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DFC Asylum 11 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raissa Fournier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seifer Almasy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raissa Fournier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Seifer Almasy!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasy throws the left hand but Fournier avoids the punch easily.
Fournier rushes Almasy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fournier misses with some punches.
Almasy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Almasy blocks a body shot from Fournier.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fournier.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almasy.
Almasy blocking some punches.
Almasy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fournier stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Almasy lands a shot to the body.
Almasy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Almasy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Almasy gets through Fournier's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almasy working aggressively here.
Fournier blocking some punches.
Fournier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Almasy fails to land.
Fournier scores with a hook to the body.
Fournier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almasy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Almasy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Almasy.
Almasy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fourniers head.
Fournier pushes Almasy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Almasy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Almasy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fournier backwards.
Fournier looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Almasy.
Almasy gets through Fournier's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almasy swings wildly with an uppercut but Fournier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Almasy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Almasy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Almasy.
Fournier is rocked!
Almasy blocks an uppercut.
Oh Fournier is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
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!
Almasy unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Fournier! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Almasy is unloading with more strikes now! Fournier drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seifer Almasy!
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Taquses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Araujo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is This time its war. On his way into the cage it seems that Joao Araujo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Joao Araujo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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150 lbs
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158 lbs
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joao Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Oliver Taquses!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taquses throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Taquses jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Araujo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Araujo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taquses.
Taquses tries for a takedown but Araujo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Taquses has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Taquses on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Taquses misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Araujo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Araujo looks to land a left hand but Taquses moved out of range nicely.
Araujo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taquses.
Taquses fails with a takedown attempt.
As Taquses looks to move away, Araujo throws a big counter combo but Taquses just gets out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taquses has Araujo up against the cage in a clinch.
Araujo jumps into guard, dragging Taquses to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taquses forces his way into half guard.
Araujo is trying to control but Taquses passes into side control!
Taquses is looking to take a break and control but Araujo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Araujo is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Taquses's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Araujo wants to control but Taquses is keeping busy.
Taquses trying to pass the guard but Araujo defending well.
Araujo is looking for a sweep. Taquses is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taquses is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Araujo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Taquses not doing much here.
Araujo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Taquses pulls his head out easily.
Araujo is trying to control but can't.
Araujo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Taquses on the ground.
Taquses is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Araujo has managed to free his arm - good work.
Araujo actively working from the bottom here.
Taquses performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araujo looking for submissions off his back.
Araujo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Taquses seems to be working for a kimura but Araujo defends the submission attempt.
Taquses wants to work for an arm triangle but Araujo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Taquses wants to work for an arm triangle but Araujo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Araujo trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taquses is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Araujo defends it well.
Araujo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Taquses pulls his head out easily.
Araujo wants to control the action here but instead Taquses manages to pass to full mount!
Taquses looking to control but Araujo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Araujo is trying to reverse the position but instead Taquses has taken his back - oops!
Araujo is trying to defend against the choke here but Taquses has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Taquses Tightens the hold and Araujo taps out furiously! Taquses displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Oliver Taquses!
A very excited looking Oliver Taquses rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Gruzdev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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250 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexander Gruzdev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big John!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gruzdev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gruzdev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gruzdev lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Big John has been cut.
Gruzdev throws a hook but John avoids it easily.
Gruzdev misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Gruzdev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
John throws out a counter right but Gruzdev avoids it with no problem.
Good shot there by Gruzdev.
Gruzdev scores with a jab.
Gruzdev lands a jab-cross combination.
Gruzdev scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John is looking to clinch.
Gruzdev was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
John throws a good cross that connects.
Gruzdev defending well as John loads up on a big left hand.
John's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gruzdev connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! John scrambles back to his feet.
John misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gruzdev throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
Gruzdev feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That has opened up Big John's cut even more.
Gruzdev lands a body shot.
John misses with a looping left.
Gruzdev misses with an uppercut. John saw that one coming.
Gruzdev lands with a big left! John is wobbled badly! Gruzdev comes in with a flurry of punches and drops John to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Alexander Gruzdev!
Alexander Gruzdev got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stafford Bolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinten Lensink (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stafford Bolton has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stafford Bolton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Quinten Lensink!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolton connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lensink throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quinten Lensink seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lensink misses the jab.
Bolton scoring well with a low kick there.
Lensink misses with a hook
and Bolton counters with an inside leg kick.
Bolton scores with a shot to the body.
Lensink tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bolton was well out of range. Poor timing from Lensink.
Lensink misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bolton.
Lensink works Bolton's body with a nice hook.
Bolton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bolton takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bolton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Moustache Lounge in the buildup to the fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bolton. That's going to slow Lensink down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lensink takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab by Lensink.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lensink. Bolton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bolton is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bolton lands with a good body shot.
Lensink looks to land a left hand but Bolton moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolton cracks Lensink with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bolton connects with an inside leg kick.
Lensink swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Bolton counter with a right hand.
Lensink misses with a hook. Bolton ducked under it nicely.
Lensink takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lensink lands a right hook to the body.
Lensink lands a really nice looking cross but Bolton seems unphased.
Bolton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lensink.
Lensink tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lensink moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lensink throws the left hand but Bolton avoids the punch easily.
Lensink looks to land a left hand but Bolton moved out of range nicely.
A shot to the liver by Lensink. Beautiful body shot.
Lensink lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bolton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bolton scores with a punch to the head.
Lensink misses the body punch
and Bolton counters with an outside leg kick.
Bolton connects with a leg kick. Lensink looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Good standup being displayed there by Bolton as he connects with a hook.
Lensink pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lensink throws out a loose jab but Bolton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bolton's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lensink under the eye.
Lensink connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bolton momentarily.
Bolton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lensink has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lensink misses with an uppercut
and Bolton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lensink lands a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bolton.
Lensink's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bolton digs a good hook to Lensink's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolton cracks a nice hook into Lensink's ribs.
Bolton's corner calls for a 1-2. Bolton obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bolton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bolton connects with a looping right hand.
Bolton is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lensink throws the left hand but Bolton avoids the punch easily.
Bolton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lensink moves away.
Bolton connects with a right hand. Lensink shakes it off.
It looks like Quinten Lensink has been cut.
Bolton ducks under a wild hook from Lensink.
Bolton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lensink has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lensink ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bolton moves away.
Lensink throws out a loose jab but Bolton uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that Lensink has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Lensink misses with an uppercut
and Bolton counters with a straight right hand.
Lensink takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lensink is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lensink misses with a double jab
and Bolton counters with a big left hand that crumples Lensink! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Stafford Bolton!
A less than humble Stafford Bolton misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damien OQuinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avery Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). OQuinn's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, I'm A Dog I'm Sorry- Big Tymers. Damien OQuinn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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164 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damien OQuinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Avery Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as OQuinn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Churchill doesn't seem phased though.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
OQuinn slips a jab from Churchill.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Churchill gets tackled into the cage by OQuinn. OQuinn maintains the clinch.
Churchill throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
OQuinn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.
OQuinn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
OQuinn lands a left hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
OQuinn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
OQuinn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
OQuinn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Churchill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
OQuinn punishes Churchill's body with a nice straight punch.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Churchill misses with a takedown
and OQuinn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
OQuinn lands with a hook. Churchill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Churchill misses with a right hand
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Churchill rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and OQuinn counters with a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a poor cross that misses
and OQuinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Churchill lands a head shot.
OQuinn darts in looking for a takedown but Churchill gets double underhooks and turns OQuinn into the cage.
Churchill misses with a lunging right hand
and OQuinn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has OQuinn pinned against the cage. OQuinn gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It looked like OQuinn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill fails with the takedown
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avery Churchill.
OQuinn cracks Churchill with a right hand to the side of the head.
OQuinn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Churchill.
OQuinn scores with the left hand. Churchill knows he should have avoided that one.
OQuinn has been working on his balance at Elite Strikers, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Churchill.
Churchill with a poor takedown
and OQuinn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Churchill thinking.
Churchill is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
OQuinn tries to buck Churchill off but Churchill is having none of it.
Churchill scoring with punches and elbows.
Check out the look on Churchill's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Churchill cracks OQuinn with a big elbow.
OQuinn knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Churchill on the ground.
Churchill working the ground and pound.
OQuinn is looking for a sweep.
OQuinn is trying to control Churchill's posture but Churchill avoids it.
OQuinn tries to bench press Churchill off him but Churchill keeps the position.
Churchill is working OQuinn over with some ground and pound from side control.
OQuinn tries to buck Churchill off but Churchill is having none of it.
Churchill connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused OQuinn some visible discomfort.
Churchill working the body and head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien OQuinn dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
OQuinn tries to clinch but Churchill moves out of range.
Churchill has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
OQuinn slips a jab from Churchill.
It looked like OQuinn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Churchill doesn't succeed with the takedown
and OQuinn counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Churchill throws a jab but it's blocked by OQuinn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
OQuinn connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill moves away from the strike by OQuinn.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
letting OQuinn counter with a right hand.
OQuinn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Churchill under the eye.
Churchill throws the left hand but OQuinn avoids the punch easily.
Churchill with a jab.
Churchill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Churchill.
Damien OQuinn is winning the standup battle so far.
OQuinn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Churchill misses with a straight left.
OQuinn staying out of range there.
OQuinn seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A swing and a miss from Churchill.
An attempted straight right counter from OQuinn misses the target.
Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Churchill 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a lazy uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a right hand to the body.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot.
Churchill throws an off balance right hand
and OQuinn makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Churchill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but OQuinn manages to avoid it.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Churchill throws a lazy right hand but OQuinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from OQuinn misses the target.
OQuinn stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. OQuinn defends it nicely.
OQuinn tries to counter by clinching up but Churchill breaks away and moves out of range.
Damien OQuinn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avery Churchill.
OQuinn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Churchill throws a hook to the side of OQuinn's head but OQuinn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like OQuinn was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Churchill.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien OQuinn dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Churchill's corner calls for a 1-2. Churchill obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Avery Churchill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
OQuinn throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
OQuinn swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
OQuinn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Churchill misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from OQuinn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill takes a swing at OQuinn's ribcage but misses.
OQuinn was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
OQuinn is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
OQuinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Churchill fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Churchill doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
OQuinn misses with a looping right.
And Churchill tries to counter it with a takedown but OQuinn pushes his down on his head and steps out.
OQuinn throws a hook to the side of Churchill's head but Churchill sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Churchill tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
OQuinn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Churchill can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OQuinn misses with a wild body shot.
OQuinn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Churchill.
Churchill misses with a right hand
letting OQuinn counter with a right hand.
Churchill might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by OQuinn.
Churchill drops down looking to force a counter takedown but OQuinn defends it well.
Churchill loads up on a big right hand but OQuinn slips the punch.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
enabling OQuinn to counter with a crisp jab.
Churchill misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a poor cross that misses
and OQuinn counters with a straight right hand.
Damien OQuinn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Churchill throws a right hand that misses
and Churchill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Churchill waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract OQuinn.
OQuinn wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill connects with a right hand. OQuinn shakes it off.
Avery Churchill has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Churchill misses with a right hand
and OQuinn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Churchill misses with an uppercut
and OQuinn counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Churchill throws an ugly left hook that misses
and OQuinn counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damien OQuinn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for OQuinn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damien OQuinn!
Damien OQuinn took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Humbert Humbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Humbert Humbert!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Humbert wants to clinch but Black slips to the side
and Black makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Humbert has his takedown stuffed
and Black counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Black swings widly with a right hand
and Humbert counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Black!
Humbert tries to move into full mount but can't pass Black's legs.
Black is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Wilder MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Humbert wants to take a breather but Black manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Humbert.
Humbert wants to control from the top but Black keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black keeping full guard, as Humbert tries to pass.
Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Humbert on the ground.
Humbert advances position into side control!
Humbert goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Black rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Humbert's guard! Nice work there by Black!
Black postures up.
Black sitting in guard here, content to control.
Humbert trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black content to stall in guard here.
Humbert isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Black stacks Humbert on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Black!
Humbert can't do much from the bottom here.
Black fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Humbert seems a little lost for a moment, as Black dominates the positioning.
Humbert tries to bench press Black off him but Black keeps the position.
Humbert is not content to let Black control the position.
Humbert holds on to Black's head and controls the position momentarily.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Humbert is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Black's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Black wants to take a breather but Humbert is having none of it.
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.
Black looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jason Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Black stuffs the takedown attempt from Humbert. Humbert gets slowly back to his feet.
Black with a hook.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Black misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Black dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Humbert instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Humbert.
Humbert manages to pull guard.
Jason Black overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Humbert is pulling down on Black's head to control his posture.
Black avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Black showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Humbert works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black looking to improve position, pressing down on Humbert's thigh with his hand. Humbert seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Black paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Black's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Humbert picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Humbert Humbert!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonnhy Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthew Clark could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonnhy Five's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Matthew Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonnhy Five!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Five fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Clark manages to avoid it.
It looked like Clark wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Five takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clark staying out of range there.
Clark rushes Five and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Five's head.
Five misses with a punch on the inside.
Five prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Clark makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Five tries to throw a body punch but Clark avoids it by throwing Five back against the cage.
Clark tries a body shot but Five blocks it.
Five working aggressively here.
Five's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Five's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A head punch on the inside from Five fails to land.
Clark misses with a punch on the inside.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clark.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Five wants to break the clinch but can't.
Five tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Five scores with a nice hook to the head.
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Five is rocked!
Clark tries to work over Five's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Five is still on wobbly legs! Can Clark finish him?
Clark working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hand to the body from Clark.
Nice body punch from Clark - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Clark scores with a nice short uppercut.
Clark creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Five's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Five drops to his knees and Clark pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matthew Clark!
Matthew Clark bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Cash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and More IsMore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frank Cash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, More IsMore!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cash slips a jab from IsMore.
A shot to the body from Cash misses
and IsMore counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cash darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like More IsMore has been cut.
Cash swings for the body but IsMore moves out of range.
IsMore tries to counter by closing the distance.
Frank Cash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by IsMore.
Cash falls off balance throwing a combination
and IsMore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Frank Cash has been cut.
Cash fails to land the takedown.
Cash lands a nice shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cash is looking to score with low kicks.
Cash misses with a wild body shot.
IsMore blocks a low kick nicely.
Cash ducks under a wild hook from IsMore.
IsMore gets tackled into the cage by Cash. Cash maintains the clinch.
IsMore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cash backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
IsMore softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cash fails to land.
The referee is keeping an eye on IsMore - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cash swings wildly with an uppercut but IsMore uses good head movement to avoid it.
IsMore lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
IsMore lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cash or not.
IsMore lands with a short shot to the head.
IsMore breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
IsMore misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Cash does no damage.
IsMore throws out a counter right but Cash avoids it with no problem.
IsMore keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cash tries for a takedown but IsMore circles away easily
and IsMore counters with a straight right hand.
Cash throws an off balance right hand
and IsMore counters with a stiff right hand.
Cash misses with a combination
and Cash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Cash uses good head movement to avoid the hook from IsMore.
Cash throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for IsMore.
IsMore paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cash is rocked!
Cash is aggressively charging in as IsMore backs up avoiding any damage. IsMore tosses out a jab and Cash runs right into it face first! Cash is out cold! IsMore dropped down on all fours and is barking in Cash's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). More IsMore!
More IsMore really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Irish Collar & Elbow Nutrition and Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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