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UGD 53:Pulkkinen Vs Cotto PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Dick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Three Dog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dog is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Fallout. 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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Dick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dick's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dog under the eye.
Dick misses with a straight left.
Dog looks for the body kick but Dick saw that one coming.
No luck for Dog with that takedown attempt.
Dog throws a leg kick which misses Dick's front leg but catches the back leg as Dick tries to avoid it.
Dick misses with a body kick.
Dog throws a looping overhand right but Dick ducks down to avoid it.
Dog lands a front kick.
Dick dives in and scores a takedown into Dog's guard.
Dog looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dick throws an elbow that misses. Dog uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dick's guard. Nice move by Dog!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dog trying to control the position from guard on top but Dick is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dog throws an elbow that misses. Dick uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dog's guard. Nice move by Dick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dick trying to control the position from guard on top but Dog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dog wants to sweep but no luck.
Dick trying to control the position from guard on top but Dog is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dick content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Dog has locked up a guillotine! Dog's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Dick is holding on here and Dog must be using up a lot of energy. Dick has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Dog gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Three Dog!
Our winner, Three Dog, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Van Gogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Gogh has chosen Outro - By: M83 as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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240 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Wilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pierre Van Gogh!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Gogh throws a series of punches but Wilson moves out of range.
Wilson tries to score a power double leg takedown but Van Gogh sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Wilson somewhat.
Van Gogh throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wilson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wilson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Wilson throws a head kick but Van Gogh moves out of range.
Van Gogh wants to counter with a clinch but Wilson pushes him away.
Wilson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Van Gogh 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.
Wilson staying out of range there.
Wilson 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.
Van Gogh wants to slow Wilson down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Gogh moves out of range of the body kick from Wilson.
Wilson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Van Gogh has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wilson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Van Gogh is out of range.
Wilson misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Gogh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Wilson misses with a low kick.
Wilson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at White's ELITE Fitness Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Wilson throws a body shot but no joy.
Jab by Van Gogh.
Wilson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Gogh lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson gets caught flat footed, as Van Gogh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson trying to keep a closed guard but Van Gogh is proving a slippery customer.
Van Gogh trying to control but Wilson is working from the bottom.
Van Gogh throwing strikes but missing.
Van Gogh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Van Gogh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wilson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Van Gogh postures up and lands a big shot to Wilson's brow.
Van Gogh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wilson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Van Gogh is one step ahead there.
Wilson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson looking for a triangle here. Van Gogh is fighting it but it looks tight! Wilson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Van Gogh is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sam Wilson!
A relieved looking Sam Wilson thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rudi Dassler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gunnar Wylde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wylde comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Black Label Society - Parade of the Dead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gunnar Wylde will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Rudi Dassler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gunnar Wylde!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde throws a leg kick
and Dassler counters with a shoot takedown. Wylde fights it but they end up in guard.
Wylde is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Dassler dives into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Dassler swings around for an armbar but Wylde sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Dassler's guard.
Wylde tries to stand but Dassler is controlling from the bottom.
Dassler is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dassler has his foot on Wylde's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wylde works his way back into a safe position though.
Dassler wants to sweep but no luck.
Dassler has a closed guard, preventing Wylde from standing up.
Dassler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wylde gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wylde must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wylde got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dassler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wylde has managed to get both his arms back between Dassler's legs - danger averted.
Dassler throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dassler is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wylde defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde tries to stand but Dassler is controlling from the bottom.
Dassler has his foot on Wylde's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Wylde works his way back into a safe position though.
Dassler seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Wylde got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dassler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wylde has managed to get both his arms back between Dassler's legs - danger averted.
Wylde would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Wylde got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dassler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wylde has managed to get both his arms back between Dassler's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dassler looking for a guillotine here but Wylde defends easily.
Dassler looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dassler has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wylde can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
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.
Wylde won't allow Dassler to sweep him here.
Dassler looking for a guillotine here but Wylde defends easily.
Wylde stopping the sweep attempt from Dassler.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dassler looking for a guillotine here but Wylde defends easily.
Wylde wants to stand but Dassler is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wylde stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Oooooh!!! Wylde has knocked Dassler down with a huge combo! Wylde steps away and waves a wobbly Dassler back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Rudi Dassler has been cut.
Good exchange - Wylde coming out on top.
Dassler is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dassler tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wylde sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dassler somewhat.
Wylde throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dassler counters with a takedown into side control.
Wylde struggling a bit here.
Dassler goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Wylde rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Dassler's guard! Nice work there by Wylde!
Wylde showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Wylde trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dassler keeping moving, preventing Wylde from controlling successfully.
Wylde got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dassler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wylde has managed to get both his arms back between Dassler's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dassler has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wylde has managed to get both his arms back between Dassler's legs - danger averted.
Wylde gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Dassler moves out of range of the strikes.
Dassler appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dassler drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wylde has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Dassler is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dassler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wylde prevents it.
Dassler is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Wylde gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudi Dassler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wylde is struggling to control the position.
Dassler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wylde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short left from Wylde.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Wylde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rudi Dassler's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dassler moves to clinch but Wylde breaks away
enabling Wylde to counter with a crisp jab.
Dassler shoots in for a double leg but Wylde sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dassler takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dassler is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Wylde to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wylde preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dassler passes into half guard.
Dassler tries to pass to full mount but Wylde defends it.
Dassler is trying to work for a kimura but Wylde is defending well.
Dassler is looking for a kimura here.
Dassler wants to work for an arm triangle but Wylde is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wylde manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Dassler keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wylde.
Dassler jumps guard but Wylde turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudi Dassler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dassler pulls Wylde into guard.
Wylde controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Wylde wants to stand but Dassler has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dassler working for a triangle but Wylde defends it easily.
Wylde looking to pass the guard.
Wylde gets to his feet. Dassler looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wylde rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dassler counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dassler looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dassler is working for an americana but Wylde has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Dassler was thinking about the submission.
Dassler wants to pass the guard but Wylde is keeping the position.
Wylde working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dassler.
Dassler pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wylde is keeping the position for now.
Dassler stops Wylde from standing up.
Wylde has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dassler stopping the sweep attempt from Wylde.
Wylde avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dassler postures up in Wylde's guard and throws a big left but Wylde blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dassler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dassler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dassler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wylde keeping full guard, as Dassler tries to pass.
Wylde utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dassler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dassler passes into half guard.
Dassler is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Wylde as he works his way to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dassler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gunnar Wylde will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rudi Dassler'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!
Dassler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
Dassler doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wylde counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wylde throws a hook but Dassler blocks it.
Dassler tries to counter with a takedown but Wylde is quick to defend against it.
Wylde throws a lazy right hand but Dassler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dassler misses with a takedown
and Wylde counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dassler on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dassler misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rudi Dassler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Wylde misses the target.
Dassler is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wylde.
Gunnar Wylde seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dassler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
Dassler tries to counter by clinching up but Wylde breaks away and moves out of range.
Wylde paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dassler tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wylde defends well and Dassler ends up having to push Wylde into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nice shot by Wylde.
Oh Dassler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dassler looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dassler seems to have got his legs back now.
Wylde wants to get back to his feet but Dassler is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dassler drops back, looking for a kneebar! Wylde looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Wylde looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Wylde!
Gunnar Wylde is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dassler is trying to get back to half guard.
Wylde decides to stand up, so the ref orders Dassler to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wylde.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dassler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wylde.
Dassler appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Wylde has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wylde lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dassler has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dassler and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dassler half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Wylde stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wylde wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wylde misses with a hook.
Wylde scores with a nice head shot.
Good leg kick by Wylde there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dassler closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A left lands for Wylde.
Wylde misses with a body kick.
Dassler doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dassler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wylde tries a low kick but Dassler avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dassler shoots in for a takedown but Wylde shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dassler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dassler tries for a takedown but Wylde sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dassler misses with a takedown
and Wylde counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gunnar Wylde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wylde scores with a punch to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dassler fails with the takedown
and Wylde counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dassler's knee momentarily.
Rudi Dassler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wylde dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Wylde comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wylde winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Wylde!
Gunnar Wylde 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Higgs Boson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Rougeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rougeau's choice of entrance music: Ned's Atomic Dustbin- Kill Your Television. Jacques Rougeau acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 1, fighting out of New York, Higgs Boson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Rougeau!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boson fails to land with a series of punches.
Boson throws a series of punches but Rougeau avoids them all with ease.
Rougeau lands with a nice body punch.
Rougeau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boson.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rougeau crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Boson - the referee stops the clock and Rougeau gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Boson. Rougeau manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Boson lands a jab to the head.
Boson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Touch Of Death Combat Academy in the buildup to the fight.
Rougeau tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Boson defends well and Rougeau ends up having to push Boson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Boson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rougeau.
Rougeau looks for a takedown but Boson sprawls well.
Boson tried to score with a low kick but Rougeau checks it.
Rougeau with the counter takedown but Boson avoids it easily.
Rougeau avoids a kick to the body.
Rougeau's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Boson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rougeau scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Jacques Rougeau has been cut.
Boson looks to score with a jab to the body but Rougeau is just out of range.
Rougeau feints the counter takedown.
Rougeau connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rougeau throws a body shot but no joy.
Rougeau misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rougeau slips under a jab from Boson.
Rougeau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Boson was well out of range. Poor timing from Rougeau.
Rougeau slips a straight right by Boson.
Rougeau feints the counter takedown.
Boson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rougeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rougeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rougeau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rougeau with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Boson to score with a decent uppercut.
Boson is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Boson checks a leg kick.
Boson misses with a straight left.
A jab from Rougeau misses.
A right-left combo lands from Boson.
Boson moves out of range of the body kick from Rougeau.
Higgs Boson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Boson lands an overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boson misses with a hook
and Rougeau counters with a right hand to the body.
Boson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rougeau.
Sloppy strikes from Boson. Those never looked like landing.
And Rougeau tries to counter it with a takedown but Boson pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Boson throws a head kick but Rougeau moves out of range.
Rougeau swinging wildly here.
Boson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rougeau.
Rougeau fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rougeau is looking to clinch.
Boson slips a jab from Rougeau.
Rougeau lands a nice looking body shot.
Boson misses with a left hand
so Rougeau counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rougeau is in close to Boson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rougeau working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rougeau throws a big right hand that misses.
Rougeau trying to control but Boson is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rougeau stands up over Boson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rougeau is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rougeau lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rougeau trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rougeau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rougeau is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rougeau works over Boson with some ground and pound from guard.
It looks like Higgs Boson has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boson keeping moving, preventing Rougeau from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rougeau is looking to work some ground and pound but Boson has wrist control.
Rougeau trying to control but Boson is working from the bottom.
Boson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rougeau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rougeau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rougeau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rougeau trying to control the position from guard on top but Boson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rougeau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rougeau gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jacques Rougeau will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rougeau moves out of range as Boson strikes.
Boson misses the shot to the body.
Rougeau walks forward, straight into a front kick from Boson.
Boson misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - Boson coming out on top.
Rougeau is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Higgs Boson is winning the standup battle so far.
Rougeau blocks a head kick by Boson.
Boson throws a series of punches but Rougeau moves out of range.
Boson looks to land a right hand but Rougeau moved out of range.
Boson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rougeau drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Boson defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rougeau takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rougeau is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Boson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Boson scores with a jab to the head.
That has opened up Jacques Rougeau's cut even more.
Boson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boson throws a lazy uppercut
and Rougeau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boson fails to land with a series of punches.
Rougeau 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.
Boson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Boson. Beautiful body shot.
Boson works the jab nicely.
Boson tries to land a body kick
and Rougeau decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Boson's guard.
Rougeau scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Boson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rougeau advances position into side control!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rougeau has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rougeau lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Boson down.
Rougeau is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rougeau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Boson is rocked!
Higgs Boson's cut is getting worse.
Rougeau scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Boson is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Rougeau can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacques Rougeau!
Post fight, Jacques Rougeau stared into the camera and said 'soundcloud.com/spinmanfinn'.
The defeated Higgs Boson had this to say: 'Thank you to all the fans here tonight, I love you all!'.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Antonio Siffredi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Siffredi's entrance music is Kill them all. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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29
184 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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34
180 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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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
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocco Antonio Siffredi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Frazier!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frazier ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siffredi throws an overhand right that lands on Frazier's shoulder, as Frazier tries to avoid the shot.
Rocco Antonio Siffredi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frazier just misses with a punch to the body.
Frazier darts in and clinches Siffredi up against the cage.
Frazier lands with a left to the head.
Frazier misses with a punch on the inside.
Frazier lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Frazier goes for a takedown attempt but Siffredi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Siffredi misses with a series of wild punches.
Frazier takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've been told by Siffredi's head coaches at London MMA Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier looks to clinch
and Frazier takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Siffredi swings for the body but Frazier moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Siffredi. Those never looked like landing.
Frazier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Siffredi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Frazier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Frazier shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Frazier was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Frazier is looking to take a break and control but Siffredi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Siffredi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Frazier throws an elbow but Siffredi slips to the side and avoids it well.
Frazier lands a few punches from side control.
Siffredi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Frazier fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frazier working the ground and pound but Siffredi is defending the strikes.
The strikes coming from Frazier are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frazier advances to full mount.
Frazier controlling his opponent.
Frazier is landing with some decent strikes but Siffredi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Frazier in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Frazier with shots to the head and body - Siffredi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Siffredi is desperately trying to improve his position but Frazier has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frazier trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Frazier dominating with strikes here.
Frazier throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Siffredi manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Siffredi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Siffredi tries to get out of the position.
Frazier lands an elbow.
Frazier is chipping away with strikes.
Frazier creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Siffredi sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Frazier fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Siffredi managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Frazier.
Frazier tries to advance to mount but can't.
Siffredi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Frazier on the ground.
Frazier works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Siffredi is working to avoid the ground and pound but Frazier connects with a decent elbow.
Siffredi is not content to let Frazier control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frazier working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Siffredi is rocked!
Frazier misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Frazier lands a decent elbow from side control.
Frazier working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Siffredi is not content to let Frazier control the position.
Frazier controls the position from side control.
Frazier throws a strike aimed at the side of Siffredi's head but Siffredi avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Frazier dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Frazier tries to clinch but Siffredi moves out of range.
Siffredi misses with a looping left.
Frazier on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Siffredi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Frazier to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Frazier postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Frazier throws a big elbow that misses.
Frazier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Siffredi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frazier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Frazier is pushing down on Siffredi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Siffredi is fighting to maintain full guard but Frazier has managed to sneak the leg through.
Frazier not doing much here.
Frazier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frazier's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Frazier working Siffredi over with strikes.
Frazier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frazier tries to pass to full mount but Siffredi defends it.
Frazier wants to control but Siffredi is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Frazier wants to work for an arm triangle but Siffredi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Frazier seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Frazier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frazier sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Siffredi defending well though.
Siffredi taking some punishment here, with Frazier in his half guard.
Siffredi wants to get back to full guard.
Frazier working Siffredi over with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Frazier lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Frazier missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Frazier is trying to control. Siffredi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Frazier winds up and cracks Siffredi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Frazier looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Siffredi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Oh Siffredi is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frazier tries to pass the half guard into mount. Siffredi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Frazier throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Frazier working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Siffredi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Frazier lands a nice short elbow.
Frazier lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Siffredi! More strikes land and this one is all over! Frazier jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Frazier!
In defeat, Rocco Antonio Siffredi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Yeah...yeahhh oooh fuck yeah!!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shi Fu Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raoul Clavette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fu Tu comes to the cage accompanied by Klendathu drop. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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26
145 lbs
8 - 2 - 2 |
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28
150 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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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
8 - 2 - 2, fighting out of London, Shi Fu Tu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul Clavette!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clavette throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Fu Tu was covering up waiting for the punch and Clavette finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Clavette loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fu Tu wants to sweep here but Clavette controlling him for the moment.
Clavette pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fu Tu is keeping the position for now.
Fu Tu tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clavette lands a couple of elbows.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Clavette working his ground and pound in the gym.
Clavette has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fu Tu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clavette is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fu Tu is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fu Tu has his hands on Clavette's head, controlling the position.
Fu Tu wants to sweep here but Clavette controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fu Tu is pulling down on Clavette's head to control his posture.
Clavette throws a big right hand that misses.
Clavette trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clavette stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fu Tu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clavette accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Clavette thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fu Tu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Clavette manages to get himself to full guard.
Clavette looking for a sweep. Not yet Clavette, not yet.
Fu Tu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fu Tu throws a big elbow that misses.
Clavette 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.
Fu Tu trying to control but Clavette is working from the bottom.
Clavette looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fu Tu is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clavette swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clavette wants to hit a switch here but Fu Tu passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Clavette there!
Clavette bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Clavette slips nicely into half guard.
Fu Tu is trying to get back to full guard.
Fu Tu moves into full guard.
Fu Tu pulls Clavette in close to prevent any damage.
Fu Tu manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Clavette manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu stopping the sweep attempt from Clavette.
Fu Tu working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clavette wants to sweep here but Fu Tu controlling him for the moment.
Fu Tu chips away with some ground and pound.
Clavette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Clavette bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fu Tu's guard.
Clavette missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fu Tu is trying to control the position but Clavette postures up.
Clavette won't allow Fu Tu to sweep him here.
Clavette is in close to Fu Tu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clavette cracks Fu Tu with a solid left hand.
Clavette won't allow Fu Tu to sweep him here.
Fu Tu lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Fu Tu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fu Tu wants to control from the top but Clavette keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clavette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Clavette keeping moving, preventing Fu Tu from controlling successfully.
Clavette keeping full guard, as Fu Tu tries to pass.
Fu Tu trying to control the position from guard on top but Clavette is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clavette throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Clavette looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fu Tu trying to control but Clavette is working from the bottom.
Clavette looking for a sweep. Not yet Clavette, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Raoul Clavette will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Clavette shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fu Tu napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Fu Tu takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Clavette is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Fu Tu has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fu Tu is looking for a sweep.
Fu Tu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Clavette off and has taken his back!
Clavette rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Clavette is looking for a sweep. Fu Tu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fu Tu controlling the action here.
Clavette is looking to improve his position.
Clavette gets back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fu Tu trying to control the position from guard on top but Clavette is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clavette looking for a sweep. Not yet Clavette, not yet.
Fu Tu engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Clavette escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fu Tu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Clavette looking for a sweep. Not yet Clavette, not yet.
Clavette has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fu Tu can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Clavette wants to hit a switch here but Fu Tu passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Clavette there!
Fu Tu trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clavette holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fu Tu tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fu Tu throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Clavette holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fu Tu tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Clavette is looking to get to half guard.
Fu Tu throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fu Tu sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Clavette tries to reverse the position but Fu Tu maintains control.
Clavette manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Clavette wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu wants to control but Clavette is keeping him busy.
Fu Tu prevents Clavette from improving his position.
Fu Tu is looking to advance position but Clavette won't allow it.
Fu Tu prevents Clavette from improving his position.
Fu Tu thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Clavette's head.
Clavette gets full guard.
Clavette looking for a guillotine here but Fu Tu defends easily.
Clavette tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clavette bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fu Tu's guard.
Fu Tu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Clavette is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Fu Tu bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Clavette's guard.
Fu Tu wants to control from the top but Clavette keeps moving.
Clavette wants to sweep but no luck.
Clavette has his foot on Fu Tu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Fu Tu works his way back into a safe position though.
Fu Tu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clavette is keeping the position for now.
Fu Tu forces his way into half guard.
Clavette moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raoul Clavette will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Fu Tu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. 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.
Clavette takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clavette closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fu Tu circles away.
As Clavette backs away, Fu Tu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Fu Tu as he connects with a hook.
Fu Tu stuffs the takedown.
Clavette moves out of range of the body kick.
Raoul Clavette is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clavette drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fu Tu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Clavette doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Clavette manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Clavette pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fu Tu is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fu Tu has momentary wrist control but Clavette slips an elbow through the middle.
Clavette looking to pass the guard.
Clavette is pushing down on Fu Tu's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fu Tu is fighting to maintain full guard but Clavette has managed to sneak the leg through.
Clavette is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fu Tu slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fu Tu is adopting a defensive guard.
Fu Tu 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.
Fu Tu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Clavette is in close to Fu Tu's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clavette throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Fu Tu manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Clavette tries to pull guard but Fu Tu won't allow it.
Shi Fu Tu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Raoul Clavette.
Fu Tu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Clavette or not.
Clavette is trying to pull guard but Fu Tu has him pressed against the cage.
Fu Tu lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fu Tu cracks Clavette with a nice body shot.
Fu Tu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Clavette is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Fu Tu pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fu Tu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Clavette backwards.
It looks like Raoul Clavette has been cut.
Fu Tu lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fu Tu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clavette displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fu Tu throws out the jab.
Clavette walks into a jab.
Fu Tu misses with a wild combination.
Clavette fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Clavette feints and as Fu Tu raises his hands in defense, Clavette changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fu Tu has his feet on Clavette's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fu Tu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fu Tu stuffs the takedown.
Clavette takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clavette swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fu Tu scores with a sloppy right hand. Clavette should have avoided that one.
Clavette shoots in for a double leg but Fu Tu sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fu Tu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Fu Tu. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fu Tu.
Fu Tu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Clavette. Clavette circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fu Tu scores with a hook.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fu Tu.
Fu Tu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick which misses Clavette's front leg but catches the back leg as Clavette tries to avoid it.
Fu Tu cracks Clavette with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clavette takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clavette closes the distance and clinches up with Fu Tu, looking for a takedown. Clavette pushes Fu Tu against the cage but Fu Tu circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shi Fu Tu is winning the standup battle so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fu Tu cracks the inside of Clavette's front leg.
Shi Fu Tu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clavette shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fu Tu sprawls well. Fu Tu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clavette gets slowly back to his feet.
Clavette closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fu Tu circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Clavette.
Fu Tu throws a hook to the side of Clavette's head but Clavette sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fu Tu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fu Tu throws a body punch but Clavette moves out of range.
Clavette needs to keep his hands up - Fu Tu had a free shot at his head there.
Fu Tu throws a leg kick
and Fu Tu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fu Tu throws out a leg kick but Clavette moves out of range and Fu Tu only half commits.
Fu Tu throws a nice looking combination but Clavette bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clavette ducks under a wild hook from Fu Tu.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shi Fu Tu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clavette has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raoul Clavette!
In defeat, Shi Fu Tu stepped up to the mic, saying 'I submit to your supremacy,..this time.'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Ruth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Archie Moore is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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205 lbs
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213 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ed Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Moore. Ruth shrugs it off though.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Archie Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ruth avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moore tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruth was well out of range. Poor timing from Moore.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Ed Ruth has been cut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Moore.
Moore misses with a wild body shot.
Moore lands a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ruth has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Moore finds it's way round the side to connect with Ruth's head.
Ruth looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely.
Moore ducks under a wild hook from Ruth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ruth avoids the body shot from Moore.
A swing and a miss from Ruth.
Ruth takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Moore throws a body shot but no joy.
Moore lands with a kick to the ribs.
Moore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Moore darts in and clinches Ruth up against the cage.
Ruth turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ruth manages to end up in side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Moore is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ruth connects with a decent elbow.
Ruth misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ruth misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruth trying to control the action but Moore is working from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Ruth seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Moore tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The strikes coming from Ruth are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ruth scoring with punches and elbows.
Ruth working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ruth working the head with strikes.
Moore is letting Ruth control him for a moment.
Ruth lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Moore regains half guard, as Ruth was trying to land strikes.
Moore trying to control here.
Ruth is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Ruth.
Ruth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ruth thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ruth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ruth is trying to control the action in half guard but Moore is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Ruth seems content to control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Archie Moore is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut there from Ruth.
Moore staying out of range there.
Ruth takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Moore is looking to wear down Ruth with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Moore throws the kick towards the body but Ruth avoids it.
Ruth lands a head shot.
The fighters circling - Moore throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Ruth was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Moore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruth is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ed Ruth's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ruth walks into a jab.
Ruth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Moore looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruth is just out of range.
Ruth with the counter takedown but Moore avoids it easily.
Moore looks to throw a body kick
and Ruth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Moore slips a jab from Ruth.
Ruth swinging wildly here.
Moore keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore throws a body punch but Ruth moves out of range.
Ruth is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ruth.
Archie Moore is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruth misses with a body shot.
Moore fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Moore just misses with a punch to the body.
Moore lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Ruth finds it's way through Moore's defenses.
Moore scores with the left hand. Ruth knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruth might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A swing and a miss from Ruth.
It looks like Moore has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Ruth swings widly with a right hand
and Moore makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ruth really felt that one!
Ruth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moore.
Ruth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moore fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Moore closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruth can do to turn this around?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruth swings wildly with an uppercut but Moore uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ruth tries for a takedown but Moore manages to get underhooks.
Moore lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ruth.
Ruth is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ruth is breathing heavily.
Ruth misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore with a knee to the head.
Moore lands a left hand.
Moore pressing his opponent against the cage.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ruth won't want to take too many of those.
Moore lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moore lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Moore.
Moore digs a right hand into Ruth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruth's gas tank.
Moore misses with a hook to the ribs.
Moore digs a right hand into Ruth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ruth's gas tank.
Moore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ruth backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Moore takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Moore lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ruth as Moore tries to tie him up.
Moore lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ruth backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Moore.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruth in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore prevents a takedown attempt there.
Archie Moore has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Ruth.
Ruth is looking for a takedown.
Moore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruth in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Moore.
Moore misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Ruth won't want to take too many of those.
Ruth takes a shot to the head.
Moore has Ruth pressed against the cage.
Moore misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruth wants to take the fight to the mat but Moore manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Moore controlling the action here for a moment.
Moore lands with a left to the head.
Ruth goes for a takedown attempt but Moore pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Moore swings for the body but Ruth moves out of range.
Moore is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruth moves away.
Ruth throws out a counter right but Moore avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Archie Moore dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ed Ruth's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Moore bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ruth's head.
Moore lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruth's sensitive parts.
Moore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ruth manages to avoid it.
Moore throws a push kick but Ruth slaps the foot to one side.
Moore lands a jab to Ruth's midsection.
Ruth keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruth shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moore tries to land a body kick
and Ruth makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Moore lands a brutal head kick. Ruth looks out on his feet and Moore throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I am the best young fighter on planet. I am the Barbarian!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sixth Fist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sixth Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Barrera!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fist throws a sloppy body shot
and Barrera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fist's knee momentarily.
Fist 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.
Fist scores with a leg kick.
Nice cross by Fist.
Fist looks to score with a jab to the body but Barrera is just out of range.
Fist motions for Barrera to come forward. Fist throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fist throws a lazy uppercut
and Barrera counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Barrera stalling.
A nice left hand lands by Barrera.
Barrera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fists head.
Fist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Barrera lands an uppercut.
Fist's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barrera pushes Fist back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrera throws a head punch that misses.
Fist misses with some punches.
Fist pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
Fist takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist connects with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Barrera.
Barrera wants to counter the offense by Fist and move into the clinch position.
Barrera throws a sloppy head kick and Fist moves out of range easily.
Barrera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fist has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fist there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fist ducks under a wild hook from Barrera.
An attempted straight right counter from Fist misses the target.
Barrera ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fist uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fist throws a chopping leg kick but Barrera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fist scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sixth Fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fist throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fist lands a leg kick that knocks Barrera off balance momentarily.
Barrera slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fist misses with an uppercut.
Fist walks into a stiff left hand from Barrera.
Fist throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barrera let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Barrera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera slips a jab from Fist.
Fist misses with a wild body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barrera.
Fist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fist cracks Barrera with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barrera misses with a looping left.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrera slips under a jab from Fist.
Barrera is trying to counter with his kicks.
Fist throws the left hand but Barrera avoids the punch easily.
Fist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
Fist tried to counter with a leg kick but Barrera avoided it.
Barrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barrera tries to counter by closing the distance.
Barrera changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barrera moves out of range as Fist strikes.
Fist throws a leg kick but Barrera moved away.
Barrera misses with a straight right.
Fist lands a nice shot that snaps Barrera's head back.
Nice straight punches there by Barrera. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barrera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fist takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fist cracks a nice hook into Barrera's ribs.
Fist cracks Barrera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barrera delivers a nice body kick.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera moves out of range of the strikes.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Fist pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Barrera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera connects with a body shot that sends Fist's belly button to the back.
Fist throws a nice inside leg kick.
Barrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Barrera's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fist connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Barrera scrambles back to his feet.
Barrera slips under a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fist moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist throws a chopping leg kick but Barrera manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fist throws a body punch but Barrera moves out of range.
Barrera throws the left hand but Fist avoids the punch easily.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barrera fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fist checks it well.
Fist is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Barrera scores with a hook to the body. Fist takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Fist misses its intended target.
Barrera swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fist looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Barrera throws a quick inside leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Fist 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fist changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Barrera is looking to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fist misses the jab.
Fist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fist throws out a leg kick but Barrera moves out of range and Fist only half commits.
Barrera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mario Barrera will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fist lands a nice looking body shot.
A cross from Barrera lands.
Sixth Fist is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Fist finds it's way through Barrera's defenses.
Barrera tries to score with a low kick but Fist moves his leg out of the way.
Barrera cracks Fist with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Barrera.
Barrera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barrera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fist misses with a wild body shot.
Barrera has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Barrera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fist throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barrera on the side of the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Barrera lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fist has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fist and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Barrera wants to counter the offense by Fist and move into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fist fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Barrera throws a wild body kick that Fist sees coming a mile off.
Fist throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Barrera avoids the body shot from Fist.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera cracks Fist with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Barrera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fist blocks a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Barrera.
Fist throws a leg kick but Barrera sees it coming and moves out of range.
Fist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrera.
A good leg kick by Fist.
Barrera scores with a jab to the head.
Fist fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fist takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrera scores with a shot to the body.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Barrera misses with a body shot.
Barrera pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fist is out of range and Barrera settles back down.
Barrera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barrera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barrera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fist throws out the jab.
Fist ducks under a wild hook from Barrera.
Barrera keeps Fist at a distance using the push kick.
Fist ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barrera moves away.
Fist bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fist misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrera.
Fist blocks a low kick nicely.
Barrera checks the leg kick nicely there.
Barrera appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That kick from Barrera tenderised Fist's leg. Fist is trying to keep his angry face on.
Barrera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Barrera.
Barrera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fist's sensitive parts.
Barrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barrera misses with a leg kick
and Fist cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Barrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fist moves out of range as Barrera throws a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera cracks Fist with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fist.
Fist lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Barrera misses with a straight right.
Barrera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fist.
Fist uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Barrera.
Fist with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barrera thows a left - swing and a miss!
Barrera cracks Fist with an open hand slap.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fist.
Barrera lunges at Fist with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fist's hand.
Fist takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Fist.
Barrera misses with a body shot.
Barrera avoids a kick to the body.
Fist scores with a sloppy right hand. Barrera should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist looks to score with a jab to the body but Barrera is just out of range.
Barrera's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Barrera scores with a sloppy right hand. Fist should have avoided that one.
Barrera has managed to clinch.
Barrera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barrera lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fist backwards.
Fist wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fist wants to get back to striking at distance but Barrera won't allow it.
Fist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barrera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Barrera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barrera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fist can't find room to land a body shot as Barrera controls the action.
Barrera misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barrera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Barrera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fist makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Sixth Fist will probably get the nod.
That's time! Fist's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Fist cracks Barrera with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fist connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barrera. Barrera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fist misses with a body punch
and Barrera makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fist with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fist throws a hook but Barrera avoids it easily.
Barrera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fist is looking to counter punch.
Fist's corner calls for a 1-2. Fist obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fist misses the shot to the body.
Fist misses with a leg kick.
Fist steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barrera.
Barrera throws a lazy uppercut
and Fist counters with a good low kick that Barrera was not able to check.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fist.
Barrera fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fist on the side of the head.
Fist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barrera.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barrera tries to land a leg kick but Fist saw it coming and moves away.
Fist works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fist just misses with a punch to the body.
Fist swings widly with a right hand
and Barrera counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fist sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fist throws a lazy right hand but Barrera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fist lands a jab to Barrera's midsection.
Fist waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Barrera.
Fist misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barrera counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barrera takes one to the chin there.
Barrera lands a jab to the nose.
Barrera tests Fist's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good exchange - Barrera coming out on top.
Barrera throws a body shot but no joy.
Barrera swings for the body but Fist moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fist is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Fist.
Fist scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barrera doesn't seem bothered though.
Fist keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrera.
Fist throws a front kick aimed at Barrera's knee but Barrera avoids it well.
Barrera throws out a counter right but Fist avoids it with no problem.
Barrera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fist's hands.
Fist connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Barrera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barrera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fist ducks under a wild hook from Barrera.
Fist cracks Barrera with a good jab.
Fist misses with a body shot.
Fist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barrera can pounce on him.
Barrera scores with a jab. Fist acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barrera throws a right and a left that Fist avoids nicely.
Fist lands a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Barrera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fist lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fist swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barrera manages to avoid it.
Fist chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Barrera looks to land a right hand but Fist moved out of range.
Fist throws a jab when Barrera was well out of range.
Barrera lands with a straight right. Fist didn't see that one coming.
Barrera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fist dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Barrera. That did some damage!
Barrera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fist.
Barrera throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Barrera blocks a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Barrera there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as Barrera lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fist doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrera looks to land a left hand but Fist moved out of range nicely.
Fist was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A clash of legs there as Barrera blocks the low kick.
Fist misses with a body shot
and Fist takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Barrera connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barrera looks to throw the jab but Fist is out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Barrera.
Fist looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Barrera tries to clinch up.
Barrera scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fist works Barrera's body with a nice hook.
Good work by Barrera as he checks the leg kick.
Fist scores with a shot to the body.
Barrera is looking to slow Fist down with leg kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sixth Fist.
I think Fist has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mario Barrera!
Sixth Fist was interviewed post fight and said 'Its all in the Fist....and ur woman says its ALL in ur fist....shorty!'.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ferreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bronko Buster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bronko Buster has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Bronko Buster!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ferreira scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Bronko Buster has been cut.
Buster 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.
Buster throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Buster comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Buster lands a nice shot to the body.
Ferreira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Ferreira misses.
Marco Ferreira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buster takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Buster tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ferreira was well out of range. Poor timing from Buster.
Buster fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ferreira has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ferreira throws a shot from downtown. Buster moves away and avoids it.
Buster looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Buster lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ferreira backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira throws a hook to the side of Buster's head but Buster sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ferreira avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ferreira lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ferreira.
Ferreira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Buster to counter with a crisp jab.
Buster listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ferreira blocks a jab.
Buster fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ferreira avoids the body shot from Buster.
Buster avoids the body shot from Ferreira.
Ferreira swats away the attempt to clinch by Buster.
Ferreira appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ferreira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ferreira swings for the body but Buster moves out of range.
Ferreira throws an overhand right that lands on Buster's shoulder, as Buster tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Buster was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Buster avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ferreira ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Buster is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ferreira rather than just go for the knockout.
Buster ducks under a wild hook from Ferreira.
Buster unleashes a big counter combination but Ferreira bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Ferreira walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Buster looks to land a right hand but Ferreira moved out of range.
Ferreira swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ferreira is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira swinging wildly here.
Buster doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira moves out of range of the strikes.
Buster scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ferreira doesn't seem bothered though.
Ferreira scores with a body shot.
Buster gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ferreira prevents a body shot from Buster.
Buster is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ferreira prevents a body shot from Buster.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Buster.
Buster blocking some punches.
Buster blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buster just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ferreira's brow.
Buster misses with a body punch.
Buster throws an elbow but it misses.
Buster lands an elbow inside that Ferreira shrugs off.
Buster lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Marco Ferreira has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buster lands an elbow inside that Ferreira shrugs off.
Buster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ferreira's elbow.
Ferreira makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Buster looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ferreira avoids a wild elbow strike from Buster.
Ferreira pushes Buster back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ferreira swings wildly with an uppercut but Buster uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferreira working aggressively here.
Buster struggles to land a body shot inside as Ferreira controls his hands.
Buster tries to stall but Ferreira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ferreira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Buster tries a body shot but Ferreira blocks it.
Ferreira manages to break the clinch.
Buster swings for the body but Ferreira moves out of range.
Ferreira loads up on a big right hand but Buster slips the punch.
Buster appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ferreira throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Buster's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira misses with a wild body shot.
Ferreira cracks Buster with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ferreira has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Buster to stand back up!
Buster is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ferreira misses with a lunging right hand
and Buster counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Buster is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferreira finish him?
Buster walks straight into a right hand from Ferreira - that's dropped him! Ferreira jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Buster from any more punishment! Buster complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Marco Ferreira!
As Marco Ferreira got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Nice to fuck up a Wolf fighter but I hope he will be OK, but he went down so fucking hard man. I bring WAR!'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pena Pulkkinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Cotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pena Pulkkinen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pulkkinen blocks a jab.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pulkkinen throws a poor cross that misses
letting Cotto counter with a right hand.
Pulkkinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cotto.
Pulkkinen throws a lazy uppercut
and Cotto counters with a straight right hand.
Cotto 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.
Cotto misses with a straight left.
Pulkkinen looks to land a right hand but Cotto moved out of range.
It seemed like Cotto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cotto avoids a kick to the body.
A cross from Pulkkinen lands.
Pulkkinen tries to land a front kick but Cotto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
No joy there for Cotto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cotto.
Cotto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Cotto.
And Pulkkinen counters with a quick kick to the body but Cotto blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cotto. Pulkkinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pulkkinen thuds his right hand into Cotto's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pulkkinen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cotto moves out of range as Pulkkinen strikes.
Pulkkinen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cotto throws a counter combo.
Pulkkinen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pulkkinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pulkkinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pulkkinen misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Pulkkinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Cotto.
Pulkkinen tried to score with a low kick but Cotto checks it.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Cotto.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cotto! But no joy.
Pulkkinen misses with a straight left.
Cotto now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pulkkinen avoids the head kick by Cotto.
Pulkkinen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cotto pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cotto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cotto looks for the body kick but Pulkkinen saw that one coming.
Pulkkinen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cotto throws out a counter right but Pulkkinen avoids it with no problem.
Cotto looks to throw the jab but Pulkkinen is out of range.
Pulkkinen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cotto blocks a low kick nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Pulkkinen finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pulkkinen throws a body punch but Cotto moves out of range.
Pulkkinen throws a solid leg kick but Cotto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pulkkinen.
A big left from Cotto misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen moves forwards but Cotto connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pulkkinen thumps Cotto with a low kick.
Cotto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pulkkinen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pulkkinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cotto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Pulkkinen.
Nice defenses there by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen is looking to counter with a body kick.
Cotto throws a big shot that misses.
Pulkkinen scores with the left hand. Cotto knows he should have avoided that one.
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cotto.
Cotto misses with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen is looking to land body kicks.
A countering left hand to the body from Cotto misses.
Cotto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen is looking to slow Cotto down with leg kicks.
Pulkkinen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cotto if he has to take too many more of those.
Pulkkinen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pulkkinen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen throws a body punch but Cotto moves out of range.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick that knocks Cotto off balance momentarily.
Cotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pulkkinen scores with a hook.
A left lands for Cotto.
Pulkkinen thumps Cotto with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pulkkinen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pulkkinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cotto is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pena Pulkkinen 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.
Pulkkinen slips under a jab.
Crunch! Pulkkinen slams his shin into Cotto's torso.
Pulkkinen has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pulkkinen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cotto.
Cotto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pulkkinen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pulkkinen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pulkkinen throws a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body. Cotto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cotto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pulkkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Cotto.
Cotto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Cotto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pulkkinen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cotto walks into a straight right hand from Pulkkinen.
Cotto looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cotto scores with a jab to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Cotto might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pulkkinen has got the better of the exchanges.
A solid body kick from Pulkkinen.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pulkkinen. Cotto shrugs it off though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto throws out a loose jab but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen throws a right hand that misses
enabling Cotto to counter with a crisp jab.
Pulkkinen misses with a straight left.
Pulkkinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pulkkinen thuds a left hand into Cotto's body.
Pulkkinen slips a jab from Cotto.
Pulkkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pulkkinen connects with an inside leg kick.
Pulkkinen tries a low kick but Cotto avoids it.
Cotto looks to score with a jab to the body but Pulkkinen is just out of range.
Pena Pulkkinen is winning the standup battle so far.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Cotto.
Pulkkinen misses with a kick to the body.
Cotto appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Cotto strikes.
Pulkkinen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pulkkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws a lazy right hand but Cotto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cotto misses with a straight right.
Pulkkinen lands a leg kick that knocks Cotto off balance momentarily.
Pena Pulkkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Cotto misses.
Cotto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pulkkinen manages to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Decent striking displayed by Pulkkinen there.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Cotto slips a straight right by Pulkkinen.
Cotto throws a series of punches but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen avoids the body shot from Cotto.
Pulkkinen throws a body punch but Cotto moves out of range.
Pulkkinen is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cotto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pulkkinen.
Cotto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pulkkinen lands a jab.
Cotto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws a low kick but Cotto avoids it.
Cotto takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Cotto.
Pulkkinen takes a swing at Cotto's ribcage but misses.
Cotto flicks out a counter leg kick but Pulkkinen steps away.
Cotto scores with a shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pulkkinen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cotto misses with an uppercut.
Pulkkinen throwing a counter right hand but Cotto manages to avoid it.
Pulkkinen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cotto misses with a straight left.
Pulkkinen ducks under a wild hook from Cotto.
Pulkkinen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cotto just manages to avoid it.
Cotto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pulkkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cotto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulkkinen throws an overhand right that lands on Cotto's shoulder, as Cotto tries to avoid the shot.
Pulkkinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cotto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pulkkinen to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cotto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cotto throws a poor cross that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with an outside leg kick.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cotto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cotto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pulkkinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cotto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cotto throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Cotto throws out a loose jab but Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pulkkinen moves away from the strike by Cotto.
Pulkkinen throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pena Pulkkinen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Cotto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nice shot lands for Pulkkinen.
Cotto misses with a right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pulkkinen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pulkkinen misses with a left hand
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Cotto counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Cotto misses its intended target.
Cotto takes a swing at Pulkkinen's ribcage but misses.
Pulkkinen throws a jab when Cotto was well out of range.
Cotto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pulkkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cotto throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cotto misses with a body kick.
Pulkkinen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cotto. Cotto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulkkinen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cotto's hands.
Pulkkinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
It looks like Pulkkinen has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Pulkkinen staying out of range there.
Cotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cotto.
Pulkkinen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cotto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cotto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pulkkinen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cotto moves away.
Jab, jab by Pulkkinen - just one landing.
Cotto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cotto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pulkkinen throws a body punch but Cotto moves out of range.
Pulkkinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cotto.
Cotto throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulkkinen defending well as Cotto loads up on a big left hand.
Pulkkinen tests Cotto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cotto throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Pulkkinen connects with a single shot there.
Cotto throws a jab but it's blocked by Pulkkinen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pulkkinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cotto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pulkkinen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cotto at a distance.
Pulkkinen throws a hook but Cotto blocks it.
Cotto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pulkkinen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cotto's sensitive parts.
Cotto wants to clinch.
Cotto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Pulkkinen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cotto momentarily.
Pulkkinen wants to land a leg kick but Cotto is out of range.
Cotto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pulkkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cotto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pulkkinen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cotto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pulkkinen scrambles back to his feet.
Pulkkinen with a jab.
Pulkkinen lands with an overhand left.
Pulkkinen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cotto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cotto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pulkkinen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cotto doesn't seem bothered though.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Cotto strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Pulkkinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the body
and Cotto makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pulkkinen moves out of range as Cotto throws a body kick.
It looked like Pulkkinen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cotto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pulkkinen.
It looked like Pulkkinen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pulkkinen lands a head shot.
Pulkkinen misses with a jab to the body
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pulkkinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pulkkinen thumps Cotto with a low kick.
Pulkkinen throws a head kick that Cotto semi-blocks.
Cotto slips under a jab from Pulkkinen.
You can see that Cotto has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cotto.
Pulkkinen jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Pulkkinen misses with a body kick.
Pulkkinen pushes Cotto away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pena Pulkkinen clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Miguel Cotto's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cotto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen tries a low kick but Cotto avoids it.
Pulkkinen takes a swing at Cotto's ribcage but misses.
Pulkkinen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pulkkinen scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cotto misses with a right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a left to the body.
Cotto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cotto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pulkkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pulkkinen is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cotto with a jab.
Cotto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cotto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cotto walks into a straight right hand from Pulkkinen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotto walks straight into a right hand from Pulkkinen - that's dropped him! Pulkkinen jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Cotto from any more punishment! Cotto complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pena Pulkkinen!
Pena Pulkkinen retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Pena Pulkkinen thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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