Juntta's knee but Juntta avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Singh. Those never looked like landing.
Singh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Juntta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Singh wants to get back to his feet.
Juntta wants to take a breather but Singh is having none of it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Juntta lands with a punch from half guard.
Juntta passes to side control.
Juntta is putting a hurting on Singh here, landing some big shots from side control.
Singh tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Juntta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Juntta wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Singh, who protects the arm well.
Juntta trying to control the action but Singh is working from the bottom.
Singh is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jaska Juntta will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jaska Juntta's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice shot lands for Juntta.
Nice uppercut there from Singh.
Singh misses with a looping left.
Juntta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Singh moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Juntta dives in for a single leg takedown but Singh sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Juntta lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch combination from Juntta misses.
Singh throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Juntta misses with a series of wild punches.
Singh is looking to counter punch.
Juntta looks to score with a jab to the body but Singh is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Juntta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singh.
Juntta cracks Singh with a right hand to the side of the head.
Juntta looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Singh makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singh scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Juntta doesn't seem bothered though.
Singh looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Singh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Juntta.
Singh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Juntta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Singh.
Singh tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Juntta is able to avoid easily.
Juntta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Singh cracks Juntta with an open hand slap.
Juntta looking to score a takedown here. Singh is defending well but Juntta drives through and ends up in Singh's guard.
Singh is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Singh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Still in the clinch, Singh scores with a nice short uppercut.
Juntta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Juntta blocking some punches.
Singh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Singh throws a jab but it's blocked by Juntta.
Jaska Juntta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Juntta fails with a takedown attempt.
Juntta tries to score a power double leg takedown but Singh sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Juntta somewhat.
Sanjay Singh has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaska Juntta.
Singh will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Singh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Juntta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Singh.
Singh swinging wildly here.
Singh throws a hook but Juntta blocks it.
Singh throws a leg kick but Juntta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Singh defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Juntta.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juntta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Juntta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanjay Singh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Singh missing with a left hand there. Juntta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Singh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Juntta.
Juntta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Juntta slips under a jab.
Singh thuds his right hand into Juntta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Juntta tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Singh defends well and Juntta ends up having to push Singh into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Juntta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Singh is leaning against Juntta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Juntta is breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Singh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Singh.
Singh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Singh tries to score with a low kick but Juntta moves his leg out of the way.
Singh throws a jab when Juntta was well out of range.
Juntta changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Singh misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Singh misses with a jab, cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Singh throws a shot from downtown. Juntta moves away and avoids it.
Juntta jabs Singh right on the nose. Singh blinks but takes it well.
Juntta slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Juntta.
Juntta scores with a jab to the head.
Singh is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Juntta.
Juntta drops Singh with a right and a left! Juntta comes rushing in but Singh regains his composure and manages to keep Juntta in guard.
Singh is rocked!
Juntta wants to control from the top but Singh keeps moving.
Oh Singh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Juntta gets to his feet and stands over Singh, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Singh felt that one! Juntta unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Singh from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaska Juntta!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Knope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Kiely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiely is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Mouth For War. Eddie Kiely is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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30
250 lbs
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265 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Knope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eddie Kiely!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Knope.
Kiely scoring well with a low kick there.
Kiely on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Kiely is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knope sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Knope misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Knope, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've been told by Knope's head coaches at Golden Child Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Knope lands a leg kick that knocks Kiely off balance momentarily.
Kiely connects with a body shot that sends Knope's belly button to the back.
Donk. Knope catches Kiely right on the button with a cross.
Knope tests Kiely's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knope throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiely slips a jab from Knope.
Kiely moves out of range as Knope strikes.
Knope throws a big shot that misses.
Kiely misses with a wild body shot.
Knope throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range.
Kiely throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kiely lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knope scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kiely throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knope tries to counter with a takedown but Kiely is quick to defend against it.
Knope throws out a powerful jab.
Kiely takes one to the chin there.
Ben Knope is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Knope misses.
Nice jab there from Kiely.
Knope throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range.
Knope tries a head kick but it misses.
Knope loads up on a big right hand but Kiely slips the punch.
Knope jabs Kiely to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kiely staying out of range there.
Kiely thumps Knope with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Knope misses the target.
The fighters circling - Knope throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knope misses with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knope staying out of range there.
Kiely moves out of range as Knope strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knope throws a body shot but no joy.
Kiely swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knope wants to clinch
and Kiely counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knope. Kiely does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Knope.
Knope takes a swing at Kiely's ribcage but misses.
Kiely is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knope with a body shot.
Knope attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kiely is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Knope rather than just go for the knockout.
Knope throws a hook but Kiely blocks it.
Kiely takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Knope thows a leg kick but Kiely checks it
and Kiely counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kiely fails to land with a series of punches.
Knope throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice uppercut there from Knope.
Kiely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knope lands an overhand right.
Knope throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kiely sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knope is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
A cross from Knope lands.
Knope throws a nice looking combination but Kiely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Knope is predictable there
and Knope takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ben Knope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knope rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kiely counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight stays on the outside here - Knope looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knope connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kiely momentarily.
Knope is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kiely throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Knope tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Kiely is in Knope's guard.
Kiely with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knope keeping moving, preventing Kiely from controlling successfully.
Kiely is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kiely is looking to work some ground and pound but Knope has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knope not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Knope tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kiely must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Knope wants to stand up but Kiely is controlling him.
Kiely trying to control but Knope is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiely throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kiely scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knope throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knope throws a hook to the side of Kiely's head but Kiely sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knope fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kiely, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Knope avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the ropes.
Kiely tries to throw a body punch but Knope avoids it by throwing Kiely back against the ropes.
Kiely tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knope crunches a lovely knee into Kiely's ribcage.
Knope throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kiely blocks it with crossed arms.
Kiely tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knope's elbow.
Kiely struggles to land a body shot inside as Knope controls his hands.
Knope lands an elbow inside that Kiely shrugs off.
A right hook to the body lands for Knope.
Kiely looks winded!
Kiely tries a body shot but Knope blocks it.
Knope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kiely's defenses.
Knope lands an elbow just above Kiely 's eye.
Kiely takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knope lands an elbow just above Kiely 's eye.
A short uppercut from Knope.
A short uppercut from Knope.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kiely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Knope.
Knope lands an elbow just above Kiely 's eye.
Knope comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knope landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knope lands a nice elbow.
Knope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kiely's defenses.
Knope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kiely's defenses.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Knope leaning against his opponent.
Knope lands a body shot.
Knope lands an elbow inside.
Knope lands an elbow inside that Kiely shrugs off.
Knope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kiely is rocked!
Knope lands a damaging elbow.
Kiely is still on wobbly legs! Can Knope finish him?
Knope scores with a shot to the side of Kiely's head.
Knope lands a nice elbow.
Knope presses Kiely against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knope lands a big right hand that drops Kiely! The killer instinct kicks in and Knope finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Knope!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Knope!
Ben Knope seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Eddie Kiely was interviewed post fight and said 'I blame the crowd'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duncan McAlister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McAlister is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Althia and Donna - Uptown Top Ranking. Junior Dos Santos could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Duncan McAlister's chin.
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257 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
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44
259 lbs
43 - 33 - 3 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
43 - 33 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Duncan McAlister!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McAlister takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McAlister has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by McAlister.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McAlister tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos appears to be looking for a big counter.
McAlister has Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister pushes Santos up against the ropes in a clinch.
McAlister misses with the head strike.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister staying out of range there.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
McAlister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McAlister slips a straight right by Santos.
Santos gets tackled into the ropes by McAlister. McAlister maintains the clinch.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McAlister.
McAlister lands with a light punch inside.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but McAlister won't allow it.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos is looking to break free of the clinch but McAlister has double underhooks.
McAlister prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Santos.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McAlister moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
A short left from McAlister.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos cracks McAlister with a right hand to the side of the head.
McAlister gets a clinch.
McAlister keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
McAlister scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos lands a body shot in the clinch.
McAlister working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McAlister has Santos pressed against the ropes, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Santos scores with a jab.
We've been told by Santos's head coaches at Sydney Shootfighting that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McAlister tries to clinch up.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos lands with a cross.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santos tries to keep at a distance but McAlister has taken the fight into the clinch.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McAlister lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McAlister working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McAlister tries to clinch but Santos is having none of it.
McAlister has managed to clinch.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by McAlister.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McAlister moves into the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
McAlister working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McAlister tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos throws a hook to the side of McAlister's head but McAlister sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McAlister looks to clinch
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
McAlister has taken the fight to the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos stuns McAlister with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but McAlister is just out of range.
Santos looks to land a combination but McAlister avoids it well.
McAlister instigates a clinch.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McAlister throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits McAlisters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos throws a right hand that McAlister ducks under and follows up with a left that McAlister also avoids with ease.
McAlister slips under a jab from Santos.
McAlister is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and McAlister takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Santos misses the target.
Santos misses with a double jab.
Santos throws a jab but it's blocked by McAlister.
McAlister swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McAlister slips a jab and a cross from Santos.
McAlister closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by McAlister.
Santos breaks the clinch.
McAlister closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McAlister keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McAlister.
McAlister misses with a hook from the clinch.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
McAlister lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
McAlister lands a nice uppercut.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Santos is trying to push McAlister away but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
McAlister tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McAlister has him pressed against the ropes.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
McAlister prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McAlister gets in close and instigates a clinch.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
McAlister keeps control of Santos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McAlister lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McAlister lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos wants to get back to striking at distance but McAlister won't allow it.
Santos tries to break free but McAlister pushes him back against the ropes.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santos blocking some punches.
McAlister working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McAlister.
McAlister lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos lands a left hand.
McAlister fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McAlister keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
McAlister working aggressively here.
Santos blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from McAlister fails to land.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McAlister clinches with his opponent.
McAlister misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from McAlister.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santos.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Santos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duncan McAlister dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
McAlister on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McAlister clinches with his opponent.
McAlister lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Santos blocks an uppercut.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
McAlister swings wildly with an uppercut but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santos wants to break free but McAlister has control.
Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McAlister misses with a punch on the inside.
Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but McAlister keeps him there for the moment.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister has a couple of punches blocked by Santos.
McAlister throws a punch but it's blocked by Santos.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
McAlister looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McAlister is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Nice body punch from Santos.
Santos missing with a left hand there. McAlister was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Santos misses.
McAlister closes the distance but Santos moves to the side
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
McAlister tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little feinted left hand from Santos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
McAlister staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santos.
McAlister tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a straight right hand.
McAlister tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a stiff right hand.
McAlister wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAlister on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and McAlister falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Junior Dos Santos!
A relieved looking Junior Dos Santos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ken Tentheros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rokka has chosen Twilight Guardians - Out of Our Hands as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ken Tentheros!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antero Rokka!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rokka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rokka throws a jab but it's blocked by Tentheros.
Rokka lands the left hand.
Rokka bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tentheros with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tentheros throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tentheros pushes Rokka up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rokka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rokka is trying to break the clinch but Tentheros has him pressed against the ropes.
Rokka is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tentheros is defending well.
Tentheros trying to control the position but instead, Rokka has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tentheros into the ropes.
Tentheros pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tentheros shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rokka pinned against the ropes. Rokka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokka looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tentheros lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Rokka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tentheros preventing the sweep.
Rokka looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tentheros in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tentheros with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rokka trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rokka not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tentheros scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokka had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Tentheros defends it easily.
Rokka looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Tentheros lying in Rokka's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Rokka decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Tentheros taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Antero Rokka!
Antero Rokka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Ventura (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Ventura will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Anthony Ventura!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesnar slips a jab and a cross from Ventura.
Nice defenses there by Lesnar.
Lesnar feinted with a counter takedown.
Ventura digs a good body shot into Lesnar's ribs.
Lesnar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ventura throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lesnar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ventura's guard.
Lesnar trying to control but Ventura is working from the bottom.
Lesnar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Ventura.
Lesnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to control but Ventura is working from the bottom.
Lesnar won't allow Ventura to sweep him here.
Lesnar postures up in Ventura's guard and throws a big left but Ventura blocks it.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Ventura.
Lesnar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ventura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesnar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ventura is keeping the position for now.
Ventura is trying to keep Lesnar in close.
Lesnar is looking to work some ground and pound but Ventura has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lesnar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
It looks like Anthony Ventura has been cut.
Lesnar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ventura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesnar trying to control but Ventura is working from the bottom.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lesnar throws an elbow that misses. Ventura uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lesnar's guard. Nice move by Ventura!
Lesnar has his foot on Ventura's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Ventura works his way back into a safe position though.
Ventura is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Lesnar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ventura trying to control but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
Lesnar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ventura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lesnar pushing down on Ventura's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ventura slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lesnar wants to pass the guard but Ventura is keeping the position.
Lesnar postures up in Ventura's guard and throws a big left but Ventura blocks it.
Ventura bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lesnar's guard.
Lesnar is looking for a triangle but Ventura pushes his legs off easily.
Ventura trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ventura defends well.
Ventura works over Lesnar with some ground and pound from guard.
Lesnar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ventura passes into half guard.
Ventura prevents Lesnar from improving his position.
Ventura tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Lesnar.
Lesnar is trying to control but Ventura passes into side control!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Lesnar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Lesnar is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ventura is controlling him well.
Ventura trying to control the action but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
My spies in K.O. Koala's inform me that Ventura has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Lesnar gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ventura seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lesnar wants to get back to full guard.
Ventura trying to control the action but Lesnar is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Ventura seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ventura throws out a loose jab but Lesnar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lesnar attempts a counter takedown but Ventura avoids it well and moves away.
Anthony Ventura is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ventura throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ventura throws a lazy right hand but Lesnar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ventura throws a solid leg kick but Lesnar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ventura.
Lesnar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ventura sprawls and moves away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ventura swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ventura throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lesnar counters with a shoot takedown. Ventura fights it but they end up in guard.
Ventura looking for a sweep. Not yet Ventura, not yet.
Ventura wants to stand up but Lesnar is controlling him.
Lesnar throws a big right hand that misses.
Lesnar preventing the sweep.
Ventura keeping full guard, as Lesnar tries to pass.
Lesnar forces his way into half guard.
Ventura is not content to let Lesnar control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ventura tries to get to full guard but Lesnar has control of the leg.
Lesnar throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ventura to regain full guard.
Ventura working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lesnar.
Ventura keeping moving, preventing Lesnar from controlling successfully.
Lesnar with a nice head shot there.
Ventura utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ventura looking for a sweep. Not yet Ventura, not yet.
Lesnar throws an elbow that misses. Ventura uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lesnar's guard. Nice move by Ventura!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ventura avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ventura trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lesnar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ventura's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lesnar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lesnar wants to control from the top but Ventura keeps moving.
Ventura wants to stand but Lesnar is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lesnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Brock Lesnar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Ventura's cut.
That's time! Lesnar's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ventura scores with a nice strike.
Ventura lands a nice looking kick to the body. Lesnar takes a step back to recover.
Lesnar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ventura thows a leg kick but Lesnar checks it
and Lesnar counters with a single leg into guard. Ventura didn't expect that.
Lesnar stopping the sweep attempt from Ventura.
Lesnar throws a strike but Ventura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ventura advances to half guard.
Lesnar trying to control but Ventura postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar is trying to control but Ventura passes into side control!
Lesnar 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.
Lesnar manages to get back to half guard.
Lesnar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ventura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Lesnar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lesnar trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ventura scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ventura prevents Lesnar from improving his position.
Ventura decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Ventura waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lesnar.
Lesnar attempts a counter takedown but Ventura avoids it well and moves away.
Lesnar staying out of range there.
Lesnar attempts a counter takedown but Ventura avoids it well and moves away.
Ventura misses with a hook
and Lesnar counters with a takedown into side control.
Brock Lesnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ventura wants to control but Lesnar postures up.
Lesnar scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ventura to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Lesnar.
Lesnar scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ventura to see if he's OK.
That has opened up Anthony Ventura's cut even more.
Lesnar tries to score with some ground and pound. Ventura controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lesnar wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ventura, who protects the arm well.
Lesnar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ventura wants to get back to his feet.
Lesnar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Lesnar trying to control the position but Ventura is working away.
Lesnar creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ventura sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Lesnar throws a strike aimed at the side of Ventura's head but Ventura avoids it well.
Lesnar trying to control the action but Ventura is working from the bottom.
Ventura gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Lesnar trying to pass the guard but Ventura defending well.
Lesnar is working for a kimura but Ventura is defending it quite comfortably.
Lesnar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar seems to be looking for submissions.
Ventura is looking to improve his position.
Ventura keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Lesnar sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ventura defending well though.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lesnar trying to control from half guard but Ventura is working away.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ventura throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ventura lands a nice shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Lesnar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ventura misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesnar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ventura looks to land a right hand but Lesnar moved out of range.
Lesnar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ventura misses with a looping left.
Lesnar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ventura sprawls and moves away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lesnar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ventura is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ventura jabs Lesnar right on the nose. Lesnar blinks but takes it well.
Ventura lands with a cross.
Lesnar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ventura throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lesnar decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ventura's guard.
Ventura has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the ropes to get back to his feet. Lesnar has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lesnar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ventura avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ventura struggles to land a body shot inside as Lesnar controls his hands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ventura pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A short uppercut from Ventura.
Ventura manages to break the clinch.
Ventura misses with a straight right.
Lesnar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Ventura throws a shot from downtown. Lesnar moves away and avoids it.
Ventura misses with an uppercut.
A clash of legs there as Lesnar blocks the low kick.
Lesnar appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ventura takes a swing at Lesnar's ribcage but misses.
Lesnar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ventura sprawls and moves away.
Ventura just misses with a punch to the body.
Lesnar changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ventura misses with a series of wild punches.
Lesnar tries to counter with a takedown but Ventura is quick to defend against it.
A low kick from Ventura misses
and Lesnar counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Lesnar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ventura looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lesnar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ventura is looking to improve his position.
Brock Lesnar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ventura keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Ventura comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Anthony Ventura!
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Anthony Ventura!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Anthony Ventura!
Anthony Ventura wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Anthony Ventura thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Hymen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Buster Hymen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hymen swinging wildly here.
Kothciushco pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hymen back to the ropes. Kothciushco follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Buster Hymen has been cut.
Hymen slips under a jab.
Kothciushco throws a body punch but Hymen moves out of range.
Kothciushco throws the kick towards the body but Hymen avoids it.
Hymen appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hymen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hymen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kothciushco's head backwards.
Hymen throws a head kick that misses
and Kothciushco counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice shot lands for Kothciushco.
Hymen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kothciushco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kothciushco looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hymen misses with the combination.
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!
Hymen checks a low kick from Kothciushco.
Hymen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kothciushco takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hymen walks into a left hand.
Hymen looks to throw the jab but Kothciushco is out of range.
Hymen has managed to clinch.
Kothciushco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hymen's defenses.
Hymen tries to break the clinch but Kothciushco is controlling the position.
Kothciushco swings wildly with an uppercut but Hymen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hymen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kothciushco has Hymen pressed against the ropes, preventing Hymen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kothciushco.
Hymen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Kothciushco misses.
Nice shot lands for Hymen.
Kothciushco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hymen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kothciushco is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Crunch! Hymen slams his shin into Kothciushco's torso.
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!
Hymen clinches with his opponent.
Hymen breaks from the clinch.
Kothciushco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hymen.
Hymen throws a head kick but Kothciushco moves out of range.
Kothciushco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hymen manages to avoid it.
Hymen moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hymen just misses with a punch to the body.
Kothciushco throws a big shot that misses.
Hymen lands with a big left! Kothciushco is wobbled badly! Hymen comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Kothciushco to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Buster Hymen!
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