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OFC 257: Ingram vs Rockin PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Laurence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clayton Laurence could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Paul Phoenix's chin.
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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
7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clayton Laurence!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phoenix tries to land a leg kick but Laurence saw it coming and moves away.
Nice jab there from Phoenix.
Phoenix moves into the clinch successfully.
Laurence softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laurence scores with a hook to the body.
Laurence managing to block the knees to the body from Phoenix.
A nice left hand lands by Laurence.
Laurence stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Phoenix misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laurence lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Phoenix or not.
Phoenix looks winded!
Nice body punch from Laurence - that landed with a thud.
Phoenix looking to throw knees to the head but Laurence is blocking nicely.
Laurence pulls Phoenix into guard.
Laurence looking for a sweep. Not yet Laurence, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laurence throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laurence has Phoenix pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurence striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Laurence is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Phoenix is aware though and is defending well.
Laurence is trying to control the position but Phoenix postures up.
Laurence is controlling Phoenix's posture.
Phoenix throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Laurence wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Laurence has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Phoenix has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Laurence gets control of Phoenix's arms and successfully pulls guard. Laurence will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Laurence works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Laurence working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Phoenix doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Phoenix manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Phoenix throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Laurence works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Laurence is on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Laurence connects with a couple of short punches.
Laurence seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Phoenix looking for a sweep. Not yet Phoenix, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix keeping full guard, as Laurence tries to pass.
Laurence is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Laurence's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Laurence landing with the ground and pound.
Laurence is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Laurence trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Laurence got a little sloppy there for a moment and Phoenix has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Laurence has managed to get both his arms back between Phoenix's legs - danger averted.
Laurence sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laurence forces his way into half guard.
Phoenix with the active half guard here but Laurence passes nicely into side control.
Phoenix is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Laurence staying calm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phoenix is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Laurence dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice straight punches there by Laurence. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Laurence.
Laurence shoots in for a takedown but Phoenix shows good takedown defense.
Laurence misses the shot to the body.
Phoenix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Laurence.
Phoenix swings for the body but Laurence moves out of range.
Paul Phoenix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laurence bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laurence tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Laurence moved out of range.
Laurence tries to work over Phoenix's front leg with a kick but Phoenix checks it.
Phoenix blocks a leg kick.
Phoenix throws a solid leg kick but Laurence takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Phoenix.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phoenix takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Phoenix tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Laurence counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Laurence clinches.
Laurence misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phoenix has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Laurence after a bit of a struggle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix prevents a body shot from Laurence.
Phoenix misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phoenix with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Laurence manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Laurence is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Phoenix is aware though and is defending well.
Laurence looking to control.
Laurence pulls Phoenix in to control the position.
Phoenix loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Laurence is adopting a defensive guard.
Phoenix looking to sit in guard and control but Laurence gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Laurence pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Phoenix is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix wants to sweep but no luck.
Clayton Laurence overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Laurence stands up over Phoenix, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've been hearing that Laurence has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Laurence postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Phoenix looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Laurence is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phoenix can do to turn this around?
Phoenix working for a triangle but Laurence defends it easily.
Laurence trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Laurence lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Laurence is aware though and is defending well.
Laurence slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Laurence stopping the sweep attempt from Phoenix.
Laurence lands a couple of elbows.
Laurence distracts Phoenix with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phoenix has his foot on Laurence's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Laurence works his way back into a safe position though.
Laurence trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Laurence postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laurence scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Laurence sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Laurence trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Laurence scoring with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Laurence postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Phoenix is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Laurence stands up over Phoenix, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Laurence dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phoenix looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phoenix misses the jab.
Phoenix drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Phoenix moves in looking to clinch but Laurence pushes him off.
Laurence thows a body kick. Phoenix tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Laurence moved out of range.
Laurence shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Laurence was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Phoenix takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Laurence trying to control the position but Phoenix is working away.
Laurence lands a nice forearm strike.
Phoenix is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurence wants to lay and pray for a moment but Phoenix keeps working.
Laurence scores with a couple of short elbows.
Laurence has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Laurence working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Phoenix is rocked!
Laurence lands a big elbow - Phoenix is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Phoenix is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Clayton Laurence!
Clayton Laurence decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Canadian Hero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Alvarez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Canadian Hero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Alvarez!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alvarez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Alvarez throws a big right hand that misses.
Alvarez trying to control but Hero is working from the bottom.
Hero throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Alvarez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hero's head.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hero trying to strike off his back.
Alvarez wants to pass the guard but Hero is keeping the position.
Hero throws a couple of heel strikes.
Hero throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Hero throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hero throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Hero keeps moving.
Alvarez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alvarez postures up in Hero's guard and throws a big left but Hero blocks it.
Hero throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Alvarez advances position into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez lands some shots froms side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hero is being controlled here.
Hero is looking to regain half guard here but Alvarez keeps moving and retains side control.
Alvarez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Alvarez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hero throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Alvarez gets to mount! Hero was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Alvarez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hero?
Alvarez unloading with bombs!
Hero tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hero is working hard here to advance position.
Alvarez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hero is looking to get to half guard.
Alvarez trying to control but Hero is having none of it.
Hero in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Hero is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Hero is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alvarez drops a big elbow. That's hurt Hero! More shots from Alvarez and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Alvarez!
After winning the bout, Alex Alvarez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devil Jho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter comes to the cage accompanied by Cyprus Hill - Hits From the Bong. Jho has chosen Into the Abyss as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
40 - 29 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Devil Jho!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jho clinches with his opponent.
Hunter 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.
Hunter misses with a punch to the body.
Hunter throws a punch but it's blocked by Jho.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hunter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jho tries to break the clinch but Hunter is controlling the position.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hunter.
Hunter tries to work over Jho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jho is trying to pull guard but Hunter has him pressed against the cage.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
Jho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jho jumps guard but Hunter stands there with Jho around his waist. Jho gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jho gets control of Hunter's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jho will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Hunter throwing strikes from guard but Jho blocks nicely.
Hunter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hunter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jho trying to control the position.
Jho keeping moving, preventing Hunter from controlling successfully.
Hunter stopping the sweep attempt from Jho.
Hunter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hunter slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jho doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hunter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jho is pulling down on Hunter's head. It's preventing any offense from Hunter, at least for the moment.
Hunter works over Jho with some ground and pound from guard.
Hunter lands a couple of digs.
Jho is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hunter is in close to Jho's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hunter wants to control from the top but Jho keeps moving.
Hunter throws a strike but Jho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jho throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jho preventing the sweep.
Jho wants to stand but Hunter has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jho chips away with some ground and pound.
Jho trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hunter has control of Jho's left arm, preventing Jho from doing any damage.
Hunter keeping moving, preventing Jho from controlling successfully.
Hunter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jho is one step ahead there.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hunter is working hard here to advance position.
Jho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice sprawl there from Hunter as Jho shoots in.
Hunter went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jay Hunter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devil Jho.
Jho ducks under a wild hook from Hunter.
Jho is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nice body kick there by Hunter.
Jay Hunter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jho throws a sloppy head kick and Hunter moves out of range easily.
Hunter throws a right and a left that Jho avoids nicely.
And Jho tries to counter it with a takedown but Hunter pushes his down on his head and steps out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Hunter dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hunter scores with a head kick.
Jho throws a head kick but Hunter moves out of range.
It looked like Hunter was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Hunter thinks about countering with a head kick.
Jho misses with a takedown
and Hunter counters with a series of strikes. Jho will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jho tries to clinch but Hunter moves out of range.
Hunter misses with a few strikes there.
Jho wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jho looks to land a combination but Hunter avoids it well.
Hunter is looking to counter with head kicks.
Hunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jho shoots in looking for a takedown but Hunter manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jho's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jay Hunter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunter misses with a head kick.
Jho shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hunter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet but Jho passes into half guard.
Jho looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hunter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter is trying to stand back up but Jho is controlling him
Hunter is positioning himself well to prevent Jho advancing to mount.
Hunter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jho is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Jho wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hunter keeps working.
Jho thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hunter trying to control from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jho looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jho is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jho prevents Hunter from improving his position.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter throws a sloppy head kick
and Jho counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Devil Jho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jho throws a sloppy head kick and Hunter moves out of range easily.
Jho shoots in looking for a takedown. Hunter tries to sprawl out of it but Jho keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hunter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jay Hunter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Devil Jho.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jho looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jho fails with a takedown attempt.
Hunter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hunter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jho backs up against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick from Hunter lands but Jho takes it in his stride.
Jho lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Hunter dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hunter to the mat! Hunter manages to get full guard.
Jho wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.
Jho trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Hunter manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Jho is trying to control the position but Hunter postures up.
Hunter postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hunter scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunter throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hunter is looking to work some ground and pound but Jho has wrist control.
Hunter won't allow Jho to get back to his feet.
Jho bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hunter's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jho is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jho throws a big elbow that misses.
Jho won't allow Hunter to sweep him here.
Jho drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hunter dives on top into guard.
Hunter working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jho looking for a sweep. Not yet Jho, not yet.
Hunter loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hunter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jho can do to turn this around?
Jho looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hunter is one step ahead there.
Hunter wants to control from the top but Jho keeps moving.
Hunter postures up and lands a big shot to Jho's brow.
Hunter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jho working a defensive guard here.
Jho working a defensive guard but Hunter manages to pass into side control anyway.
Hunter has control of an arm but Jho manages to advance to Hunter's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter just trying to survive but Jho is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Devil Jho has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jay Hunter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jho is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Hunter with him. Hunter is trying to defend but Jho has an arm under the chin now! Hunter grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Devil Jho!
After winning the bout, Devil Jho thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ruban Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruban Kozlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Reis!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov throws a jab when Reis was well out of range.
And Reis tries to counter it with a takedown but Kozlov pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kozlov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Reis moves away from the strike by Kozlov.
Kozlov throws a jab but it's blocked by Reis.
Reis moves out of range as Kozlov strikes.
And Reis tries to counter it with a takedown but Kozlov pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Reis moves into range and clinches up with Kozlov.
Reis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kozlov prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kozlov to keep the fight standing.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Reis tries for a takedown. No joy.
I was talking to Kozlov's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ruban Kozlov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Reis.
Reis wants a takedown but no success here.
Kozlov lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kozlov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Reis goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kozlov prevents it.
Kozlov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kozlov pushes Reis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kozlov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Julian Reis has been cut.
Reis is trying to maintain a safe position but Kozlov gets an underhook and turns Reis into the cage.
Kozlov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kozlov throws the left hand but Reis avoids the punch easily.
Kozlov misses with a looping left.
Reis slips under a jab from Kozlov.
Reis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kozlov just misses with a punch to the body.
Reis defending well as Kozlov loads up on a big left hand.
Reis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kozlov throws out a loose jab but Reis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov misses with a straight left.
Reis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Reis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kozlov scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kozlov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kozlov throws a big shot that misses.
Kozlov lands a jab to the nose.
Reis has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab from Kozlov does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kozlov is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kozlov closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Kozlov.
Kozlov misses with the head strike.
Reis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kozlov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Kozlov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reis's elbow.
Reis tries to score a body lock takedown but Kozlov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kozlov tries to throw a body punch but Reis avoids it by throwing Kozlov back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kozlov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kozlov breaks from the clinch.
Reis ducks under a wild hook from Kozlov.
Reis steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Kozlov.
Kozlov misses with a straight right.
Kozlov loads up on a big right hand but Reis slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kozlov misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Reis.
Reis avoids the body shot from Kozlov.
Kozlov digs a good body shot into Reis's ribs.
Kozlov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kozlov throws a hook to the side of Reis's head but Reis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Reis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Kozlov works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Reis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reis feints the counter takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruban Kozlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Reis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Kozlov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Reis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kozlov throws out the jab.
Kozlov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Reis.
Kozlov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reis feints the counter takedown.
Kozlov misses with a looping left.
Reis slips a jab from Kozlov.
Reis tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kozlov throws out the jab.
Kozlov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Reis throws out a counter right but Kozlov avoids it with no problem.
Kozlov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov digs a good hook to Reis's body.
Reis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kozlov.
Kozlov looks to land a left hand but Reis moved out of range nicely.
Kozlov misses with a hook. Reis ducked under it nicely.
Reis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kozlov throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reis sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And Reis tries to counter it with a takedown but Kozlov pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ruban Kozlov is winning the standup battle so far.
Reis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kozlov.
Reis gets tackled into the cage by Kozlov. Kozlov maintains the clinch.
Kozlov lands a left hand.
Kozlov stalling.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kozlov - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kozlov gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kozlov prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kozlov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reis tries to score a body lock takedown but Kozlov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ruban Kozlov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Reis.
Kozlov misses with some punches.
Kozlov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reis can do to turn this around?
Kozlov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reis takes a shot to the head.
Kozlov lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reis goes for a takedown attempt but Kozlov pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kozlov misses with an uppercut
and Reis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Reis is looking for submissions but instead, Kozlov has regained full guard.
Kozlov lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
We've been informed that Reis has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kozlov advances to half guard.
Kozlov trying to control the pace.
Kozlov passes the guard and advances to mount!
Kozlov looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Kozlov can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Reis is looking to escape.
Reis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kozlov lands a big shot there that rocks Reis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Kozlov postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Reis looks a forlorn figure.
Kozlov looking to control but Reis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kozlov sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
BOOM! Kozlov connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kozlov lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Kozlov avoids the attempt from Reis to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ruban Kozlov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julian Reis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Kozlov misses the jab.
Reis wants to counter the offense by Kozlov and move into the clinch position.
Kozlov throws a hook but Reis avoids it easily.
Reis changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Kozlov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kozlov misses with a hook to the body
and Reis counters with a single leg into guard. Kozlov didn't expect that.
Kozlov looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reis is one step ahead there.
Kozlov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reis on the ground.
Reis is looking to work some ground and pound but Kozlov has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kozlov looking for a sweep. Not yet Kozlov, not yet.
Reis drops back looking for a leg! Kozlov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kozlov manages to kick Reis off! Reis jumps back into Kozlov's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kozlov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Reis defends well.
Kozlov 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.
Kozlov is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Reis frees his head nicely. Oh but Kozlov has switched to an armbar! Reis is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ruban Kozlov!
An out of breath Ruban Kozlov 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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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Duke Newell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogue Four (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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197 lbs
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190 lbs
24 - 23 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duke Newell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rogue Four!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Four staying out of range there.
A combination from Four does no damage.
Newell swings for the body but Four moves out of range.
Four moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Four uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Newell scoring well with a low kick there.
Newell misses with an uppercut.
Newell with a jab.
Four blocks a head kick by Newell.
Four tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Newell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Newell missing with a left hand there. Four was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Four is looking to clinch.
Four takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newell takes a swing at Four's ribcage but misses.
Newell drives through with a takedown into Four's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Newell throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newell stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Four swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Newell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Newell wants to control from the top but Four keeps moving.
Newell postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Newell got a little sloppy there for a moment and Four has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Newell has managed to get both his arms back between Four's legs - danger averted.
Newell avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Newell slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Newell trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Four can't keep his opponent in guard - Newell advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Newell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Four is not content to let Newell control the position.
Newell is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Newell wants to control but Four is keeping him busy.
Newell seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Newell slips a nice elbow through Four's hands, connecting with Four's forehead.
Newell is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Newell is trying to control. Four wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newell wants to advance to full mount but Four doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Four looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Newell passes into half guard.
Four looking for submissions off his back.
Four is trying to maintain the position but Newell is very close to passing his half guard.
Newell throws a strike but Four avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Newell has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Four to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Newell is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Four pulls down on the head and he's put Newell to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rogue Four!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Pichushkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McFadden has chosen Sevendust - Enemy 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alexander Pichushkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, David McFadden!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pichushkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McFadden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin throws a shot from downtown. McFadden moves away and avoids it.
McFadden throws a combination. Pichushkin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Alexander Pichushkin has been cut.
McFadden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pichushkin is looking to counter punch.
McFadden staying out of range there.
Pichushkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McFadden.
McFadden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
McFadden darts in and clinches Pichushkin up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pichushkin working aggressively here.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees to the body.
McFadden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pichushkin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pichushkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands a left hand that snaps the head of McFadden backwards.
Pichushkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Pichushkin wants to get back to striking at distance but McFadden won't allow it.
Pichushkin misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden misses with a punch to the body.
McFadden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pichushkin's elbow.
Pichushkin lands with a light punch inside.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pichushkin pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pichushkin has a couple of punches blocked by McFadden.
I was talking to Pichushkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
McFadden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McFadden manages to break the clinch.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that McFadden 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.
David McFadden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pichushkin gets tackled into the cage by McFadden. McFadden maintains the clinch.
Knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
McFadden takes a shot to the head.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
McFadden landing knees to the body.
McFadden blocks an uppercut.
McFadden lands a knee to the head.
Pichushkin is trying to maintain a safe position but McFadden gets an underhook and turns Pichushkin into the cage.
Pichushkin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pichushkin blocks it with crossed arms.
Pichushkin takes a knee right on the jaw!
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
Pichushkin leaning against his opponent.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
McFadden scores a nice knee to the body.
Pichushkin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McFadden's elbow.
McFadden utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pichushkin.
McFadden lands a nice knee to the body.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
Pichushkin gets through McFadden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pichushkin avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin looking to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Pichushkin.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McFadden misses with a knee to the head.
McFadden landing knees to the body.
Pichushkin throws a head punch that misses.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden letting Pichushkin take a breather here.
McFadden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pichushkin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McFadden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFadden is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McFadden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pichushkin avoids it.
Pichushkin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - McFadden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pichushkin throws a hook but McFadden blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden closes the distance and pushes Pichushkin back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden looking to throw knees to the head but Pichushkin is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pichushkin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pichushkin moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMcFadden.
McFadden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McFadden counters with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by McFadden.
Pichushkin lands a lovely overhand right.
Pichushkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
McFadden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pichushkin swats away the attempt to clinch by McFadden.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McFadden throws a jab but it's blocked by Pichushkin.
Pichushkin swings for the body but McFadden moves out of range.
McFadden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fighters circling - Pichushkin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David McFadden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexander Pichushkin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McFadden staying out of range there.
McFadden takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like David McFadden has been cut.
McFadden closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
McFadden missing with knees to the body.
Pichushkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pichushkin is trying to break the clinch but McFadden is controlling him.
Pichushkin throws a punch but it's blocked by McFadden.
Still in the clinch, Pichushkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pichushkin working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by McFadden.
McFadden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pichushkin avoiding damage as McFadden throws knees 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!
Pichushkin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pichushkin misses with the head strike.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pichushkin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pichushkin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pichushkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McFadden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
McFadden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pichushkin is defending well for now.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but Pichushkin blocks with his arms.
McFadden tries to throw a body punch but Pichushkin avoids it by throwing McFadden back against the cage.
Pichushkin has a couple of punches blocked by McFadden.
McFadden trying to land knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McFadden missing with knees to the body.
David McFadden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McFadden with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Alexander Pichushkin's cut is getting worse.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden prevents a body shot from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin trying to control the position but instead, McFadden has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pichushkin into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pichushkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McFadden obliges.
Pichushkin swings wildly with an uppercut but McFadden uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFadden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFadden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pichushkin.
Pichushkin managing to block the knees to the body from McFadden.
McFadden tries to land knees in the clinch but Pichushkin avoids the damage to the body.
McFadden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pichushkin'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.
McFadden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pichushkin's face.
McFadden working Pichushkin over with knees to the body.
Pichushkin lands an uppercut.
Pichushkin lands an uppercut.
Pichushkin manages to break the clinch.
Alexander Pichushkin is winning the standup battle so far.
McFadden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pichushkin lands an overhand right.
McFadden tries to clinch up but Pichushkin circles away and keeps his distance.
Pichushkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
David McFadden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McFadden moves to clinch but Pichushkin breaks away
and Pichushkin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McFadden connects with an inside leg kick.
McFadden wants to clinch up but Pichushkin keeps it at a distance.
McFadden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from McFadden. Those never looked like landing.
McFadden throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pichushkin.
McFadden moves in looking to clinch but Pichushkin pushes him off.
McFadden wants to clinch.
McFadden scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden ducks under a wild hook from Pichushkin.
McFadden fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pichushkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden shoots in but no luck this time.
Pichushkin throws a looping overhand right but McFadden ducks down to avoid it.
Pichushkin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pichushkin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McFadden.
Pichushkin throws a hook but McFadden blocks it.
Pichushkin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pichushkin dodges the punch combination from McFadden.
Pichushkin feints with a jab and clips McFadden right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! McFadden is sent crashing into the canvas and Pichushkin leaps in for the kill! McFadden tries to get to his feet but Pichushkin is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that McFadden is in need of a savior and steps in!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Pichushkin!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Finkle John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Rutherford (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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Finkle John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John misses with a leg kick
and Rutherford counters with a left to the body.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from John.
Good work by John as he checks the leg kick.
John throws a hook but Rutherford blocks it.
Rutherford lands with a straight right. John didn't see that one coming.
Rutherford with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling John to score with a decent uppercut.
John rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rutherford finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
John throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rutherford on the side of the head.
A left lands for Rutherford.
John ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rutherford scores with a jab to the body.
John takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've been hearing reports that John has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
John moves out of range of the strikes.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rutherford displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
Rutherford wants to land a leg kick but John is out of range.
Rutherford connects with a looping right hand.
Rutherford sizes up John with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
John misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John misses with a hook. Rutherford ducked under it nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rutherford. John shrugs it off though.
Rutherford getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
John throws the left hand but Rutherford avoids the punch easily.
John finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rutherford appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rutherford swings for the body but John moves out of range.
Rutherford moves away from the strike by John.
Rutherford misses with a hook
and Rutherford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John circles away from the clinch attempt.
John throwing a counter right hand but Rutherford manages to avoid it.
John swings for the body but Rutherford moves out of range.
Rutherford closes the distance and clinches.
Rutherford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as John controls the action.
John tries a body shot but Rutherford blocks it.
Rutherford lands with a short shot to the head.
Rutherford prevents a body shot from John.
Rutherford keeps control of John as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Rutherford.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
John is trying to break the clinch but Rutherford is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John can't find room to land a body shot as Rutherford controls the action.
Rutherford tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutherford tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
John is trying to break the clinch but Rutherford is controlling him.
John has a couple of punches blocked by Rutherford.
John lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rutherford backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Rutherford.
Rutherford tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rutherford gets through John's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford prevents John from breaking the clinch.
Rutherford slows down the pace here.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
John misses with a hook from the clinch.
John misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford tries to work over John's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford scores with a shot to the side of John's head.
Rutherford prevents John from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from Rutherford.
John tries to throw a body punch but Rutherford avoids it by throwing John back against the cage.
Rutherford tries to throw a body punch but John avoids it by throwing Rutherford back against the cage.
John swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutherford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as John controls his hands.
John prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford cracks John with a nice body shot.
John misses with the head strike.
John wants to break free but Rutherford has control.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford tries to throw a body punch but John avoids it by throwing Rutherford back against the cage.
Rutherford lands with a light punch inside.
The referee calls for Rutherford to work.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by John.
Rutherford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Rutherford.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for John.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Rutherford.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutherford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
John struggles to land a body shot inside as Rutherford controls his hands.
Rutherford lands a shot to the body.
Rutherford tries a body shot but John blocks it.
Rutherford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rutherford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt John or not.
John is breathing heavily.
Rutherford lands a right hand that snaps the head of John backwards.
John blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
John blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford lands with a light punch inside.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Johns head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rutherford.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
John breaks from the clinch.
Good leg kick by Rutherford there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
John defending well as Rutherford loads up on a big left hand.
Rutherford takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
John takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Rutherford dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
John misses with a leg kick
and Rutherford counters with a straight right hand.
Rutherford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and John has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rutherford dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on John. That did some damage!
Rutherford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rutherford throws the kick towards the body but John avoids it.
A big right from Rutherford misses.
John throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rutherford.
John throws a hook but Rutherford blocks it.
Rutherford throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
John throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rutherford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt John.
John looks to land a right hand but Rutherford moved out of range.
Rutherford only half commits to the counter leg kick.
John tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rutherford is able to avoid easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rutherford thumps John with a low kick.
John ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rutherford moves away.
Rutherford misses with a straight right.
Rutherford jabs John right on the nose. John blinks but takes it well.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid body kick from Rutherford.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John misses the jab.
Rutherford with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rutherford on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rutherford fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and John has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
John scores with a kick to the midsection.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by John.
John on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutherford. Rutherford obviously looking to wear him down.
Rutherford tries to work over John's front leg with a kick but John checks it.
John swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from John.
Rutherford now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice shot by Rutherford.
John is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
John dodges the punch combination from Rutherford.
Rutherford uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by John.
John tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
That kick from Rutherford tenderised John's leg. John is trying to keep his angry face on.
John throws a hook but Rutherford avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rutherford catches John with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rutherford bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rutherford rushes John and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rutherford lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rutherford lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for John.
John blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford stalling.
John prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
John lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by John.
A shot in the inside from John.
John lands with a left to the head.
Rutherford lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Rutherford.
John lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rutherford or not.
Rutherford misses with a hook from the clinch.
John misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford working aggressively here.
John misses with the head strike.
Rutherford misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutherford prevents John from breaking the clinch.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
John breaks the clinch.
Rutherford throws a hook but John blocks it.
John bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rutherford scores with a nice right hand.
Rutherford throws out a powerful jab.
Rutherford rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and John counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rutherford.
Rutherford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rutherford listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
John tries a low kick but Rutherford avoids it.
Rutherford scores with a sloppy right hand. John should have avoided that one.
Rutherford shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. John eats them both and turns towards Rutherford to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutherford takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
John slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
John does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rutherford looks like he wants to counter punch here.
John stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rutherford.
John throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rutherford.
Rutherford lands a jab to the head.
Rutherford throws a nice outside leg kick.
John missing with a left hand there. Rutherford was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rutherford cracks the inside of John's front leg.
The fighters circling - John throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rutherford tests John's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rutherford jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
John misses with a low kick.
John lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Rutherford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutherford.
That kick from Rutherford tenderised John's leg. John is trying to keep his angry face on.
John on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutherford. Rutherford obviously looking to wear him down.
John misses with a left hand
and Rutherford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
John fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rutherford checks it well.
Rutherford takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rutherford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rutherford lands a nice shot to the body.
John loads up on a big right hand but Rutherford slips the punch.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
Rutherford lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rutherford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from John.
John ducks under a wild hook from Rutherford.
John slips under a jab from Rutherford.
John looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
John checks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rutherford checks a leg kick.
Rutherford tries a low kick but John avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rutherford.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rutherford. That's going to slow John down.
John looks to land a right hand but Rutherford moved out of range.
Rutherford tries to close the distance and clinch but John swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from John misses.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rutherford.
Crunch! Rutherford slams his shin into John's torso.
John takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
John throws a front kick aimed at Rutherford's knee but Rutherford avoids it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by John.
Rutherford misses with a jab, cross combination.
John throws a low kick, looking for Rutherford's leg but Rutherford calmly moves out of range.
Rutherford cracks the inside of John's front leg.
Rutherford throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Finkle John has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rutherford scores with a jab to the head.
John misses with an uppercut. Rutherford saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rutherford scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Thomas Rutherford seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rutherford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rutherford on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rutherford.
Rutherford connects with a body shot.
Rutherford pushes John up against the cage in a clinch.
John escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rutherford throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rutherford moves out of range of the strikes.
John throws a series of punches but Rutherford moves out of range.
Rutherford throws a leg kick but John sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a leg kick which misses John's front leg but catches the back leg as John tries to avoid it.
Rutherford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but John manages to avoid it.
John is looking to counter punch.
Rutherford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt John.
Rutherford scores with a decent looking hook.
Rutherford feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Johns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rutherford cracks John with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from John.
John throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rutherford needs to keep his hands up - John had a free shot at his head there.
John throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Rutherford on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rutherford throws a hook to the side of John's head but John sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rutherford bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rutherford lands a jab.
Rutherford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt John.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Rutherford.
A little feinted left hand from John on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thomas Rutherford is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
John will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
John misses with a body punch
and Rutherford counters with a good low kick that John was not able to check.
Rutherford ducks under a wild hook from John.
Rutherford takes one on the chin but seems OK.
John misses with a wild body shot.
Rutherford connects with a solid leg kick.
John throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Rutherford counter with a right hand.
John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rutherford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rutherford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
John on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rutherford cracks the inside of John's front leg.
Rutherford looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
John on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rutherford. Rutherford obviously looking to wear him down.
Rutherford throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent John stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
John misses with a straight right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Rutherford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rutherford 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Rutherford!
Thomas Rutherford took some time post fight to say the following; 'Rutherford's own Pedro'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Convicted Killer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cam Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Newton is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Superman. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Convicted Killer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cam Newton!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Killer misses with a low kick as Newton jumps back.
Newton throws a series of punches but Killer avoids them all with ease.
Newton misses with a hook
and Killer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Killer.
Good leg kick by Killer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Newton throws a series of punches but Killer avoids them all with ease.
Killer digs a good body shot into Newton's ribs.
Killer bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Newton's head backwards.
Killer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Newton.
Killer wants to clinch.
Killer wants to land a leg kick but Newton is out of range.
Newton appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Killer misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Newton misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Killer throws a body shot but no joy.
Newton avoids the body shot from Killer.
Killer connects with a leg kick. Newton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Newton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Newton 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.
Killer throws a lazy head kick
and Killer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Convicted Killer has been cut.
Killer throws a shot from downtown. Newton moves away and avoids it.
Killer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Newton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Newton dodges the punch combination from Killer.
A little jabbing left from Newton on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Killer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab, jab by Killer - just one landing.
A combination from Newton does no damage.
Newton just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newton lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Newton.
Killer misses with an uppercut. Newton saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Killer.
Convicted Killer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newton connects with a jab.
Killer moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Killer fails to land with a series of punches.
Killer is looking to land body kicks.
Newton rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Killer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Killer misses with an uppercut. Newton saw that one coming.
Killer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Killer swings for the body but Newton moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Newton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Killer scoring well with a low kick there.
Killer misses with a body shot.
Killer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Killer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Despite the aggression on Newton's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Killer sizes up Newton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Killer looks to land a body kick but Newton moved away.
Despite the aggression on Newton's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Killer scores with a jab to the body.
Newton scores with a nice strike.
Newton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Killer moves away.
Killer closes the distance but Newton moves to the side
and Newton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Donk. Killer catches Newton right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Killer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Newton manages to avoid it.
Killer lands with a nice body kick.
Newton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Killer is looking to score with low kicks.
Killer fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Killer.
Newton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Newton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Killer - the referee stops the clock and Newton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Killer. Newton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Killer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Newton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Killer misses with a body kick.
Newton cracks Killer with an open hand slap.
Newton 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Convicted Killer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Convicted Killer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Newton misses with a few strikes there.
Killer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Newton.
Good leg kick by Killer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Killer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Killer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Newton.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Newton might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Killer has got the better of the exchanges.
Killer digs a good body shot into Newton's ribs.
Cam Newton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Killer staying out of range there.
Killer throws a series of punches but Newton moves out of range.
Newton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Killer.
Newton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Killer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Newton moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Killer cracks Newton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Newton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Newton checks a low kick from Killer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Killer misses
enabling Newton to counter with a crisp jab.
Killer throws a head kick that misses
and Newton counters with a crisp one two that drops Killer! Newton thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Killer to his feet! Killer is in big trouble!
Killer is rocked!
Killer throws a chopping leg kick but Newton manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Newton is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Oh Killer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Newton has cracked Killer with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Newton lands another huge swinging hook and Killer tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Killer, before Newton can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cam Newton!
Cam Newton made sure to mention his sponsor, MayheM sportswear in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derp Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Aristides Leopoldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyatt comes to the cage accompanied by Tones on Tail - Go!. Leopoldo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Carmina Burana - Carl Orff kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Derp Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pedro Aristides Leopoldo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leopoldo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wyatt.
Wyatt lands a nice hook to Leopoldo's body. Leopoldo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Leopoldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wyatt connects with a body shot that sends Leopoldo's belly button to the back.
Leopoldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leopoldo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wyatt.
It looks like Derp Wyatt has been cut.
Wyatt scores with a one two! Leopoldo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Pedro Aristides Leopoldo has been cut.
Leopoldo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Leopoldo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wyatt lands with a shot to the body.
Wyatt ducks under a wild hook from Leopoldo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leopoldo misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Wyatt was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Leopoldo.
Leopoldo looks to land a left hand but Wyatt moved out of range nicely.
Wyatt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leopoldo was well out of range. Poor timing from Wyatt.
Wyatt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leopoldo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wyatt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt lands with a nice combination. Leopoldo backs away looking to recover.
Wyatt is looking to wear down Leopoldo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jab from Leopoldo.
Derp Wyatt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leopoldo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wyatt.
Wyatt lands a two punch combo.
Wyatt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wyatt closes the distance and clinches.
Wyatt misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Wyatt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Leopoldo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Wyatt to keep the fight standing.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wyatt as Leopoldo tries to tie him up.
Leopoldo tries for a takedown but Wyatt manages to get underhooks.
Leopoldo lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Wyatt scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leopoldo breaks the clinch.
Leopoldo loads up on a big right hand but Wyatt slips the punch.
Wyatt lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Leopoldo backs up against the cage.
Wyatt throws a series of punches but Leopoldo avoids them all with ease.
Wyatt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leopoldo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A lazy left from Wyatt finds it's target.
Wyatt lands with a good body shot.
Wyatt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leopoldo.
Leopoldo misses with a straight left.
Wyatt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wyatt digs a good body shot into Leopoldo's ribs.
Leopoldo dives in and grabs Wyatt's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wyatt pushes down on Leopoldo's head and hops out.
Derp Wyatt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Aristides Leopoldo.
Wyatt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leopoldo throws out the jab.
Leopoldo dives in for a single leg takedown but Wyatt sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Derp Wyatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wyatt moves out of range of the strikes.
Wyatt steps into range and cracks Leopoldo with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Leopoldo flops backwards and Wyatt dives into his guard looking to finish!
Leopoldo is rocked!
That has opened up Pedro Aristides Leopoldo's cut even more.
Leopoldo can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wyatt controls the pace.
Leopoldo is still in real trouble! Can Wyatt finish him?
Wyatt gets to his feet - Leopoldo follows without any prompting.
Leopoldo bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Wyatt comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Leopoldo falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Leopoldo was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Derp Wyatt!
After winning the bout, Derp Wyatt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kizeal Ingram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Rockin (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 lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kizeal Ingram!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Rockin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ingram scores with a jab to the head.
Kizeal Ingram seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ingram lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rockin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Ingram misses its target.
Ingram misses with a straight right.
Rockin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ingram.
Ingram scores with a body shot.
Rockin throws a push kick but Ingram slaps the foot to one side.
Ingram 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.
Rockin jabs Ingram to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rockin takes a swing at Ingram's ribcage but misses.
Rockin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ingram under the eye.
Ingram digs a good hook to Rockin's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rockin just misses with a punch to the body.
Ingram rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rockin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ingram fails to land the takedown.
Rockin steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Rockin.
Rockin misses with an uppercut.
Ingram closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rockin can't find room to land a body shot as Ingram controls the action.
Rockin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rockin breaks from the clinch.
Ingram keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rockin scores with a jab. Ingram acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rockin throws a hook but Ingram blocks it.
Rockin looks to throw the jab but Ingram is out of range.
Rockin moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been hearing reports that Ingram has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rockin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ingram rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ingram looks to land a left hand but Rockin moved out of range nicely.
We've been informed that Rockin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Robbie Rockin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rockin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ingram looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ingram gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ingram tries to pull guard but Rockin holds him up against the cage and eventually Ingram drops back down to his feet.
Rockin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ingram softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ingram swings wildly with an uppercut but Rockin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ingram misses with a body punch.
Rockin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Ingram.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rockin misses with a punch to the body.
Ingram misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rockin breaks the clinch.
Rockin throws a shot from downtown. Ingram moves away and avoids it.
Ingram wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Rockin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rockin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ingram.
Rockin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice jab there from Ingram.
Ingram moves out of range of the strikes.
Rockin connects with a jab.
Rockin throws a sloppy head kick and Ingram moves out of range easily.
Ingram scores with the left hand. Rockin knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ingram dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rockin throws the kick towards the body but Ingram avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Rockin.
Ingram ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rockin moves away.
Ingram takes one on the button.
Rockin looks to land a left hand but Ingram moved out of range nicely.
Ingram tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rockin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rockin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ingram misses with a looping left.
Rockin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ingram counters by moving into the clinch.
Rockin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rockin scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rockin fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Robbie Rockin will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rockin works over Ingram's head and body with a nice combination.
Ingram throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Rockin to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Ingram misses.
Rockin ducks under a wild hook from Ingram.
Rockin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ingram has time to react.
Rockin defending well as Ingram loads up on a big left hand.
Rockin moves out of range of the strikes.
Ingram misses with a lunging right hand
and Rockin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ingram is rocked!
Ingram swings widly with a right hand
and Rockin counters with a left to the body.
Oh Ingram is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice defenses there by Rockin.
Rockin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ingram doesn't manage to clinch there - Rockin circles away.
Ingram seems to have got his legs back now.
Ingram scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rockin moves out of range of the strikes.
Ingram throws a jab when Rockin was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ingram connects with a jab.
Ingram pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ingram rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rockin to counter with a crisp jab.
Rockin tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rockin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ingram.
Rockin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ingram throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rockin counters with a huge left! Ingram is in big trouble! He's backing up but Rockin isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Ingram from any more damage. A dominating finish by Rockin!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robbie Rockin!
Robbie Rockin is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, Robbie Rockin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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