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Ascension 1231 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lucjan Anielski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lip Ton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ton has chosen Snap - Rythm is a Dancing as his entrance music. Lucjan Anielski could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Lip Ton's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucjan Anielski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lip Ton!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ton dodges the punch combination from Anielski.
Ton throws a lazy uppercut
and Anielski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Ton misses.
Anielski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ton lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anielski.
A head punch on the inside from Anielski fails to land.
Anielski misses with a body punch.
Anielski drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ton pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anielski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anielski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ton.
A big right from Ton misses.
Anielski feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Ton misses its intended target.
Ton throws the left hand but Anielski avoids the punch easily.
Anielski stuffs the takedown attempt from Ton. Ton gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ton misses with a takedown attempt
and Ton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anielski lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ton shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Anielski is trying to defend but Ton finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anielski gets full guard.
Anielski is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Anielski looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ton passes into side control.
Anielski is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anielski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ton is working for a submission of some sort.
Ton is working for a submission of some sort.
Anielski is trying to control but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ton wants to lay and pray for a moment but Anielski keeps working.
Ton is working for a submission of some sort.
Ton controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Anielski is pressing down on Ton's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ton wants to control from the top but Anielski keeps moving.
Ton is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anielski misses with a body shot.
Ton moves out of range as Anielski strikes.
We've been told by Anielski's head coaches at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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 Lucjan Anielski 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.
Ton shoots in for a double leg but Anielski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Anielski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ton throws a hook to the side of Anielski's head but Anielski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Anielski is looking to counter punch.
Ton just misses with a punch to the body.
Ton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Anielski.
Anielski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ton.
Ton missing with a left hand there. Anielski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ton lands a nice shot to the body.
Ton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anielski.
Ton scores with a jab to the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ton moves out of range as Anielski strikes.
Anielski thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ton changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Good shot there by Ton.
Ton fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anielski works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Anielski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anielski tries a head kick but it misses.
Anielski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ton connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Anielski scrambles back to his feet.
Ton moves out of range of the strikes.
Ton throws out a powerful jab.
Ton misses with a right hand
and Anielski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Anielski throws a right hand that Ton ducks under and follows up with a left that Ton also avoids with ease.
Anielski rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice defenses there by Ton.
A telegraphed right hand from Ton misses the target.
Ton scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ton feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anielski wriggles free and stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Anielski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ton dips to his left and cracks Anielski with an uppercut!
Anielski throws a shot from downtown. Ton moves away and avoids it.
Anielski forces Ton back against the cage and clinches.
Ton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anielski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ton has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anielski after a bit of a struggle.
Lucjan Anielski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lip Ton.
Anielski lands an uppercut.
Anielski looking to slow down the pace here.
Ton swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ton fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anielski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Anielski landing knees to the body.
Anielski is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anielski scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ton drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Anielski is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Anielski lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Anielski.
Anielski lands a shoulder strike.
Ton managing to block the knees to the body from Anielski.
Lucjan Anielski has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Anielski scores with a shot to the side of Ton's head.
Anielski prevents a body shot from Ton.
Ton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ton has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Anielski after a bit of a struggle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ton prevents a body shot from Anielski.
Anielski working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stalling in the clinch from Anielski.
Anielski throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Anielski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ton can do to turn this around?
Anielski tries to work over Ton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ton is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ton lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Anielski.
Ton drops down looking for an ankle pick but Anielski pulls his leg out and moves away.
Anielski throws a hook but Ton avoids it easily.
Ton looks to throw the jab but Anielski is out of range.
Ton tries for a takedown but Anielski circles away easily
and Anielski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Anielski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucjan Anielski dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ton loads up on a big right hand but Anielski slips the punch.
A cross from Anielski lands.
Anielski takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ton missing with a left hand there. Anielski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Anielski. Ton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ton misses with a left hand
and Anielski counters with a nice uppercut.
Ton misses with an uppercut. Anielski saw that one coming.
Ton misses with a shot to the body
and Anielski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Anielski scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anielski tried to score with a low kick but Ton checks it.
Ton shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
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!
Ton is looking to take a break and control but Anielski is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anielski looking for submissions off his back.
Ton seems to be working for a kimura but Anielski defends the submission attempt.
Anielski is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Still in half guard, Ton seems content to control.
Ton seems to be working for a kimura but Anielski defends the submission attempt.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Anielski is trying is best to control the position here.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Ton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Anielski did well to prevent Ton getting side control.
Anielski is doing well to control the position and prevent Ton from advancing to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anielski won't allow Ton to pass to mount.
Anielski trying to control here.
Ton seems to be looking for submissions.
Lucjan Anielski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anielski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Anielski is looking for a sweep. Ton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Anielski is doing well to control the position and prevent Ton from advancing to side control.
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.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Anielski walks into a jab.
Anielski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ton manages to avoid it.
Ton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ton.
A shot to the body from Ton misses
and Ton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anielski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ton misses with a takedown attempt
and Anielski counters with a left to the body.
Anielski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Ton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ton shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Anielski wants to improve his position but Ton is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lip Ton comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Anielski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lucjan Anielski!
Lucjan Anielski thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Lip Ton spoke after the fight, saying 'Congrats to my opponent. He was the better man tonight and I have to give credit, where credits due. I will go back to training and will come back stronger than ever. Thanks for the promotion for the opportunity and the fans for coming out tonight.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hervoton Appi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Appi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 300. Hervoton Appi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hervoton Appi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cameron Glover!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Appi throws a sloppy head kick and Glover moves out of range easily.
Appi misses with a series of wild punches.
Glover avoids the head kick by Appi.
Appi throws a right and a left that both miss.
Glover tries to work over Appi's front leg with a kick but Appi checks it.
Appi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Appi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Glover.
Glover follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Glover bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Appi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glover closes the distance and pushes Appi back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Appi lands with a right to the head.
Appi lands a nice uppercut.
Glover pushes off an throws an elbow but Appi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Appi is trying to stall.
Glover is trying to force a seperation but Appi has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Appi is trying to maintain a safe position but Glover gets an underhook and turns Appi into the cage.
Appi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Appi fails to land.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Appi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Glover swings wildly with an uppercut but Appi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Appi scores with a shot to the side of Glover's head.
A shot in the inside from Appi.
Glover prevents a body shot from Appi.
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Appi controls his hands.
Glover dodges an elbow strike from Appi.
Glover blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Appi blocks an uppercut.
Glover has Appi pushed against the cage.
Appi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glover's elbow.
Glover lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Appi throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Appi.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glover.
Appi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A hook to the body from Glover.
Appi lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Cameron Glover has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Appi throws an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Glover - that landed with a thud.
Appi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Appi controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Glover.
Glover tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Appi controls his hands.
Glover can't find room to land a body shot as Appi controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Glover.
Glover scores with a shoulder strike.
Glover misses with a hook from the clinch.
Glover blocks the elbow strike.
Glover pushes off an throws an elbow but Appi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Appi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Appi wants to stall.
Glover misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Appi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Glover working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Appi.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Glover has Appi pressed against the cage, preventing Appi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Appi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Glover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Appi throws a head punch that misses.
Glover pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Appi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Appi has a couple of punches blocked by Glover.
Glover working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Appi misses with the head strike.
Glover tries to throw a body punch but Appi avoids it by throwing Glover back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Appi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Appi throws a head punch that misses.
Appi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Appi tries to break the clinch but Glover is controlling the position.
Glover misses with a body punch.
Glover blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Glover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Appi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Appi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Glover.
Glover slips under a jab.
Glover ducks under a wild hook from Appi.
Appi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glover flicks out a counter leg kick but Appi steps away.
Appi is looking to chop away at Glover's legs.
Appi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Glover connects with a body shot.
Glover swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Appi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hervoton Appi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cameron Glover'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.
Appi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Appi checks a leg kick nicely.
Glover displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Appi throws out the jab.
Glover doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Appi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Glover moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Glover on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glover looks for the body kick but Appi saw that one coming.
Appi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glover can do to turn this around?
Appi throws a head kick but Glover moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Glover on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Appi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glover.
Appi is looking to counter punch.
Glover lands a jab to Appi's midsection.
Glover rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Appi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Appi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Glover appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glover avoids a punch combination nicely.
Glover throws a leg kick which misses Appi's front leg but catches the back leg as Appi tries to avoid it.
Glover pushes Appi away with a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Glover cracks Appi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Appi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Glover finish him?
Glover throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Glover swings away with a body shot that misses
and Appi counters with a straight right hand.
Glover has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Appi throws a punch but it's blocked by Glover.
Appi blocks an elbow strike from Glover.
Glover lands a shot to the body.
Glover blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Glover lands a right hand.
Appi is rocked!
Glover unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Appi! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Glover is unloading with more strikes now! Appi drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cameron Glover!
A relieved looking Cameron Glover thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Denton Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daley comes to the cage accompanied by Heathens- Twenty One Pilots. Denton Daley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent 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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Denton Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedric Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy connects with a high kick.
Cedric Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daley sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Daley thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Murphy with a jab.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
It looks like Denton Daley has been cut.
Daley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Daley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Daley's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daley blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Daley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murphy on the side of the head.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy has Daley up against the cage in a clinch.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Daley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Daley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Daley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daley misses with the head strike.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Daley stalls.
Daley can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Daley stalling.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Murphy.
Daley swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Daley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Murphy.
A head kick from Murphy lands but Daley takes it in his stride.
Daley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daley steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murphy. That one must have hurt.
A head kick from Murphy lands but Daley takes it in his stride.
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.
Denton Daley's cut is getting worse.
Daley moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murphy connects with the punch.
Daley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Daley.
Daley walks into a left hand.
Daley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Daley sizes up Murphy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy tries to clinch but Daley is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Daley. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Murphy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daley circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Daley to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut lands for Daley. That snapped Murphy's head back.
Daley throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daley was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Daley slips under a jab from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of Daley's head.
Daley gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Daley stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Daley blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Daley is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Daley or not.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Daley wants to stall.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Daley.
Daley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Denton Daley's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Cedric Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy presses Daley against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Daley misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Daley blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murphy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy feints a jab and as Daley dips his head, Murphy unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Daley right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Daley falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Murphy smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Cedric Murphy!
Cedric Murphy 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Harrison Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowman has chosen Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Bowman!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Yates connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bowman. Bowman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yates misses with a kick to the body.
Bowman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yates cracks the inside of Bowman's front leg.
Yates looks to score with a jab to the body but Bowman is just out of range.
Bowman throws a counter combo.
Bowman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bowman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yates. Yates obviously looking to wear him down.
Yates thuds his shin into the meat of Bowman's side.
Bowman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bowman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yates works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Yates throws a lazy right hand but Bowman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bowman is looking for the big counter here.
Yates lands a leg kick that knocks Bowman off balance momentarily.
Bowman misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates misses with a series of wild punches.
Bowman closes the distance and clinches up with Yates, looking for a takedown. Bowman pushes Yates against the cage but Yates circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bowman.
Yates jabs Bowman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bowman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Yates as he jumps to the side.
Harrison Yates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casey Bowman.
Yates throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bowman throws a head kick that misses.
Yates scores with a nice strike.
Yates comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Yates dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bowman takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Bowman shoots in for a takedown but Yates shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Yates is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Yates blocks the leg kick.
Harrison Yates is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Yates lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yates moves out of range of the leg kick from Bowman.
Bowman takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Casey Bowman has been cut.
Bowman lands with a kick to the temple. Yates shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yates lands a big head kick that sends Bowman tumbling to the mat! Yates takes a step backwards and waves Bowman back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bowman is rocked!
Yates cracks Bowman on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Bowman falls backwards against the cage. Yates follows up with more strikes that drop Bowman to his knees. Yates keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Bowman! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harrison Yates!
In defeat, Casey Bowman stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want to thank my team, my sponsor and of course my opponent for this fight. Today he was the better fighter...'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nova Zigaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Morley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zigaman comes to the cage accompanied by Cameo - Word Up!. Nova Zigaman has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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284 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nova Zigaman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adam Morley!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morley scores with a nice strike.
Morley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Zigaman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Morley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zigaman on the side of the head.
Adam Morley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zigaman walks into a stiff left hand from Morley.
Morley looks to land a combination but Zigaman avoids it well.
Zigaman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zigaman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morley moves away.
Zigaman fails with the takedown.
Morley misses with a hook
and Zigaman counters with a solid body kick.
Morley throws a series of punches but Zigaman avoids them all with ease.
Zigaman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Morley lands a left and a right that sends Zigaman crashing to the canvas! Morley dives into mount looking to finish!
Zigaman is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
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!
Morley postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Zigaman is out cold - huge knockout for Morley!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Adam Morley!
The defeated Nova Zigaman had this to say: 'If you look up the word fluke in the dictionary, it will have a picture of this piece of shit right here. You were lucky right there and you know it.'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Edward Scissorhands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Scissorhands's entrance music is For Heavy Metal we will die!. A fine choice. Edward Scissorhands could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rich Junior's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edward Scissorhands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rich Junior!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scissorhands connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Junior fails to land the takedown.
Junior has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Scissorhands.
Scissorhands scores with a jab to the head.
Scissorhands circles away from the clinch attempt.
Junior tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Scissorhands misses the target.
Scissorhands tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Scissorhands slaps away a takedown attempt from Junior, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Scissorhands is looking to slow Junior down with leg kicks.
Nice shot by Scissorhands.
Scissorhands looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scissorhands swings widly with a right hand
and Junior counters with a nice body shot.
Scissorhands listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Scissorhands connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scissorhands misses with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Junior checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Junior tries to clinch there but Scissorhands circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Scissorhands paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Junior defending well as Scissorhands loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Junior was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Junior pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scissorhands scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab lands there for Scissorhands.
A jab from Scissorhands does it's job there.
Edward Scissorhands is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Junior takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Junior moves out of range as Scissorhands strikes.
Scissorhands misses with a looping left.
Junior shoots for a takedown but Scissorhands saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Edward Scissorhands has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rich Junior.
Scissorhands scores with a sloppy right hand. Junior should have avoided that one.
Scissorhands gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Scissorhands wants to sweep but no luck.
Junior throws a big elbow that misses.
Junior won't allow Scissorhands to sweep him here.
Scissorhands working for a triangle but Junior defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Junior loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Junior throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Junior in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Scissorhands controlling Junior's posture.
Junior postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Junior trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Junior keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Scissorhands's head.
Scissorhands has momentary wrist control but Junior slips an elbow through the middle.
Scissorhands pushes a forearm under Junior's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Junior is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Edward Scissorhands!
Edward Scissorhands bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Howard Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Kroblur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stern comes to the cage accompanied by The Great American Nightmare. 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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196 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howard Stern!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Kroblur!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kroblur scores with a nice strike.
Stern connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kroblur. Kroblur circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Stern moves out of range as Kroblur strikes.
Kroblur throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Stern's head.
Stern has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rabid Dog in the buildup to the fight.
Stern blocks a jab.
Stern ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stern throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kroblur lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kroblur throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Stern defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kroblur.
Stern throws a hook but Kroblur blocks it.
Matt Kroblur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kroblur moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Kroblur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Stern drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stern tries to advance to mount but can't.
Stern wants to control but Kroblur is keeping him busy.
Stern looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kroblur tries to buck Stern off but Stern is having none of it.
Kroblur is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Stern's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Stern wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kroblur keeps working.
Kroblur works his way to full guard. Good work.
Stern wants to control from the top but Kroblur keeps moving.
Stern trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kroblur manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Kroblur cracks Stern with a solid left hand.
Stern preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kroblur got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stern has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kroblur has managed to get both his arms back between Stern's legs - danger averted.
Kroblur wants to control from the top but Stern keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stern looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kroblur is one step ahead there.
Stern not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kroblur accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stern preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kroblur preventing the sweep.
Kroblur working some strikes from top position.
Stern is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Kroblur is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kroblur preventing the sweep.
Kroblur working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stern seems keen to control Kroblur's posture.
Kroblur scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kroblur working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stern's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kroblur lands a couple of digs.
Kroblur throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Stern works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kroblur throws a big elbow that misses.
Kroblur landing some decent shots from guard.
Kroblur postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kroblur trying to control the position from guard on top but Stern is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Stern pulls Kroblur in close to his closed guard and prevents Kroblur from doing any damage or advancing position.
Stern looking for a sweep. Not yet Stern, not yet.
Kroblur keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stern's head.
Kroblur throwing strikes from guard but Stern blocks nicely.
Stern lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Stern connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kroblur is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stern wants to improve his position but Kroblur is controlling well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Kroblur working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Stern blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kroblur.
Kroblur is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kroblur throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stern trying to control but Kroblur postures up.
Kroblur working the head and body with strikes.
Stern tries to roll over but Kroblur keeps him under control.
Kroblur missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kroblur lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stern trying to control but Kroblur postures up.
Stern keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Kroblur 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.
Stern misses with a wild body shot.
Kroblur fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stern seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Stern takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kroblur is looking to score with low kicks.
Kroblur cracks a nice hook into Stern's ribs.
Kroblur has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Stern finds it's way round the side to connect with Kroblur's head.
A jab from Stern finds it's way through Kroblur's defenses.
Kroblur misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Stern misses the target.
Kroblur misses with a body shot
and Stern counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kroblur thinking.
A good leg kick by Stern.
Stern throws a looping overhand right but Kroblur ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Kroblur on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stern avoids the body shot from Kroblur.
Stern tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Kroblur defends well and Stern ends up having to push Kroblur into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Kroblur misses with an uppercut. Stern saw that one coming.
Kroblur lands with a nice body punch.
Nice jab there from Kroblur.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kroblur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kroblur needs to keep his hands up - Stern had a free shot at his head there.
Kroblur lands an overhand right.
Stern ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kroblur throws a body punch but Stern moves out of range.
Kroblur throws a head kick but Stern moves out of range.
Kroblur has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kroblur there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kroblur shoots in for a takedown but Stern shows good takedown defense.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Kroblur.
Kroblur working away.
Stern on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stern is looking for a sweep.
Stern manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Kroblur throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kroblur is trying to control. Stern wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kroblur lands strikes from half guard.
Matt Kroblur has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stern avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kroblur.
Stern holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Kroblur prevents Stern from improving his position.
Stern wants to control but Kroblur is keeping busy.
Kroblur is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kroblur thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stern's head.
Kroblur is nestled in close to Stern, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kroblur sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stern defending well though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Kroblur winds up and cracks Stern with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stern wants to get back to full guard.
Stern is not content to let Kroblur control the position.
Kroblur prevents Stern from improving his position.
Kroblur not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kroblur 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kroblur trying to control the action but Stern is working from the bottom.
Kroblur has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kroblur seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stern keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kroblur 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.
Stern is looking for a sweep. Kroblur is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kroblur looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stern with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Kroblur there.
Stern tries to get to full guard but Kroblur has control of the leg.
Kroblur is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kroblur working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kroblur lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stern is rocked!
Kroblur lands a big elbow - Stern is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Kroblur!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Kroblur!
Matt Kroblur is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Matt Kroblur thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Howard Stern spoke after the fight, saying 'I blame Robin and those big G's.'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Luatua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedrick Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luatua comes to the cage accompanied by Puff Daddy feat Jimmy Page - Come with me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Luatua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedrick Frederick!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Frederick misses.
Frederick lands with a nice body punch.
Frederick misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frederick throws out a leg kick but Luatua moves out of range and Frederick only half commits.
It looked like Luatua was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Luatua scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oooooh!!! Luatua has knocked Frederick down with a huge combo! Luatua steps away and waves a wobbly Frederick back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Cedrick Frederick has been cut.
We've been informed that Frederick 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.
Luatua lands a nice looking kick to the body. Frederick takes a step back to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Frederick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luatua lands a big uppercut and Frederick crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Frederick looks OK. Luatua waves Frederick back to his feet!
Frederick is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Frederick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Frederick.
Luatua throws a body shot but no joy.
Luatua fakes the leg kick and cracks Frederick in the body.
Frederick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luatua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luatua looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Frederick. Luatua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frederick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Luatua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luatua blocks the body kick.
Luatua is looking to counter the offense by Frederick and move into the clinch.
Frederick drops his hands for a split second and Luatua immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Frederick face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Luatua follows up with a right hand that knocks Frederick into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Robbie Luatua!
Robbie Luatua retains his heavyweight title!
Robbie Luatua was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mitar Miric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Lodano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miric's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mitar Miric - Ko je onaj mladic. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mitar Miric!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lucas Lodano!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miric fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lodano manages to avoid it.
Lodano slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Mitar Miric has been cut.
Lodano misses with the combination.
Miric misses with a hook
and Lodano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice leg kick lands there from Miric.
Lodano throws an off balance right hand
and Miric counters with a good low kick that Lodano was not able to check.
Lodano blocks the body kick.
Lodano appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lodano swings for the body but Miric moves out of range.
Lodano misses with a straight left.
Miric is looking to counter with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lodano misses with a left hand
and Miric counters with a nice uppercut.
Lodano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Miric.
Lodano just misses with a punch to the body.
Miric swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lodano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Miric moves away.
Miric looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lodano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lodano avoids the head kick by Miric.
Miric scores with a jab to the jaw.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lodano. That's going to slow Miric down.
Miric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Miric there.
Lodano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miric.
Lodano throws the left hand but Miric avoids the punch easily.
Lodano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Miric.
Lodano tries to score with a low kick but Miric moves his leg out of the way.
Miric scores with a jab to the jaw.
Miric cracks the inside of Lodano's front leg.
Lodano slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Miric there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Miric throws a shot to the body.
Lodano gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mitar Miric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miric changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lodano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Miric to score with a decent uppercut.
Lodano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Miric is out of range.
Lodano misses with a looping right.
Miric throws out a loose jab but Lodano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Miric lands with a hook. Lodano tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Miric is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Lodano loads up on a big right hand but Miric slips the punch.
Miric throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lodano on the side of the head.
Miric dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lodano moves away.
Miric fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lodano checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miric throws a good cross that connects.
Miric throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miric looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Miric seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Miric misses with an uppercut. Lodano saw that one coming.
Lodano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lodano takes one on the button.
Miric looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Miric.
Miric ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lodano moves away.
Lodano goes for a double leg but Miric avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Miric continues to drive forward.
Miric connects with a jab.
Lodano throws a body kick that misses.
Miric lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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!
Nice cross by Lodano.
Lodano takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Miric, right into the meat.
Mitar Miric is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lodano tries to close the distance and clinch but Miric swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miric connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lodano. Lodano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A big right from Miric misses.
Lodano throws a leg kick
letting Miric counter with a right hand.
Lodano scores with a nice head shot.
Miric misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Miric throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lodano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Miric lands a nice shot that snaps Lodano's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good standup being displayed there by Miric as he connects with a hook.
Lodano is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mitar Miric dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mitar Miric's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Miric is looking to slow Lodano down with leg kicks.
Miric misses with a looping right.
Lodano lunges at Miric with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Miric's hand.
Miric is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lodano can do to turn this around?
Lodano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Lodano might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Miric has got the better of the exchanges.
Lodano misses with a few strikes there.
Miric throwing a counter right hand but Lodano manages to avoid it.
Lodano takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Miric throws a body punch but Lodano moves out of range.
Lodano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice shot lands for Miric.
Lodano tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Miric is able to avoid easily.
Miric scores with the left hand. Lodano knows he should have avoided that one.
Lodano walks forward, straight into a front kick from Miric.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miric with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Miric feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lodano's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miric fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lodano.
Lodano drives through and clinches with Miric against the cage.
Miric escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lodano takes one to the side of the head.
Lodano slips a jab from Miric.
Nice cross by Miric.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Miric, as that shot connected.
Lodano is still on wobbly legs! Can Miric finish him?
Miric measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Lodano! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Mitar Miric!
A very excited looking Mitar Miric 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 welterweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salosen Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sackett might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Teardrop. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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26
176 lbs
19 - 2 - 0 |
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33
176 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mordecai Sackett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Salosen Mara!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mara closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
A jab from Mara misses.
A little feinted left hand from Sackett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mara lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sackett scores with a shot to the body.
Sackett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sackett appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mara shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sackett looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sackett takes a swing at Mara's ribcage but misses.
Mara shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Mara looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Sackett throws a poor cross that misses
and Mara counters with a straight right hand.
Sackett stuns Mara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mara throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mara with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sackett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara misses with an uppercut.
Sackett throws an overhand right that lands on Mara's shoulder, as Mara tries to avoid the shot.
Mara swings widly with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a stiff right hand.
Mara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sackett.
Sackett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mara stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sackett defending well as Mara loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mara moves out of range of the strikes.
Mara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sackett scores with a jab.
Mara swings widly with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Sackett finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Mara.
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!
Mara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mara feints a counter leg kick.
Sackett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands with a shot to the body.
Mara has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Sackett uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mara has time to react.
Mara throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mara throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
An attempted straight right counter from Sackett misses the target.
Sackett with a nice cross.
Sackett is looking to slow Mara down with leg kicks.
Sackett misses with a right hand
and Mara counters with a stiff right hand.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sackett takes one on the button.
Sackett slips a straight right by Mara.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mara.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Mara is just out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Mara blocks the leg kick.
Mara ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sackett is out of range.
Sackett misses with a straight right.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Mara.
Sackett takes a swing at Mara's ribcage but misses.
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mara was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Jab, jab by Mara - just one landing.
Mara takes one to the chin there.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mara.
Sackett is looking to counter punch.
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Mara swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A low kick from Mara is predictable there
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mara connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sackett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mara is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sackett with a body shot.
Sackett stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mara lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mara connects with an inside leg kick.
Sackett is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Mara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Sackett. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sackett.
Sackett lands a nice shot that snaps Mara's head back.
Sackett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sackett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mara with a nice cross.
Mara scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sackett in his tracks.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Mara.
Mara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mara throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mara blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mara does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mara keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mara swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mordecai Sackett dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mara lands a head kick. Sackett smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mara might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sackett has got the better of the exchanges.
Mara throws a hook to the side of Sackett's head but Sackett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sackett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mara doesn't seem bothered though.
Mara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mara appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mara cracks the inside of Sackett's front leg.
A big left from Sackett misses.
Sackett thumps Mara with a low kick.
Sackett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mordecai Sackett is winning the standup battle so far.
Mara throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sackett moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mara misses the jab.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mara moves away.
Sackett throws a lazy right hand but Mara sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sackett misses with a hook.
Mara is trying to counter with his kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett misses with a body shot.
Mara scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sackett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mara's hands.
Sackett throws a lazy right hand but Mara sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mara moves out of range as Sackett throws a body kick.
Sackett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sackett misses with a straight right.
Mara scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sackett doesn't seem bothered though.
Sackett does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett checks a low kick from Mara.
Sackett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mara misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by Sackett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mara slips a jab from Sackett.
Sackett backing away here, and Mara unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mara throws out a powerful jab.
Sackett tries to work over Mara's front leg with a kick but Mara checks it.
Sackett with a nice cross.
Sackett lands a right hook to the body.
Mara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sackett.
Mara only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sackett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
As Mara backs away, Sackett returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mara 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.
Sackett lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Mara throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mara lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sackett at a distance.
Sackett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mara.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett backing away here, and Mara unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sackett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mara moves out of range of the body kick from Sackett.
Sackett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mara fakes the leg kick and cracks Sackett in the body.
Nice straight punches there by Sackett. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sackett.
Mara does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mara throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sackett.
A clash of legs there as Sackett blocks the low kick.
Sackett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mara takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mara misses with a body punch
and Sackett counters with a leg kick.
Sackett checks a leg kick.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Mara moves away and avoids it.
Mara needs to keep his hands up - Sackett had a free shot at his head there.
Sackett takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mara has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sackett.
Sackett connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mara. Mara circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Mara scores with a hook.
Mara swings for the body but Sackett moves out of range.
Sackett throws a head kick that misses.
Mara jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mara slips a straight right by Sackett.
Mara is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sackett with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sackett, right into the meat.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
Mara has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sackett on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mara. Mara obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mara throws a low kick, looking for Sackett's leg but Sackett calmly moves out of range.
Sackett appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sackett with a jab.
Mara gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sackett.
Sackett loads up on a big right hand but Mara slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.
Sackett slips under a jab from Mara.
Mara lands with a nice body punch.
Sackett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mara throws out the jab.
Mara misses with a hook
and Sackett counters with an outside leg kick.
Mara throws the kick towards the body but Sackett avoids it.
Mara throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mara fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sackett on the side of the head.
Sackett lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mara will feel that in the morning.
Mara attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Mara - just one landing.
Sackett on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mara. Mara obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Sackett misses its intended target.
Mara only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Mara.
Mara looks to land a right hand but Sackett moved out of range.
Sackett lands with an uppercut that bounces Mara off the cage and back into range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sackett.
Mara throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Sackett misses the target.
Mara misses with a body shot.
Mara tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Mara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sackett.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sackett. Mara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sackett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mara throws a jab when Sackett was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mara's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sackett under the eye.
Sackett lands a head kick. Mara smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
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!
Sackett misses with an uppercut
and Mara cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mara feints and then cracks Sackett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sackett down.
Sackett checks a leg kick.
Mara scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mara.
Sackett bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sackett tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mara is able to avoid easily.
Mara bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sackett's head backwards.
Mara has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mara misses with a hook
and Sackett counters with a stiff right hand.
Sackett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mara.
Mara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara throws a solid leg kick but Sackett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mara.
Mara tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sackett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mara.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Sackett.
Mara moves out of range of the strikes.
Mara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett counters with a nice leg kick.
Good exchange - Mara coming out on top.
Sackett throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sackett misses with a looping right.
Mara let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sackett is looking to slow Mara down with leg kicks.
The fighters circling - Sackett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mara swings widly with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sackett lands a slapping body shot.
Mara staying out of range there.
Mara slips a straight right by Sackett.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mara.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mara was well out of range. Poor timing from Sackett.
Mara throws a solid leg kick but Sackett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mara.
Sackett shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Mara's head but Mara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sackett scores with a body shot.
Mara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Sackett scores with the left hand. Mara knows he should have avoided that one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sackett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mara has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mara and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sackett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sackett takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sackett lands with an uppercut that bounces Mara off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mordecai Sackett clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mara shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mara, right into the meat.
Mara misses with a low kick.
Sackett is looking to counter punch.
Mara is looking to land body kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sackett.
Mara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mara takes one on the button.
Sackett checks a low kick from Mara.
Sackett was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sackett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mara.
Sackett lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mara counters with a nice leg kick.
Mara connects with a solid leg kick.
Sackett throws a jab when Mara was well out of range.
Mara looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mara has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sackett finds it's way round the side to connect with Mara's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Sackett finds it's target.
Sackett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Sackett throws a sloppy head kick and Mara moves out of range easily.
Sackett throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mara counters with a stiff right hand.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Mara is just out of range.
Sackett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
Mara misses with an uppercut.
Mara moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mara scores with a punch to the head.
Sackett moves away from the strike by Mara.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett misses with a wild body shot.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
Mara drops his hands momentarily and Sackett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
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!
Mara tries a low kick but Sackett avoids it.
Mara walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sackett checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sackett.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sackett scores with a hook.
Sackett misses with a kick to the body.
Mara is looking to chop away at Sackett's legs.
Mara lands with a nice body punch.
Mara looks for the body kick but Sackett saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mara throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mara throws a jab but it's blocked by Sackett.
Mara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sackett.
Sackett scores with a spinning back kick!
Sackett takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sackett feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mara's calf.
Sackett blocks a low kick nicely.
Sackett slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mara misses with an uppercut.
Sackett throws a right hand that Mara ducks under and follows up with a left that Mara also avoids with ease.
Sackett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sackett scores with a punch to the head.
Sackett bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mara's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Mara.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett misses with a body shot
and Mara counters with a good, hard body kick but Sackett shrugs it off.
Mara motions for Sackett to come forward. Mara throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sackett half committed to a counter leg kick.
Sackett works the jab nicely.
Sackett throws a hook to the side of Mara's head but Mara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mara fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sackett checks it well.
Mara avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A nice side step and Mara releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Mara misses with an uppercut.
Sackett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mara scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Mara.
Mara dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sackett. That did some damage!
Sackett slips under a jab.
Mara jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mordecai Sackett will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sackett lands a slapping body shot.
Mara throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sackett counters with a leg kick.
Sackett takes a swing at Mara's ribcage but misses.
Sackett lands a right hook to the body.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mara moves away.
Sackett throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mara uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sackett.
Mara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sackett slips a jab from Mara.
Sackett was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mara throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett counters with a body kick that stops Mara in his tracks momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sackett just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Mara.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mara.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sackett scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mara doesn't seem bothered though.
Good exchange - Mara coming out on top.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Mara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mara sizes up Sackett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mara misses with an uppercut. Sackett saw that one coming.
Mara blocks a jab.
Mara throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mara throws a low kick, looking for Sackett's leg but Sackett calmly moves out of range.
Sackett misses with a leg kick.
Mara throws a body shot but no joy.
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but Mara manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Mara.
Sackett misses with a looping left.
Mara checks a leg kick.
Salosen Mara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett throws a body punch but Mara moves out of range.
Sackett backing away here, and Mara unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mara thows a leg kick but Sackett checks it
and Sackett counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mara avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Sackett throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A telegraphed right hand from Sackett misses the target.
Sackett throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mara.
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!
Sackett lands a jab to the head.
Sackett fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mara.
Mara throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sackett.
Sackett lands a nice looking body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sackett.
Sackett scores with a body shot.
Mara misses with a body punch
and Sackett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sackett checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The crowd cheers as Sackett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mara doesn't seem phased though.
Mara looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mara darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mara 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.
An inside leg kick from Mara misses.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Mara.
Mara ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mara on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sackett scores with a leg kick.
Mara keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Mara moves away and avoids it.
Sackett stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
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!
Sackett takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mara motions for Sackett to come forward. Mara throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mara throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Sackett to counter with a crisp jab.
Sackett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mara ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sackett moves away.
Mara gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sackett.
Mara throws a poor cross that misses
and Sackett counters with an inside leg kick.
Sackett is looking to slow Mara down with leg kicks.
Mara swings widly with a right hand
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
A head kick by Mara misses
and Sackett counters with an outside leg kick.
Mara takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sackett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mara.
Sackett connects with a body shot that sends Mara's belly button to the back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mordecai Sackett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sackett 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mordecai Sackett!
After winning the bout, Mordecai Sackett thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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