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T173 Holiday Special PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timur Rubin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itse Perkele (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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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timur Rubin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Itse Perkele!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rubin misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Perkele misses.
Rubin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rubin takes a swing at Perkele's ribcage but misses.
Rubin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Perkele counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rubin's knee momentarily.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
Perkele lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Perkele slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin avoids the body shot from Perkele.
Perkele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big right from Rubin misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Rubin as he checks the leg kick.
Rubin misses with a body shot.
Perkele ducks under a wild hook from Rubin.
Rubin has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rubin dodges the punch combination from Perkele.
Rubin misses with a body shot.
Perkele throws the left hand but Rubin avoids the punch easily.
Rubin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Perkele sprawls and moves away.
Perkele throws a sloppy head kick and Rubin moves out of range easily.
Rubin throws a shot from downtown. Perkele moves away and avoids it.
Rubin takes one to the chin there.
A bone on bone clash there as Rubin blocks the leg kick.
Perkele scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Rubin.
Nice takedown defense from Perkele. No joy for Rubin on that attempt.
Perkele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rubin manages to avoid it.
Rubin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Perkele. That did some damage!
Perkele punishes Rubin's body with a nice straight punch.
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!
Perkele slips under a jab from Rubin.
Rubin throws a body punch but Perkele moves out of range.
Rubin shoots in looking for a takedown. Perkele tries to sprawl out of it but Rubin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Perkele manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Timur Rubin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Perkele scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin tries to land a leg kick but Perkele saw it coming and moves away.
Rubin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Perkele swings for the body but Rubin moves out of range.
Rubin swinging wildly here.
Rubin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rubin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Perkele fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rubin checks it well.
Rubin throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rubin.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perkele.
Rubin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rubin misses the jab.
Perkele appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rubin works Perkele's body with a nice hook.
Perkele defending well as Rubin loads up on a big left hand.
Rubin throws a series of punches but Perkele avoids them all with ease.
Perkele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rubin rather than just go for the knockout.
Perkele scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rubin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Perkele throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itse Perkele dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Perkele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rubin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Perkele throws a big shot that misses.
Rubin misses with a wild body shot.
Rubin fails with a takedown attempt.
Perkele bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Perkele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rubin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin moves out of range as Perkele throws a body kick.
Perkele throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rubin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rubin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Itse Perkele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Perkele.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rubin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rubin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perkele.
Perkele scores with a sloppy right hand. Rubin should have avoided that one.
Perkele has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Perkele lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Perkele scores with a leg kick.
Rubin works the jab nicely.
Perkele swings widly with a right hand
and Rubin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Perkele won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Perkele dodges the ground and pound from Rubin.
Perkele is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele is trying to control Rubin's posture but Rubin avoids it.
Rubin fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Perkele avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rubin.
Rubin throws an elbow but Perkele slips to the side and avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Perkele's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Perkele's face as Rubin controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rubin grinds an elbow into Perkele's temple.
Rubin in side control, throwing shots but Perkele defends.
Perkele can't do much from the bottom here.
Rubin cracks Perkele with a big elbow.
Rubin looking to control but instead Perkele has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Rubin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Perkele felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rubin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Perkele is looking to control Rubin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perkele avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rubin works his way into side control.
Rubin trying to control the position but Perkele is working away.
Rubin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Perkele managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rubin.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rubin working away.
Perkele is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Timur Rubin dominated that second 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.
Rubin moves away from the strike by Perkele.
Rubin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perkele finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rubin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Perkele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rubin attempts a counter takedown but Perkele avoids it well and moves away.
Perkele misses with a hook. Rubin ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Rubin does it's job there.
Rubin throws a hook but Perkele avoids it easily.
Perkele thinks about the counter body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin scores with a nice head shot.
Rubin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rubin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele lands with a kick to the temple. Rubin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Timur Rubin has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perkele.
Perkele throws a quick inside leg kick.
Perkele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perkele throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rubin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rubin controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rubin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rubin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Perkele is adopting a defensive guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele is looking to sweep but instead, Rubin has passed into half guard.
Perkele slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Perkele keeping moving, preventing Rubin from controlling successfully.
Perkele working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rubin.
Perkele managing to control the position.
Rubin slips nicely into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Perkele is controlling Rubin's posture.
Rubin wants to control from the top but Perkele keeps moving.
Rubin prevents Perkele from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rubin passes Perkele's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Perkele is refusing to be controlled, as Rubin sits in half guard.
Rubin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rubin scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Perkele is looking to improve his position.
Perkele is still trying to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rubin lands with a punch from half guard.
Rubin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Timur Rubin did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Timur Rubin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rubin misses with a left hand
and Perkele counters with a stiff right hand.
Perkele checks the leg kick.
Rubin swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.
Perkele is looking to slow Rubin down with leg kicks.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Perkele - that will leave a mark!
Rubin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Perkele connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rubin scrambles back to his feet.
Perkele misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perkele swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rubin swings for the body but Perkele moves out of range.
Rubin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Perkele doesn't seem bothered though.
Rubin throws a low kick but Perkele avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rubin misses the shot to the body.
Perkele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perkele misses with a series of wild punches.
Perkele is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A low kick from Perkele misses
and Rubin counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Perkele!
Perkele takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Perkele is not content to let Rubin control the position.
Rubin 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.
Perkele is trying to control Rubin's posture but Rubin avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rubin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rubin misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Sloppy strikes there by Rubin.
Perkele tries to bench press Rubin off him but Rubin keeps the position.
Rubin wants to take a breather but Perkele manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Rubin.
Rubin sitting in guard here, content to control.
Perkele keeping moving, preventing Rubin from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perkele has control of Rubin's left arm, preventing Rubin from doing any damage.
Perkele keeping moving, preventing Rubin from controlling successfully.
Rubin with a nice head shot there.
Rubin 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.
Perkele seems keen to control Rubin's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Perkele lands with a kick to the ribs.
Perkele throws a leg kick but Rubin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rubin attempts a counter takedown but Perkele avoids it well and moves away.
A big right from Rubin misses.
Rubin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perkele connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rubin. Rubin circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itse Perkele dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Timur Rubin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Perkele misses with a hook.
Perkele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rubin swings widly with a right hand
and Perkele counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Perkele.
Rubin tries to move into range but Perkele moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rubin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Perkele counters with a nice leg kick.
Perkele throws a body punch but Rubin moves out of range.
Perkele has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rubin misses with an uppercut.
Rubin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rubin throws a jab when Perkele was well out of range.
Rubin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perkele counters with a nice body shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perkele misses the shot to the body.
Perkele lands with a good body shot.
Perkele cracks Rubin with an open hand slap.
Perkele lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rubin misses with a hook
and Perkele counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rubin looks to throw the jab but Perkele is out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Perkele.
Rubin throws a lazy uppercut
and Perkele counters with a nice body shot.
Itse Perkele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rubin throws an overhand right that lands on Perkele's shoulder, as Perkele tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Perkele on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perkele defending well as Rubin loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Perkele does it's job there.
Rubin misses with a left hand
and Perkele counters with a crisp right hand that drops Rubin! Perkele lets Rubin back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rubin is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perkele tried to score with a low kick but Rubin checks it.
Rubin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rubin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rubin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rubin lands in his opponent's guard.
Rubin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Perkele is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rubin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Perkele utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rubin's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Perkele trying to keep a closed guard but Rubin is proving a slippery customer.
Rubin tries to free his leg and advance position but Perkele is retaining full guard.
Rubin wants to control from the top but Perkele keeps moving.
Rubin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rubin throwing strikes from guard but Perkele blocks nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Perkele trying to keep a closed guard but Rubin is proving a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Perkele slips a straight right by Rubin.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rubin.
Perkele slips a straight right by Rubin.
Some wild striking there from Rubin.
Perkele misses with a left hand
and Rubin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rubin throwing strikes from guard but Perkele blocks nicely.
Perkele wants to sweep here but Rubin controlling him for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Itse Perkele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Perkele has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Gold scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Itse Perkele!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Itse Perkele waved his t-shirt featuring Kemists ↑ 5x160Q - $149-199's logo in front of the cameras.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatish Sunuwar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Agustin Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sunuwar comes into the arena with Peace Sells blaring out of the sound system. Trujillo has chosen Infectious Grooves - Violent & Funky as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
14 - 10 - 2 |
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World class boxer
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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
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aatish Sunuwar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Agustin Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunuwar misses with a lunging right hand
and Trujillo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sunuwar just misses with a punch to the body.
Trujillo swinging wildly here.
Sunuwar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sunuwar scores with a jab. Trujillo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sunuwar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Trujillo is out of range and Sunuwar settles back down.
Trujillo only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A jab lands there for Sunuwar.
Trujillo throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sunuwar's waist but Sunuwar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Trujillo off to one side.
Trujillo looks for the body kick but Sunuwar saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab lands there for Trujillo.
Trujillo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sunuwar is able to avoid easily.
Sunuwar throws a front kick aimed at Trujillo's knee but Trujillo avoids it well.
Aatish Sunuwar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sunuwar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've been told by Sunuwar's head coaches at Hangar 18 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trujillo checks a leg kick.
Trujillo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Sunuwar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sunuwar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sunuwar tried to score with a low kick but Trujillo checks it.
Sunuwar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trujillo counters with a leg kick.
Trujillo blocks a jab.
Sunuwar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sunuwar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Trujillo's sensitive parts.
Sunuwar's corner calls for a 1-2. Sunuwar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sunuwar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trujillo jabs at Sunuwar's body.
Sunuwar looks to land a body kick but Trujillo moved away.
Sunuwar throws a hook but Trujillo blocks it.
Aatish Sunuwar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sunuwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo walks into a left hand.
Trujillo moves out of range of the leg kick from Sunuwar.
Trujillo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
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!
Donk. Sunuwar catches Trujillo right on the button with a cross.
Sunuwar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like Trujillo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sunuwar thumps Trujillo with a low kick.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sunuwar throws out the jab.
Sunuwar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sunuwar is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sunuwar misses with a wild body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trujillo, right into the meat.
Trujillo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sunuwar.
Trujillo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sunuwar's sensitive parts.
Trujillo has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Sunuwar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Trujillo tenderised Sunuwar's leg. Sunuwar is trying to keep his angry face on.
Trujillo scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sunuwar.
Sunuwar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sunuwar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sunuwar connects with a leg kick. Trujillo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sunuwar swings widly with a right hand
and Trujillo counters with a head kick. That will keep Sunuwar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nice jab there from Sunuwar.
Trujillo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sunuwar to score with a decent uppercut.
Sunuwar's corner calls for a 1-2. Sunuwar obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sunuwar throws a shot from downtown. Trujillo moves away and avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sunuwar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trujillo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sunuwar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Trujillo just manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunuwar feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Trujillo's calf.
Sunuwar lands a jab to Trujillo's midsection.
Trujillo throws a lazy head kick
and Sunuwar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sunuwar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sunuwar lands with a right hand.
Sunuwar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sunuwar works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sunuwar keeps Trujillo at a distance using the push kick.
Sunuwar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sunuwar throws a monster overhand right that drops Trujillo! Sunuwar follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aatish Sunuwar!
A very excited looking Aatish Sunuwar rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keimah Animai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Happy Forclit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Animai comes to the cage accompanied by Rise - Flobots. On his way into the cage it seems that Keimah Animai has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Keimah Animai seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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211 lbs
23 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keimah Animai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Happy Forclit!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Ackerman and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Animai misses.
The fighters circling - Animai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Animai is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Forclit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Forclit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Animai dodges the punch combination from Forclit.
Forclit defending well as Animai loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick from Forclit misses.
Forclit jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Animai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Forclit looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Forclit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Forclit lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Forclit's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Animai looking for a sweep. Not yet Animai, not yet.
Forclit landing with the ground and pound.
Forclit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Forclit avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Animai looking for a sweep. Not yet Animai, not yet.
Animai is striking off his back. Forclit thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Animai taking some punishment here, with Forclit in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Animai gets back to full guard.
Forclit sitting in guard here, content to control.
Forclit working some strikes from top position.
Animai keeping full guard, as Forclit tries to pass.
Animai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Animai preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Forclit distracts Animai with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Animai looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Animai keeping moving, preventing Forclit from controlling successfully.
Animai looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Animai working a defensive guard here.
Forclit is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Animai not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Forclit loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Animai looking to hit a scissor sweep but Forclit is one step ahead there.
Animai is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Animai stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Forclit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
A leg kick checked by Forclit.
Animai misses with a hook.
A countering left hand to the body from Forclit misses.
Animai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Forclit moves away.
Animai backing away here, and Forclit unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Forclit throws a leg kick
and Animai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Forclit lands an uppercut.
Forclit lands a nice uppercut.
Forclit lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Animai backwards.
Animai tries to stall but Forclit uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Forclit working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Animai tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Forclit lands a left hand that snaps the head of Animai backwards.
Animai is rocked!
Forclit scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Animai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Forclit throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Forclit lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Animai to his knees! Forclit keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Happy Forclit!
During a confident post fight interview, Happy Forclit thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volya Nikolaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nikolaev has chosen Fever as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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33
165 lbs
27 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class 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
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Volya Nikolaev!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to sprawl but Nikolaev drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Brown won't allow Nikolaev to pass to mount.
Nikolaev winds up and cracks Brown with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nikolaev throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brown to regain full guard.
Brown looking for subs off his back but Nikolaev has passed one foot through into half guard.
Nikolaev is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Nikolaev stays in close to Brown's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown has Nikolaev pulled in close to control his posture.
Nikolaev missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nikolaev has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nikolaev wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Nikolaev from controlling successfully.
Brown working for submissions but it's allowed Nikolaev to get to half guard.
Nikolaev lands with a punch from half guard.
Brown is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nikolaev scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nikolaev thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
Nikolaev wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Nikolaev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nikolaev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Brown does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nikolaev is stalling here. Brown is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nikolaev seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Brown has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Brown avoids the strikes from the bottom by Nikolaev.
Brown scoring with punches from side control.
Brown scores with punches from side control.
Nikolaev wants to control but Brown postures up.
Brown trying to control the action but Nikolaev is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nikolaev gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Brown is looking to take a break and control but Nikolaev is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown with the ground and pound but Nikolaev uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a big right hand that misses.
Nikolaev is looking to cinch up a triangle. Brown throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Nikolaev's body to avoid the submission. Nikolaev has instead reached around Brown's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Nikolaev arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Volya Nikolaev!
Daniel Brown spoke after the fight, saying 'XxX'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Hanak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyoji Horiguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hanak might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Lukas Hanak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Kyoji Horiguchi!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horiguchi blocks a jab.
Hanak definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Horiguchi slips under a jab from Hanak.
Hanak blocks a jab.
Hanak connects with the punch.
Hanak looks to land a right hand but Horiguchi moved out of range.
Hanak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Horiguchi.
Hanak bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanak throws a leg kick which misses Horiguchi's front leg but catches the back leg as Horiguchi tries to avoid it.
Hanak closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hanak fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Horiguchi misses with the combination.
Hanak fires out a quick counter leg kick but Horiguchi just manages to avoid it.
Horiguchi misses with a series of wild punches.
Horiguchi looks to throw the jab but Hanak is out of range.
Horiguchi throws a head kick but Hanak moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Hanak misses the target.
Hanak explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Nice body kick there by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi cracks the inside of Hanak's front leg.
Horiguchi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hanak throws a body shot but no joy.
Hanak cracks Horiguchi with a good jab.
It looks like Kyoji Horiguchi has been cut.
Horiguchi 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.
Horiguchi misses with a double jab.
Hanak connects with a solid leg kick.
Hanak throws a lazy body kick
and Horiguchi makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hanak really felt that one!
Horiguchi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hanak.
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!
Good shot there by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi looks to land a right hand but Hanak moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Hanak misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanak missing with a left hand there. Horiguchi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanak blocks a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Horiguchi.
Hanak throws a low kick but Horiguchi avoids it.
Hanak scores with a leg kick.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hanak looks to land a left hand but Horiguchi moved out of range nicely.
Horiguchi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hanak pinned against the cage. Hanak gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horiguchi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lukas Hanak has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kyoji Horiguchi.
Hanak scores with a kick to the body.
Lukas Hanak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanak fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Horiguchi is out of range.
Hanak is looking to land body kicks.
Horiguchi jabs Hanak to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hanak gets caught napping as Horiguchi dives in and scores a takedown. Hanak manages to retain guard.
Hanak is adopting a defensive guard.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Hanak keeps moving.
Hanak pulls Horiguchi in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hanak pulls Horiguchi in close to his closed guard and prevents Horiguchi from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hanak trying to keep a closed guard but Horiguchi is proving a slippery customer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hanak dodges the punch combination from Horiguchi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kyoji Horiguchi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kyoji Horiguchi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Horiguchi lands with a hook. Hanak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hanak looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Hanak throws a hook to the side of Horiguchi's head but Horiguchi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horiguchi throws an overhand right that lands on Hanak's shoulder, as Hanak tries to avoid the shot.
Hanak throwing a counter right hand but Horiguchi manages to avoid it.
Hanak lands a front kick.
Hanak scores with a hook.
Hanak throws a big shot that misses.
And Horiguchi responds with a good body kick, but Hanak manages to step out the way in time.
Horiguchi tries to bum rush Hanak with a series of wild strikes but Hanak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Horiguchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Horiguchi darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Lukas Hanak is winning the standup battle so far.
Hanak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Hanak misses the target.
Hanak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi misses with the body kick
and Hanak counters with a good, hard body kick but Horiguchi shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Horiguchi throws out the jab.
Hanak lands with a right hand.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick that misses.
Horiguchi throws a series of punches but Hanak moves out of range.
Horiguchi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hanak counters with an outside leg kick.
Hanak scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Horiguchi misses with a wild body shot.
Horiguchi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanak was well out of range. Poor timing from Horiguchi.
Hanak slips under a jab.
Hanak lands a head kick!
Horiguchi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hanak loads up on a big right hand but Horiguchi slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanak scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanak misses with a right hand
and Horiguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Horiguchi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanak scoring well with a low kick there.
Hanak throws a lazy right hand but Horiguchi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Horiguchi drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Hanak defends it well.
Hanak lands a nice leg kick that just misses Horiguchi's sensitive parts.
Horiguchi lands a jab to the nose.
Horiguchi is looking to land body kicks.
Horiguchi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hanak is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Horiguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Horiguchi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanak.
Hanak lands with a slapping head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanak loads up on a big right hand but Horiguchi slips the punch.
Hanak lands with a nice body punch.
Lukas Hanak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A clash of legs there as Horiguchi blocks the low kick.
Horiguchi cracks Hanak with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Horiguchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Hanak does it's job there.
A nice combination there by Hanak.
The fighters circling - Hanak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Horiguchi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Horiguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hanak moves out of range of the strikes.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Hanak misses.
Horiguchi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Horiguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hanak under the eye.
Horiguchi throws a body punch but Hanak moves out of range.
Hanak motions for Horiguchi to come forward. Hanak throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Horiguchi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Hanak to counter with a crisp jab.
Horiguchi takes one to the side of the head.
Horiguchi misses with a lunging right hand
and Hanak makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Horiguchi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hanak scores with a leg kick.
Hanak lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Horiguchi misses with a looping right.
Horiguchi scores with a shot to the body.
Horiguchi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hanak to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hanak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Horiguchi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lukas Hanak dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kyoji Horiguchi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hanak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Hanak wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hanak misses with an attempted mid kick.
Horiguchi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Horiguchi throws a combination. Hanak tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hanak throws a lazy uppercut
and Horiguchi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Horiguchi.
Hanak wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Horiguchi is now in half guard.
Hanak wants to control but Horiguchi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Horiguchi wants to control but Hanak is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horiguchi stalling.
Horiguchi prevents Hanak from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanak gets full guard.
Hanak trying to control the position.
Hanak seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hanak looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hanak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws a body kick that misses.
Horiguchi swings for the body but Hanak moves out of range.
Hanak connects with an inside leg kick.
Hanak with a nice cross.
Horiguchi ducks under a wild hook from Hanak.
Hanak tries to score with a low kick but Horiguchi moves his leg out of the way.
Horiguchi feints the counter takedown.
Horiguchi connects with a single shot there.
Hanak 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.
Horiguchi staying out of range there.
Horiguchi with the counter takedown but Hanak avoids it easily.
Horiguchi thumps Hanak with a low kick.
Hanak is looking to score with low kicks.
Horiguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Horiguchi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hanak fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Horiguchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hanak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanak misses with a straight left.
Horiguchi misses with a combination
letting Hanak counter with a right hand.
Horiguchi misses with an uppercut. Hanak saw that one coming.
Hanak throws a big shot that misses.
Horiguchi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horiguchi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hanak throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick
and Hanak counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hanak lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanak moves forwards but Horiguchi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Horiguchi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hanak counters with a leg kick.
Hanak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Horiguchi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Horiguchi blocks a jab.
Horiguchi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kyoji Horiguchi.
I think Horiguchi 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyoji Horiguchi!
A very excited looking Kyoji Horiguchi 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 Christian Evansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Henry Bonney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Henry Bonney told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Evansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Henry Bonney!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonney will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A head kick misses from Bonney.
Evansen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bonney scores with a punch to the head.
Evansen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bonney blocks a low kick nicely.
Bonney only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bonney looks to land a left hand but Evansen moved out of range nicely.
Evansen looks to score with a jab to the body but Bonney is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Evansen.
Bonney tries to clinch but Evansen moves out of range.
Bonney misses with a hook
and Evansen counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bonney throws a right and a left that Evansen avoids nicely.
Evansen misses with a looping left.
Bonney bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bonney slips a jab from Evansen.
We've been informed that Bonney has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonney misses with a body kick.
Evansen closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Bonney.
Evansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bonney is defending well.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bonney.
Evansen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bonney misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Bonney.
Bonney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Evansen struggles to land a body shot inside as Bonney controls his hands.
Bonney stalls.
Bonney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evansen's elbow.
Bonney can't find room to land a body shot as Evansen controls the action.
Evansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bonney's elbow.
Evansen prevents a body shot from Bonney.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bonney takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Bonney's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Evansen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evansen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Evansen wants to take the fight to the mat but Bonney manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Evansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bonney is working Evansen over against the cage.
Bonney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bonney misses with the head strike.
Bonney lands a hook that snaps the head of Evansen backwards.
Bonney blocks a body shot from Evansen.
Bonney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Evansen.
Bonney lands an uppercut.
Bonney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bonney slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Christian Evansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bonney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Bonney.
Evansen defending well as Bonney loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evansen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bonney.
Bonney looks for the body kick but Evansen saw that one coming.
Evansen throws a leg kick
and Bonney counters with a body kick that stops Evansen in his tracks momentarily.
Bonney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Evansen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Evansen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Danga de danga de dang - Evansen scores with a four punch combination!
William Henry Bonney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Evansen throws a big shot that misses.
Evansen misses with a hook to the body
and Bonney counters with a straight right hand.
Evansen throws a jab but it's blocked by Bonney.
Bonney misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Evansen is predictable there
and Bonney counters with a good low kick that Evansen was not able to check.
Bonney clinches.
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!
Evansen blocks a body shot from Bonney.
Bonney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evansen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bonney is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Christian Evansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bonney works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bonney works on Evansen's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right from Bonney on the inside.
Nice body punch from Bonney.
Evansen is leaning against Bonney and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bonney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bonney lands a nice knee to the body.
Evansen is breathing heavily.
Bonney lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Evansen.
Evansen swings wildly with an uppercut but Bonney uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bonney lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bonney.
Bonney lands a shoulder strike.
Bonney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A punch combination from Bonney misses.
Bonney scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Henry Bonney dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Evansen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evansen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evansen. Bonney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bonney just misses with a punch to the body.
Evansen throws a leg kick
and Bonney counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Evansen misses
and Bonney counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bonney moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evansen misses with a straight left.
Bonney connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bonney throws a series of punches but Evansen moves out of range.
Evansen throws a leg kick but Bonney checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bonney smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evansen is looking to slow Bonney down with leg kicks.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bonney.
Evansen connects with a body shot.
William Henry Bonney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Evansen throws a series of punches but Bonney moves out of range.
Evansen looks for the body kick but Bonney saw that one coming.
Evansen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bonney throws a series of punches but Evansen moves out of range.
Bonney misses with the body kick
and Evansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonney throws a nice looking combination but Evansen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bonney lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
William Henry Bonney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bonney tries to clinch but Evansen is having none of it.
Evansen throws a right hand that misses
and Bonney moves into the clinch.
Bonney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evansen's elbow.
Evansen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bonney working aggressively here.
Bonney trying to stall but Evansen improves his position.
The referee calls for Evansen to work.
Evansen tries a body shot but Bonney blocks it.
Bonney lands an elbow that stopped Evansen in his tracks for a moment.
Bonney has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bonney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bonney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bonney connects with a jab.
Bonney closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Bonney throws a wild body kick that Evansen sees coming a mile off.
Bonney on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bonney digs a good body shot into Evansen's ribs.
Bonney throws a jab but it's blocked by Evansen.
Evansen is looking to counter the offense by Bonney and move into the clinch.
Bonney feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Evansen's calf.
Evansen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Evansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bonney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bonney only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bonney pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Evansen back to the cage. Bonney follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Evansen is rocked!
Bonney is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Evansen like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Evansen from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Henry Bonney!
William Henry Bonney made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Norman, I told you I would make you famous! But unfortunately for you it means I took your belt! Broken Halo Pride!'.
Christian Evansen spoke after the fight, saying 'Ill be back stronger and put on a show for the fans. Thank You'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johan Farfy Iii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Farrelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seamus Farrelly has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johan Farfy Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seamus Farrelly!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Farfy Iii looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Farfy Iii tries for a takedown but Farrelly circles away easily
and Farrelly counters with a nice uppercut.
Farrelly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Farrelly misses.
Farrelly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farfy Iii.
Farfy Iii cracks Farrelly with an open hand slap.
Farfy Iii decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Farrelly is looking to control Farfy Iii's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Farrelly avoid being mounted?
Farrelly wants to get back to full guard.
Farrelly has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Farfy Iii wants to pass to mount but Farrelly is defending the position.
Farrelly makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seamus Farrelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farfy Iii misses the body punch
and Farrelly counters with a straight right hand.
Farfy Iii fails with a takedown attempt.
Farrelly swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Farfy Iii counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Farfy Iii scoring with some ground and pound.
Farrelly has Farfy Iii pulled in close to control his posture.
Farfy Iii's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Farrelly looking for a sweep. Not yet Farrelly, not yet.
Farfy Iii advances to half guard.
Farfy Iii content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii uses his free foot to push down on Farrelly's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Farrelly.
Farrelly really wants to buck Farfy Iii off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farrelly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Farfy Iii landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Farfy Iii dominating with strikes here.
Farfy Iii looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Farfy Iii is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Farrelly can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Farrelly working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Farfy Iii keeping full guard, as Farrelly tries to pass.
Farfy Iii is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Farrelly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Farfy Iii has his foot on Farrelly's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Farrelly works his way back into a safe position though.
Farrelly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farrelly's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Farfy Iii keeping moving, preventing Farrelly from controlling successfully.
Farrelly wants to pass the guard but Farfy Iii is keeping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Farrelly stacks Farfy Iii on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Farrelly!
Farrelly is looking to take a break and control but Farfy Iii is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farfy Iii is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here.
Farfy Iii gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Johan Farfy Iii will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Farrelly lunges at Farfy Iii with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Farfy Iii's hand.
That kick from Farrelly tenderised Farfy Iii's leg. Farfy Iii is trying to keep his angry face on.
Farfy Iii shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Farrelly counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Farfy Iii thinking.
Farfy Iii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Farrelly takes a swing at Farfy Iii's ribcage but misses.
Farfy Iii drops down looking for a counter takedown but Farrelly sprawls and moves away.
Farrelly just misses with a punch to the body.
Farrelly throws out a powerful jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrelly lands with a kick to the ribs.
Seamus Farrelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Farfy Iii takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Farrelly.
Farfy Iii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Farrelly misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrelly misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Farfy Iii misses the target.
Farfy Iii lands with an overhand left.
Farfy Iii throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Farrelly's waist but Farrelly gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Farfy Iii off to one side.
Farrelly throws a big shot that misses.
Farrelly misses with a lunging right hand
and Farfy Iii counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farfy Iii on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Seamus Farrelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farrelly throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Farfy Iii changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Farrelly gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Farfy Iii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Farrelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Farrelly wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Farfy Iii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farfy Iii shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Farfy Iii dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Farrelly lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Farfy Iii at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii misses with a takedown attempt
and Farrelly counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farfy Iii swings widly with a right hand
letting Farrelly counter with a right hand.
Farrelly tries a head kick but it misses.
Farfy Iii changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Farfy Iii shoots in looking for a takedown. Farrelly tries to sprawl out of it but Farfy Iii keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Farrelly manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A countering left hand to the body from Farrelly misses.
Farfy Iii steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farrelly.
Farrelly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Farrelly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from Farrelly.
Farrelly throws a lazy uppercut
and Farfy Iii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Farrelly swings widly with a right hand
enabling Farfy Iii to counter with a crisp jab.
Farrelly moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Farrelly misses.
It looked like Farfy Iii wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farfy Iii slips a straight right by Farrelly.
Farfy Iii attempts a counter takedown but Farrelly avoids it well and moves away.
A bone on bone clash there as Farfy Iii blocks the leg kick.
Farrelly throws a head kick but Farfy Iii moves out of range.
Farfy Iii ducks under a wild hook from Farrelly.
Farfy Iii half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Farrelly throws an overhand right that lands on Farfy Iii's shoulder, as Farfy Iii tries to avoid the shot.
Farrelly is looking to land body kicks.
Farfy Iii takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Farfy Iii moves out of range of the strikes.
Farrelly throws a shot from downtown. Farfy Iii moves away and avoids it.
Farrelly darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Farfy Iii closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Farrelly pushes Farfy Iii off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Farfy Iii lands a lovely overhand right.
Farfy Iii ducks under a wild hook from Farrelly.
Farfy Iii looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Farfy Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Farfy Iii tries to counter with a takedown but Farrelly is quick to defend against it.
Farfy Iii tests Farrelly's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Farfy Iii blocks a leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Farfy Iii.
Farrelly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Farfy Iii throwing a counter right hand but Farrelly manages to avoid it.
Farrelly thuds his shin into the meat of Farfy Iii's side.
Farrelly stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Farrelly wants it to stay on the feet.
A jab from Farrelly finds it's way through Farfy Iii's defenses.
Farrelly scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Farrelly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Farfy Iii fails with a takedown attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Farrelly. Farfy Iii shrugs it off though.
Farfy Iii shoots in but no luck this time.
Farrelly throws out a counter right but Farfy Iii avoids it with no problem.
Farfy Iii slips under a jab from Farrelly.
Farfy Iii shoots in but Farrelly avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johan Farfy Iii. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrelly scores with the left hand. Farfy Iii knows he should have avoided that one.
Farrelly throws a low kick but it's checked well by Farfy Iii.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farfy Iii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farrelly.
It looked like Farfy Iii wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Farrelly looks to throw the jab but Farfy Iii is out of range.
Farfy Iii checks the leg kick.
Farfy Iii staying out of range there.
Farrelly throws a hook to the side of Farfy Iii's head but Farfy Iii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farfy Iii ducks under a wild hook from Farrelly.
Farrelly on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Farfy Iii walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Farrelly takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Farfy Iii shoots in for a takedown but Farrelly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Farrelly lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Farrelly thuds his shin into the meat of Farfy Iii's side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Farrelly - that will leave a mark!
Farfy Iii is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Farrelly throws a looping overhand right but Farfy Iii ducks down to avoid it.
Farrelly throws a body kick that misses.
Farrelly misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farfy Iii closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Farrelly quickly recovers to half guard.
Farrelly is controlling Farfy Iii's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Farfy Iii stops Farrelly from getting back to his feet.
Farrelly is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Farfy Iii scores with a couple of nice shots.
Farfy Iii seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrelly makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Farrelly.
Farrelly avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Farfy Iii stopping the sweep attempt from Farrelly.
Farfy Iii wants to control from the top but Farrelly keeps moving.
Farrelly trying to control the position.
Farfy Iii lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Farrelly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Farrelly seems keen to control Farfy Iii's posture.
Farfy Iii cracks Farrelly with a solid left hand.
Farrelly wants to stand up but Farfy Iii is controlling him.
Farrelly working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Farfy Iii.
Farfy Iii working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Farrelly preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Farrelly tries to land a body kick
and Farfy Iii counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Farrelly not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Farfy Iii throwing strikes but missing.
Farrelly is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Farfy Iii is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Seamus Farrelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Farrelly 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus Farrelly!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Seamus Farrelly made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Stoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
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28
210 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Edward Stoker!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedro throws a right hand that Stoker ducks under and follows up with a left that Stoker also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pedro. Stoker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stoker swinging wildly here.
A counter left hand to the body from Pedro misses its target.
Pedro closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Stoker quickly recovers to half guard.
Stoker has his hands clasped together around Pedro's back. He's all about the action.
Pedro wants to pass to mount but Stoker is defending the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro is trying to control. Stoker wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Stoker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pedro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker wants to improve his position but Pedro is controlling well.
Pedro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stoker defending well though.
Stoker is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stoker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pedro.
Stoker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pedro.
Stoker tries to get to full guard but Pedro has control of the leg.
Stoker pushes Pedro off but Pedro dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoker struggling a bit here.
Pedro scoring with punches from side control.
Stoker felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Pedro lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pedro misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pedro is trying to ground and pound but Stoker uses the momentary lack of control by Pedro to regain half guard.
Pedro is trying to control. Stoker wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Stoker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro drops an elbow to the side of Stoker's head.
Pedro is trying to control the action in half guard but Stoker is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stoker tries to get to full guard but Pedro has control of the leg.
Pedro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pedro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pedro scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stoker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stoker is not content to let Pedro control the position.
Pedro thows a huge punch but Stoker dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pedro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stoker defending well though.
Pedro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stoker defending well though.
Pedro 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.
Pedro lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pedro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pedro missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pedro 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.
Pedro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pedro throws a body punch but Stoker moves out of range.
Pedro shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pedro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stoker cracks Pedro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stoker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Pedro tries to close the distance and clinch but Stoker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pedro misses with a shot to the body
and Stoker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pedro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pedro tries to score with a low kick but Stoker moves his leg out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoker throws a nice head kick!
Stoker takes a swing at Pedro's ribcage but misses.
Pedro throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Pedro.
Pedro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pedro shoots for a double leg takedown but Stoker sprawls well. He's pushed Pedro's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
George Pedro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker scores with a nice strike.
Pedro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stoker tries to score with a low kick but Pedro moves his leg out of the way.
Pedro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Edward Stoker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A left lands for Stoker.
Pedro throws a front kick aimed at Stoker's knee but Stoker avoids it well.
Stoker steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Pedro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A lazy left from Stoker finds it's target.
Pedro moves out of range as Stoker throws a body kick.
Pedro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stoker moves away from the strike by Pedro.
Pedro cracks the inside of Stoker's front leg.
Pedro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pedro showed some decent athleticism there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from Pedro.
Stoker trying to control from the bottom.
Pedro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pedro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stoker's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Stoker manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pedro postures up in Stoker's guard and throws a big left but Stoker blocks it.
Stoker keeping moving, preventing Pedro from controlling successfully.
Pedro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stoker can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro throws a strike but Stoker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stoker is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Let's hope that Stoker has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Pedro is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pedro looking to control.
Stoker won't allow Pedro to sweep him here.
Pedro is trying to keep Stoker in close.
Pedro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stoker moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Stoker there.
Stoker throws a shot from downtown. Pedro moves away and avoids it.
Stoker is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pedro swings for the body but Stoker moves out of range.
Stoker follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Stoker showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pedro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stoker manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Stoker.
The fighters circling - Pedro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pedro thuds his right hand into Stoker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Stoker lands a slapping body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Stoker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pedro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stoker moves away.
Stoker throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pedro is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Stoker's half guard.
Stoker controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pedro looks to land a strike but Stoker avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoker utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stoker wants to get back to his feet but Pedro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pedro throwing strikes but missing.
Pedro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pedro wants to control from the top but Stoker keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Stoker has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pedro misses with a series of wild punches.
A nice side step and Stoker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stoker attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pedro scores with a leg kick.
Pedro has managed to clinch.
Pedro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pedro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pedro has clasped his hands together around Stoker's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Sloppy strikes there by Pedro.
Stoker tries to buck Pedro off but Pedro is having none of it.
Pedro working away.
Pedro lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Stoker down.
Pedro looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Stoker is avoiding damage well.
Pedro creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stoker to see if he's OK.
Pedro connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Stoker some visible discomfort.
Stoker wants to control but Pedro postures up.
Stoker is looking to reverse the position.
Pedro misses with the ground and pound.
Stoker parries the strikes from Pedro easily there. Pedro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stoker to escape.
Pedro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pedro working the head with strikes.
Pedro working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pedro scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stoker to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here as Pedro stalls from top position.
Stoker on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pedro lands a few punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Pedro.
Pedro works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pedro clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Some bone on bone action there as Stoker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pedro cracks Stoker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pedro pushes Stoker up against the cage in a clinch.
Stoker misses with a punch to the body.
Pedro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Stoker or not.
Stoker is trying to break the clinch but Pedro has him pressed against the cage.
Pedro misses with a body punch.
Pedro tries for a takedown. No joy.
A head punch on the inside from Stoker fails to land.
Pedro lands with a right to the head.
Pedro tries to throw a body punch but Stoker avoids it by throwing Pedro back against the cage.
Pedro tries to throw a body punch but Stoker avoids it by throwing Pedro back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pedro.
Stoker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stoker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pedro lands a body punch in the clinch.
Stoker is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Pedro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pedro tries to work over Stoker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pedro can't find room to land a body shot as Stoker controls the action.
Pedro gets through Stoker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stoker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stoker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pedro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pedro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stoker.
Pedro gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Stoker regains guard.
Stoker manages to escape and get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pedro tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stoker! But no joy.
Stoker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stoker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pedro.
Pedro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro takes the fight into the clinch.
Pedro prevents Stoker from breaking the clinch.
Pedro tries a body shot but Stoker blocks it.
Pedro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
George Pedro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hand to the body from Pedro.
Pedro struggles to land a body shot inside as Stoker controls his hands.
Pedro looking for a takedown.
Stoker swings wildly with an uppercut but Pedro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pedro works on Stoker's body with a couple of short punches.
Pedro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pedro lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pedro has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Stoker regains guard immediately.
Pedro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro advances position into side control!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Pedro tries to score with some ground and pound. Stoker controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pedro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pedro cracks Stoker with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Stoker dodges the ground and pound from Pedro.
George Pedro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stoker is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro wants to control but Stoker is keeping him busy.
Pedro postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Pedro in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Stoker can't do much from the bottom here.
Pedro cracks Stoker with a big elbow.
You can see the frustration on Stoker's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pedro scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Stoker to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Pedro had his way with Edward Stoker in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Pedro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stoker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Stoker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pedro.
Stoker throws a sloppy body shot
and Pedro counters with a body kick.
No joy there for Pedro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pedro is looking to score with low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stoker. Pedro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Pedro. That snapped Stoker's head back.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pedro, right into the meat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stoker avoids the body shot from Pedro.
Stoker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pedro connects with a body shot that sends Stoker's belly button to the back.
Pedro tries to clinch there but Stoker circles away.
A nice side step and Stoker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pedro shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stoker sprawls well. Stoker wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pedro gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro takes one to the chin there.
Stoker throws a lazy right hand but Pedro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pedro wants to slow Stoker down by chopping away at his legs.
Pedro walks into a jab.
Pedro tests Stoker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pedro shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Stoker's guard.
Pedro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Edward Stoker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoker seems keen to control Pedro's posture.
Pedro throwing strikes but missing.
Stoker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pedro.
Stoker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoker working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pedro.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pedro throws a strike but Stoker rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pedro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pedro is trying to control the position but Stoker postures up.
Stoker won't allow Pedro to sweep him here.
Stoker controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Stoker makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Good leg kick by Pedro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pedro fails with the takedown.
Stoker misses with a looping right.
And that's the end of the fight!
George Pedro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pedro 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 49:46
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Pedro!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gymer Alexandersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigori Rasputin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandersson comes to the cage accompanied by Too Bad I Have To Destroy You Now. Rasputin has chosen Symphony of Destruction as his entrance music. Grigori Rasputin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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269 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gymer Alexandersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grigori Rasputin!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexandersson scores with a decent looking hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rasputin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alexandersson. Rasputin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alexandersson ducks right into an uppercut from Rasputin.
It looks like Gymer Alexandersson has been cut.
Alexandersson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexandersson takes a swing at Rasputin's ribcage but misses.
Rasputin feints a counter leg kick.
Rasputin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rasputin duly obliges.
Alexandersson misses with an uppercut.
Rasputin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rasputin lands a big right hand that sends Alexandersson crashing to the mat! Rasputin stays standing though and waves Alexandersson back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rasputin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rasputin lands a front kick.
Rasputin 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.
Rasputin slips a straight right by Alexandersson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rasputin tries to land a front kick but Alexandersson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Alexandersson appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rasputin scores with a spinning back kick!
Alexandersson is breathing heavily.
Alexandersson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from Rasputin.
Gymer Alexandersson's cut is getting worse.
Rasputin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alexandersson at a distance.
Rasputin drops Alexandersson with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Alexandersson looks back up at him and smiles so Rasputin waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rasputin moves into range and clinches up with Alexandersson.
Rasputin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rasputin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Rasputin.
Rasputin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Rasputin.
Alexandersson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rasputin tries to throw a body punch but Alexandersson avoids it by throwing Rasputin back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin misses with a body punch.
Rasputin can't find room to land a body shot as Alexandersson controls the action.
Rasputin misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alexandersson.
Alexandersson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gymer Alexandersson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A head punch on the inside from Alexandersson fails to land.
Alexandersson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alexandersson takes a swing at Rasputin's ribcage but misses.
Rasputin cracks Alexandersson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Alexandersson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Rasputin finish him?
Rasputin throws a leg kick which misses Alexandersson's front leg but catches the back leg as Alexandersson tries to avoid it.
Rasputin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rasputin darts in and clinches Alexandersson up against the cage.
Rasputin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rasputin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jeez, Gymer Alexandersson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rasputin can't find room to land a body shot as Alexandersson controls the action.
Alexandersson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Alexandersson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alexandersson can't find room to land a body shot as Rasputin controls the action.
Alexandersson has a couple of punches blocked by Rasputin.
Alexandersson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rasputin.
Rasputin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rasputin pushes Alexandersson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Alexandersson fails to pull guard.
Rasputin can't find room to land a body shot as Alexandersson controls the action.
Rasputin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alexandersson.
Rasputin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gymer Alexandersson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Grigori Rasputin!
Grigori Rasputin decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skreba Reijonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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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
21 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Timothy Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Skreba Reijonen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reijonen swings for the body but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Robinson is looking to slow Reijonen down with leg kicks.
Jab from Reijonen.
Jab from Reijonen.
Robinson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Reijonen on his heels. He'll look to pass Reijonen's guard now, I'm sure.
Robinson tries to free his leg and advance position but Reijonen is retaining full guard.
Reijonen looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Reijonen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Robinson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Reijonen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Robinson's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Robinson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Reijonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robinson preventing the sweep.
Robinson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reijonen is keeping the position for now.
Robinson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Reijonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reijonen scores with a decent looking hook.
Reijonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reijonen throws a shot to the body.
Reijonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen gets a clinch.
Reijonen misses with some punches.
Reijonen throws a punch but it's blocked by Robinson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Reijonen.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Robinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Reijonen controls his hands.
Robinson blocking some punches.
Reijonen misses with some punches.
Robinson jumps guard and drags Reijonen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Reijonen trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Robinson trying to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson working for submissions but it's allowed Reijonen to get to half guard.
Reijonen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Reijonen's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Robinson tries to roll over but Reijonen keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Reijonen content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reijonen works his way into full mount!
BOOM! Reijonen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Robinson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skreba Reijonen dominated that round.
That's time! Robinson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Reijonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robinson slips a jab and a cross from Reijonen.
Reijonen tests Robinson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reijonen scores with a nice right hand.
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick and Reijonen moves out of range easily.
Reijonen replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Robinson blocks it well.
Reijonen checks a leg kick nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Robinson.
Reijonen connects with the punch.
Reijonen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robinson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robinson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Robinson.
Reijonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Reijonen.
Reijonen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Robinson's head.
Robinson connects with a leg kick. Reijonen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reijonen scores with a hook.
A slow jab from Robinson misses its intended target.
Reijonen lands a body shot.
Reijonen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robinson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Skreba Reijonen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reijonen on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Robinson. Robinson obviously looking to wear him down.
Robinson throws the kick towards the body but Reijonen avoids it.
Robinson takes one to the side of the head.
Reijonen misses with a hook to the body
and Robinson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Reijonen throws a nice looking combination but Robinson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Robinson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Reijonen throws a head kick that misses
and Robinson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Reijonen feints and then cracks Robinson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Robinson down.
Reijonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Robinson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Reijonen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Robinson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson throws a front kick aimed at Reijonen's knee but Reijonen avoids it well.
A leg kick checked by Reijonen.
Reijonen wants to clinch.
Reijonen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Robinson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reijonen wants to counter the offense by Robinson and move into the clinch position.
Reijonen throws a body punch but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Reijonen sprawls and moves away.
Reijonen looks to land a body kick but Robinson moved away.
Robinson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Reijonen.
Robinson takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Robinson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Robinson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reijonen.
Reijonen digs a good body shot into Robinson's ribs.
Skreba Reijonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reijonen thows a leg kick but Robinson checks it
and Robinson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robinson. Reijonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reijonen cracks Robinson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Reijonen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Robinson is looking to slow Reijonen down with leg kicks.
Reijonen works Robinson's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Robinson's head.
Robinson tries a low kick but Reijonen avoids it.
Reijonen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reijonen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Robinson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Robinson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Robinson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reijonen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Reijonen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Robinson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Reijonen keeps moving.
Reijonen keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skreba Reijonen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Reijonen throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Robinson counters with a takedown into side control.
Robinson wants to control but Reijonen is keeping him busy.
Robinson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Reijonen sneaks back into half guard.
Reijonen trying to control here.
Reijonen is not content to let Robinson control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Reijonen wants to improve his position but Robinson is controlling well.
Robinson content to control rather than advance.
Reijonen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Robinson.
Robinson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Reijonen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Reijonen checks a leg kick.
That's two 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.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses.
Reijonen throws a body kick that misses.
Robinson half committed to a counter leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Robinson!
Reijonen tries to clinch
and Robinson counters with a left to the body.
Robinson misses with a low kick as Reijonen jumps back.
Reijonen tries to clinch up.
Reijonen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robinson.
Reijonen thuds his shin into the meat of Robinson's side.
Reijonen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Reijonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Reijonen backs away, Robinson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Reijonen cracks a nice hook into Robinson's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Robinson.
Reijonen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reijonen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Reijonen connects with a nice looking jab.
Robinson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Reijonen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Robinson. That did some damage!
Robinson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Reijonen but Reijonen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Robinson throws a leg kick but Reijonen checks it.
Robinson moves out of range as Reijonen throws a body kick.
Robinson fails to land the takedown.
Reijonen with a nice cross.
Reijonen's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a low kick as Reijonen jumps back.
Robinson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reijonen.
Reijonen looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Reijonen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reijonen scores with a spinning back kick!
Robinson will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Reijonen throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reijonen throws a body shot but no joy.
Robinson throws a push kick but Reijonen slaps the foot to one side.
Reijonen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Robinson doesn't seem bothered though.
Skreba Reijonen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Reijonen lands with a kick to the ribs.
Reijonen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Skreba Reijonen.
I've got Reijonen winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skreba Reijonen!
Skreba Reijonen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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