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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barbados Slim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wang Doodle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wang Doodle will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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277 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barbados Slim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wang Doodle!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slim wants to clinch up but Doodle keeps it at a distance.
Slim has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Slim keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Doodle scores with a punch to the head.
Wang Doodle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Doodle.
Doodle keeps the fight on the outside.
Slim connects with a body shot that sends Doodle's belly button to the back.
Doodle clinches up against the cage.
Doodle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Slim has Doodle pressed against the cage, preventing Doodle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Doodle working aggressively here.
Doodle's coach down at Evolved MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Doodle's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Slim wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Slim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Slim missing with knees to the body.
Doodle avoids a wild elbow strike from Slim.
Doodle on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doodle lands a shoulder strike.
Slim throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doodle blocks it with crossed arms.
Doodle lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Doodle tries to break the clinch but Slim is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Doodle.
Doodle scores with a shoulder strike.
Slim with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Doodle struggles to land a body shot inside as Slim controls his hands.
Doodle scores with a shoulder strike.
Doodle scores with a nice hook to the head.
Doodle manages to break the clinch.
Doodle is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Doodle lands with a good body shot.
Slim with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Doodle to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Doodle connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Doodle connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doodle comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Doodle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Doodle does it's job there.
Doodle lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Slim at a distance.
Slim is breathing heavily.
Slim is looking to clinch but Doodle is avoiding it.
Doodle keeps the fight on the outside.
Doodle moves into range and clinches up with Slim.
Doodle struggles to land a body shot inside as Slim controls his hands.
Doodle misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Doodle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Doodle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Doodle digs a right hand underneath Slim's ribcage. Slim let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A body shot lands from Doodle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doodle lands with a light punch inside.
Doodle scores with a shot to the side of Slim's head.
Doodle lands a shot to the body.
A short right from Doodle on the inside.
Doodle presses Slim against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Good body shot from Doodle.
A hook to the body from Doodle.
Doodle tries to break free but Slim pushes him back against the cage.
Doodle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Doodle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Doodle lands with a right to the head.
Doodle lands a shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Doodle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doodle digs a right hand into Slim's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Slim's gas tank.
Doodle is trying to break the clinch but Slim has him pressed against the cage.
Doodle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Slim backwards.
Doodle drops Slim onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Slim is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Slim is rocked!
Doodle lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Slim to his knees! Doodle keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wang Doodle!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Palomar Boku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Palomar Boku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rick Rollins!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Daniel Franklin and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boku slips a jab from Rollins.
Boku rushes Rollins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Boku tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rollins blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boku.
Rollins avoids a wild elbow strike from Boku.
Boku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rollins dodges an elbow strike from Boku.
Boku has a couple of punches blocked by Rollins.
Boku goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Boku scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Rick Rollins has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boku blocks an uppercut.
Boku has Rollins pressed against the cage, preventing Rollins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rollins avoids the elbow strike from Boku, against the cage.
Boku pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boku being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boku lands with a light punch inside.
Boku throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Boku lands a damaging elbow.
Boku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rollins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Rollins.
It looks like Palomar Boku has been cut.
Rollins is trying to break free.
Rollins dodges an elbow strike from Boku.
Boku lands a right hand.
Boku keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rollins's efforts to push away.
Rollins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rollins throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boku throws an elbow but it misses.
Boku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rollins swings wildly with an uppercut but Boku uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boku misses with the head strike.
Rollins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boku misses with a body punch.
Rollins breaks from the clinch.
Rollins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boku manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rollins has taken the fight to the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boku tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rollins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A shot in the inside from Boku.
Rollins tries to break the clinch but Boku is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Boku scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boku pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boku lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rollins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Boku has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boku just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rollins's brow.
Rollins prevents a body shot from Boku.
Boku misses with a body punch.
Boku can't find room to land a body shot as Rollins controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Boku.
Rollins can't break the clinch.
Boku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rollins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boku pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins avoids the elbow strike from Boku, against the cage.
Rollins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boku keeps control of Rollins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boku struggles to land a body shot inside as Rollins controls his hands.
Boku misses with a body punch.
Boku prevents Rollins from breaking the clinch.
Boku lands a nice shot to the body.
Rollins blocks an elbow strike.
Boku tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rollins blocks the elbow strike.
Rollins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rollins is trying to break the clinch but Boku has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Palomar Boku dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rollins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Boku lands a nice elbow.
Boku keeps control of Rollins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rollins wants to get back to striking at distance but Boku won't allow it.
Boku creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rollins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rollins blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Boku just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rollins's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins wants to break free but Boku has control.
Boku tries a body shot but Rollins blocks it.
Rollins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Boku tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rollins is trying to push Boku away but Boku has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boku blocks an elbow strike from Rollins.
Rollins can't break the clinch.
Rollins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rollins is trying to break the clinch but Boku is controlling him.
Boku has Rollins pressed against the cage, preventing Rollins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rollins tries to circle away but Boku has him pinned against the cage.
Boku misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boku is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rollins can do to turn this around?
Boku lands a right hand.
Boku tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rollins's elbow.
Boku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boku lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Rick Rollins's cut even more.
Boku lands a body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Boku.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins tries to circle away but Boku has him pinned against the cage.
Rollins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rollins is trying to break the clinch but Boku is controlling him.
Rollins is trying to break free.
Boku struggles to land a body shot inside as Rollins controls his hands.
Boku tries to throw a body punch but Rollins avoids it by throwing Boku back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rollins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rollins tries to circle away but Boku has him pinned against the cage.
Boku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boku is leaning against Rollins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Boku gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rollins stalling in the clinch but Boku improves position.
Boku throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Rollins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Boku misses with a punch to the body.
Rollins can't break the clinch.
Boku lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boku tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rollins's elbow.
Rollins trying to stall but Boku improves his position.
Boku misses with a punch to the body.
Boku lands an elbow inside that Rollins shrugs off.
The cut above Rick Rollins's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Boku lands a body punch.
Boku comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boku lands a nice elbow.
Rick Rollins's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rollins takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rick Rollins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Palomar Boku!
Palomar Boku decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between AJ McNee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ludwig Von Mises (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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195 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, AJ McNee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ludwig Von Mises!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNee throws a right and a left that Von Mises avoids nicely.
Von Mises instigates a clinch.
Von Mises will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning McNee up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Mises.
Come on Von Mises - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Von Mises - that landed with a thud.
McNee is breathing heavily.
McNee lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Von Mises scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Mises lands an uppercut.
Von Mises digs a right hand underneath McNee's ribcage. McNee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Von Mises works on McNee's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Von Mises.
Von Mises throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Von Mises lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Von Mises.
Von Mises cracks McNee with a nice body shot.
Von Mises scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Von Mises.
Von Mises scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Mises lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Von Mises.
Von Mises scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Mises.
Von Mises lands a body shot in the clinch.
Von Mises lands a left hand.
Von Mises scores with a hook to the body.
Von Mises lands a body shot in the clinch.
Von Mises cracks McNee with a nice body shot.
Von Mises scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Von Mises.
Von Mises effectively controlling the action here.
Von Mises works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Von Mises.
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!
Nice body punch from Von Mises.
Von Mises lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McNee backwards.
Von Mises digs a right hand underneath McNee's ribcage. McNee let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Von Mises scores with a hook to the body.
Von Mises lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Good body shot from Von Mises.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Mises working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Von Mises lands a body punch.
Von Mises lands a body punch in the clinch.
Von Mises is working McNee over against the cage.
Von Mises lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McNee is rocked!
Von Mises working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh McNee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Mises pushes McNee against the cage. Von Mises is working some dirty boxing. Von Mises pushes off with a quick right hook! McNee goes down! McNee tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Von Mises moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ludwig Von Mises!
Ludwig Von Mises bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konstantin Zuev (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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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Konstantin Zuev !
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuev 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Couture under the eye.
Couture fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zuev manages to avoid it.
Couture moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zuev 's coach down at KING OF PAIN was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Zuev 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Zuev throws an off balance right hand
and Couture counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Couture throws a hook but Zuev blocks it.
A shot to the liver by Zuev . Beautiful body shot.
Zuev connects with a body shot.
Zuev scores with a nice right hand.
Zuev throws a nice looking combination but Couture bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Couture is looking to counter the offense by Zuev and move into the clinch.
Couture slips a jab from Zuev .
Zuev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Couture looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zuev digs a good body shot into Couture's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Couture uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zuev .
Zuev scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Couture throws a right hand that Zuev ducks under and follows up with a left that Zuev also avoids with ease.
Zuev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zuev moves out of range as Couture strikes.
Zuev uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Couture.
Couture throws a body shot but no joy.
Zuev appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuev smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Couture ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zuev moves away.
Couture bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Couture throws the left hand but Zuev avoids the punch easily.
Couture uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zuev .
Couture misses with the combination.
Zuev looks to land a combination but Couture avoids it well.
Couture swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Couture pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zuev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Couture just misses with a punch to the body.
Zuev misses with a shot to the body
and Couture counters with a nice uppercut.
Couture shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big left from Zuev misses.
Zuev avoids the body shot from Couture.
Zuev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zuev throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Couture throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zuev lands a nice hook to Couture's body. Couture takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Couture works the jab nicely.
Zuev throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fighters circling - Zuev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Couture gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zuev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Couture uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zuev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Couture.
Zuev throws a right and a left that Couture avoids nicely.
Zuev misses with a looping right.
Zuev throws a big shot that misses.
Zuev throws an off balance right hand
and Couture counters by moving into the clinch.
Zuev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Couture gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zuev .
Zuev misses with a body shot
and Couture counters with a one-two to the body.
Couture keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zuev is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Couture had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zuev .
Couture seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Zuev throws a hook but Couture avoids it easily.
Couture bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big right from Zuev misses.
Zuev stuns Couture with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zuev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Couture.
Couture misses with a hook to the body
and Zuev counters with a straight right hand.
Zuev looks to land a left hand but Couture moved out of range nicely.
Zuev throws a right hand that misses
and Couture moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Couture.
Zuev looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zuev breaks the clinch.
Zuev scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zuev just misses with a punch to the body.
Zuev jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zuev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Couture was well out of range. Poor timing from Zuev .
Couture is looking to counter the offense by Zuev and move into the clinch.
Zuev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Couture was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zuev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Couture seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Couture forces Zuev back against the cage and clinches.
Couture works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Couture lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zuev backwards.
Couture digs a right hand underneath Zuev 's ribcage. Zuev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zuev looks winded!
Couture is leaning against Zuev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Couture.
Couture stalls.
Couture scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Couture keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Zuev 's efforts to push away.
A right handed body shot lands from Couture.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Couture drops Zuev onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Zuev is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Zuev is rocked!
Couture lands a big right hand that drops Zuev ! The killer instinct kicks in and Couture finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Couture!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Couture!
Our winner, Dan Couture, 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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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Wehmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Barney Wehmer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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158 lbs
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164 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Barney Wehmer!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wehmer tries to sprawl but Dux drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Wehmer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dux in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Wehmer tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dux!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Frank Dux!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Harry Baals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Faraday (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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harry Baals!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Faraday!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baals slaps away a takedown attempt from Faraday, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Baals throwing a counter right hand but Faraday manages to avoid it.
Faraday tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Baals swivels and escapes.
Baals tries to counter by clinching up but Faraday breaks away and moves out of range.
Faraday fails with the takedown
and Baals counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Harry Baals has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Faraday.
Faraday with a poor takedown
and Baals cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Johnny Faraday has been cut.
Baals lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Faraday fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Baals has closed the distance and engaged Faraday in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faraday tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Baals misses with a punch on the inside.
Faraday tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Faraday jumps guard but Baals turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Baals on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faraday fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Faraday tries to pull guard but Baals holds him up against the cage and eventually Faraday drops back down to his feet.
Faraday is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Baals to keep the fight standing.
Faraday tries to pull guard but Baals forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Faraday jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Baals walks away with a smile on his face. Faraday gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Sloppy strikes from Baals. Those never looked like landing.
Faraday shoots in for a takedown but Baals shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Harry Baals is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Faraday misses with a takedown attempt
letting Baals counter with a right hand.
Baals throws a big shot that misses.
Faraday closes this distance looking for a takedown but Baals circles away.
Faraday with a poor takedown
and Baals cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Faraday misses with a takedown attempt
and Faraday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Faraday looks winded!
Faraday shoots and misses
and Baals cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Faraday is rocked!
Faraday misses with a takedown
and Baals counters with a crisp right hand that drops Faraday! Baals lets Faraday back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Faraday is still on wobbly legs! Can Baals finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faraday tries for a takedown but Baals circles away easily
and Baals counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harry Baals!
Harry Baals retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Harry Baals made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Macho Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harold Shermann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shermann has chosen Nirvana - Dumb as his entrance music. Macho Man could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Harold Shermann's chin.
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280 lbs
13 - 0 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Macho Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Harold Shermann!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man punishes Shermann's body with a nice straight punch.
Harold Shermann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shermann is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
It looks like Harold Shermann has been cut.
Shermann is trying hard to land a takedown here. Man sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Man lands a big right hand that sends Shermann crashing to the mat! Man stays standing though and waves Shermann back to his feet!
Man grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Shermann takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Man cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Macho Man!
Macho Man retains his super heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Macho Man thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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