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BRFC 56 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sjaardsen Hooj (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sjaardsen Hooj has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sjaardsen Hooj!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Grant!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hooj scores with a punch to the head.
Grant throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hooj counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Grant digs a good hook to Hooj's body.
Grant cracks Hooj with an open hand slap.
Grant scores with a hook to the body. Hooj takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hooj takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hooj looks to land a right hand but Grant moved out of range.
Grant falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hooj counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hooj throws a series of punches but Grant moves out of range.
Hunter Grant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hooj misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grant.
Hooj misses with a straight left.
Grant appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grant misses with a series of wild punches.
Hooj scores with a hook to the body. Grant takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Hooj to counter with a crisp jab.
Grant misses with an uppercut
and Hooj counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hooj. Grant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hooj tries to clinch but Grant is having none of it.
Grant throws a lazy uppercut
and Hooj counters with a one-two to the body.
Hooj lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grant circles away quickly and effectively.
Grant throws an overhand right that lands on Hooj's shoulder, as Hooj tries to avoid the shot.
Hooj throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hooj swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Grant counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grant scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hooj drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Grant told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Hooj throws a strike aimed at the side of Grant's head but Grant avoids it well.
Grant is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Grant's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The strikes coming from Hooj are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
We've been hearing that Hooj has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Hooj working away.
Hooj wants to lay and pray for a moment but Grant keeps working.
Hooj goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Grant has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hooj but great work by Grant.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooj is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hooj gets back to half guard.
Hooj trying to control but Grant postures up.
Grant thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hooj's head.
Grant thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hooj's head.
Grant seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hooj does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Grant is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hooj is just riding it out for now. Grant eventually gives up the hold.
Hooj wants to sweep but Grant has passed to side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hooj sneaks back into half guard.
Hooj is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Grant jumps into side control!
Hooj wants to control but Grant postures up.
Hooj is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grant working away.
Hooj is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Hooj's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hunter Grant will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jab by Hooj.
Grant misses with a straight left.
Hooj moves into range and connects with a jab.
Grant walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Grant digs a good body shot into Hooj's ribs.
Grant keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Hooj both land. Nice combination.
Hooj throws the left hand but Grant avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Grant's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Grant avoids the body shot from Hooj.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hooj darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Grant clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooj lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Hooj.
Hooj blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hooj struggles to land a body shot inside as Grant controls his hands.
Hooj lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hooj throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grant.
Grant goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hooj trying to stall but Grant improves his position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hooj.
Hooj gets through Grant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hooj misses with a punch to the body.
Hooj working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Grant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grant is trying to stall.
Hooj pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It seemed like Grant was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice shot by Hooj.
Grant is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grant lands a nice shot to the body.
Grant is still on wobbly legs! Can Hooj finish him?
Hooj throws a jab when Grant was well out of range.
Grant seems to have recovered his senses.
Hooj uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grant.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hooj throws a poor cross that misses
and Grant counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hooj misses with a hook. Grant ducked under it nicely.
Grant misses with a right hand
and Hooj cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hooj connects with a looping right hand.
Grant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hooj was well out of range. Poor timing from Grant.
A slow jab from Grant misses its intended target.
Grant misses with a body shot
and Hooj counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grant is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Grant throws out a loose jab but Hooj uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sjaardsen Hooj is winning the standup battle so far.
Grant has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hooj finds it's way round the side to connect with Grant's head.
Grant loads up on a big right hand but Hooj slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hooj throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grant's waist but Grant gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hooj off to one side.
Grant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hooj walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grant checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grant just misses with a punch to the body.
Hooj scores with a hook.
Hooj drops Grant with a huge uppercut! Grant drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Hooj is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sjaardsen Hooj!
Sjaardsen Hooj managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sully's Bar & Grill, into his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colin Turnbull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gomu Gomu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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280 lbs
3 - 1 - 1 |
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260 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Colin Turnbull!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gomu Gomu!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turnbull avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gomu misses with a series of wild punches.
Turnbull keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turnbull misses with a low kick.
Gomu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Turnbull displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gomu throws out the jab.
Gomu lands a lovely overhand right.
Gomu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Turnbull is out of range and Gomu settles back down.
Gomu looks to score with a jab to the body but Turnbull is just out of range.
Gomu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turnbull uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gomu.
Gomu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turnbull pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gomu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turnbull uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gomu.
Gomu throws out a loose jab but Turnbull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Turnbull scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Turnbull looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gomu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Turnbull has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Turnbull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Turnbull connects with a looping right hand.
It looks like Gomu Gomu has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Turnbull. Turnbull circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Turnbull throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Turnbull scoring well with a low kick there.
Turnbull blocks a jab.
Gomu lands a really nice looking cross but Turnbull seems unphased.
Turnbull fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gomu checks it well.
Turnbull takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gomu throws a big shot that misses.
Gomu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Turnbull avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Turnbull misses the target.
Gomu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Turnbull closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good work by Gomu as he checks the leg kick.
Gomu misses with a body kick.
Gomu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Turnbull counters with a straight right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Turnbull.
Gomu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Turnbull connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gomu checks a leg kick.
Gomu throws a jab but it's blocked by Turnbull.
Turnbull lands the left hand.
That has opened up Gomu Gomu's cut even more.
Gomu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gomu looks to land a left hand but Turnbull moved out of range nicely.
Turnbull misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Gomu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gomu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Turnbull throws a front kick that sends Gomu stumbling back into the cage.
An inside leg kick lands from Turnbull.
Turnbull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gomu at a distance.
Gomu looks winded!
A jab lands there for Turnbull.
Gomu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Turnbull tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gomu was well out of range. Poor timing from Turnbull.
Turnbull pounces like a tiger and cracks Gomu with a vicious hook! Gomu is down but not out! Turnbull follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Colin Turnbull!
After the fight, Colin Turnbull was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terrence Funk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darko Vader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funk comes to the cage accompanied by Megadeth - Peace Sells (But Who's Buying?). Vader has chosen Return of Darko as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!
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145 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Terrence Funk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Darko Vader!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funk ducks under a wild hook from Vader.
Funk takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Funk ducks under a wild hook from Vader.
Vader connects with a jab.
Funk throws a hook but Vader avoids it easily.
It seemed like Vader was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Vader staying out of range there.
Vader missing with a left hand there. Funk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Funk jabs Vader to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vader slips under a jab from Funk.
Vader misses with a straight left.
Funk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vader.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vader connects with a jab.
Vader is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Funk takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funk looks to land a left hand but Vader moved out of range nicely.
Funk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vader cracks Funk with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Vader has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Funk to stand back up!
Funk is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vader circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Funk to the canvas! Funk doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Vader keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darko Vader!
Darko Vader decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Terrence Funk was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck fuck fuck'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spiros Saravakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle comes to the cage accompanied by Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen. Travis Bickle has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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191 lbs
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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
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spiros Saravakos!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle throws a shot to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bickle.
Bickle fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Saravakos throws a hook but Bickle blocks it.
Bickle dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saravakos. That did some damage!
Saravakos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No luck for Bickle with that takedown attempt.
Saravakos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The crowd cheers as Bickle lands an impressive looking overhand right. Saravakos doesn't seem phased though.
Bickle misses with a few strikes there.
Bickle moves away from the strike by Saravakos.
Bickle bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Saravakos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bickle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Saravakos lands a nice hook to Bickle's body. Bickle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A combination from Saravakos does no damage.
Bickle scores with a jab. Saravakos acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Travis Bickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Saravakos tries to avoid it but Bickle manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Saravakos to the ground. Saravakos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Bickle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Saravakos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bickle checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bickle works the jab nicely.
Bickle fails to land with a series of punches.
Saravakos feints the counter takedown.
Saravakos digs a good hook to Bickle's body.
Saravakos scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Travis Bickle has been cut.
Saravakos misses with a wild body shot.
Bickle looks to land a left hand but Saravakos moved out of range nicely.
Saravakos connects with the punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Saravakos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Saravakos thows a leg kick but Bickle checks it
and Bickle counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice cross by Bickle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bickle throws a head kick that misses.
Good work by Bickle as he checks the leg kick.
Bickle half committed to a counter leg kick.
Saravakos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saravakos with a nice head shot there.
Bickle 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.
Bickle is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Liverpools Red Tri-Angle MMA & Fitness that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bickle keeping moving, preventing Saravakos from controlling successfully.
Saravakos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bickle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saravakos.
Bickle wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravakos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bickle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Saravakos is stalling in the full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bickle tries a low kick but Saravakos avoids it.
Saravakos lands with a straight right. Bickle didn't see that one coming.
Saravakos misses with an uppercut. Bickle saw that one coming.
Saravakos thumps Bickle with a low kick.
Saravakos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bickle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Saravakos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Bickle.
Saravakos throws a shot to the body.
Saravakos looks to land a right hand but Bickle moved out of range.
Bickle decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bickle trying to control the pace.
Saravakos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bickle's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bickle's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bickle is trapped and Saravakos is scoring with shots to the head and body.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
You can see the frustration on Bickle's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bickle is working hard here to advance position.
Bickle is keeping busy.
Saravakos is landing with strikes from the back.
Saravakos trying to control momentarily.
Saravakos is punishing Bickle with some ground and pound.
Saravakos keeps control of the position as Bickle tries to break free.
Saravakos not allowing Bickle to control his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Spiros Saravakos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Travis Bickle's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bickle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Saravakos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Saravakos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A swing and a miss from Saravakos.
Bickle throws a nice looking combination but Saravakos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Saravakos checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saravakos throws a low kick, looking for Bickle's leg but Bickle calmly moves out of range.
Saravakos will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Saravakos lands with a straight right. Bickle didn't see that one coming.
Bickle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Travis Bickle is winning the standup battle so far.
Bickle ducks under a wild hook from Saravakos.
Saravakos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Bickle blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saravakos cracks a nice hook into Bickle's ribs.
Bickle misses the jab.
Saravakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bickle moves away.
Bickle throwing a counter right hand but Saravakos manages to avoid it.
Saravakos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saravakos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Saravakos.
Saravakos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bickle scores with a nice strike.
Saravakos avoids the body shot from Bickle.
Bickle shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Saravakos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Spiros Saravakos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bickle wants to control but Saravakos is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Bickle seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Saravakos sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Bickle is keen to just control but Saravakos is a slippery customer.
Saravakos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bickle scores with a couple of nice shots.
Saravakos wants to improve his position but Bickle is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Saravakos keeping hold of Bickle's head, controlling as best he can.
Bickle seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Saravakos wants to control but Bickle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bickle stalling.
Bickle wants to work for an arm triangle but Saravakos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravakos trying to control here.
Bickle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Saravakos's head.
Saravakos wants to control but Bickle is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Saravakos thuds his right hand into Bickle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bickle throws a good cross that connects.
Saravakos lands a jab to Bickle's midsection.
Saravakos connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bickle's hands.
Saravakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bickle connects with a right hand. Saravakos shakes it off.
Saravakos looks to score with a jab to the body but Bickle is just out of range.
Bickle scores with a nice body kick.
Saravakos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle throws a jab but it's blocked by Saravakos.
A little jabbing left from Saravakos on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saravakos tries to land a leg kick but Bickle saw it coming and moves away.
Bickle changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Saravakos throws a right hand that misses
and Bickle counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bickle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saravakos.
Saravakos lands an overhand right.
Bickle moves into the clinch.
Saravakos can't find room to land a body shot as Bickle controls the action.
Bickle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bickle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saravakos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Saravakos.
Saravakos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saravakos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Saravakos throws a low kick, looking for Bickle's leg but Bickle calmly moves out of range.
Bickle missing with a left hand there. Saravakos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saravakos with the counter takedown but Bickle avoids it easily.
Bickle throws a sloppy head kick and Saravakos moves out of range easily.
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 Travis Bickle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Travis Bickle'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. And we move into the final round!
Saravakos throws a looping overhand right but Bickle ducks down to avoid it.
Bickle ducks right into an uppercut from Saravakos.
Saravakos throws a big shot that misses.
Bickle throws a quick counter kick to the body but Saravakos avoids it.
Bickle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Saravakos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bickle was well out of range. Poor timing from Saravakos.
Bickle tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bickle changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Saravakos looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bickle wants to control but Saravakos is keeping him busy.
Bickle connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Saravakos some visible discomfort.
Bickle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saravakos keeps working.
Saravakos struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle taking a breather here.
Saravakos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Bickle not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bickle prevents Saravakos from improving his position.
Bickle seems to be working for a kimura but Saravakos defends the submission attempt.
Saravakos keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
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.
Bickle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saravakos keeps working.
Saravakos has his hands clasped together around Bickle's back. He's all about the action.
Bickle seems to be looking for submissions.
Bickle is pressing down on Saravakos's thigh, looking to free his foot. Saravakos is holding on for now.
Bickle wants to control but Saravakos is keeping him busy.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saravakos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bickle moves away.
Bickle 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.
Saravakos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jab by Saravakos.
Saravakos fails with the takedown.
Saravakos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A clash of legs there as Bickle blocks the low kick.
Bickle dives in and scores a takedown into Saravakos's guard.
Bickle preventing the sweep.
Saravakos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bickle trying to control the position from guard on top but Saravakos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle won't allow Saravakos to sweep him here.
Bickle seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Saravakos looking to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bickle is fighting to break Saravakos's control of his arms but Saravakos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Bickle showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bickle 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Travis Bickle!
A very excited looking Travis Bickle rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Lang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lang comes into the arena with Granite Breaker blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, David Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Edgar Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendoza takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lang bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mendoza's head.
Mendoza takes a swing at Lang's ribcage but misses.
Lang wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Lang missing with a left hand there. Mendoza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mendoza! But no joy.
Lang clinches up against the cage.
Mendoza tries to circle away but Lang has him pinned against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Lang has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Lang on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Lang.
A short right from Lang on the inside.
Lang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mendoza can't break the clinch.
Mendoza tries to circle away but Lang has him pinned against the cage.
Lang has Mendoza pressed against the cage, preventing Mendoza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lang throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendoza.
Mendoza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lang blocks it with crossed arms.
Mendoza is trying to force a seperation but Lang has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Lang.
Lang misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lang.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendoza's efforts to push away.
Lang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lang lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza is trying to break the clinch but Lang is controlling him.
Lang lands a right hand.
Lang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mendoza misses with a punch to the body.
Lang lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Lang.
Mendoza is rocked!
Lang scores with a shot to the side of Mendoza's head.
Mendoza is still on wobbly legs! Can Lang finish him?
Mendoza can't break the clinch.
Mendoza looks winded!
Lang unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Mendoza! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Lang is unloading with more strikes now! Mendoza drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Lang!
David Lang decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Koulouraki Souvlaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souvlaki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Greek Anthem. Khasbulaev has chosen Fetty Wap - Trap Queen as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Koulouraki Souvlaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khasbulaev throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Khasbulaev thuds a left hand into Souvlaki's body.
Khasbulaev leaves Souvlaki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A jab from Khasbulaev misses.
Khasbulaev lands with a straight right. Souvlaki didn't see that one coming.
Souvlaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Souvlaki momentarily.
Khasbulaev misses with an uppercut. Souvlaki saw that one coming.
Souvlaki throws the left hand but Khasbulaev avoids the punch easily.
Souvlaki fails with a takedown attempt.
A big right from Khasbulaev misses.
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khasbulaev connects with a right hand. Souvlaki shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Souvlaki blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasbulaev throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Souvlaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khasbulaev gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Souvlaki to score an easy takedown into full guard.
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.
Khasbulaev is looking to stand up but Souvlaki isn't so interested in that idea.
Souvlaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Souvlaki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've been hearing good reports from Souvlaki's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Khasbulaev really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Souvlaki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Souvlaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Souvlaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Souvlaki throwing strikes but missing.
Khasbulaev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Souvlaki throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souvlaki throwing strikes from guard but Khasbulaev blocks nicely.
Souvlaki throwing strikes from guard but Khasbulaev blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souvlaki in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souvlaki throws a big elbow that misses.
Khasbulaev bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Souvlaki's guard.
Souvlaki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Souvlaki trying to keep a closed guard but Khasbulaev is proving a slippery customer.
Souvlaki has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Khasbulaev can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souvlaki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Souvlaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souvlaki throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Souvlaki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Souvlaki 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.
Souvlaki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Souvlaki has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Khasbulaev sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souvlaki is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Khasbulaev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Souvlaki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Khasbulaev is aware though and is defending well.
Khasbulaev won't allow Souvlaki to sweep him here.
Khasbulaev wants to stand but Souvlaki is controlling his posture from full guard.
Souvlaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khasbulaev is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Magomedrasul Khasbulaev will probably get the nod.
That's time! Souvlaki's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Khasbulaev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Souvlaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Khasbulaev.
Souvlaki throwing a counter right hand but Khasbulaev manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Khasbulaev.
Souvlaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khasbulaev.
Souvlaki feinted with a counter takedown.
Khasbulaev lands a head kick!
Souvlaki is rocked!
Khasbulaev with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Souvlaki goes for a double leg but Khasbulaev avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Khasbulaev continues to drive forward.
Khasbulaev scores with a shot to the body.
Khasbulaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souvlaki moves away.
Souvlaki changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Khasbulaev misses with a hook.
Khasbulaev throws out a loose jab but Souvlaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souvlaki cracks Khasbulaev with an open hand slap.
A swing and a miss from Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev jabs Souvlaki right on the nose. Souvlaki blinks but takes it well.
Oh Souvlaki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Khasbulaev misses.
Khasbulaev scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khasbulaev lands with a thumping leg kick.
Khasbulaev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Souvlaki at a distance.
Souvlaki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khasbulaev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khasbulaev works Souvlaki's body with a nice hook.
Khasbulaev dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Souvlaki. That did some damage!
Khasbulaev throws a quick inside leg kick.
Khasbulaev throws a looping overhand right but Souvlaki ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Souvlaki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Souvlaki fails with the takedown.
Khasbulaev lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Souvlaki falls backwards - clearly groggy! Khasbulaev dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sameh Mahmoud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Desmond Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sameh Mahmoud has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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7 - 3 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sameh Mahmoud!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Desmond Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Bradley misses
and Mahmoud cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the body from Mahmoud misses
and Bradley counters with a straight right hand.
Mahmoud ducks under a wild hook from Bradley.
Bradley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mahmoud eats them both and turns towards Bradley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Sameh Mahmoud has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud staying out of range there.
Bradley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bradley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bradley looks to score with a jab to the body but Mahmoud is just out of range.
Bradley throws a hook to the side of Mahmoud's head but Mahmoud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahmoud goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mahmoud misses with a body punch
and Mahmoud takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bradley's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mahmoud under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahmoud misses the body punch
and Bradley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bradley throws out a loose jab but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud moves away from the strike by Bradley.
Mahmoud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradley.
Mahmoud jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mahmoud misses with a kick to the body.
Mahmoud throws a right hand that misses
and Bradley makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bradley misses with a straight right.
Sloppy strikes from Bradley. Those never looked like landing.
Mahmoud displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bradley throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Bradley.
Bradley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bradley moves out of range as Mahmoud throws a body kick.
Bradley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mahmoud can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley misses with an uppercut. Mahmoud saw that one coming.
Mahmoud darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bradley misses with a looping left.
Mahmoud pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mahmoud scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahmoud doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bradley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mahmoud fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bradley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mahmoud tries to move into range but Bradley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mahmoud slips a jab from Bradley.
Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bradley.
Bradley bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Mahmoud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bradley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws a lazy uppercut
and Bradley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mahmoud misses with a hook. Bradley ducked under it nicely.
Bradley uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Mahmoud has time to react.
Desmond Bradley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Mahmoud.
Bradley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bradley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bradley swings widly with a right hand
and Mahmoud counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bradley thinking.
Bradley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bradley misses with a double jab.
Mahmoud fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bradley fails to land with a series of punches.
Bradley throws out a loose jab but Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mahmoud pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mahmoud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bradley.
Bradley is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahmoud throws a hook but Bradley avoids it easily.
Bradley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mahmoud scores with a punch to the head.
Bradley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mahmoud changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Mahmoud throws a hook but Bradley avoids it easily.
Bradley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bradley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Mahmoud had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Mahmoud cracks Bradley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Mahmoud.
Bradley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mahmoud is looking to land body kicks.
Mahmoud misses with an uppercut.
Mahmoud fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bradley checks it well.
Bradley let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Bradley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mahmoud looks to land a left hand but Bradley moved out of range nicely.
Desmond Bradley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mahmoud connects with a body shot that sends Bradley's belly button to the back.
Bradley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Mahmoud fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mahmoud fails with the takedown.
Bradley unleashes a big counter combination but Mahmoud bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mahmoud throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Bradley counter with a right hand.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Mahmoud moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mahmoud turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bradley looks to land a combination. Mahmoud sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bradley cracks Mahmoud with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmoud pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mahmoud misses with a looping right.
Bradley unleashes a big counter combination but Mahmoud bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mahmoud throws a right hand that misses
and Bradley counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bradley unleashes a big counter combination but Mahmoud bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bradley throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Bradley throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bradley throws a hook but Mahmoud blocks it.
Mahmoud half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Bradley with a hook.
Mahmoud looks for the body kick but Bradley saw that one coming.
Bradley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradley moves out of range as Mahmoud throws a body kick.
Bradley throws a counter combo.
Mahmoud misses with a body kick.
Bradley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mahmoud.
Bradley throws a right and a left that Mahmoud avoids nicely.
Mahmoud lands a leg kick that knocks Bradley off balance momentarily.
Mahmoud misses with a hook.
Mahmoud misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bradley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradley scores with a hook.
Bradley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bradley scores with a punch to the head.
Bradley misses with a hook. Mahmoud ducked under it nicely.
Bradley throws a body kick that misses
and Mahmoud counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mahmoud slips a straight right by Bradley.
Mahmoud swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mahmoud connects with a body shot.
Mahmoud swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mahmoud misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Bradley to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Bradley misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bradley avoids it really well and circles away.
Mahmoud closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bradley quickly recovers to half guard.
Mahmoud drops an elbow to the side of Bradley's head.
Bradley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mahmoud. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bradley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bradley holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Mahmoud controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Mahmoud drops an elbow to the side of Bradley's head.
Bradley is refusing to be controlled, as Mahmoud sits in half guard.
Mahmoud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mahmoud not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mahmoud throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mahmoud seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've been hearing good reports from Mahmoud's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Mahmoud is looking to take a break and control but Bradley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mahmoud sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bradley defending well though.
Mahmoud winds up and cracks Bradley with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Bradley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bradley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahmoud blocks the body kick.
Mahmoud fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bradley manages to avoid it.
Bradley unleashes a big counter combination but Mahmoud bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Mahmoud swinging wildly here.
Bradley throws a sloppy head kick and Mahmoud moves out of range easily.
Mahmoud moves into the clinch.
Mahmoud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradley.
Mahmoud misses with some punches.
Mahmoud tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bradley's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahmoud lands a right hand.
Bradley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Mahmoud fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bradley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mahmoud looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bradley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bradley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mahmoud defending well as Bradley loads up on a big left hand.
Nice shot by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud connects with a body shot.
Bradley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bradley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mahmoud misses with a left hand
and Bradley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mahmoud shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bradley as he avoids it easily.
It seemed like Bradley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mahmoud scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bradley moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahmoud slips a jab from Bradley.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands with an overhand left.
A big left from Mahmoud misses.
Mahmoud throws a hook to the side of Bradley's head but Bradley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bradley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mahmoud wants to clinch.
Bradley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bradley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahmoud moves away.
Mahmoud scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bradley sneaks out the side door and pushes Mahmoud away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Bradley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mahmoud shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bradley defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mahmoud shoots in for a takedown but Bradley shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sameh Mahmoud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley looks to land a right hand but Mahmoud moved out of range.
Bradley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mahmoud circles away quickly and effectively.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bradley.
Bradley throws a head kick that misses.
Mahmoud with a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mahmoud 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 Bradley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bradley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mahmoud tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bradley was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud throws a looping overhand right but Bradley ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bradley.
Mahmoud has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Mahmoud misses.
Bradley tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mahmoud is able to avoid easily.
Mahmoud appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bradley has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bradley there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bradley throws a hook to the side of Mahmoud's head but Mahmoud sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mahmoud ducks under a wild hook from Bradley.
Mahmoud misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradley.
Bradley tests Mahmoud's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bradley throws a sloppy head kick and Mahmoud moves out of range easily.
Bradley misses the body punch
and Mahmoud counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Bradley really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Bradley misses with a series of wild punches.
Bradley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bradley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bradley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mahmoud throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bradley misses with a looping right.
Mahmoud dodges the punch combination from Bradley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahmoud looks for a takedown but Bradley sprawls well.
Bradley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Mahmoud with a body shot.
Mahmoud connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mahmoud misses with a leg kick
and Bradley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bradley on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Bradley.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Mahmoud half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mahmoud moves out of range of the body kick.
Mahmoud throws out a leg kick but Bradley moves out of range and Mahmoud only half commits.
Mahmoud looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mahmoud scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Mahmoud.
Mahmoud blocks a jab.
Bradley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley misses with a hook.
Mahmoud slips under a jab.
Mahmoud looks to land a right hand but Bradley moved out of range.
Bradley is looking for the big counter here.
Mahmoud cracks Bradley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahmoud misses with a left hand
and Bradley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bradley misses with a hook. Mahmoud ducked under it nicely.
Mahmoud was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bradley throws a right and a left that Mahmoud avoids nicely.
Mahmoud throws a leg kick
enabling Bradley to counter with a crisp jab.
Mahmoud scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bradley doesn't seem bothered though.
Bradley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mahmoud tries to counter with a takedown but Bradley is quick to defend against it.
Bradley drops his hands momentarily and Mahmoud takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Mahmoud walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bradley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud throws a hook to the side of Bradley's head but Bradley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bradley's corner calls for a 1-2. Bradley obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bradley throws a shot from downtown. Mahmoud moves away and avoids it.
Mahmoud uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bradley.
A counter left hand to the body from Mahmoud misses its target.
A jab from Mahmoud misses.
Mahmoud misses with an uppercut.
Despite the aggression on Bradley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Mahmoud moves out of range.
Mahmoud closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bradley's guard.
Bradley working a defensive guard here.
Sameh Mahmoud overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mahmoud throwing strikes but missing.
Mahmoud slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahmoud is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bradley controls Mahmoud momentarily but Mahmoud frees himself.
Mahmoud working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mahmoud throwing strikes but missing.
Bradley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mahmoud stopping the sweep attempt from Bradley.
Mahmoud postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mahmoud trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mahmoud throws a big elbow that misses.
Bradley keeping moving, preventing Mahmoud from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mahmoud throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Desmond Bradley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Sameh Mahmoud's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bradley slips under a jab.
Mahmoud closes the distance and clinches up with Bradley, looking for a takedown. Mahmoud pushes Bradley against the cage but Bradley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Despite the aggression on Bradley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mahmoud blocks a head kick by Bradley.
Mahmoud drops down looking for a counter takedown but Bradley sprawls and moves away.
Mahmoud throws a lazy uppercut
and Bradley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bradley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mahmoud checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mahmoud needs to keep his hands up - Bradley had a free shot at his head there.
Bradley misses with a combination
and Mahmoud counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradley looks to land a combination. Mahmoud sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mahmoud.
Mahmoud 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahmoud stops Bradley from standing up.
Mahmoud might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahmoud throwing strikes from guard but Bradley blocks nicely.
Mahmoud scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mahmoud accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mahmoud engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bradley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Mahmoud working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mahmoud with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bradley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mahmoud trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mahmoud in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradley is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bradley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mahmoud postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bradley is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mahmoud with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Bradley missing with a left hand there. Mahmoud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahmoud connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bradley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mahmoud.
A swing and a miss from Bradley.
Bradley misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley throws the left hand but Mahmoud avoids the punch easily.
Bradley tests Mahmoud's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mahmoud lands a nice looking body shot.
Mahmoud digs a good body shot into Bradley's ribs.
Sameh Mahmoud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bradley throws a series of strikes that have Mahmoud backpedaling.
Bradley throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mahmoud wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bradley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mahmoud misses with a body shot.
Bradley follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Mahmoud throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bradley throws a leg kick
and Mahmoud counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Bradley manages to escape and get back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bradley missing with a left hand there. Mahmoud was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahmoud bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mahmoud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bradley.
Desmond Bradley is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Bradley throws a jab when Mahmoud was well out of range.
It looked like Mahmoud wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bradley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mahmoud throws a shot from downtown. Bradley moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Bradley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bradley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Bradley misses with a looping right.
Desmond Bradley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mahmoud tries to clinch but Bradley moves out of range.
A head kick by Bradley misses
and Mahmoud counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bradley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mahmoud.
Mahmoud appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Bradley stuffs the takedown.
Bradley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bradley is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Desmond Bradley.
I've got Bradley winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 46:49
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Desmond Bradley!
Desmond Bradley is the new light heavyweight champion!
An intense looking Desmond Bradley took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Give me overrated Murphy then the title shot! Let's go!'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allan Coyoca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Kennedy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Allan Coyoca!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennedy lands with a slapping head kick.
An inside leg kick from Kennedy misses.
Coyoca wants to counter the offense by Kennedy and move into the clinch position.
Kennedy wants to slow Coyoca down by chopping away at his legs.
Coyoca just misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy looks to land a right hand but Coyoca moved out of range.
Kennedy cracks the inside of Coyoca's front leg.
Coyoca misses with a body kick.
Kennedy takes one to the chin there.
Coyoca walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kennedy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Coyoca thows a left - swing and a miss!
Coyoca connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coyoca wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kennedy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kennedy looks to throw the jab but Coyoca is out of range.
Kennedy blocks a head kick by Coyoca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kennedy misses with a shot to the body
and Coyoca counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kennedy thinking.
Sloppy strikes from Coyoca. Those never looked like landing.
Coyoca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Coyoca closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kennedy.
Coyoca lands a nice elbow.
Coyoca tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kennedy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Kennedy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coyoca misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coyoca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
Kennedy misses with a punch to the body.
Kennedy avoids the elbow strike from Coyoca, against the cage.
Coyoca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a punch but it's blocked by Coyoca.
Coyoca creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kennedy's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coyoca misses with an elbow over the top.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Coyoca misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coyoca lands a shoulder strike.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike.
Coyoca misses with a punch on the inside.
Coyoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kennedy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kennedy tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca working aggressively here.
Coyoca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
Kennedy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kennedy blocks an elbow strike.
Coyoca throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Coyoca prevents a body shot from Kennedy.
Coyoca tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy blocks the elbow strike.
Kennedy can't break the clinch.
Kennedy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coyoca backwards.
Coyoca gets through Kennedy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Coyoca throws an elbow that misses.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kennedy.
Kennedy struggles to land a body shot inside as Coyoca controls his hands.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Kennedy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coyoca throws a head punch that misses.
Coyoca working aggressively here.
Coyoca throws a punch but it's blocked by Kennedy.
Coyoca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kennedy misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Kennedy.
Kennedy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Coyoca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kennedy or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short left from Kennedy.
Coyoca working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Coyoca fails to land.
Kennedy tries to work over Coyoca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coyoca tries a body shot but Kennedy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Coyoca fails to land.
Good body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kennedy lands a left hand.
Coyoca misses with an elbow over the top.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Kennedy pushes Coyoca back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Kennedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kennedy lands a nice shot to the body.
Coyoca has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kennedy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Coyoca throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kennedy digs a right hand underneath Coyoca's ribcage. Coyoca let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Coyoca looks winded!
Kennedy lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Kennedy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coyoca.
Kennedy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Allan Coyoca will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kennedy scores with a nice head shot.
Coyoca misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Kennedy.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kennedy.
Coyoca thumps Kennedy with a low kick.
Coyoca shoots and misses
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kennedy misses the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kennedy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Coyoca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy throws a leg kick which misses Coyoca's front leg but catches the back leg as Coyoca tries to avoid it.
Coyoca takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kennedy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
It looks like Kennedy has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Coyoca. Kennedy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kennedy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy throws a leg kick which misses Coyoca's front leg but catches the back leg as Coyoca tries to avoid it.
Kennedy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kennedy lands a body shot.
Coyoca is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kennedy rather than just go for the knockout.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Coyoca should have avoided that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kennedy.
Chris Kennedy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Kennedy circles away.
Kennedy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kennedy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kennedy scores with a sloppy right hand. Coyoca should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Kennedy misses its intended target.
A head kick by Coyoca misses
and Kennedy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Coyoca thinking.
Kennedy looks to land a left hand but Coyoca moved out of range nicely.
Coyoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coyoca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Coyoca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kennedy.
Kennedy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Coyoca is out of range and Kennedy settles back down.
Coyoca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chris Kennedy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coyoca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kennedy.
Kennedy keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Coyoca is defended easily by Kennedy.
Kennedy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kennedy throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coyoca moves away.
Coyoca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kennedy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coyoca with the counter takedown but Kennedy avoids it easily.
Kennedy blocks a jab.
Coyoca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Coyoca takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Coyoca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Coyoca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kennedy keeps the fight on the outside.
Kennedy scores with a body shot.
Kennedy misses with a head kick.
Coyoca is looking to clinch.
Coyoca's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Coyoca tries to clinch up
and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca looks to land a body kick but Kennedy moved away.
Kennedy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Coyoca under the eye.
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!
Kennedy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coyoca tries to counter with a clinch but Kennedy shakes him off and moves away.
Kennedy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Coyoca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kennedy. Kennedy obviously looking to wear him down.
Kennedy missing with a left hand there. Coyoca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coyoca moves into the clinch.
Kennedy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Coyoca can do to turn this around?
Kennedy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Coyocas head.
Coyoca tries to work over Kennedy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coyoca lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy can't find room to land a body shot as Coyoca controls the action.
Kennedy takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Kennedy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kennedy scores with a body shot.
Kennedy misses with the body kick
and Coyoca counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kennedy kicks off Coyoca and gets to his feet.
Kennedy lands a leg kick that knocks Coyoca off balance momentarily.
Coyoca moves in looking to clinch but Kennedy pushes him off.
Kennedy wants to slow Coyoca down by chopping away at his legs.
Kennedy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Coyoca.
Coyoca let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coyoca shoots for a takedown but Kennedy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennedy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Coyoca doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kennedy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coyoca's sensitive parts.
Coyoca has Kennedy up against the cage in a clinch.
Kennedy lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kennedy lands with a right to the head.
Kennedy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kennedy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Coyoca doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kennedy breaks the clinch.
Coyoca throws a sloppy head kick and Kennedy moves out of range easily.
Kennedy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kennedy connects with a leg kick. Coyoca looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kennedy throws a hook but Coyoca blocks it.
Coyoca appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Coyoca avoids the body shot from Kennedy.
Coyoca looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kennedy misses with an uppercut. Coyoca saw that one coming.
Kennedy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Coyoca.
Kennedy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kennedy scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Coyoca was well out of range. Poor timing from Kennedy.
Coyoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kennedy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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!
Kennedy lands with a shot to the body.
Coyoca has managed to clinch.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
Coyoca lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kennedy backwards.
Coyoca lands an elbow inside that Kennedy shrugs off.
Kennedy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Coyoca looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kennedy avoids a wild elbow strike from Coyoca.
Coyoca pushes Kennedy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kennedy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That kick from Kennedy tenderised Coyoca's leg. Coyoca is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy misses with a wild body shot.
Kennedy lands with a right hand.
Kennedy with a nice cross.
Kennedy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Coyoca tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kennedy - that will leave a mark!
Kennedy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coyoca slips a jab and a cross from Kennedy.
Coyoca tries to clinch but Kennedy is having none of it.
Kennedy misses the shot to the body.
Coyoca feints a counter leg kick.
Coyoca clinches.
Coyoca misses with a body punch.
Kennedy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca 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.
Coyoca has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kennedy lands a high kick!
Kennedy throws a head kick but Coyoca moves out of range.
Kennedy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Kennedy throws a big shot that misses.
Coyoca tries to clinch up but Kennedy circles away and keeps his distance.
Coyoca displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kennedy throws out the jab.
Coyoca wants to clinch up but Kennedy keeps it at a distance.
A quick step to the side and Kennedy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kennedy thuds his right hand into Coyoca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kennedy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coyoca tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kennedy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Kennedy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kennedy 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Kennedy!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doyle Brunson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uber Dream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dream has chosen Leo Moracchioli - Heathens as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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238 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
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Doyle Brunson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Uber Dream!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brunson looks to land a right hand but Dream moved out of range.
Brunson dips to his left and cracks Dream with an uppercut!
Dream lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brunson scores with a jab.
Brunson forces Dream back against the cage and clinches.
Dream lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brunson throws an elbow but misses.
Dream throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Brunson blocking some punches.
Brunson tries to work over Dream's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brunson misses with a body punch.
Dream dodges an elbow strike from Brunson.
Dream has a couple of punches blocked by Brunson.
Brunson blocks a body shot from Dream.
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
Dream lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brunson throws an elbow but misses.
Brunson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brunson throws a punch but it's blocked by Dream.
Good body shot from Dream.
Dream is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brunson is keeping busy.
Brunson throws a head punch that misses.
Dream tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Brunson.
Dream is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dream.
A short left from Dream.
Dream struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.
Brunson blocking some punches.
Dream misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brunson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dream's defenses.
Dream goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dream avoids the elbow strike from Brunson, against the cage.
A short right from Dream.
Brunson prevents a body shot from Dream.
Dream scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brunson throws an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that Dream 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.
Dream misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dream lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dream tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brunson's elbow.
Brunson lands an elbow inside.
Dream working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Dream.
Dream misses with the head strike.
Dream is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brunson working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dream tries to work over Brunson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brunson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brunson digs a right hand underneath Dream's ribcage. Dream let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brunson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dream fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dream blocks a body shot from Brunson.
Dream blocks the elbow strike.
Dream takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Uber Dream has been cut.
Brunson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brunson lands a nice elbow.
Dream lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brunson.
Brunson throws an elbow but it misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Brunson.
Brunson lands an elbow inside.
Brunson lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brunson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunson scores with a shot to the side of Dream's head.
Brunson misses with a punch to the body.
Brunson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dream avoids the elbow strike from Brunson, against the cage.
Dream trying to stall but Brunson improves his position.
Brunson swings wildly with an uppercut but Dream uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dream misses with a body punch.
Dream misses with a punch to the body.
Dream misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brunson throws an elbow but misses.
Dream fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brunson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dream swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brunson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dream's defenses.
That has opened up Uber Dream's cut even more.
Brunson scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doyle Brunson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uber Dream'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.
Dream with a hook.
Dream misses with a jab to the body
and Brunson counters with a stiff right hand.
Dream throws a jab but it's blocked by Brunson.
Dream scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dream gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brunson.
Dream uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brunson.
A left lands for Brunson.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brunson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Dream.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunson misses with a two punch combination.
Brunson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dream can do to turn this around?
Brunson rushes Dream and presses him up against the cage.
Dream misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brunson lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dream blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dream blocks an elbow strike from Brunson.
Dream misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brunson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dream misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Brunson.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brunson.
Brunson scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dream.
Dream swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Doyle Brunson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brunson misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Brunson.
Brunson misses with an elbow strike.
Dream blocks an elbow strike from Brunson.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dream throws a head punch that misses.
Dream doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dream struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.
Brunson cracks Dream with a nice body shot.
Dream lands a shoulder strike.
Brunson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dream goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Brunson.
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Brunson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brunson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brunson can't find room to land a body shot as Dream controls the action.
Brunson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brunson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brunson blocks a body shot from Dream.
Brunson lands an elbow that stopped Dream in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Brunson on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunson lands an uppercut.
Brunson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Brunson works on Dream's body with a couple of short punches.
Brunson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dream's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brunson.
Brunson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brunson tries to throw a body punch but Dream avoids it by throwing Brunson back against the cage.
Dream softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dream misses with the head strike.
Brunson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brunson throws a punch but it's blocked by Dream.
Brunson throws an elbow that misses.
Brunson misses with the head strike.
Brunson lands a body shot.
Dream is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dream's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dream struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.
Brunson lands an elbow just above Dream 's eye.
Brunson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brunson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brunson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Brunson.
Brunson blocking some punches.
Brunson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dream is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Dream fails to land.
Brunson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brunson lands a damaging elbow.
Dream wants to get back to striking at distance but Brunson won't allow it.
Brunson lands an elbow inside.
Brunson can't find room to land a body shot as Dream controls the action.
A short right from Brunson on the inside.
Dream is still on wobbly legs! Can Brunson finish him?
Dream struggles to land a body shot inside as Brunson controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doyle Brunson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Uber Dream's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dream keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brunson.
Dream seems to have recovered his senses.
Dream avoids the body shot from Brunson.
Brunson lands a jab to Dream's midsection.
Dream walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Dream walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brunson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dream tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dream blocks the elbow strike.
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dream blocks the elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brunson as Dream tries to tie him up.
Dream has Brunson pressed against the cage.
Brunson throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dream misses with some punches.
Brunson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Brunson on the inside.
Brunson can't find room to land a body shot as Dream controls the action.
Brunson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dream's defenses.
Dream tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dream misses with a body punch.
Brunson lands a nice elbow.
Dream blocks a body shot from Brunson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brunson.
Dream tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brunson's elbow.
Brunson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brunson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dream misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brunson blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dream.
Brunson lands a nice shot to the body.
Dream takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dream scores with a shoulder strike.
Brunson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
Dream takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brunson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dream.
Dream stalling against the cage.
Brunson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dream's elbow.
Brunson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brunson pushes off an throws an elbow but Dream leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brunson misses with an elbow over the top.
Brunson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brunson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brunson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dream misses with a punch on the inside.
Dream tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dream manages to break the clinch.
Dream walks into a straight right hand from Brunson.
Dream misses with a leg kick.
Brunson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Brunson lands a body shot.
Brunson works the jab nicely.
Doyle Brunson is winning the standup battle so far.
Brunson tries to clinch up.
Brunson forces Dream back against the cage and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brunson.
Brunson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dream backwards.
Dream is rocked!
Brunson throws an elbow that misses.
Dream is still on wobbly legs! Can Brunson finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brunson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dream seems to have recovered his senses.
Dream blocks a body shot from Brunson.
Dream scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brunson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brunson blocking some punches.
Brunson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brunson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dream's defenses.
Dream takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dream.
Brunson throws an elbow but it misses.
Dream blocks an elbow strike.
Dream throws a head punch that misses.
Dream is trying to stall.
Dream tries a body shot but Brunson blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doyle Brunson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brunson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doyle Brunson!
Doyle Brunson 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 middleweight MMA rules bout between Deez Nutzzzz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggs has chosen STILL BLAZIN as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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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
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Deez Nutzzzz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nutzzzz tries to throw a body punch but Diggs avoids it by throwing Nutzzzz back against the cage.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nutzzzz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diggs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nutzzzz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nutzzzz lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nutzzzz lands a right hand.
Nutzzzz misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Nutzzzz.
It looks like Orlando Diggs has been cut.
Nutzzzz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
Nutzzzz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nutzzzz controls his hands.
Nutzzzz blocks an uppercut.
Nutzzzz digs a right hand into Diggs's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diggs's gas tank.
Nutzzzz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nutzzzz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutzzzz can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Diggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nutzzzz's elbow.
Nutzzzz misses with a punch to the body.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nutzzzz controls his hands.
Nutzzzz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nutzzzz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diggs blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Diggs.
Nutzzzz can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Diggs lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short left from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz swings wildly with an uppercut but Diggs uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nutzzzz manages to break the clinch.
Diggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diggs wants to clinch
and Nutzzzz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nutzzzz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutzzzz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diggs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nutzzzz thinking.
Nutzzzz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diggs takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nutzzzz slips a straight right by Diggs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nutzzzz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nutzzzz.
Diggs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nutzzzz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nutzzzz lands an overhand right.
Nutzzzz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nutzzzz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diggs tries to land a leg kick but Nutzzzz saw it coming and moves away.
Nutzzzz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggs tries a quick counter leg kick but Nutzzzz is wise to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nutzzzz lands with a nice body kick.
Nutzzzz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donk. Nutzzzz catches Diggs right on the button with a cross.
Diggs moves away from the strike by Nutzzzz.
Diggs connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diggs tries to land a leg kick but Nutzzzz saw it coming and moves away.
Diggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Nutzzzz.
Diggs tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Nutzzzz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diggs lands a slapping body shot.
Nutzzzz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nutzzzz backing away here, and Diggs unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nutzzzz moves out of range of the leg kick from Diggs.
Nutzzzz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diggs feints and then cracks Nutzzzz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nutzzzz down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggs walks into a stiff left hand from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diggs catches Nutzzzz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diggs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nutzzzz. That did some damage!
Diggs blocks the body kick.
Nutzzzz looks to land a left hand but Diggs moved out of range nicely.
Diggs throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nutzzzz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diggs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nutzzzz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diggs.
Diggs moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deez Nutzzzz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nutzzzz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diggs waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nutzzzz.
Deez Nutzzzz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nutzzzz avoids the body shot from Diggs.
Diggs has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Diggs checks a low kick from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diggs was well out of range. Poor timing from Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz looks to land a left hand but Diggs moved out of range nicely.
A good leg kick by Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz throws a leg kick but Diggs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs throws a solid leg kick but Nutzzzz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diggs.
Donk. Diggs catches Nutzzzz right on the button with a cross.
Diggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diggs has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nutzzzz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nutzzzz controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diggs.
Nutzzzz tries to throw a body punch but Diggs avoids it by throwing Nutzzzz back against the cage.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Nutzzzz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diggs digs a right hand underneath Nutzzzz's ribcage. Nutzzzz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nutzzzz lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diggs.
Diggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Deez Nutzzzz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nutzzzz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nutzzzz can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Diggs softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diggs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diggs has a couple of punches blocked by Nutzzzz.
Diggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diggs digs a right hand underneath Nutzzzz's ribcage. Nutzzzz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nutzzzz prevents a body shot from Diggs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nutzzzz can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Diggs.
Diggs tries to throw a body punch but Nutzzzz avoids it by throwing Diggs back against the cage.
Diggs lands a right hand.
Nutzzzz misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nutzzzzs head.
Diggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diggs lands with a short shot to the head.
Diggs misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nutzzzz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diggs pushes Nutzzzz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nutzzzz breaks from the clinch.
Diggs throws a front kick that sends Nutzzzz stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diggs pushes Nutzzzz up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diggs lands a left hand.
Diggs lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Diggs.
Diggs lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Diggs.
Diggs is working Nutzzzz over against the cage.
A short right from Diggs on the inside.
Diggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nutzzzz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diggs or not.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nutzzzz controls his hands.
Diggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Nutzzzz controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Diggs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs has a couple of punches blocked by Nutzzzz.
Nutzzzz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs tries a body shot but Nutzzzz blocks it.
Nutzzzz blocks a body shot from Diggs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs pushes Nutzzzz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nutzzzz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Nutzzzz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diggs lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nutzzzz backwards.
Diggs lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diggs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nutzzzz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diggs or not.
Nutzzzz blocks a body shot from Diggs.
Nice body punch from Diggs - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diggs.
Diggs blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggs scores with a shot to the side of Nutzzzz's head.
Diggs lands a nice uppercut.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diggs.
Nutzzzz is rocked!
Diggs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oh Nutzzzz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diggs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nutzzzz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nutzzzz has a couple of punches blocked by Diggs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orlando Diggs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diggs.
Diggs steps in with a hook that catches Nutzzzz right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Diggs follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Nutzzzz looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orlando Diggs!
Orlando Diggs is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Orlando Diggs 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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