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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Hjelmslev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Poggle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hjelmslev comes to the cage accompanied by I Touch Myself. Timothy Poggle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ragnar Hjelmslev's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ragnar Hjelmslev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Timothy Poggle!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poggle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hjelmslev.
Poggle misses with a looping right.
Hjelmslev misses with a shot to the body
and Poggle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poggle lands a jab.
Poggle checks a low kick from Hjelmslev.
Hjelmslev throws a lazy right hand but Poggle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Poggle feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hjelmslev's calf.
A jab from Poggle does it's job there.
Ragnar Hjelmslev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hjelmslev lands an overhand right.
Hjelmslev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poggle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Poggle wants to counter the offense by Hjelmslev and move into the clinch position.
Hjelmslev lands with a right hand.
Hjelmslev takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poggle connects with a body shot that sends Hjelmslev's belly button to the back.
Poggle punishes Hjelmslev's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hjelmslev. Poggle does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Hjelmslev misses.
Poggle lands a big head kick that sends Hjelmslev tumbling to the mat! Poggle takes a step backwards and waves Hjelmslev back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hjelmslev is rocked!
Hjelmslev misses with a low kick.
Oh Hjelmslev is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hjelmslev misses with a lunging right hand
and Poggle counters with a good low kick that Hjelmslev was not able to check.
Hjelmslev seems to have got his legs back now.
Hjelmslev misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poggle moves away from the strike by Hjelmslev.
Poggle bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Poggle connects with a crisp jab.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Poggle.
Hjelmslev is breathing heavily.
Poggle blocks a jab.
Poggle connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Poggle scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hjelmslev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poggle counters with a crisp one two that drops Hjelmslev! Poggle thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Hjelmslev to his feet! Hjelmslev is in big trouble!
Nice body kick there by Poggle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poggle scores with a kick to the midsection.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Poggle.
Poggle drops Hjelmslev with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hjelmslev looks back up at him and smiles so Poggle waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Hjelmslev stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poggle.
Poggle lunges at Hjelmslev with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hjelmslev's hand.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Poggle! Hjelmslev is backing up but he can't get away as Poggle lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Hjelmslev and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Timothy Poggle!
In defeat, Ragnar Hjelmslev stepped up to the mic, saying 'Well that about sucks. Fuck that shit, I quit this human punching bag rap. Guess that porn star thing will come in handy as a new career.'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Janek Kochanowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kochanowski comes to the cage accompanied by Sting Of The Bumblebee. Hardwood has chosen Stone Sour - Last Of The Real 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 48 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Janek Kochanowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kochanowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hardwood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kochanowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice combination there by Hardwood.
Hardwood lands with a straight right. Kochanowski didn't see that one coming.
Hardwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kochanowski.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hardwood, right into the meat.
Hardwood with a jab.
Kochanowski cracks Hardwood with an open hand slap.
Hardwood throws a looping overhand right but Kochanowski ducks down to avoid it.
Hardwood lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardwood throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hardwood scores with a body shot.
Kochanowski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hardwood scores with a jab.
Hardwood lands a jab to Kochanowski's midsection.
Some wild striking there from Hardwood.
Hardwood tests Kochanowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hardwood lands a two punch combo.
Hardwood takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kochanowski tries to clinch up but Hardwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Kochanowski takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Decent striking displayed by Hardwood there.
Kochanowski takes one to the chin there.
Kochanowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kochanowski looks to land a combination but Hardwood avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Kochanowski.
Hardwood blocks a head kick by Kochanowski.
Hardwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kochanowski throws a series of punches but Hardwood moves out of range.
Kochanowski moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kochanowski throws a hook but Hardwood avoids it easily.
Kochanowski tries to clinch up but Hardwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Hardwood digs a good body shot into Kochanowski's ribs.
Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kochanowski.
Hardwood digs a good hook to Kochanowski's body.
A punch lands to the side of Kochanowski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hardwood scores with a jab. Kochanowski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kochanowski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
No joy there for Kochanowski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kochanowski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hardwood misses with a jab, cross combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Kochanowski misses the target.
Hardwood jabs Kochanowski right on the nose. Kochanowski blinks but takes it well.
Hardwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardwood connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kochanowski's hands.
Hardwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hardwood lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kochanowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Kochanowski throws a jab when Hardwood was well out of range.
A big left from Hardwood misses.
A little feinted left hand from Kochanowski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hardwood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A left and a right from Hardwood both land. Nice combination.
Hardwood is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Kochanowski had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hardwood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hardwood swats away the attempt to clinch by Kochanowski.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kochanowski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardwood connects with a leg kick. Kochanowski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kochanowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Hardwood.
Hardwood connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kochanowski. Kochanowski circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kochanowski loads up on a big right hand but Hardwood slips the punch.
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hardwood uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kochanowski has time to react.
Lance Hardwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Kochanowski misses its intended target.
Hardwood slips a jab and a cross from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski throws a looping overhand right but Hardwood ducks down to avoid it.
Kochanowski is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kochanowski walks into a left hand.
Hardwood ducks under a wild hook from Kochanowski.
Kochanowski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hardwood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kochanowski tries to clinch up.
Hardwood's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Hardwood duly obliges.
Hardwood digs a good hook to Kochanowski's body.
Kochanowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A cross from Hardwood lands.
Hardwood connects with a leg kick. Kochanowski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hardwood pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kochanowski back to the cage. Hardwood follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hardwood throws out a powerful jab.
Kochanowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hardwood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Some wild striking there from Hardwood.
Hardwood staying out of range there.
Kochanowski takes a jab right on the kisser.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kochanowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardwood scores with a nice strike.
Hardwood throws a combination that misses
letting Kochanowski counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Hardwood dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kochanowski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hardwood lands a slapping body shot.
Hardwood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kochanowski throws a lazy right hand but Hardwood sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hardwood looks for the body kick but Kochanowski saw that one coming.
Kochanowski swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kochanowski takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hardwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A punch combination from Hardwood misses.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hardwood. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Hardwood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A cross from Hardwood lands.
Kochanowski throws a head kick but Hardwood moves out of range.
Kochanowski throws an overhand right that lands on Hardwood's shoulder, as Hardwood tries to avoid the shot.
Hardwood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kochanowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hardwood.
Hardwood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kochanowski tries to clinch up but Hardwood circles away and keeps his distance.
Kochanowski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hardwood.
Kochanowski takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kochanowski throws the left hand but Hardwood avoids the punch easily.
Hardwood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hardwood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kochanowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardwood.
Kochanowski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hardwood smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kochanowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kochanowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kochanowski takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hardwood swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski looks to throw the jab but Hardwood is out of range.
Hardwood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kochanowski tries to move into range but Hardwood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hardwood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kochanowski lands a jab to the head.
Kochanowski looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hardwood scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood stalks Kochanowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Kochanowski's face. Kochanowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Kochanowski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hardwood.
A jab lands there for Hardwood.
Hardwood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kochanowski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kochanowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kochanowski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hardwood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kochanowski misses with a head kick.
Hardwood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hardwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kochanowski throws out the jab.
Kochanowski throws a hook but Hardwood avoids it easily.
Kochanowski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kochanowski moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kochanowski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hardwood connects with a body shot.
Kochanowski throws a leg kick but Hardwood sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kochanowski misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski walks into a straight right hand from Hardwood.
Kochanowski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardwood connects with a body shot that sends Kochanowski's belly button to the back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardwood paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kochanowski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardwood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hardwood.
Hardwood staying out of range there.
Hardwood lands a nice shot to the body.
Hardwood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kochanowski.
Kochanowski throws a sloppy head kick and Hardwood moves out of range easily.
Hardwood scores with a nice strike.
Hardwood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hardwood scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kochanowski takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The fighters circling - Kochanowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardwood as he connects with a hook.
Hardwood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lance Hardwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood scores with a hook.
Kochanowski misses the jab.
Hardwood lands with a right hand.
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hardwood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kochanowski looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hardwood checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kochanowski throws the left hand but Hardwood avoids the punch easily.
Kochanowski doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardwood circles away.
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hardwood!
Hardwood moves away from the strike by Kochanowski.
Hardwood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot by Hardwood.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kochanowski might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hardwood lands with a shot to the body.
Kochanowski misses with a body shot.
A left and a right from Hardwood both land. Nice combination.
Kochanowski throws a sloppy head kick and Hardwood moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Hardwood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hardwood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hardwood slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hardwood staying out of range there.
Hardwood tries to bum rush Kochanowski with a series of wild strikes but Kochanowski uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hardwood lands a right hook to the body.
Kochanowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Kochanowski on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Hardwood.
Kochanowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hardwood jabs Kochanowski to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hardwood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kochanowski throws a big shot that misses.
Hardwood dodges the punch combination from Kochanowski.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kochanowski throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hardwood sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hardwood blocks a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardwood avoids the body shot from Kochanowski.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kochanowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hardwood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hardwood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kochanowski.
A combination from Hardwood does no damage.
Hardwood throws a nice looking combination but Kochanowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hardwood misses with the combination.
Hardwood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hardwood throws a one two combo.
Kochanowski throws out a loose jab but Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kochanowski cracks Hardwood with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hardwood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kochanowski throws out a loose jab but Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hardwood!
Kochanowski is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kochanowski is looking to clinch but Hardwood is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood fails to land with a series of punches.
Kochanowski throws a big shot that misses.
Hardwood throws an overhand right that lands on Kochanowski's shoulder, as Kochanowski tries to avoid the shot.
Kochanowski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardwood manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kochanowski throws a hook but Hardwood blocks it.
Hardwood throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hardwood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kochanowski.
Hardwood connects with a crisp jab.
Hardwood lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hardwood connects with a body shot.
Hardwood lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kochanowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardwood lands a nice hook to Kochanowski's body. Kochanowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kochanowski thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hardwood tests Kochanowski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kochanowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hardwood.
Kochanowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardwood throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lance Hardwood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hardwood throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kochanowski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hardwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kochanowski throws out the jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hardwood.
Kochanowski walks into a left hand.
Hardwood slips a straight right by Kochanowski.
Hardwood lands a jab to Kochanowski's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kochanowski tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hardwood scores with a hook.
Hardwood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hardwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kochanowski throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kochanowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kochanowski lands with a cross.
Kochanowski swinging wildly here.
Kochanowski throws a right and a left that Hardwood avoids nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hardwood.
A head kick misses from Kochanowski.
As Kochanowski backs off Hardwood throws a huge counter combo but Kochanowski manages to avoid it all.
Hardwood connects with a leg kick. Kochanowski looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hardwood moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hardwood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hardwood cracks Kochanowski with a good jab.
Hardwood scores with a hook to the body. Kochanowski takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hardwood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kochanowski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kochanowski takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hardwood moves out of range of the strikes.
Janek Kochanowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kochanowski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kochanowski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Hardwood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hardwood has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lance Hardwood!
A relieved looking Lance Hardwood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardoso comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Samba de Janeiro kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kieran Summers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Renato Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Summers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cardoso checks a leg kick.
Summers pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Summers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've been told by Summers's head coaches at Zen Balance Monastery that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Summers looks to land a body kick but Cardoso moved away.
Summers tries to close the distance and clinch but Cardoso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Summers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Summers.
Cardoso misses the shot to the body.
Summers misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers clinches with his opponent.
Summers scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Renato Cardoso has been cut.
Summers tries to work over Cardoso's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Cardoso avoids the damage to the body.
Summers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cardoso avoids it.
Cardoso can't find room to land a body shot as Summers controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers blocks a body shot from Cardoso.
Cardoso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cardoso blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers tries a knee to the head but Cardoso blocks it.
Cardoso tries to throw a body punch but Summers avoids it by throwing Cardoso back against the cage.
Cardoso tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cardoso is defending well for now.
Summers missing with knees to the body.
Summers landing knees to the head.
Summers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cardoso avoids it.
Summers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cardoso misses with a body punch.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Summers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cardoso.
Summers misses with a knee to the head.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Cardoso takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cardoso digs a right hand underneath Summers's ribcage. Summers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Summers avoids the elbow strike from Cardoso, against the cage.
Cardoso utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Summers is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso tries to work over Summers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Summers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cardoso's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cardoso missing with knees to the body.
Cardoso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Cardoso unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cardoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Summers's elbow.
Cardoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Summers's elbow.
Cardoso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cardoso managing to block the knees to the body from Summers.
Cardoso trying to land knees to the body.
Cardoso tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Summers avoids it.
Cardoso pulls guard successfully.
Summers got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cardoso has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Summers has managed to get both his arms back between Cardoso's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cardoso 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.
Cardoso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Summers's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso preventing the sweep.
Summers throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Cardoso scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cardoso content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cardoso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cardoso with a nice head shot there.
Cardoso lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cardoso throws a big right hand that misses.
Cardoso throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cardoso is working Summers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cardoso content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Summers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cardoso postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cardoso postures up in Summers's guard and throws a big left but Summers blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso postures up in Summers's guard and throws a big left but Summers blocks it.
Cardoso trying to control but Summers is working from the bottom.
Summers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cardoso lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cardoso trying to control but Summers is working from the bottom.
Cardoso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cardoso working some strikes from top position.
Summers utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cardoso working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Summers trying to keep a closed guard but Cardoso is proving a slippery customer.
Cardoso with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Cardoso dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renato Cardoso'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.
Summers misses with a body kick.
Cardoso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Summers moves away.
Cardoso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kieran Summers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Summers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cardoso manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Summers looks to land a body kick but Cardoso moved away.
Summers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cardoso.
Cardoso misses with a low kick.
Cardoso connects with an inside leg kick.
Cardoso fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Summers.
Cardoso fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kieran Summers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Summers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cardoso fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Summers checks it well.
Summers looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Summers takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Summers lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers keeps Cardoso at a distance using the push kick.
Cardoso keeps the fight on the outside.
Cardoso closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Summers quickly recovers to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cardoso connects with a nice short shot to Summers's temple.
Summers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cardoso.
Cardoso thows a huge punch but Summers dodges it nicely.
Summers is trying to control but can't.
Cardoso is working for a kimura but Summers is defending it quite comfortably.
Summers is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cardoso's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cardoso's back!
Cardoso breaks Summers's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Summers looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cardoso is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cardoso's guard.
Summers pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cardoso is keeping the position for now.
Cardoso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cardoso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cardoso wants to sweep but no luck.
Cardoso is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Summers's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cardoso looking for a sweep. Not yet Cardoso, not yet.
Summers avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Summers passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Summers is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Summers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cardoso keeps working.
Cardoso stops Summers from passing to mount.
Cardoso has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cardoso sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Cardoso slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cardoso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cardoso winds up and cracks Summers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Summers blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cardoso.
Cardoso looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Summers with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Summers has hold of Cardoso's hands but Cardoso slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Summers is trying to get back to full guard.
Summers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cardoso is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Renato Cardoso showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Renato Cardoso's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Summers.
Summers throws a nice looking combination but Cardoso bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cardoso keeps the fight on the outside.
Cardoso drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Summers defends it well.
Summers scores with a nice body kick.
Summers tries to keep at a distance but Cardoso has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cardoso tries to land knees in the clinch but Summers avoids the damage to the body.
Summers scores with a hook to the body.
Summers struggles to land a body shot inside as Cardoso controls his hands.
Summers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cardoso is defending well for now.
Summers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cardoso on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Summers misses with an elbow strike.
Cardoso tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Summers's elbow.
Cardoso prevents a body shot from Summers.
Summers tries to land knees in the clinch but Cardoso avoids the damage to the body.
Cardoso doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Summers looking to throw knees to the head but Cardoso is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cardoso pulls guard successfully.
Cardoso is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cardoso keeping moving, preventing Summers from controlling successfully.
Cardoso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cardoso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Summers manages to get himself to full guard.
Cardoso has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Summers has momentary wrist control but Cardoso slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cardoso accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cardoso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Summers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kieran Summers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Summers has momentary wrist control but Cardoso slips an elbow through the middle.
Cardoso with a nice head shot there.
Renato Cardoso has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cardoso chips away with some ground and pound.
Cardoso pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Summers is keeping the position for now.
Cardoso makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cardoso throwing strikes from guard but Summers blocks nicely.
Cardoso lands a couple of digs.
Cardoso postures up in Summers's guard and throws a big left but Summers blocks it.
Cardoso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Summers has momentary wrist control but Cardoso slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso working some strikes from top position.
Summers is rocked!
Summers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cardoso throws a big elbow that misses.
Cardoso chips away with some ground and pound.
Cardoso lands a couple of elbows.
Oh Summers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cardoso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Summers working a defensive guard here.
Summers seems to have got his legs back now.
Summers working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cardoso doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cardoso manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cardoso trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso chips away with some ground and pound.
Cardoso postures up and lands a big shot to Summers's brow.
Summers avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cardoso is looking to advance position but Summers has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Cardoso is squirming around, avoiding Summers's attempts to control the action.
Cardoso keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cardoso holds on to Summers as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Summers connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Cardoso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cardoso winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Renato Cardoso!
Renato Cardoso 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 lightweight MMA rules bout between Igor Wietrzny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Vasara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wietrzny kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Hunter-Fallen. 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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47
163 lbs
25 - 33 - 0 |
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46
163 lbs
30 - 34 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Igor Wietrzny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sami Vasara!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wietrzny has closed the distance and engaged Vasara in a clinch.
Vasara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny missing with knees to the body.
Wietrzny tightens his grip and picks Vasara up, before dumping him to the ground. Vasara manages to land in guard.
Wietrzny sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wietrzny stopping the sweep attempt from Vasara.
Wietrzny trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Vasara 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wietrzny looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wietrzny gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wietrzny instigates a clinch.
A short left from Wietrzny.
Wietrzny has Vasara pushed against the cage.
Vasara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wietrzny avoids it.
Wietrzny digs a right hand underneath Vasara's ribcage. Vasara let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Vasara wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wietrzny has him pressed against the cage.
Vasara wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Wietrzny.
A short right from Wietrzny.
Vasara can't break the clinch.
Wietrzny gets through Vasara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasara is looking to break free of the clinch but Wietrzny has double underhooks.
Vasara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short body shot lands from Wietrzny as the two fighters clinch.
Wietrzny content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vasara blocks a body shot from Wietrzny.
Vasara's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wietrzny stalling against the cage.
Wietrzny misses with a body punch.
Wietrzny pushes Vasara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wietrzny lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Wietrzny on the inside.
I was talking to Wietrzny's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vasara looks winded!
Wietrzny turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Wietrzny manages to end up in side control.
Vasara is letting Wietrzny control him for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wietrzny is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vasara has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Wietrzny dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Wietrzny decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wietrzny seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Vasara keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wietrzny perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wietrzny's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Wietrzny uses his free foot to push down on Vasara's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Vasara.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara tries to hold on but Wietrzny postures up.
Wietrzny content just to control the position here.
Wietrzny moves to the back.
Vasara defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Wietrzny is trying to stick to Vasara's back but Vasara is turning into Wietrzny. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Wietrzny's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Vasara.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny wants to sweep but no luck.
Vasara is looking to stand up but Wietrzny won't let him.
Wietrzny has control of Vasara's left arm, preventing Vasara from doing any damage.
Wietrzny is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vasara can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny wants to sweep here but Vasara controlling him for the moment.
Igor Wietrzny overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vasara stands up and waves to Wietrzny to follow him.
Sami Vasara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vasara lands with a slapping head kick.
Wietrzny moves into the clinch.
Wietrzny makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Sami Vasara has been cut.
Wietrzny lands a shoulder strike.
Vasara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vasara takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wietrzny waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Vasara. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Vasara to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Vasara is rocked!
Wietrzny passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Vasara is still in real trouble! Can Wietrzny finish him?
Vasara seems a little lost for a moment, as Wietrzny dominates the positioning.
Wietrzny in side control, throwing shots but Vasara defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Wietrzny dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sami Vasara's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Wietrzny shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Vasara napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Vasara seems to have recovered his senses.
Wietrzny content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Wietrzny goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Vasara has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Wietrzny but great work by Vasara.
Wietrzny holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasara working away.
Wietrzny is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasara wants to stand but Wietrzny is controlling his arm.
Wietrzny gets back to half guard.
Wietrzny tries to get to full guard but Vasara has control of the leg.
Wietrzny moves into full guard.
Vasara wants to get up but he can't break Wietrzny's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wietrzny pulls Vasara in close to prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vasara looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Wietrzny wants to pass the guard but Vasara is keeping the position.
Wietrzny is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Igor Wietrzny is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wietrzny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vasara swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wietrzny is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wietrzny advances to half guard.
Sami Vasara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wietrzny seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Wietrzny showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wietrzny 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Wietrzny!
Igor Wietrzny decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Palmares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Vieira Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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218 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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42
224 lbs
34 - 28 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rodrigo Palmares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Vieira Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Ben Watson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moreira is looking to clinch.
Palmares uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moreira.
Moreira avoids the body shot from Palmares.
Palmares misses with a wild body shot.
Palmares takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Rodrigo Palmares has been cut.
Moreira misses with a looping left.
Moreira lands a nice looking body kick.
Palmares throws a body shot but no joy.
Palmares connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Daniel Vieira Moreira has been cut.
Moreira throws a leg kick that is checked
and Palmares decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Moreira's guard.
Palmares throwing strikes from guard but Moreira blocks nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moreira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Palmares.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Palmares accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palmares trying to control but Moreira is working from the bottom.
Palmares throwing strikes from guard but Moreira blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Palmares accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palmares in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Moreira pulls Palmares in close to prevent any damage.
Palmares wants to control from the top but Moreira keeps moving.
Moreira is trying to control the position but Palmares postures up.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
We've been hearing good reports from Palmares'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.
Palmares is looking to work some ground and pound but Moreira has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Palmares postures up in Moreira's guard and throws a big left but Moreira blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palmares working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Palmares makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Palmares looking to sit in guard and control but Moreira gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Moreira wants to control from the top but Palmares keeps moving.
Moreira is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Palmares trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreira is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Palmares might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Moreira is continuing to stall.
Moreira trying to control the position from guard on top but Palmares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Moreira stopping the sweep attempt from Palmares.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Palmares thows a left - swing and a miss!
Moreira pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Moreira keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot lands for Moreira.
Palmares misses the jab.
Palmares throws out a powerful jab.
Moreira attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Palmares misses with the combination.
Palmares shoots and misses
and Moreira counters with a one-two to the body.
Moreira takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moreira walks into a left hand.
Palmares takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A decent looking cross lands there for Palmares.
Nice body kick from Moreira.
Moreira delivers a nice body kick.
Palmares is breathing heavily.
Palmares misses with an uppercut. Moreira saw that one coming.
Moreira is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rodrigo Palmares will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Moreira throws a sloppy head kick and Palmares moves out of range easily.
Palmares moves forwards but Moreira connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Moreira scores with a hook.
Moreira lands a nice looking kick to the body. Palmares takes a step back to recover.
Palmares lands with a hook. Moreira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Palmares takes one to the side of the head.
Palmares blocks a head kick by Moreira.
Palmares moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Moreira fails to land.
Palmares stalling the fight.
Moreira has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Palmares tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palmares misses with a punch on the inside.
Palmares lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmares tries to pull guard but Moreira forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moreira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Moreira fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Palmares.
Moreira lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moreira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmares has Moreira pressed against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Moreira - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Moreira scores with a shot to the side of Palmares's head.
Palmares's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Palmares drops down looking for an ankle pick but Moreira pulls his leg out and moves away.
Moreira pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Palmares tries to counter with a takedown but Moreira is quick to defend against it.
Daniel Vieira Moreira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moreira lands a big head kick that sends Palmares tumbling to the mat! Moreira takes a step backwards and waves Palmares back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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!
Moreira displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palmares throws out the jab.
Palmares stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Moreira.
A telegraphed right hand from Palmares misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Moreira.
Palmares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Moreira.
Palmares looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Moreira lands a big head kick that sends Palmares tumbling to the mat! Moreira takes a step backwards and waves Palmares back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palmares is rocked!
Moreira has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palmares throws a looping overhand right but Moreira ducks down to avoid it.
Oh Palmares is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daniel Vieira Moreira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crack! A monster head kick from Moreira and Palmares falls like a tree - timbeeeeeeeeeeerrrr! A highlight reel knockout by Moreira!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Daniel Vieira Moreira!
Daniel Vieira Moreira bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ceoghan Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiko Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright comes to the cage accompanied by Disciples of Power - Born Unto Death. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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195 lbs
10 - 17 - 0 |
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44
187 lbs
27 - 25 - 0 |
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Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ceoghan Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keiko Lynn!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright has closed the distance and engaged Lynn in a clinch.
Cartwright pulls guard successfully.
Lynn is looking to work some ground and pound but Cartwright has wrist control.
Lynn postures up in Cartwright's guard and throws a big left but Cartwright blocks it.
Cartwright definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lynn stopping the sweep attempt from Cartwright.
Lynn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lynn postures up in Cartwright's guard and throws a big left but Cartwright blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cartwright takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cartwright thows a huge punch but Lynn dodges it nicely.
Lynn is trying to control but can't.
Cartwright scoring with strikes to the body and head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright is trying for a kimura here. Lynn looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Cartwright wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ceoghan Cartwright!
Our winner, Ceoghan Cartwright, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Keiko Lynn stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want to apologize to all my fans! I went to the strip club last night and I still have a f*****g hangover...plus...My huge penis threw me off balance a few times during the fight, I may tape it to my leg next fight.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russell Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingsley Nasir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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189 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
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182 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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World class 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
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Lynn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kingsley Nasir!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lynn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lynn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lynn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at K.O. Koala's in the buildup to the fight.
Nasir has Lynn up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nasir can't get the takedown.
Lynn prevents a body shot from Nasir.
Nasir wants a takedown.
Lynn manages to break the clinch.
Lynn misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nasir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lynn.
Lynn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Russell Lynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nasir instigates a clinch.
Nasir is looking for a takedown.
Russell Lynn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kingsley Nasir.
Lynn taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lynn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nasir closes the distance and clinches.
The referee calls for Nasir to work.
Nasir pulls guard.
Lynn lands a couple of digs.
Lynn has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Nasir is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Nasir controlling the position.
Lynn postures up in Nasir's guard and throws a big left but Nasir blocks it.
Lynn postures up and lands a big shot to Nasir's brow.
Nasir has control of Lynn's left arm, preventing Lynn from doing any damage.
Lynn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nasir is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lynn is aware though and is defending well.
Lynn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nasir's head.
Nasir is trying to control the position but Lynn postures up.
Lynn postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynn trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lynn 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.
Nasir has momentary wrist control but Lynn slips an elbow through the middle.
Lynn is in close to Nasir's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nasir wants to sweep but no luck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lynn trying to control but Nasir is working from the bottom.
Lynn stopping the sweep attempt from Nasir.
Lynn wants to control from the top but Nasir keeps moving.
Lynn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nasir has his foot on Lynn's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lynn works his way back into a safe position though.
Nasir controls Lynn momentarily but Lynn frees himself.
Lynn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nasir trying to control the position.
Lynn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lynn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nasir is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nasir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nasir is trying to keep Lynn in close.
Nasir has control of Lynn's left arm, preventing Lynn from doing any damage.
Lynn throwing strikes but missing.
Lynn scoring with some ground and pound.
Nasir is pulling down on Lynn's head. It's preventing any offense from Lynn, at least for the moment.
Lynn postures up and lands a big shot to Nasir's brow.
Nasir 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.
Lynn landing some decent shots from guard.
Lynn scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lynn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nasir wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Nasir working for a triangle but Lynn defends it easily.
Nasir pulls Lynn in close to prevent any damage.
Lynn works over Nasir with some ground and pound from guard.
Nasir trying to control the position.
Nasir looking for a sweep. Not yet Nasir, not yet.
Lynn is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nasir looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Nasir escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lynn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nasir is trying to keep Lynn in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Lynn dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lynn lands with a nice body punch.
Lynn drops Nasir with a beautiful combination! Nasir stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Lynn is looking for the KO!
It looks like Kingsley Nasir has been cut.
Nasir scores with a shot to the body.
Lynn sends Nasir crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Lynn is motioning to the referee to let Nasir up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Nasir is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lynn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nasir is still on wobbly legs! Can Lynn finish him?
Lynn cracks Nasir on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Nasir falls backwards against the cage. Lynn follows up with more strikes that drop Nasir to his knees. Lynn keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Nasir! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Lynn!
Our winner, Russell Lynn, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carter Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cian Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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40
185 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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28
183 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carter Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cian Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Francis DeMontford and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cartwright counters with a shoot takedown. Martin fights it but they end up in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartwright accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartwright content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Martin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martin manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Cartwright taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cartwright is keeping busy.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Cartwright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Martin to keep the fight standing.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but Martin holds him up against the cage and eventually Cartwright drops back down to his feet.
Cartwright is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cartwright jumps guard but Martin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Cartwright has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Carter Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cian Cartwright.
Cartwright has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Martin after a bit of a struggle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin tightens his grip and picks Cartwright up, before dumping him to the ground. Cartwright manages to land in guard.
Martin stands up over Cartwright, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cartwright is looking for a triangle here but Martin uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Cartwright throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Cartwright tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Martin lands a nice forearm strike.
Cartwright gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cartwright is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cartwright landing rabbit punches to the side of Martin's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Martin working over Cartwright with some ground and pound. Cartwright looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cartwright is pressing down on Martin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Martin distracts Cartwright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cartwright is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martin defends well.
Cartwright is looking for a triangle but Martin pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin works over Cartwright with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartwright has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Martin landing with the ground and pound.
Cartwright had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martin defends it easily.
Martin stands up over Cartwright, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cartwright is rocked!
Martin arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Cartwright's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Carter Martin!
Carter Martin 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krzysztof Kothciushco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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38
257 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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38
250 lbs
23 - 27 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Krzysztof Kothciushco!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ben Watson and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kothciushco moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kothciushco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Kothciushco tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A combination from Kothciushco does no damage.
Santos looks to land a right hand but Kothciushco moved out of range.
Kothciushco has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A big left from Santos misses.
Kothciushco throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kothciushco.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kothciushco counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kothciushco's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Santos connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kothciushco scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Kothciushco.
Santos appears to be looking for a big counter.
Santos walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Kothciushco drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Santos swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Kothciushco's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Dos Santos!
An out of breath Junior Dos Santos thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genghis Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khan comes into the arena with Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Julio El Toro enters the cage!
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187 lbs
26 - 14 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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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
26 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Genghis Khan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio El Toro!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Topper Green and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro throws a right and a left that both miss.
El Toro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
El Toro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Khan, as that shot connected.
El Toro avoids the body shot from Khan.
El Toro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Khan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
El Toro throws a one two combo.
Khan scores with a body shot.
Khan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Khan sizes up El Toro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Good standup being displayed there by El Toro as he connects with a hook.
El Toro misses with a straight right.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Toro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
A cross from El Toro lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a hook
and El Toro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Khan connects with a high kick.
It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
Khan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Khan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Khan walks into a jab.
El Toro moves into range and connects with a jab.
El Toro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro.
Khan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
El Toro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and El Toro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Khan misses.
El Toro has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by El Toro.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Khan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El Toro misses with a wild combination.
El Toro connects with a leg kick. Khan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
El Toro misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
El Toro misses with a wild combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
El Toro clinches up against the cage.
Khan throws a head punch that misses.
Khan lands a right hand.
El Toro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan feints and then cracks El Toro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow El Toro down.
El Toro with a nice cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Toro.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Toro throws a head kick but Khan moves out of range.
Khan defending well as El Toro loads up on a big left hand.
El Toro misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big right from Khan misses.
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan takes one to the chin there.
Khan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
El Toro avoids the head kick by Khan.
Khan is looking to clinch.
Khan defending well as El Toro loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Khan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from El Toro.
El Toro lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Khan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Khan counters with a left to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a jab to the body
and Khan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
El Toro catches Khan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Khan dives in for a single leg takedown but El Toro sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Khan throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Good shot there by El Toro.
Khan takes a swing at El Toro's ribcage but misses.
El Toro is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Khan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
El Toro looks to clinch
and Khan counters with a nice body shot.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
El Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
El Toro missing with a left hand there. Khan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro drops his hands momentarily and Khan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Toro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Khan's head but Khan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Khan scores with a takedown into El Toro's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio El Toro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
That's time! Khan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
El Toro tries to bum rush Khan with a series of wild strikes but Khan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Khan lands a really nice looking cross but El Toro seems unphased.
El Toro ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Khan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from El Toro misses.
El Toro falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Khan counter with a right hand.
El Toro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slapping leg kick lands for Khan.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Khan's shoulder, as Khan tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Khan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro clobbers Khan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A clash of legs there as El Toro blocks the low kick.
El Toro moves away from the strike by Khan.
El Toro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Khan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan misses with a kick to the body.
Julio El Toro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Toro misses with a double jab.
Khan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Good standup being displayed there by El Toro as he connects with a hook.
Khan throws the left hand but El Toro avoids the punch easily.
A lazy left from El Toro finds it's target.
El Toro tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
El Toro stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
El Toro throws a hook but Khan avoids it easily.
Khan is looking to slow El Toro down with leg kicks.
El Toro moves out of range of the strikes.
El Toro fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro blocks a head kick by Khan.
A jab from Khan misses.
Julio El Toro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Khan clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on El Toro's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a body shot but El Toro blocks it.
El Toro manages to break the clinch.
El Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
El Toro lands with a hook. Khan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Khan swings for the body but El Toro moves out of range.
Khan drives through and clinches with El Toro against the cage.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El Toro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Toro throws a head kick that misses
enabling Khan to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
El Toro lands a jab-cross combination.
El Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Khan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
El Toro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A counter left hand to the body from Khan misses its target.
Khan moves out of range of the strikes.
Khan throws a hook but El Toro avoids it easily.
El Toro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
El Toro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Khan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
An inside leg kick from Khan misses.
Jab, jab by Khan - just one landing.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
Khan avoids the body shot from El Toro.
El Toro throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.
El Toro tries a head kick but it misses.
Khan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between El Toro's hands.
That has opened up Julio El Toro's cut even more.
El Toro misses with a double jab
and Khan counters with a right hand to the body.
Julio El Toro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El Toro looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
Khan lands a right hook to the body.
El Toro is breathing heavily.
El Toro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan is looking for a counter combo.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. El Toro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Khan getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Khan throws a hook but El Toro avoids it easily.
El Toro misses with a looping right.
El Toro tests Khan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Khan throws a lazy head kick
and El Toro counters with a one-two to the body.
Khan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Khan throws a leg kick which misses El Toro's front leg but catches the back leg as El Toro tries to avoid it.
El Toro takes one to the chin there.
El Toro misses with a double jab.
El Toro has managed to clinch.
Khan tries to throw a body punch but El Toro avoids it by throwing Khan back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Khan.
El Toro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Khan digs a good hook to El Toro's body.
Khan misses with a straight left.
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 Genghis Khan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
El Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Khan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but El Toro was well out of range. Poor timing from Khan.
El Toro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the liver by Khan. Beautiful body shot.
El Toro misses with a combination
and Khan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Khan.
Khan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Khan blocks a head kick by El Toro.
El Toro throws out a leg kick but Khan moves out of range and El Toro only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan swings for the body but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro moves forwards but Khan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Khan slips a jab from El Toro.
As El Toro backs away, Khan returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
El Toro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Khan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
El Toro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
Khan misses with a wild body shot.
Khan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Khan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan tried to score with a low kick but El Toro checks it.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan slips under a jab.
El Toro looks to land a right hand but Khan moved out of range.
El Toro tries to clinch there but Khan circles away.
El Toro cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
El Toro misses with a right hand
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
El Toro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Khan's head.
Khan cracks a nice hook into El Toro's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan throws the left hand but El Toro avoids the punch easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
El Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Khan.
El Toro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Khan loads up on a big right hand but El Toro slips the punch.
El Toro throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
El Toro takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Khan moves out of range of the body kick from El Toro.
It appears Khan was looking to counter with a kick there.
Khan misses the shot to the body.
El Toro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Khan throws a nice outside leg kick.
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro tries to sprawl but Khan drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Khan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro is trying to escape back to his feet but Khan uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Khan advances to full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Toro is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan content just to control the position here.
El Toro tries to hold on but Khan postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Khan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
El Toro is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Khan controlling from mount.
El Toro is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Genghis Khan clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
El Toro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Khan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Khan won't allow El Toro to get back to his feet.
El Toro wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Khan manages to pass to side control.
El Toro makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Khan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
El Toro pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as El Toro controls his hands.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan cracks El Toro with a nice body shot.
A short left from El Toro.
Khan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
Khan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
El Toro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from El Toro misses.
El Toro misses with an uppercut.
Khan moves out of range as El Toro strikes.
Khan scores with a nice body kick.
El Toro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Khan.
El Toro bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Khan is defended easily by El Toro.
El Toro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
A quick step to the side and Khan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Khan takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro misses with a series of wild punches.
El Toro with a nice cross.
El Toro scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Khan drops his hands momentarily and El Toro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
El Toro scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Khan ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro misses with a left hand
and El Toro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Khan takes a swing at El Toro's ribcage but misses.
El Toro tries to clinch but Khan is having none of it.
El Toro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Khan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
El Toro looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
Khan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan lands a slapping body shot.
El Toro is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Khan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
El Toro moves away from the strike by Khan.
Khan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
El Toro throws a series of punches but Khan avoids them all with ease.
El Toro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and El Toro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Khan lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro.
Khan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
El Toro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
El Toro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
El Toro is rocked!
Khan misses with a body shot
and El Toro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
El Toro is still on wobbly legs! Can Khan finish him?
A big left from El Toro misses.
Khan is looking to counter punch.
El Toro seems to have recovered his senses.
El Toro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Khan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El Toro's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
El Toro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Khan closes the distance and clinches.
Khan misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
El Toro is looking to break free of the clinch but Khan has double underhooks.
El Toro is trying to break the clinch but Khan has him pressed against the cage.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Khan.
El Toro manages to break the clinch.
El Toro misses with a looping right.
El Toro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Despite the aggression on El Toro's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio El Toro dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Khan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khan avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Toro. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
El Toro looks to land a combination but Khan avoids it well.
Khan throws a body punch but El Toro moves out of range.
Khan avoids the body shot from El Toro.
El Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Khan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Khan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Khan drops his hands momentarily and El Toro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Khan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but El Toro avoids it really well and circles away.
El Toro 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.
El Toro sizes up Khan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro wants to clinch but Khan slips to the side
and Khan counters with a straight right hand.
El Toro gets a clinch.
El Toro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Khan lands a body punch.
El Toro blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan lands a nice uppercut.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
El Toro wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Khan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Genghis Khan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Khan.
El Toro wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Khan.
A right hook to the body lands for Khan.
El Toro is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Khan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Khan misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan has El Toro pushed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro breaks from the clinch.
Khan tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
El Toro misses with a few strikes there.
It looked like Khan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from El Toro.
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!
El Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
El Toro loads up on a big right hand but Khan slips the punch.
Khan lands a really nice looking cross but El Toro seems unphased.
El Toro scores with a body shot.
El Toro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
El Toro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Khan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from El Toro finds it's way round the side to connect with Khan's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by El Toro!
Khan lands a jab to El Toro's midsection.
El Toro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Khan throws a chopping leg kick but El Toro manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Khan misses with a shot to the body
and El Toro counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a looping right.
El Toro lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nice shot by El Toro.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Khan.
Khan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
El Toro misses with a hook.
Khan scores with a sloppy right hand. El Toro should have avoided that one.
Khan fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
El Toro scores with a head kick. Khan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Khan misses with an uppercut. El Toro saw that one coming.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Toro moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Toro. Khan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Khan has managed to clinch.
Khan has El Toro pressed against the cage, preventing El Toro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Khan misses with the head strike.
Khan lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Khan.
Khan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite El Toro's efforts to push away.
El Toro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
El Toro throws a series of punches but Khan moves out of range.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
Khan works El Toro's body with a nice hook.
El Toro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan sets himself, and El Toro steps forward looking for the clinch! Khan avoids it this time.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Khan.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Genghis Khan.
I think Khan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 48:48
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 48:48
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 48:47
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Genghis Khan retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!
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