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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Godbolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KJ Talley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godbolt comes to the cage accompanied by Trenches by Pop Evil. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that KJ Talley was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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202 lbs
26 - 20 - 4 |
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191 lbs
28 - 12 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 20 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Godbolt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, KJ Talley!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talley throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Godbolt lands a nice hook to Talley's body. Talley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Talley misses with a shot to the body
letting Godbolt counter with a right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Godbolt, as that shot connected.
Talley tries to land a leg kick but Godbolt saw it coming and moves away.
Talley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Talley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It looks like Matthew Godbolt has been cut.
No luck for Godbolt with that takedown attempt.
Godbolt shoots in but no luck this time.
Godbolt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Talley misses with a straight right.
Godbolt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Talley.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Talley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godbolt moves away.
Godbolt is looking to counter punch.
Godbolt misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley looks to land a right hand but Godbolt moved out of range.
Talley lands a jab to the nose.
Godbolt staying out of range there.
Talley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Godbolt swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Talley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Talley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Godbolt's calf.
Talley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Godbolt.
Talley lands with an overhand left.
Talley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Godbolt thuds a left hand into Talley's body.
Talley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Godbolt.
Talley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Godbolt.
Godbolt swings for the body but Talley moves out of range.
Godbolt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Talley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Godbolt scrambles back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Talley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Godbolt was well out of range. Poor timing from Talley.
Talley misses the jab.
Talley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Godbolt momentarily.
Godbolt bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Talley's head backwards.
Godbolt shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Godbolt was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Godbolt grinds an elbow into Talley's temple.
The ground and pound from Godbolt seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Talley taking punishment in the form of punches.
Talley struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Talley down.
Godbolt controlling from side mount.
Talley gets back to half guard.
Talley manages to get to full guard.
Godbolt landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt got a little sloppy there for a moment and Talley has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Godbolt has managed to get both his arms back between Talley's legs - danger averted.
Godbolt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Godbolt postures up.
Talley keeping moving, preventing Godbolt from controlling successfully.
Talley is trying to control the position but Godbolt postures up.
Godbolt is fighting to break Talley's control of his arms but Talley is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Godbolt seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but KJ Talley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matthew Godbolt's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Talley looks to score with a jab to the body but Godbolt is just out of range.
Talley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Talley misses with a hook. Godbolt ducked under it nicely.
Godbolt checks a low kick from Talley.
Talley swings for the body but Godbolt moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Talley as Godbolt shoots in.
Talley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Godbolt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Godbolt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Godbolt throws a good cross that connects.
Jab from Godbolt.
Talley misses with an uppercut
and Godbolt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godbolt swings away with a body shot that misses
and Talley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Talley lands a slapping body shot.
Talley throws a low kick but it's checked well by Godbolt.
Talley connects with a good right hand that stumbles Godbolt. Godbolt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talley throws a left and a right that both miss
and Godbolt counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Talley managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Godbolt.
Godbolt scores with a couple of short elbows.
Talley tries to improve position but can't.
Godbolt working the head and body with strikes.
Matthew Godbolt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Talley is trying to get back to half guard.
Talley takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Godbolt is looking to take a break and control but Talley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Godbolt is really struggling to control Talley but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godbolt working the ground and pound from side control.
Godbolt trying to control the action but Talley is working from the bottom.
Godbolt lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Godbolt scores with a couple of short elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Godbolt working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Godbolt working the body and head with strikes.
Talley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Godbolt throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley is not content to let Godbolt control the position.
You can see the frustration on Talley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Godbolt scoring with punches from side control.
Talley can't do much from the bottom here.
Talley manages to work his way to half guard, despite Godbolt's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Godbolt winds up and cracks Talley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Talley makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Talley.
Godbolt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Godbolt pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Talley is keeping the position for now.
Talley looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Godbolt wants to control from the top but Talley keeps moving.
Talley wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Godbolt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Godbolt's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Talley cracks Godbolt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Talley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Talley throws the left hand but Godbolt avoids the punch easily.
Talley misses with a straight right.
Godbolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Talley throws a leg kick
and Godbolt decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Talley's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Godbolt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Talley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Talley has momentary wrist control but Godbolt slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godbolt makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Godbolt postures up in Talley's guard and throws a big left but Talley blocks it.
Godbolt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Talley's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Godbolt wants to control from the top but Talley keeps moving.
Talley is trying to control the position but Godbolt postures up.
Godbolt looking to pass the guard.
Godbolt throwing strikes from guard but Talley blocks nicely.
Talley working a defensive guard here.
Talley is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Godbolt postures up in Talley's guard and throws a big left but Talley blocks it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Godbolt makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Godbolt postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Talley has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Godbolt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Godbolt wants to control from the top but Talley keeps moving.
Talley trying to control the position here.
Talley looking to control but Godbolt passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talley wants to improve his position but Godbolt is controlling well.
Godbolt trying to control the action but Talley is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Talley fails to land with a series of punches.
Talley throws an overhand right that lands on Godbolt's shoulder, as Godbolt tries to avoid the shot.
Godbolt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Godbolt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Talley lunges at Godbolt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Godbolt's hand.
Godbolt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Godbolt half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Talley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godbolt moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Godbolt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Talley throws a poor cross that misses
and Godbolt counters with a single leg into guard. Talley didn't expect that.
Godbolt wants to control from the top but Talley keeps moving.
Talley seems keen to control Godbolt's posture.
Godbolt scoring with punches to the head and body.
Godbolt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Talley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Godbolt doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Godbolt manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Talley has momentary wrist control but Godbolt slips an elbow through the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Godbolt showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Godbolt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Godbolt!
After the big win, Matthew Godbolt made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 160 and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ben Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Tillman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
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160 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pat Tillman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tillman throws the left hand but Hogan avoids the punch easily.
Hogan looks to score with a jab to the body but Tillman is just out of range.
Tillman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hogan lands with a nice body kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Hogan blocks the leg kick.
Tillman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hogan is out of range.
Hogan blocks a jab.
Hogan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tillman can pounce on him.
The fighters circling - Hogan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hogan misses with a looping left.
Hogan scores with a leg kick.
Hogan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tillman pushes Hogan away with a front kick.
Tillman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Tillman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hogan lands a body shot.
Hogan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hogan misses with a hook.
Tillman misses with a low kick.
As Tillman backs away, Hogan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good shot there by Hogan.
Tillman throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tillman scores with a jab to the head.
Tillman avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tillman! But no joy.
Tillman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hogan misses with an uppercut.
Hogan with a hook.
Tillman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tillman. That's going to slow Hogan down.
Tillman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hogan moves out of range of the body kick from Tillman.
Hogan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tillman.
Tillman with a nice cross.
Hogan is looking to chop away at Tillman's legs.
Tillman misses with an uppercut. Hogan saw that one coming.
Hogan throwing a counter right hand but Tillman manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tillman is looking to chop away at Hogan's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillman looks to land a left hand but Hogan moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circling - Tillman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tillman misses with a body shot.
Hogan throws a looping overhand right but Tillman ducks down to avoid it.
Tillman pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hogan is out of range and Tillman settles back down.
Hogan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tillman just manages to avoid it.
Hogan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tillman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hogan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from Tillman.
It looked like Hogan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Hogan misses the target.
Tillman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogan throws a front kick aimed at Tillman's knee but Tillman avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tillman. That's going to slow Hogan down.
Hogan throws a shot from downtown. Tillman moves away and avoids it.
Tillman moves away from the strike by Hogan.
Tillman gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hogan counters with a low kick, right behind Tillman 's knee.
Hogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tillman's calf.
Tillman tries to land a front kick but Hogan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hogan tried to counter with a leg kick but Tillman avoided it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillman scores with a kick to the midsection.
A slow jab from Tillman misses its intended target.
Hogan lands with a shot to the body.
Tillman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tillman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A lazy left from Hogan finds it's target.
Hogan wants to slow Tillman down by chopping away at his legs.
Tillman slips under a jab from Hogan.
Tillman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan misses with an uppercut. Tillman saw that one coming.
Jab, jab by Tillman - just one landing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Tillman!
Hogan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hogan thuds his right hand into Tillman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A punch lands to the side of Hogan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tillman thumps Hogan with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hogan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hogan lands with a good body shot.
Tillman misses with a body kick.
Tillman checks a leg kick.
Hogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tillman connects with a looping right hand.
Hogan takes a swing at Tillman's ribcage but misses.
Hogan misses with a straight left.
Hogan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hogan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tillman misses with a body kick.
Tillman blocks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Tillman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hogan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, jab by Hogan - just one landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tillman throws out a leg kick but Hogan moves out of range and Tillman only half commits.
Hogan fires out a quick counter leg kick but Tillman just manages to avoid it.
A big right from Tillman misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pat Tillman will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tillman throws a shot to the body.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hogan connects with a right hand. Tillman shakes it off.
Hogan slips a straight right by Tillman.
A good leg kick by Tillman.
Hogan takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hogan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hogan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tillman ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Decent striking displayed by Tillman there.
Hogan avoids the body shot from Tillman.
Nice defenses there by Tillman.
Tillman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hogan checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tillman ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Hogan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hogan moves out of range of the body kick.
Hogan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillman ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Tillman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hogan.
Hogan thumps Tillman with a low kick.
Hogan slips a straight right by Tillman.
Hogan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tillman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tillman checks a leg kick.
Tillman moves away from the strike by Hogan.
Tillman lands a right hook to the body.
Tillman looks to throw the jab but Hogan is out of range.
A low kick from Hogan misses
and Tillman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tillman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hogan avoids a kick to the body.
Hogan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tillman is out of range.
Tillman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hogan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tillman.
Tillman flicks out a counter leg kick but Hogan steps away.
A telegraphed right hand from Hogan misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tillman checks a leg kick nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tillman.
Hogan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hogan misses with an uppercut
and Tillman counters with a stiff right hand.
Hogan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tillman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tillman motions for Hogan to come forward. Tillman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tillman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hogan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hogan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hogan moves out of range of the body kick from Tillman.
Tillman misses with a hook.
Hogan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tillman tries to work over Hogan's front leg with a kick but Hogan checks it.
Tillman blocks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillman throws a lazy right hand but Hogan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hogan defending well as Tillman loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Hogan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hogan throws a shot from downtown. Tillman moves away and avoids it.
Pat Tillman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hogan connects with a jab.
Hogan misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tillman. That's going to slow Hogan down.
Hogan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tillman's sensitive parts.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tillman connects with a looping right hand.
Tillman tests Hogan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tillman.
Tillman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tillman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
Tillman lands with an overhand left.
Nice body punch from Tillman.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tillman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hogan is looking to counter punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tillman lands the left hand.
Tillman checks the leg kick.
Tillman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tillman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hogan manages to avoid it.
That kick from Tillman tenderised Hogan's leg. Hogan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hogan scoring well with a low kick there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hogan checks a leg kick.
Hogan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tillman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hogan was well out of range. Poor timing from Tillman.
Hogan blocks a jab.
Hogan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tillman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tillman checks a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tillman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hogan.
Hogan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tillman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pat Tillman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Hogan throws a low kick, looking for Tillman's leg but Tillman calmly moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hogan.
Tillman moves out of range of the body kick from Hogan.
Hogan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hogan ducks under a wild hook from Tillman.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hogan.
A head kick misses from Hogan.
Hogan connects with the punch.
Hogan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tillman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An attempted straight right counter from Hogan misses the target.
Hogan throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A leg kick checked by Tillman.
Tillman throws a leg kick which misses Hogan's front leg but catches the back leg as Hogan tries to avoid it.
Tillman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tillman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tillman thuds his shin into the meat of Hogan's side.
Hogan misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan throws a jab when Tillman was well out of range.
Tillman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tillman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hogan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tillman lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Hogan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tillman doesn't seem phased though.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hogan 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 Tillman has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tillman and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A leg kick checked by Hogan.
Tillman blocks a jab.
Tillman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hogan's calf.
Tillman misses with a hook. Hogan ducked under it nicely.
Hogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A good leg kick by Hogan.
A telegraphed right hand from Hogan misses the target.
Hogan moves out of range of the body kick from Tillman.
It looked like Hogan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tillman.
Tillman defending well as Hogan loads up on a big left hand.
Pat Tillman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillman wants to land a leg kick but Hogan is out of range.
Hogan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tillman.
Hogan moves out of range of the leg kick from Tillman.
Tillman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hogan.
Tillman shapes to counter with a head kick.
Hogan checks a low kick from Tillman.
Hogan throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tillman avoids it.
Tillman lands with a good body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hogan throws a leg kick but Tillman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hogan swinging wildly here.
Hogan tries to work over Tillman's front leg with a kick but Tillman checks it.
Tillman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tillman throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice shot by Tillman.
Hogan throws a chopping leg kick but Tillman manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hogan connects with a solid leg kick.
Hogan moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillman takes one to the chin there.
Hogan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hogan moves out of range as Tillman strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Hogan misses the target.
Hogan takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tillman moves out of range of the leg kick from Hogan.
Hogan lands a head shot.
Tillman moves out of range of the body kick from Hogan.
Tillman scores with a leg kick.
Hogan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tillman lands a nice shot that snaps Hogan's head back.
Hogan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tillman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hogan.
Tillman ducks under a wild hook from Hogan.
Hogan will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hogan. Tillman shrugs it off though.
Hogan tried to score with a low kick but Tillman checks it.
Hogan lands a glancing blow to the side of Tillman's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hogan throws a jab when Tillman was well out of range.
Tillman tries to score with a low kick but Hogan moves his leg out of the way.
Tillman connects with a leg kick. Hogan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hogan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tillmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tillman lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hogan takes a step back to recover.
Hogan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hogan throws a leg kick but Tillman checks it.
Tillman tests Hogan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hogan throws a hook to the side of Tillman's head but Tillman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hogan misses with a head kick.
Tillman misses the jab.
Hogan walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tillman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hogan.
Tillman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pat Tillman.
Well Tillman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ben Hogan!
A relieved looking Ben Hogan 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 Vic Thory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Alvaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thory might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sweet Victory. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
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Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
37 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vic Thory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Alvaro!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thory pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thory pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alvaro tries a quick counter leg kick but Thory is wise to it.
Alvaro connects with a looping right hand.
Thory throws a looping overhand right but Alvaro ducks down to avoid it.
A combination from Alvaro does no damage.
Alvaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thory moves away.
Thory uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvaro.
Thory fires out a quick counter leg kick but Alvaro just manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvaro. Thory does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Thory on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Alvaro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alvaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thory is looking to chop away at Alvaro's legs.
Alvaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Alvaro's coach down at OO was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Alvaro's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thory takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thory misses with an uppercut.
Alvaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thory.
Thory changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thory scores with a sloppy right hand. Alvaro should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thory throws a series of punches but Alvaro moves out of range.
Thory keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thory tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thory has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Shit House in the buildup to the fight.
Alvaro misses with a double jab.
Thory swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Alvaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thory lands a right hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Thory. Those never looked like landing.
Thory misses with a body punch
and Alvaro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Alvaro throws a body punch but Thory moves out of range.
Thory swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Thory throws a leg kick which misses Alvaro's front leg but catches the back leg as Alvaro tries to avoid it.
Thory looks to land a left hand but Alvaro moved out of range nicely.
Alvaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thory.
Thory moves away from the strike by Alvaro.
Alvaro scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut lands for Alvaro. That snapped Thory's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Alvaro.
Thory connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thory misses the shot to the body.
Alvaro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Alvaro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alvaro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Alvaro defending well as Thory loads up on a big left hand.
Alvaro lands a lovely overhand right.
Thory throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvaro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Thory moves out of range of the strikes.
Alvaro slips under a jab.
Thory throws a chopping leg kick but Alvaro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Alvaro, right into the meat.
Alvaro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thory misses with a hook. Alvaro ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Alvaro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thory digs a good body shot into Alvaro's ribs.
Alvaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Thory.
Alvaro tries to counter by closing the distance.
Alvaro tries to keep at a distance but Thory has taken the fight into the clinch.
Alvaro lands with a light punch inside.
Alvaro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alvaro lands a body punch.
Alvaro cracks Thory with a nice body shot.
Alvaro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvaro scores with a shot to the side of Thory's head.
Alvaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alvaro gets a clinch.
Alvaro prevents a body shot from Thory.
The referee calls for Alvaro to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvaro blocks a body shot from Thory.
Thory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thory blocks an uppercut.
Thory misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Alvaro.
Thory misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alvaro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thory's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thory.
Alvaro lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Alvaro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alvaro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alvaro tries to throw a body punch but Thory avoids it by throwing Alvaro back against the cage.
Thory throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvaros head.
Alvaro scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvaro blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Alvaro.
Alvaro blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Alvaro dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Thory tries to clinch but Alvaro is having none of it.
Alvaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thory takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Alvaro avoids the body shot from Thory.
Alvaro throws out a counter right but Thory avoids it with no problem.
Alvaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thory.
Thory fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvaro manages to avoid it.
Alvaro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nice body punch from Alvaro.
Alvaro on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thory misses with an uppercut
and Alvaro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Thory thinking.
Alvaro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thory tries to move into range but Alvaro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Alvaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvaro gets a clinch.
Thory misses with some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvaro.
Alvaro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alvaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thory backwards.
Thory lands a left hand that snaps the head of Alvaro backwards.
A hook to the body from Alvaro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thory tries a body shot but Alvaro blocks it.
Alvaro stalling in the clinch but Thory improves position.
Alvaro blocks a body shot from Thory.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvaro.
Alvaro lands an uppercut.
Thory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thory lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvaro backwards.
Thory misses with the head strike.
Alvaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alvaro tries a body shot but Thory blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Alvaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thory escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alvaro fakes the leg kick and cracks Thory in the body.
Alvaro instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvaro.
Alvaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thory backwards.
Thory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thory has a couple of punches blocked by Alvaro.
Thory leaning his opponent against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvaro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alvaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvaro thuds a left hand into Thory's body.
A bone on bone clash there as Alvaro blocks the leg kick.
Alvaro ducks under a wild hook from Thory.
Alvaro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Thory counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch lands to the side of Alvaro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thory lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jose Alvaro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thory wants to clinch.
Alvaro throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Alvaro finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Alvaro scoring well with a low kick there.
Thory throws a shot from downtown. Alvaro moves away and avoids it.
Alvaro is looking to land body kicks.
It looked like Thory wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alvaro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thory on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Alvaro clinches with his opponent.
Thory blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee calls for Alvaro to work.
Thory lands a body punch.
Alvaro will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Thory up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Thory - that landed with a thud.
Jose Alvaro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thory works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alvaro is breathing heavily.
Thory lands a shoulder strike.
Alvaro misses with a body punch.
Alvaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alvaro can't find room to land a body shot as Thory controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Thory pushes Alvaro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alvaro.
Alvaro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Thory working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thory scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alvaro blocks an uppercut.
Alvaro gets through Thory's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Alvaro prevents a body shot from Thory.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alvaro.
Alvaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thory's elbow.
Thory lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thory lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thory blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Alvaro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Thory.
Thory misses with a looping left.
Alvaro connects with a single shot there.
Thory with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Alvaro to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Alvaro.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvaro! But no joy.
Alvaro connects with a crisp jab.
Thory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thory lands with a nice body punch.
Alvaro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alvaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thory.
Alvaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thory manages to avoid it.
Alvaro ducks under a wild hook from Thory.
Thory tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Thory.
Alvaro scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Alvaro is looking to slow Thory down with leg kicks.
Alvaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thory was well out of range. Poor timing from Alvaro.
Alvaro fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thory.
Alvaro misses with a straight right.
Alvaro defending well as Thory loads up on a big left hand.
Alvaro is trying to counter with his kicks.
Alvaro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thory throws a hook to the side of Alvaro's head but Alvaro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvaro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Alvaro gets a clinch.
Alvaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvaro lands with a left to the head.
Thory blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alvaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Alvaro prevents a body shot from Thory.
Thory has a couple of punches blocked by Alvaro.
Vic Thory has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvaro scores with a hook to the body.
Thory misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thory takes a shot to the head.
Thory stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alvaro lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alvaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Thory controls his hands.
Thory lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alvaro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alvaro tries to stall but Thory uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Thory fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Thory scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alvaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thory's elbow.
Alvaro can't find room to land a body shot as Thory controls the action.
Alvaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvaro prevents a body shot from Thory.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alvaro.
A bit of stalling here from Alvaro.
Alvaro digs a right hand into Thory's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Thory's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvaro takes a shot to the head.
Alvaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thory tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvaro is struggling to control the position.
Alvaro throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thory.
Alvaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Thory controls his hands.
Alvaro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thory backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Thory fails to land.
Thory lands a right hand.
Alvaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alvaro scores with a punch to the head.
Alvaro misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Alvaro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alvaro moves into the clinch.
Alvaro is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thory lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Thory pushes Alvaro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alvaro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thory throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thory throws a punch but it's blocked by Alvaro.
Thory misses with a hook from the clinch.
Thory working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Thory scores with a nice short uppercut.
Alvaro blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Thory fails to land.
Thory doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thory lands a hook that snaps the head of Alvaro backwards.
Thory lands with a short shot to the head.
Alvaro looking to slow down the pace here.
Thory lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Thory.
A shot in the inside from Thory.
Thory lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alvaro backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jose Alvaro.
Well Alvaro has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Alvaro!
A less than humble Jose Alvaro 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Amisviiksi Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Il Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolonen comes to the cage accompanied by Machinae Supremacy - Death From Above. Il Sung has chosen Death in Vegas- Dirt as his entrance music. 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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180 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amisviiksi Tolonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kim Il Sung!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Il Sung walks into a stiff left hand from Tolonen.
Tolonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Il Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tolonen moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Il Sung.
Il Sung closes the distance and clinches.
Tolonen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tolonen fails to land.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
Tolonen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Il Sung up against the cage.
Il Sung lands a good knee to the midsection. Tolonen won't want to take too many of those.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung misses with a punch to the body.
Tolonen misses with a body punch.
Il Sung tries to circle away but Tolonen has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Il Sung misses with a hook from the clinch.
Il Sung digs a right hand underneath Tolonen's ribcage. Tolonen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Il Sung pulls guard effortlessly.
Il Sung is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Il Sung seems to be looking for submissions.
Tolonen is in trouble now - Il Sung has advanced to mount!
Il Sung looking for a guillotine from mount but Tolonen is having none of it.
Il Sung prevents Tolonen from getting the reversal.
Tolonen avoids a series of strikes thrown by Il Sung.
Tolonen is desperately trying to improve his position but Il Sung has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Il Sung working Tolonen over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung wants to control the pace but Tolonen is squirming around nicely.
Tolonen gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Il Sung seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Il Sung lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Il Sung is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tolonen is just riding it out for now. Il Sung eventually gives up the hold.
Il Sung not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Il Sung is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Tolonen sees it coming and defends easily.
Il Sung is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung moves nicely into side control.
Il Sung advances to full mount.
Il Sung connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tolonen can't escape the position.
Il Sung lands a nice shot to the head.
Tolonen can't escape the position.
Il Sung wants to take his opponent's back but Tolonen doesn't allow it.
Il Sung is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tolonen can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
It looks like Amisviiksi Tolonen has been cut.
Il Sung pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
My spies in 5 Star Spar Bazaar inform me that Il Sung has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tolonen is in a horrible position here. Il Sung smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Il Sung fails to take his opponent's back.
Tolonen sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Tolonen desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Il Sung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tolonen defends it well.
Il Sung is working for a kimura but Tolonen is defending it quite comfortably.
Tolonen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kim Il Sung dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Il Sung gets a clinch.
Il Sung working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Il Sung landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Il Sung lands a body shot.
Tolonen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Il Sung.
Good body shot from Tolonen.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tolonen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tolonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Il Sung lands a nice uppercut.
Tolonen misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a knee to the head but Tolonen blocks with his arms.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Il Sung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tolonen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tolonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Il Sung.
Tolonen tries a body shot but Il Sung blocks it.
I was talking to Tolonen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Il Sung works on Tolonen's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tolonen.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
Tolonen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Il Sung tries to land knees in the clinch but Tolonen avoids the damage to the body.
Tolonen misses with a body punch.
Tolonen has a couple of punches blocked by Il Sung.
Kim Il Sung seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Il Sung tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tolonen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tolonen is defending well for now.
Il Sung scores a nice knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tolonen.
Tolonen lands a left hand.
Tolonen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tolonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Il Sung or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
Il Sung works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Tolonen.
Tolonen misses with a punch on the inside.
Il Sung is trying to pull guard but Tolonen turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Amisviiksi Tolonen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Il Sung.
Il Sung tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tolonen's elbow.
Il Sung swings wildly with an uppercut but Tolonen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tolonen.
Il Sung fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Il Sung tries to throw a body punch but Tolonen avoids it by throwing Il Sung back against the cage.
Tolonen swings wildly with an uppercut but Il Sung uses good head movement to avoid it.
Il Sung tries to throw a body punch but Tolonen avoids it by throwing Il Sung back against the cage.
Il Sung has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Il Sung tries to work over Tolonen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Il Sung trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Il Sung.
Il Sung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tolonen working aggressively here.
Il Sung with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tolonen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Il Sung tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tolonen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Il Sung or not.
Tolonen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Il Sung.
Il Sung doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Il Sung lands a right hand.
Il Sung struggles to land a body shot inside as Tolonen controls his hands.
Il Sung is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tolonen blocks a body shot from Il Sung.
Il Sung goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tolonen prevents it.
Tolonen struggles to land a body shot inside as Il Sung controls his hands.
Tolonen managing to block the knees to the body from Il Sung.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Amisviiksi Tolonen will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tolonen throws a hook but Il Sung blocks it.
Il Sung with the counter takedown but Tolonen avoids it easily.
Il Sung misses with a looping right.
Il Sung lands with a shot to the body.
Il Sung has closed the distance and engaged Tolonen in a clinch.
Tolonen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Il Sung's elbow.
Il Sung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Il Sung lands a nice knee to the body.
Tolonen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Il Sung breaks the clinch.
Tolonen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Il Sung.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Il Sung takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Amisviiksi Tolonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen lands with an overhand left.
Il Sung displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tolonen throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Il Sung misses with a hook
and Tolonen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Il Sung throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Il Sung lands with a good body shot.
Il Sung lands with a hook. Tolonen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Il Sung avoids a kick to the body.
Il Sung tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Tolonen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tolonen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Il Sung moves away from the strike by Tolonen.
Il Sung drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tolonen defends it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Il Sung. Tolonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Il Sung takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Amisviiksi Tolonen is winning the standup battle so far.
Il Sung fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung checks the leg kick.
Il Sung throws a body punch but Tolonen moves out of range.
Il Sung scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tolonen avoids the body shot from Il Sung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolonen throws a lazy right hand but Il Sung sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Il Sung feints and then cracks Tolonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tolonen down.
Tolonen looks to throw the jab but Il Sung is out of range.
Il Sung ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Il Sung connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Amisviiksi Tolonen's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Tolonen is looking to score with low kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Il Sung.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tolonen.
Il Sung is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tolonen rather than just go for the knockout.
Tolonen moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Il Sung lands a slapping body shot.
Il Sung drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tolonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Il Sung misses the body punch
and Tolonen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Il Sung throws a quick inside leg kick.
Il Sung blocks the body kick.
Il Sung looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Il Sung tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tolonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Il Sung.
Il Sung works Tolonen's body with a nice hook.
Il Sung keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Il Sung misses with an uppercut
and Tolonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolonen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Il Sung looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tolonen trying to control but Il Sung is working from the bottom.
Il Sung has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Il Sung working for a triangle but Tolonen defends it easily.
Il Sung takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Il Sung 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kim Il Sung.
Well Il Sung has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kim Il Sung!
A very excited looking Kim Il Sung made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Laverne Mazzola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexsandro De Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mazzola comes to the cage accompanied by Il Canto Degli Italiani. De Souza has chosen Alex De Souza as his entrance music. Alexsandro De Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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161 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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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
17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Laverne Mazzola!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexsandro De Souza!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzola feints and as De Souza raises his hands in defense, Mazzola changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mazzola wants to control from the top but De Souza keeps moving.
Mazzola sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mazzola keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of De Souza's head.
We've been hearing that Mazzola has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mazzola throws a big right hand that misses.
Mazzola 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.
Mazzola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Mazzola from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Souza looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mazzola wants to pass the guard but De Souza is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mazzola loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Mazzola working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as De Souza holds on and takes a little breather.
Mazzola controlling from the top position.
Mazzola trying to control but De Souza is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mazzola throws a shot from downtown. De Souza moves away and avoids it.
De Souza stuns Mazzola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Souza has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mazzola is landing a low percentage of strikes.
De Souza looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Souza.
Mazzola lands a really nice looking cross but De Souza seems unphased.
De Souza cracks Mazzola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mazzola tries to land a body kick
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from De Souza finds it's way through Mazzola's defenses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Souza jabs Mazzola to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Good work by De Souza as he checks the leg kick.
Mazzola wants to land a leg kick but De Souza is out of range.
Mazzola throws a sloppy head kick
and De Souza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mazzola lands a jab.
De Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mazzola counters with a straight right hand.
Mazzola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mazzola there as he acknowledges the shot.
De Souza uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mazzola has time to react.
Laverne Mazzola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mazzola throwing a counter right hand but De Souza manages to avoid it.
De Souza sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mazzola misses with a takedown
letting De Souza counter with a right hand.
Mazzola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Souza moves away.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Mazzola slips a jab from De Souza.
De Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
De Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
De Souza throws out a loose jab but Mazzola uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Souza scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Souza.
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Souza throws out a counter right but Mazzola avoids it with no problem.
De Souza misses with a left hand
and Mazzola counters with a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Mazzola tenderised De Souza's leg. De Souza is trying to keep his angry face on.
Mazzola looks to throw the jab but De Souza is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from De Souza misses.
De Souza feints and then cracks Mazzola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mazzola down.
Mazzola's jab looks to have found its range, popping De Souza under the eye.
De Souza feints and then cracks Mazzola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mazzola down.
Mazzola misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
De Souza looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mazzola dips to his left and cracks De Souza with an uppercut!
De Souza misses with a low kick.
Mazzola misses the jab.
De Souza is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mazzola with a body shot.
De Souza connects with a right hand. Mazzola shakes it off.
Nice defenses there by Mazzola.
De Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mazzola blocks a leg kick.
Mazzola missing with a left hand there. De Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good work by De Souza as he checks the leg kick.
De Souza let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
De Souza slips a jab from Mazzola.
De Souza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mazzola had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
De Souza getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexsandro De Souza will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Souza takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mazzola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazzola blocks a leg kick.
A lazy left from Mazzola finds it's target.
De Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mazzola.
An inside leg kick lands from Mazzola.
Mazzola scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Souza in his tracks.
Mazzola scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
De Souza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mazzola is working away from the top position though.
Mazzola lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
De Souza wants to control but Mazzola is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola drops an elbow to the side of De Souza's head.
Mazzola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Souza defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mazzola lands a nice short elbow.
Mazzola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Mazzola there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mazzola connects with a nice short shot to De Souza's temple.
De Souza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mazzola throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Well, if Mazzola is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mazzola throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mazzola looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mazzola sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Souza defending well though.
Mazzola thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed De Souza's head.
Mazzola not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing De Souza to regain full guard.
Mazzola sitting in guard here, content to control.
De Souza looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola is looking to work some ground and pound but De Souza has wrist control.
Mazzola is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Souza can do to turn this around?
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mazzola accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mazzola postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses.
De Souza preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mazzola postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mazzola lands a couple of digs.
Mazzola trying to control but De Souza is working from the bottom.
Mazzola throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza keeping moving, preventing Mazzola from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Alexsandro De Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the body
and De Souza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for De Souza.
Mazzola wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A low kick from Mazzola misses
and De Souza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola ducks under a wild hook from De Souza.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazzola misses the target.
Mazzola just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mazzola.
Mazzola moves to clinch but De Souza breaks away
and De Souza counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Souza moves out of range of the body kick.
De Souza thinks about the counter body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mazzola scores with a punch to the head.
Mazzola pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Mazzola backs off De Souza throws a huge counter combo but Mazzola manages to avoid it all.
Mazzola fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laverne Mazzola dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
De Souza tried to score with a low kick but Mazzola checks it.
De Souza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mazzola.
De Souza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mazzola checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
De Souza throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola pivots, looking for a leg kick but De Souza is out of range and Mazzola settles back down.
De Souza throws the kick towards the body but Mazzola avoids it.
A jab from Mazzola misses.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzola's shoulder, as Mazzola tries to avoid the shot.
Mazzola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Souza.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Alexsandro De Souza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Souza explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mazzola wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Souza misses the shot to the body.
De Souza misses with a body kick.
Mazzola blocks a head kick by De Souza.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzola uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De Souza has time to react.
De Souza moves out of range of the leg kick from Mazzola.
Mazzola cracks the inside of De Souza's front leg.
Mazzola scores with a jab. De Souza acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
De Souza throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola slips a straight right by De Souza.
De Souza throws a front kick aimed at Mazzola's knee but Mazzola avoids it well.
De Souza with a nice cross.
Mazzola throws a low kick but De Souza moves out of range easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mazzola 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 De Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
De Souza tries a quick counter leg kick but Mazzola is wise to it.
Mazzola throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Souza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut
and Mazzola takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Souza checks the leg kick nicely there.
A little jabbing left from De Souza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Souza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Souza swings for the body but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Souza is looking to land body kicks.
De Souza takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mazzola misses with a hook to the body
enabling De Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for De Souza.
A low kick from Mazzola misses
and De Souza counters with a leg kick.
Mazzola throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mazzola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzola's shoulder, as Mazzola tries to avoid the shot.
De Souza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mazzola bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De Souza throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
De Souza lands a jab to the head.
De Souza throws a hook but Mazzola avoids it easily.
De Souza ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzola misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzola throws a big shot that misses.
Mazzola walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
A low kick from Mazzola is predictable there
and De Souza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De Souza dodges the punch combination from Mazzola.
Mazzola throws a leg kick
and De Souza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mazzola fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and De Souza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Mazzola just misses with a punch to the body.
De Souza only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mazzola throws a leg kick but De Souza moved away.
De Souza throws out a counter right but Mazzola avoids it with no problem.
Mazzola throws a hook but De Souza avoids it easily.
Mazzola walks into a stiff left hand from De Souza.
A big left from De Souza misses.
Mazzola takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
Mazzola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mazzola throws a looping overhand right but De Souza ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Souza is looking to score with low kicks.
De Souza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mazzola looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazzola.
De Souza connects with a right hand. Mazzola shakes it off.
De Souza connects with a looping right hand.
Mazzola tries to score with a low kick but De Souza moves his leg out of the way.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Souza! But no joy.
Mazzola misses with a looping left.
De Souza flicks out a counter leg kick but Mazzola steps away.
De Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzola moves away.
Mazzola lands a glancing blow to the side of De Souza's head.
Mazzola connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mazzola throws a jab when De Souza was well out of range.
Mazzola misses with a body punch
and De Souza counters with a right hand to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Mazzola misses the target.
De Souza scores with a hook.
Mazzola takes a swing at De Souza's ribcage but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexsandro De Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Souza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hans Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Beck might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sepultura - Roots Boody Roots. Jones has chosen Ludacris - Get Back as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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31
244 lbs
22 - 12 - 2 |
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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
32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hans Beck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones 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.
Beck seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Beck misses with a combination
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Hans Beck has been cut.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Beck missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Jones.
Beck throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Beck misses with a body shot
and Jones counters with a nice body kick.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Beck just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones throws a counter combo.
Beck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones digs a good hook to Beck's body.
Beck lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Beck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Beck struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Beck tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Beck breaks the clinch.
Beck works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Jack Jones has been cut.
Jones looks for the body kick but Beck saw that one coming.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Beck moved away.
Beck lands a nice looking body kick.
Hans Beck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beck motions for Jones to come forward. Beck throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Beck looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beck lands with a good body shot.
Beck scores with a body shot.
Beck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Beck misses with a looping left.
Beck thumps Jones with a low kick.
Beck is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Beck blocks the body kick.
Beck throws a head kick that Jones semi-blocks.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Beck swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beck gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Beck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beck backwards.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Beck takes an elbow to the temple.
Beck wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beck.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones is working Beck over against the cage.
Beck blocking some punches.
Jones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hans Beck's cut is getting worse.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Beck blocks an uppercut.
Jones blocks a body shot from Beck.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beck avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones blocks a body shot from Beck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck scores with a hook to the body.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beck blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Beck lands a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beck looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones moves away from the strike by Beck.
Jones replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Beck blocks it well.
Beck throws the kick towards the body but Jones avoids it.
Beck fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Beck throws a leg kick but Jones sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Beck looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Beck checks a leg kick.
Jab from Beck.
Beck misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jack Jones will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beck throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jones counters with a body kick that stops Beck in his tracks momentarily.
Beck connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beck avoids a kick to the body.
Beck moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones slips under a jab from Beck.
Jones getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beck tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Beck looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones misses with the body kick
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Beck moves out of range easily.
Jones looks for the body kick but Beck saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Beck checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Beck quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Jones connects with a leg kick. Beck looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jones throws a head kick but Beck moves out of range.
Beck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones.
Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Beck if he has to take too many more of those.
Beck misses with a body kick.
Beck misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beck. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick there by Jones.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones blocks a head kick by Beck.
Jones scores with a jab. Beck acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Beck is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Beck.
A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Beck misses with a body kick.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beck misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Hans Beck is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Jones with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big right from Beck misses.
Beck misses with a straight right.
Beck avoids a kick to the body.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Jones throws a leg kick that misses.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Beck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with an uppercut.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Beck pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jones is out of range and Beck settles back down.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beck staying out of range there.
A cross from Beck lands.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Hans Beck's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Beck has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jones.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Beck sees coming a mile off.
Beck swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Beck avoids the head kick by Jones.
Beck misses the body punch
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circling - Beck throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Beck lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big right from Jones misses.
Beck was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones tests Beck's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jeez, Hans Beck's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Beck chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jones can pounce on him.
Nice body kick from Jones.
Jones throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Beck's head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hans Beck's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jack Jones!
After the fight, Jack Jones was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trey Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Conte (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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29
180 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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33
179 lbs
28 - 9 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Conte!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Trey Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown misses with a hook. Conte ducked under it nicely.
Brown clobbers Conte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Conte throws a chopping leg kick but Brown manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Conte moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Conte wants to counter the offense by Brown and move into the clinch position.
Conte scores with a sloppy right hand. Brown should have avoided that one.
Brown misses with a hook. Conte ducked under it nicely.
Conte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.
Brown misses with a lunging right hand
and Conte counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brown throws a push kick but Conte slaps the foot to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown swats away the attempt to clinch by Conte.
Brown throws a leg kick
and Conte counters with a crisp right hand that drops Brown! Conte lets Brown back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Brown is rocked!
Brown throws a body kick that misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Conte.
Conte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Conte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Conte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brown throwing a counter right hand but Conte manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a hook to the side of Conte's head but Conte sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brown throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown tries to counter with a takedown but Conte is quick to defend against it.
Conte takes one to the chin there.
Conte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brown looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Conte on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Conte throws a shot from downtown. Brown moves away and avoids it.
Conte ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Conte shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conte ducks right into an uppercut from Brown.
Brown scores with a head kick.
Conte is rocked!
Brown pushes Conte away with a front kick.
Conte lands a nice looking body kick.
Conte looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown moves out of range as Conte strikes.
Brown appears to be looking for a big counter.
Brown bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Conte throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
A low kick from Conte is predictable there
and Brown counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Conte is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him?
Brown comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Conte seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Conte 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 Brown has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brown and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brown appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brown scores with a jab to the jaw.
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brown throws a front kick that sends Conte stumbling back into the cage.
Conte throws an off balance right hand
and Brown counters with a huge right that knocks Conte out cold! Brown is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trey Brown!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Titan Rain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Oketch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rain comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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134 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 5 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Titan Rain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vincent Oketch!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain cracks Oketch with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rain looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Oketch moves out of range as Rain strikes.
Oketch tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Oketch misses with a hook.
Rain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oketch on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oketch.
Oketch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rain.
Oketch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oketch scores with a push kick.
Oketch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rain.
Nice straight punches there by Oketch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Oketch.
Oketch misses with a lunging right hand
and Rain counters with a lovely straight right hand!
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!
Rain takes one to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Oketch.
Oketch drops his hands momentarily and Rain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Oketch.
Rain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Oketch looks to throw the jab but Rain is out of range.
Oketch misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain looks to land a combination but Oketch avoids it well.
Rain connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Rain misses the target.
Rain scores with a nice strike.
Oketch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rain.
Rain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rain attempts a counter takedown but Oketch avoids it well and moves away.
Oketch misses with a straight left.
Oketch connects with a nice looking jab.
Oketch attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oketch misses with a left hand
and Rain counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rain gets a double leg takedown into Oketch's guard.
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!
Oketch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rain is one step ahead there.
Rain is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rain looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Oketch trying to control the position.
Rain postures up and lands a big shot to Oketch's brow.
Rain chips away with some ground and pound.
Oketch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rain scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rain is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oketch utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oketch looking to control.
Oketch can't keep his opponent in guard - Rain advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Oketch gets back to full guard.
Oketch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rain is one step ahead there.
Oketch is pulling down on Rain's head. It's preventing any offense from Rain, at least for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oketch keeping full guard, as Rain tries to pass.
Rain is working Oketch over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rain working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rain keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oketch's head.
Oketch escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Rain gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rain passes Oketch's left leg - he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Titan Rain dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Rain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oketch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Titan Rain is winning the standup battle so far.
Oketch shoots in but Rain avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Oketch throws a solid leg kick but Rain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Oketch.
Titan Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rain looks to score with a jab to the body but Oketch is just out of range.
Oketch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rain looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Oketch keeping full guard, as Rain tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rain is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Rain 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.
Rain tries to free his leg and advance position but Oketch is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rain trying to control the position from guard on top but Oketch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rain is really struggling to control Oketch but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Rain lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rain is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oketch can do to turn this around?
Oketch working for submissions but it's allowed Rain to get to half guard.
Oketch taking some punishment here, with Rain in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oketch on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oketch is looking for a sweep. Rain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Oketch has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rain is working away from the top position though.
Rain frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Oketch is desperately trying to improve his position but Rain has a good base and remains in mount.
Rain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rain tries to control but Oketch wriggling away.
Oketch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rain avoids the attempt from Oketch to control.
Oketch is squirming around, avoiding Rain's attempts to control the action.
Oketch tries to hold on but Rain postures up.
Rain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Oketch can't escape the position.
Rain controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain landing strikes from the mount.
Oketch tries to lock up and control but Rain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rain connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oketch is looking to get to half guard.
Oketch tries to lock up and control but Rain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rain can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oketch is looking to escape.
Oketch tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Titan Rain dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rain avoids a kick to the body.
Rain fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Oketch has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Oketch wants to land a leg kick but Rain is out of range.
Rain takes a swing at Oketch's ribcage but misses.
Oketch tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Rain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oketch.
Oketch cracks Rain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oketch misses with a straight right.
Oketch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rain lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oketch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rain is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rain doesn't manage to clinch there - Oketch circles away.
Oketch is looking to score with low kicks.
Rain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Oketch does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oketch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rain scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oketch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rain wants to slow Oketch down by chopping away at his legs.
Rain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rain delivers a nice body kick.
Oketch takes one to the side of the head.
Rain ducks under a wild hook from Oketch.
Oketch thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Oketch finds it's way through Rain's defenses.
Oketch throws a body shot but no joy.
Rain lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rain throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oketch.
Rain wants to land a leg kick but Oketch is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Oketch misses.
Rain moves into range and clinches up with Oketch.
Rain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rain prevents a takedown attempt there.
Oketch tries to circle away but Rain has him pinned against the cage.
Oketch blocking some punches.
Rain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rain swings wildly with an uppercut but Oketch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rain throws a head punch that misses.
Rain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rain working aggressively here.
Oketch lands a left hand.
Oketch looking for a takedown.
Rain presses Oketch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oketch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rain lands with a left to the head.
Oketch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rain checks a leg kick nicely.
Oketch swats away the attempt to clinch by Rain.
Oketch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rain. Rain obviously looking to wear him down.
Rain throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oketch moves out of range as Rain strikes.
Oketch only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Rain throws a jab but it's blocked by Oketch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Rain or perhaps it was just good defense by Oketch, which made it look bad.
Oketch just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Rain misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain throws a big shot that misses.
Oketch misses with a straight right.
Rain misses with a hook. Oketch ducked under it nicely.
Rain wants to slow Oketch down by chopping away at his legs.
Rain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rain finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Oketch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oketch feints a counter leg kick.
Oketch misses with an uppercut.
Rain was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick lands there from Oketch.
Oketch lands a really nice looking cross but Rain seems unphased.
Rain fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Titan Rain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Oketch connects with a solid leg kick.
Rain throws a front kick that sends Oketch stumbling back into the cage.
A jab from Rain misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Titan Rain did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rain checks the leg kick.
Rain appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oketch moves away.
Rain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Oketch as he avoids it easily.
Rain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oketch catches Rain with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oketch scores with a jab to the head.
Rain throws a body kick that misses.
Rain gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Oketch to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Oketch trying to control the position from guard on top but Rain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oketch gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oketch looking to pass the guard.
Oketch seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Rain keeping full guard, as Oketch tries to pass.
Oketch trying to control the position from guard on top but Rain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two 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.
Rain preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rain is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Oketch defends well.
Rain keeping moving, preventing Oketch from controlling successfully.
Rain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Oketch gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Oketch trying to control the position from guard on top but Rain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oketch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rain.
Rain tries to clinch but Oketch is having none of it.
Rain misses with a hook. Oketch ducked under it nicely.
Oketch tries a quick counter leg kick but Rain is wise to it.
Rain fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Oketch checks it well.
Oketch jabs Rain right on the nose. Rain blinks but takes it well.
Oketch avoids the body shot from Rain.
Oketch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Oketch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rain.
Rain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oketch.
Rain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nice cross by Rain.
Oketch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Oketch in his tracks.
Oketch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oketch throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oketch tries a head kick but it misses.
Rain takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Rain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rain attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rain throws a solid leg kick but Oketch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rain.
Rain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Oketch. Rain shrugs it off though.
Oketch sizes up Rain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oketch is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rain's half guard.
Oketch missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Oketch wants to control but Rain is keeping him busy.
Rain is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Oketch dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rain throws an overhand right that lands on Oketch's shoulder, as Oketch tries to avoid the shot.
Oketch drops his hands momentarily and Rain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rain misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oketch.
Oketch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oketch tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Oketch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rain wants to break free but Oketch has control.
Oketch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A solid leg kick lands there for Oketch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oketch shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rain napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Oketch working the ground and pound.
Oketch wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rain keeps working.
Oketch cracks Rain with a big right hand but Rain just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
My spies in DJs Locker inform me that Oketch has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rain is trying to improve his position.
Oketch lands an elbow.
Rain is trying to improve his position.
Rain is working hard here to advance position.
Oketch controls the position from side control.
Oketch looks up at the clock and then as Rain takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Oketch smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rain is trying to improve his position.
Rain takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Oketch trying to control the position but Rain is working away.
Rain is trying to escape the position but Oketch is controlling the position.
Oketch tries to score with some ground and pound. Rain controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Rain is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Rain's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Vincent Oketch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oketch goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Rain has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Oketch but great work by Rain.
Oketch is looking to regain half guard here but Rain keeps moving and retains side control.
Oketch manages to get back to half guard.
Oketch has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rain is working away from the top position though.
Oketch is pressing down on Rain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Oketch is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rain postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Oketch working a defensive guard here.
Rain is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rain is looking to work some ground and pound but Oketch has wrist control.
Titan Rain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rain is working Oketch over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Oketch is trying to keep Rain in close.
Oketch has momentary wrist control but Rain slips an elbow through the middle.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Vincent Oketch.
Well Rain has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Titan Rain!
Titan Rain retains his bantamweight title!
Titan Rain was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simba Burns Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cinder Smaug (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Burns Jr comes into the arena with Thuggish Ruggish Bone blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
43 - 23 - 1, fighting out of London, Simba Burns Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cinder Smaug!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burns Jr staying out of range there.
Burns Jr throws a big counter combination but Smaug scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Smaug has closed the distance and engaged Burns Jr in a clinch.
Smaug fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smaug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Burns Jr wants to break free but Smaug has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Burns Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smaug sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smaug closes the distance and clinches.
Burns Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smaug.
Smaug misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smaug has a couple of punches blocked by Burns Jr.
Smaug misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smaug misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smaug lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smaug tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smaug connects with a solid leg kick.
Smaug wants to clinch.
Smaug fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smaug tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smaug 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.
Burns Jr misses with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Burns Jr misses its intended target.
Smaug pushes Burns Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Burns Jr is trying to break free.
Burns Jr prevents a body shot from Smaug.
A short right from Smaug on the inside.
Smaug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smaug misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smaug tries to work over Burns Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smaug stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Burns Jr misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Burns Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Smaug won't allow it.
Smaug misses with the head strike.
Burns Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smaug tries to work over Burns Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smaug stalling the fight.
Smaug lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Burns Jr uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A lazy body kick from Smaug
and Burns Jr counters with a nice body kick.
Burns Jr throws a shot from downtown. Smaug moves away and avoids it.
Smaug is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smaug looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smaug wants to clinch up but Burns Jr keeps it at a distance.
Burns Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Burns Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smaug is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Smaug backs away, Burns Jr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smaug looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burns Jr throws a leg kick but Smaug sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Smaug fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smaug misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Burns Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Burns Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smaug moves into the clinch successfully.
Smaug is looking to control Burns Jr's arms but Burns Jr gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smaug has his back to the cage.
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Burns Jr scores with a jab.
Smaug will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smaug fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smaug misses with a hook. Burns Jr ducked under it nicely.
Burns Jr is looking to slow Smaug down with leg kicks.
Smaug tries to clinch up but Burns Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Smaug throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Burns Jr stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Smaug clinches.
Burns Jr can't break the clinch.
Smaug misses with the head strike.
A short right from Smaug.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns Jr tries to work over Smaug's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smaug lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Smaug clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smaug.
Smaug misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smaug.
Smaug misses with a punch to the body.
Smaug throws a head punch that misses.
Smaug scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smaug lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Smaug won't allow it.
Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Burns Jr throws a looping overhand right but Smaug ducks down to avoid it.
Smaug wants to clinch
and Burns Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Smaug throws a body punch but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Smaug is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cinder Smaug dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Smaug goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Burns Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burns Jr thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Smaug if he has to take too many more of those.
Burns Jr connects with a leg kick. Smaug looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smaug tries to clinch but Burns Jr is having none of it.
Smaug does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smaug throws a lazy head kick
and Burns Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smaug moves into the clinch successfully.
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Burns Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Smaug pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smaug moves in looking to clinch but Burns Jr pushes him off.
Burns Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smaug checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burns Jr keeps the fight on the outside.
Burns Jr throws a leg kick but Smaug checks it.
Smaug looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smaug fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Burns Jr on the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burns Jr. That's going to slow Smaug down.
Smaug displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burns Jr throws out the jab.
Burns Jr swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Burns Jr, right into the meat.
Burns Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smaug throws a body punch but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Burns Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smaug moves in looking to clinch but Burns Jr pushes him off.
Burns Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smaug fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Burns Jr breaks from the clinch.
Smaug takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Smaug walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smaug tries to clinch but Burns Jr is having none of it.
Burns Jr feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Smaug has managed to clinch.
Burns Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Smaug won't allow it.
Smaug doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smaug can't find room to land a body shot as Burns Jr controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smaug misses with an uppercut. Burns Jr saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smaug takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smaug checks a leg kick.
Smaug tries to clinch there but Burns Jr circles away.
Smaug tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Burns Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smaug throws a nice looking combination but Burns Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Simba Burns Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Burns Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Smaug checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smaug throws a sloppy head kick and Burns Jr moves out of range easily.
Smaug throws an overhand right that lands on Burns Jr's shoulder, as Burns Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Smaug fails in his attempt to clinch.
Burns Jr connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Burns Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Burns Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smaug.
Burns Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Smaug just manages to avoid it.
Smaug tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Burns Jr lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Burns Jr is looking to slow Smaug down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr throws out a loose jab but Smaug uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smaug fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smaug misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Burns Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smaug jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Burns Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smaug. That did some damage!
Smaug tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smaug looks to clinch
and Burns Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Burns Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Burns Jr chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smaug tries to clinch up.
Burns Jr quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Smaug tries to clinch there but Burns Jr circles away.
Smaug shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Smaug steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Burns Jr. That one must have hurt.
Smaug tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Burns Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Smaug misses.
Burns Jr slips under a jab from Smaug.
Burns Jr swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Burns Jr is looking to score with low kicks.
Smaug clinches with his opponent.
Smaug tries to throw a body punch but Burns Jr avoids it by throwing Smaug back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Smaug fails to land.
Smaug has Burns Jr pressed against the cage, preventing Burns Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smaug keeps control of Burns Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Burns Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Smaug won't allow it.
Burns Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smaug is looking to clinch.
Smaug scores with a hook to the body. Burns Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smaug fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burns Jr manages to avoid it.
Burns Jr tries to work over Smaug's front leg with a kick but Smaug checks it.
Smaug thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cinder Smaug seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Burns Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smaug is able to avoid easily.
Burns Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smaug is able to avoid easily.
Smaug rushes Burns Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smaug throws a punch but it's blocked by Burns Jr.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Smaug looks to land a combination but Burns Jr avoids it well.
A left and a right from Smaug both land. Nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simba Burns Jr dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Smaug misses with a body shot.
Smaug takes one on the button.
Smaug moves out of range as Burns Jr throws a body kick.
Smaug doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns Jr circles away.
Burns Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smaug wants to clinch.
Burns Jr tries to land a front kick but Smaug steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Despite the aggression on Smaug's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Burns Jr fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smaug is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smaug wants to clinch up but Burns Jr keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smaug uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burns Jr.
Smaug moves into the clinch.
Smaug swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Burns Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smaug has him pressed against the cage.
Smaug will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Burns Jr up against the cage.
Burns Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smaug throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns Jr connects with a solid leg kick.
Burns Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smaug fails with an attempt to clinch.
Burns Jr moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Burns Jr throws a front kick that sends Smaug stumbling back into the cage.
Smaug staying out of range there.
Burns Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smaug has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smaug doesn't manage to clinch there - Burns Jr circles away.
Smaug throws out a powerful jab.
Smaug closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Smaug looks to land a left hand but Burns Jr moved out of range nicely.
Burns Jr scores with a push kick.
Burns Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jab from Smaug.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Burns Jr is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smaug throws a body punch but Burns Jr moves out of range.
Smaug moves out of range of the leg kick from Burns Jr.
Smaug instigates a clinch.
Smaug lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smaug's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Burns Jr tries to circle away but Smaug has him pinned against the cage.
Smaug working aggressively here.
Smaug has Burns Jr pressed against the cage, preventing Burns Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Burns Jr blocking some punches.
Cinder Smaug seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Smaug.
Smaug swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Smaug tries to clinch there but Burns Jr circles away.
Burns Jr cracks Smaug with a good jab.
Burns Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Smaug's shoulder, as Smaug tries to avoid the shot.
Burns Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smaug moves into the clinch.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Smaug clinches up with Burns Jr and pushes him back against the cage.
Burns Jr is trying to break free.
Smaug misses with a punch on the inside.
Burns Jr lands a left hand.
Burns Jr manages to break the clinch.
Smaug stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns Jr.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr tries to keep at a distance but Smaug has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smaug misses with a short punch on the inside.
Burns Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Burns Jr is trying to break the clinch but Smaug is controlling him.
Burns Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Burns Jr misses with a low kick.
Burns Jr cracks Smaug with a good jab.
Smaug tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burns Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smaug throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smaug takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smaug gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burns Jr breaks the clinch.
Burns Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smaug's sensitive parts.
Smaug tries to clinch up but Burns Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Smaug misses with a hook.
Burns Jr throws a wild body kick that Smaug sees coming a mile off.
Burns Jr is looking to score with low kicks.
Burns Jr tries to land a front kick but Smaug steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smaug tries to clinch up.
Burns Jr throws the left hand but Smaug avoids the punch easily.
Burns Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab from Burns Jr.
Burns Jr tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smaug is able to avoid easily.
Burns Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Burns Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smaug thuds a left hand into Burns Jr's body.
Smaug clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Simba Burns Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burns Jr has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simba Burns Jr!
In his post fight interview, Simba Burns Jr gave a big smile as he said 'Don't let the light skin fool ya, I will fuck you up. 43 and still going strong as Undisputed CEC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Grunge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacks Sole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunge's entrance music is Temple of the Dog - Say Hello To Heaven. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Grunge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grunge moves to clinch but Sole breaks away
and Sole counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grunge.
Grunge tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crunch! Sole slams his shin into Grunge's torso.
Sole shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Grunge as he jumps to the side.
Sole has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sole cracks Grunge with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grunge moves out of range of the leg kick from Sole.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grunge throws a jab when Sole was well out of range.
A low kick from Sole is predictable there
and Grunge counters with a thumping low kick.
Grunge moves out of range as Sole throws a body kick.
Grunge misses with a low kick as Sole jumps back.
Sole is looking to slow Grunge down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunge cracks the inside of Sole's front leg.
Grunge throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sole throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Grunge was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grunge is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sole.
Grunge lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sole's sensitive parts.
Grunge feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sole's calf.
Grunge misses with a body kick.
Grunge throws an off balance right hand
and Sole counters with a nice body kick.
Grunge lands a nice hook to Sole's body. Sole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grunge avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Grunge jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grunge looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grunge throws a wild body kick that Sole sees coming a mile off.
Grunge misses with a leg kick
and Sole counters with a nice double leg into side control. Grunge won't be happy with that.
Grunge throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
We've been told by Grunge's head coaches at Marijuana Gardens that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grunge scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Sole throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grunge ducks under a wild hook from Sole.
Tommy Grunge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grunge scores with a leg kick.
Sole throws a push kick but Grunge slaps the foot to one side.
Sole throws a hook but Grunge blocks it.
Grunge punishes Sole's body with a nice straight punch.
Sole avoids the head kick by Grunge.
And Sole tries to counter it with a takedown but Grunge pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Grunge throws a hook but Sole blocks it.
Sole looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Grunge connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sole's hands.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sole throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Grunge counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grunge throws a head kick but Sole moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole cracks Grunge with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Grunge thumps Sole with a low kick.
Sole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sole tries to keep at a distance but Grunge has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grunge gets underhooks to prevent Sole's takedown attempt.
Sole tries to pull guard but Grunge forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tommy Grunge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacks Sole.
Grunge lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Grunge scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sole blocking some punches.
Grunge lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Jacks Sole has been cut.
Sole escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick by Grunge misses
and Sole counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sole accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sole slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grunge pulls Sole in close to his closed guard and prevents Sole from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sole has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Grunge wants to sweep but no luck.
Grunge pushes Sole off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Sole digs a good body shot into Grunge's ribs.
Sole blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Grunge dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacks Sole's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Grunge throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sole.
Grunge on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sole. Sole obviously looking to wear him down.
Sole takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Grunge throws a leg kick but Sole sees it coming and moves out of range.
Grunge tries to clinch but Sole is having none of it.
Grunge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sole can do to turn this around?
Grunge throws a leg kick
and Sole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grunge tries to close the distance and clinch but Sole swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sole scores with a shot to the body.
Grunge looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tommy Grunge is winning the standup battle so far.
Grunge checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole throws a body kick that misses.
Grunge tried to counter with a leg kick but Sole avoided it.
Sole's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Grunge misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sole counters with a low kick, right behind Grunge 's knee.
Grunge lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sole misses the jab.
Grunge does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A countering left hand to the body from Sole misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole misses with a body shot.
Sole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grunge.
Grunge thinks about countering with a body kick.
Grunge throws the kick towards the body but Sole avoids it.
Sole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sole gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sole throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grunge wants to land a leg kick but Sole is out of range.
Grunge takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Grunge throws a body shot but no joy.
Grunge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sole throws out a counter right but Grunge avoids it with no problem.
Sole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sole throws a body shot but no joy.
Grunge misses with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sole looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Grunge misses the target.
Sole scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sole throws a front kick aimed at Grunge's knee but Grunge avoids it well.
Sole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sole connects with a body shot that sends Grunge's belly button to the back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grunge half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sole throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Grunge counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grunge darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sole misses with a right hand
and Grunge counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grunge connects with an inside leg kick.
Sole misses with a wild body shot.
Sole goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Grunge wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sole throws a push kick but Grunge slaps the foot to one side.
Grunge swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole misses with a low kick.
Grunge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sole.
Sole has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grunge.
Sole swats away the attempt to clinch by Grunge.
And Sole tries to counter it with a takedown but Grunge pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Grunge motions for Sole to come forward. Grunge throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grunge fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sole manages to avoid it.
Grunge fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sole is out of range.
Sole loads up on a big right hand but Grunge slips the punch.
Sole on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Donk. Grunge catches Sole right on the button with a cross.
Grunge wants to land a leg kick but Sole is out of range.
Sole jabs Grunge to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grunge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sole throws out a leg kick but Grunge moves out of range and Sole only half commits.
Sole misses with a leg kick
and Grunge counters with a leg kick.
Sole checks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sole.
Sole misses with a head kick.
Sole circles away from the clinch attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sole 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 Grunge has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grunge and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grunge throwing a counter right hand but Sole manages to avoid it.
Grunge digs a good hook to Sole's body.
Grunge gets a clinch.
Sole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grunge misses with a knee strike.
Sole is struggling to control the position.
Grunge landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tommy Grunge will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacks Sole's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Sole throws a right hand that misses
and Grunge makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sole tries to land a body kick
and Grunge counters with a low kick, right behind Sole 's knee.
Sole misses with a wild body shot.
Sole keeps the fight on the outside.
A clash of legs there as Grunge blocks the low kick.
Grunge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Grunge tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sole swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grunge rushes Sole and presses him up against the cage.
Grunge throws a head punch that misses.
Grunge misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole goes for a takedown attempt but Grunge pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sole lands with a good body shot.
Sole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunge closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sole misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sole avoids the body shot from Grunge.
Sole is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Grunge.
Sole cracks the inside of Grunge's front leg.
Grunge cracks Sole with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Grunge looks to land a left hand but Sole moved out of range nicely.
Grunge dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Grunge.
Grunge has closed the distance and engaged Sole in a clinch.
Grunge blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sole has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Grunge is trying to keep an underhook but Sole manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Grunge is trying to maintain the position but Sole is very close to passing his half guard.
Jacks Sole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grunge controlling the position well.
Grunge wants to control but Sole is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Tommy Grunge is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grunge is looking to improve his position.
Well, if Sole is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sole scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole slows the pace down in half guard.
Grunge trying to control but Sole postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Grunge throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Grunge uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sole.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Sole looks to score with a jab to the body but Grunge is just out of range.
Grunge closes the distance and clinches.
Sole missing with knees to the body.
Sole tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Grunge's elbow.
Sole has had enough of the clinch but Grunge keeps him there for the moment.
Sole has a couple of punches blocked by Grunge.
Grunge gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grunge blocks a body shot from Sole.
Grunge keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sole's efforts to push away.
Tommy Grunge has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sole misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grunge blocks a body shot from Sole.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Grunge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grunge has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Grunge!
Tommy Grunge looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'As far as I am concerned, I'm still undefeated. '.
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