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GAMMA#649 Defoe v Verama PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandr Kuznetsov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neo Wiggin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexandr Kuznetsov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neo Wiggin!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wiggin throws a wild body kick that Kuznetsov sees coming a mile off.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wiggin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wiggin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Alexandr Kuznetsov has been cut.
Wiggin misses with a jab to the body
and Kuznetsov counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kuznetsov connects with a solid leg kick.
Wiggin connects with a nice looking jab.
Kuznetsov looks to land a left hand but Wiggin moved out of range nicely.
Kuznetsov slips a straight right by Wiggin.
Kuznetsov looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wiggin throws a big shot that misses.
Wiggin throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
Wiggin dives in and grabs Kuznetsov's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kuznetsov pushes down on Wiggin's head and hops out.
Nice uppercut lands for Kuznetsov. That snapped Wiggin's head back.
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!
Wiggin misses with a straight right.
Kuznetsov walks into a stiff left hand from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiggin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wiggin moves out of range of the strikes.
Kuznetsov slips a jab from Wiggin.
Wiggin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wiggin connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuznetsov throws a lazy right hand but Wiggin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wiggin throws a head kick that Kuznetsov semi-blocks.
Some wild striking there from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wiggin digs a good hook to Kuznetsov's body.
Wiggin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Kuznetsov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wiggin misses with a takedown attempt
and Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
Wiggin is trying to break the clinch but Kuznetsov is controlling him.
Nice elbow from Kuznetsov.
Wiggin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kuznetsov goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wiggin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wiggin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wiggin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wiggin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kuznetsov lands a knee to the head.
Wiggin prevents a body shot from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kuznetsov has him pressed against the cage.
Kuznetsov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wiggin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kuznetsov misses with a body punch.
Kuznetsov misses with a knee to the head.
Wiggin manages to break the clinch.
Kuznetsov pushes Wiggin up against the cage in a clinch.
Kuznetsov blocking some punches.
Kuznetsov keeps control of Wiggin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kuznetsov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuznetsov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A body shot lands from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kuznetsov pushes Wiggin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wiggin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wiggin takes an elbow to the temple.
Wiggin has had enough of the clinch but Kuznetsov keeps him there for the moment.
Kuznetsov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiggin or not.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow over the top.
Kuznetsov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wiggin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wiggin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Kuznetsov seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Wiggin can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Kuznetsov.
Wiggin lands a damaging elbow.
Wiggin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kuznetsov trying to land knees to the body.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Wiggin is blocking nicely.
Kuznetsov looking to slow down the pace here.
Wiggin cracks Kuznetsov with a nice body shot.
Wiggin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick but Wiggin moves out of range.
Kuznetsov lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wiggin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wiggin lands a nice shot to the body.
Wiggin avoids the body shot from Kuznetsov.
Alexandr Kuznetsov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wiggin misses with a body shot.
Kuznetsov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wiggin. That did some damage!
Wiggin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wiggin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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!
Wiggin lands a jab to Kuznetsov's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kuznetsov avoids the body shot from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov is looking to counter the offense by Wiggin and move into the clinch.
Wiggin scores with a nice right hand.
Wiggin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kuznetsov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuznetsov connects with a leg kick. Wiggin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wiggin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Kuznetsov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wiggin throws a head kick that misses
and Kuznetsov counters by moving into the clinch.
Kuznetsov is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kuznetsov looking to throw knees to the head but Wiggin is blocking nicely.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside.
Wiggin managing to block the knees to the body from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wiggin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wiggin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Alexandr Kuznetsov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Wiggin.
Kuznetsov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wiggin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kuznetsov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wiggin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alexandr Kuznetsov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexandr Kuznetsov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Wiggin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Kuznetsov just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov punishes Wiggin's body with a nice straight punch.
Wiggin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wiggin takes a swing at Kuznetsov's ribcage but misses.
Kuznetsov is looking to counter punch.
Wiggin throws a right hand that Kuznetsov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuznetsov also avoids with ease.
Kuznetsov takes the fight into the clinch.
Wiggin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wiggin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wiggin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kuznetsov lands a front kick.
Kuznetsov shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wiggin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiggin throws a series of punches but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Kuznetsov.
Wiggin takes a swing at Kuznetsov's ribcage but misses.
Kuznetsov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wiggin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin throws a shot from downtown. Kuznetsov moves away and avoids it.
Wiggin throws a looping overhand right but Kuznetsov ducks down to avoid it.
Kuznetsov throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wiggin misses with a straight right.
Wiggin fails with the takedown.
Wiggin digs a good body shot into Kuznetsov's ribs.
A slow jab from Wiggin misses its intended target.
Kuznetsov throwing a counter right hand but Wiggin manages to avoid it.
Kuznetsov staying out of range there.
Kuznetsov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Neo Wiggin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kuznetsov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wiggin's head backwards.
Wiggin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Wiggin misses its intended target.
Wiggin throws a big shot that misses.
Kuznetsov blocks a head kick by Wiggin.
Wiggin throws a head kick but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov lands with an uppercut that bounces Wiggin off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuznetsov throws a right and a left that Wiggin avoids nicely.
Wiggin throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuznetsov holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Wiggin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kuznetsov lands with a good body shot.
Wiggin misses with a kick to the body.
Wiggin throws the kick towards the body but Kuznetsov avoids it.
Kuznetsov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wiggin, pushing him back against the cage.
Kuznetsov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuznetsov.
Wiggin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov digs a good hook to Wiggin's body.
Kuznetsov throws a body punch but Wiggin moves out of range.
Wiggin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kuznetsov misses with a low kick as Wiggin jumps back.
Wiggin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wiggin swings for the body but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Kuznetsov looks to land a right hand but Wiggin moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wiggin.
Wiggin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Wiggin throws a body punch but Kuznetsov moves out of range.
Wiggin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Kuznetsov misses the shot to the body.
Wiggin is trying to counter with his kicks.
Wiggin lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Wiggin. Those never looked like landing.
Wiggin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuznetsov.
Wiggin misses with a few strikes there.
Kuznetsov tries to counter by clinching up but Wiggin breaks away and moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Wiggin.
Wiggin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kuznetsov ducks under a wild hook from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov lands a leg kick that knocks Wiggin off balance momentarily.
Wiggin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wiggin misses with a head kick.
Wiggin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kuznetsov throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wiggin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wiggin blocks an elbow strike from Kuznetsov.
Wiggin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kuznetsov blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov stops a takedown attempt from Wiggin.
Alexandr Kuznetsov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Wiggin.
Wiggin blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wiggin.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kuznetsov.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kuznetsov takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kuznetsov.
A short right from Wiggin on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kuznetsov crunches a lovely knee into Wiggin's ribcage.
Wiggin is breathing heavily.
Kuznetsov blocks an elbow strike from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov throws an elbow that misses.
Kuznetsov slows down the pace here.
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 Alexandr Kuznetsov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alexandr Kuznetsov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Kuznetsov. Wiggin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Wiggin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wiggin to score with a decent uppercut.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiggin circles away.
Wiggin gets tackled into the cage by Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov maintains the clinch.
Wiggin lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kuznetsov has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Wiggin is on him like a limpet, forcing Kuznetsov back against the cage.
Wiggin is trying to push Kuznetsov away but Kuznetsov has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wiggin avoiding damage as Kuznetsov throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Wiggin fails to land.
Wiggin struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuznetsov controls his hands.
Wiggin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands an elbow inside.
Alexandr Kuznetsov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wiggin managing to block the knees to the body from Kuznetsov.
A short body shot lands from Kuznetsov as the two fighters clinch.
Kuznetsov misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiggin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wiggin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuznetsov misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiggin scores with a hook.
Wiggin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it.
Nice body kick from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wiggins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kuznetsov looks to score with a jab to the body but Wiggin is just out of range.
Wiggin throws a right hand that Kuznetsov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kuznetsov also avoids with ease.
Kuznetsov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wiggin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kuznetsov misses the jab.
Wiggin throws a counter combo.
Kuznetsov with a jab.
Kuznetsov tries to close the distance and clinch but Wiggin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wiggin fails to land with a series of punches.
Wiggin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kuznetsov lands a lovely overhand right.
Kuznetsov wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wiggin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuznetsov stuffs the takedown attempt from Wiggin. Wiggin gets slowly back to his feet.
A slow jab from Wiggin misses its intended target.
Kuznetsov swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Wiggin throws a hook but Kuznetsov avoids it easily.
Kuznetsov feints and then cracks Wiggin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wiggin down.
Kuznetsov doesn't manage to clinch there - Wiggin circles away.
Wiggin is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kuznetsov with a body shot.
Kuznetsov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kuznetsov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wiggin throws a big shot that misses.
Wiggin throws out a loose jab but Kuznetsov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wiggin ducks under a wild hook from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov tries to work over Wiggin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin lands an elbow inside that Kuznetsov shrugs off.
Kuznetsov is looking to control Wiggin's arms but Wiggin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kuznetsov has his back to the cage.
Wiggin breaks the clinch.
Kuznetsov lands with a cross.
Kuznetsov misses with a head kick.
Wiggin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kuznetsov.
Kuznetsov lands a nice looking body shot.
Alexandr Kuznetsov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kuznetsov tries to land a leg kick but Wiggin saw it coming and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Wiggin. Those never looked like landing.
Wiggin misses with an uppercut.
Kuznetsov misses with an uppercut.
Wiggin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wiggin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kuznetsov counters with a leg kick.
Kuznetsov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wiggin moves away.
Wiggin throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuznetsov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiggin throws an overhand right that lands on Kuznetsov's shoulder, as Kuznetsov tries to avoid the shot.
Wiggin avoids the head kick by Kuznetsov.
As Kuznetsov backs off Wiggin throws a huge counter combo but Kuznetsov manages to avoid it all.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuznetsov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wiggin.
Kuznetsov throwing a counter right hand but Wiggin manages to avoid it.
Wiggin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiggin tries to keep at a distance but Kuznetsov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wiggin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kuznetsov is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Wiggin misses with an elbow over the top.
Wiggin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Kuznetsov is defending well.
Alexandr Kuznetsov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neo Wiggin.
Wiggin tightens his grip and picks Kuznetsov up, before dumping him to the ground. Kuznetsov manages to land in guard.
Kuznetsov has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Wiggin has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Neo Wiggin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice elbow from Kuznetsov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandr Kuznetsov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kuznetsov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandr Kuznetsov!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taneli Hauki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Omar Dijkstra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dijkstra is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Soulfly - Back To The Primitive. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Taneli Hauki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Omar Dijkstra!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dijkstra throws a leg kick but Hauki sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dijkstra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dijkstra misses with an uppercut. Hauki saw that one coming.
Hauki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dijkstra moves out of range as Hauki throws a body kick.
A jab from Dijkstra does it's job there.
Hauki lands with a good body shot.
Dijkstra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hauki.
Dijkstra throws a leg kick
and Hauki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dijkstra keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hauki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dijkstra momentarily.
Hauki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dijkstra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dijkstra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hauki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crunch! Dijkstra slams his shin into Hauki's torso.
Hauki connects with a body shot.
Dijkstra misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dijkstra gets a double leg takedown into Hauki's guard.
Hauki looking for a sweep. Not yet Hauki, not yet.
Hauki wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dijkstra throws an elbow that misses. Hauki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dijkstra's guard. Nice move by Hauki!
Hauki has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dijkstra looking to control.
Hauki controlling from the top position.
Dijkstra trying to keep a closed guard but Hauki is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dijkstra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Dijkstra working a defensive guard but Hauki passes into half guard.
Hauki prevents Dijkstra from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Hauki seems content to control.
Dijkstra wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Hauki seems content to control.
Dijkstra wants to improve his position but Hauki is controlling well.
Dijkstra has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Dijkstra wants to control but Hauki is keeping busy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dijkstra looks to score with a jab to the body but Hauki is just out of range.
Hauki thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hauki throws a hook but Dijkstra 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.
Dijkstra on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hauki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dijkstra's head backwards.
Dijkstra connects with a body shot.
Dijkstra ducks under a wild hook from Hauki.
Hauki tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dijkstra was well out of range. Poor timing from Hauki.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hauki.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dijkstra 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 Hauki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hauki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A telegraphed right hand from Hauki misses the target.
Hauki looks to throw the jab but Dijkstra is out of range.
Dijkstra scores with a nice right hand.
Hauki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dijkstra feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hauki's calf.
Hauki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dijkstra.
Hauki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Dijkstra throws a leg kick but Hauki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dijkstra, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod.
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.
Hauki lands with a kick to the temple. Dijkstra shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dijkstra looks to throw the jab but Hauki is out of range.
Dijkstra defending well as Hauki loads up on a big left hand.
Dijkstra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hauki.
Hauki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick from Dijkstra misses.
Hauki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hauki loads up on a big right hand but Dijkstra slips the punch.
Taneli Hauki is winning the standup battle so far.
Dijkstra walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hauki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hauki throws out a powerful jab.
Hauki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dijkstra. Hauki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Hauki.
Hauki lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dijkstra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hauki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Hauki on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hauki checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hauki throws a body kick that misses.
Dijkstra tries to move into range but Hauki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hauki wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hauki misses with a low kick as Dijkstra jumps back.
Hauki gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dijkstra to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dijkstra working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hauki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dijkstra.
Dijkstra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hauki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hauki keeping full guard, as Dijkstra tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra is looking to pass into half guard but Hauki pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Hauki is in guard.
Dijkstra is trying to keep Hauki in close.
Dijkstra tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dijkstra looking to control.
Hauki won't allow Dijkstra to sweep him here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dijkstra wants to control but Hauki passes easily into half guard.
Dijkstra is trying to control but can't.
Dijkstra looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra is looking to improve his position.
Hauki trying to control the action but Dijkstra is working from the bottom.
Hauki with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dijkstra wants to improve his position but Hauki is controlling well.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dijkstra wants to slow Hauki down by chopping away at his legs.
Dijkstra gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dijkstra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hauki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hauki throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Hauki scores with a punch to the head.
Hauki with a jab.
Hauki scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice body punch from Hauki.
Hauki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dijkstra swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hauki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Some bone on bone action there as Hauki checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dijkstra throws a leg kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hauki - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hauki works the jab nicely.
Hauki pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dijkstra fails to land the takedown.
Hauki is looking to counter with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taneli Hauki dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Hauki misses with a looping right.
Hauki fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hauki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dijkstra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hauki looks to score with a jab to the body but Dijkstra is just out of range.
Dijkstra throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Dijkstra. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dijkstra.
Hauki throws a jab when Dijkstra was well out of range.
Hauki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Hauki misses.
Hauki checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hauki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dijkstra can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dijkstra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hauki misses with a right hand
and Dijkstra counters with a shoot takedown. Hauki fights it but they end up in guard.
Dijkstra trying to control but Hauki is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dijkstra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hauki keeping moving, preventing Dijkstra from controlling successfully.
Dijkstra tries to free his leg and advance position but Hauki is retaining full guard.
Hauki utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hauki keeping moving, preventing Dijkstra from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hauki throws a body shot but no joy.
Dijkstra feints the counter takedown.
Hauki blocks a low kick nicely.
Dijkstra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hauki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dijkstra walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hauki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hauki misses with a body shot.
Dijkstra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hauki.
Hauki throws a jab when Dijkstra was well out of range.
Dijkstra with the counter takedown but Hauki avoids it easily.
Taneli Hauki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dijkstra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hauki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hauki avoids the body shot from Dijkstra.
Dijkstra throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dijkstra takes the fight into the clinch.
Hauki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dijkstra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hauki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dijkstra.
Dijkstra shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hauki is trying to defend but Dijkstra finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Dijkstra thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hauki's head.
Dijkstra sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hauki defending well though.
Omar Dijkstra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Taneli Hauki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dijkstra tries to pass to full mount but Hauki defends it.
Hauki is staying active underneath Dijkstra, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dijkstra throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hauki to regain full guard.
Dijkstra distracts Hauki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dijkstra wants to pass the guard but Hauki is keeping the position.
Hauki controlling the position.
Hauki continues to stall.
Dijkstra throws an elbow that misses. Hauki uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dijkstra's guard. Nice move by Hauki!
Dijkstra working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hauki has passed into half guard!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Omar Dijkstra.
I think Hauki 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Taneli Hauki!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Taneli Hauki made sure he mentioned FORCEE, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bill Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Swann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross Swann has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bill Bronson's chin.
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153 lbs
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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
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Bill Bronson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ross Swann!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bronson throws a big right hand that misses.
Bronson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bronson postures up in Swann's guard and throws a big left but Swann blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bronson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Swann parries the strikes from Bronson easily there. Bronson is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Swann to escape.
Bronson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Bronson creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Swann sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Bronson trying to control the action but Swann is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson misses with the ground and pound.
Bronson with the ground and pound but Swann regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson thows a huge punch but Swann dodges it nicely.
Bronson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bronson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bronson thows a huge punch but Swann dodges it nicely.
Bronson is nestled in close to Swann, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bronson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Swann looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nice strikes from Bronson there.
Bronson thows a huge punch but Swann dodges it nicely.
Swann is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson thows a huge punch but Swann dodges it nicely.
Swann keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bronson throwing shots but Swann is blocking nicely.
Bronson misses with a head shot. Swann uses the momentum to regain guard.
Swann has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Bronson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Swann blocking some punches.
Swann lands with a short punch from the clinch.
I was talking to Bronson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bronson prevents a body shot from Swann.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swann.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swann scores with a nice hook to the head.
Swann lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bronson.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Swann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann blocks a body shot from Bronson.
Swann swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Swann is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Swann can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Swann can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Swann as Bronson tries to tie him up.
Swann lands with a light punch inside.
Bronson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Swann lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bronson or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swann.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Swann.
Bronson misses with some punches.
Swann lands a left hand.
Bronson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Swann misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bronson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bronson is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Swann misses with a punch on the inside.
Bronson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Swann is defending well.
Swann softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bronson wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Bronson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short left from Bronson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Swann pushes Bronson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bronson swings wildly with an uppercut but Swann uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Swann creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Swann lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bronson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Swann after a bit of a struggle.
Swann scores with a shoulder strike.
Bronson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swann misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ross Swann will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bronson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Swann has Bronson up against the cage in a clinch.
Swann misses with a short punch on the inside.
Swann tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Bronson lands with a right to the head.
Swann throws a head punch that misses.
Bronson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Swann misses with some punches.
Ross Swann seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Swann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Swann.
Swann has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Swann misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swann tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Swann tries a body shot but Bronson blocks it.
Swann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Swann fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swann misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Bronson.
Swann swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bronson blocks an uppercut.
Swann lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Bronson on the inside.
Swann throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronson.
Bronson gets through Swann's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Swann swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronson misses with a body punch.
Swann blocks an uppercut.
Bronson struggles to land a body shot inside as Swann controls his hands.
Swann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Swann swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronson lands a shoulder strike.
Bronson breaks from the clinch.
Swann slips a straight right by Bronson.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bronson is defended easily by Swann.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swann lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Swann scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bronson doesn't seem bothered though.
Bronson with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Swann counter with a right hand.
Swann tries to close the distance and clinch but Bronson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bronson throws a low kick but Swann avoids it.
Swann connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Swann's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bronson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Swann scrambles back to his feet.
Swann connects with an inside leg kick.
Swann moves into the clinch.
Swann is pressed up against the cage. Bronson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Swann down to the mat. Swann avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Bronson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bronson shoots in for a takedown but Swann shows good takedown defense.
Bronson misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swann on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Bronson. Bronson obviously looking to wear him down.
Bronson works Swann's body with a nice hook.
Bronson misses with a wild body shot.
Swann lands with a nice body punch.
Swann uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bronson.
Bronson gets a double leg takedown into Swann's guard.
Bronson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bronson throws a big elbow that misses.
Bronson stands up over Swann, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bill Bronson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Swann avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Swann is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bronson is controlling him.
Swann manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swann can't find room to land a body shot as Bronson controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swann misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bronson looking to stall.
Swann softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Swann stops a takedown attempt from Bronson.
Swann lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bronson blocks an uppercut.
Bronson manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Swann lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bronson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Swann.
Bronson takes a shot to the head.
Swann lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
Swann working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bronson is rocked!
Swann working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Bronson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Swann lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bronson blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ross Swann showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for Swann.
Bronson seems to have got his legs back now.
Bronson misses with a hook.
Bronson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ross Swann seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Swann lands the left hand.
Bronson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Swann swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bronson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bronson throws a jab but it's blocked by Swann.
Swann avoids a kick to the body.
Swann throws out a counter right but Bronson avoids it with no problem.
Swann sizes up Bronson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Swann throws a chopping leg kick but Bronson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bronson half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swann moves out of range as Bronson strikes.
Bill Bronson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swann ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bronson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Swann lands a jab to the nose.
Swann throws a leg kick
and Bronson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swann kicks Bronson off and gets back to his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Swann blocks the leg kick.
Bronson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Swann counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Swann forces Bronson back against the cage and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Swann fails to land.
Bronson is pushing Swann up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Swann scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Swann - that landed with a thud.
Swann stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Swann misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bronson misses with the head strike.
Swann lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bronson backwards.
Bronson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swann swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bill Bronson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bronson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swann wants to get back to full guard.
Swann wants to get back to his feet.
Bronson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swann's head.
Bronson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bronson wants to free his trapped foot but Swann is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bronson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bronson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swann's head.
Swann looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bronson lands strikes from half guard.
Bronson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bronson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Swann's head.
Bronson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Swann knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Swann looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bronson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bronson misses with a head shot. Swann uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bronson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Swann manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bronson has Swann in his guard.
Swann wants to pass the guard but Bronson is keeping the position.
Bronson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Swann's guard.
Swann is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bronson is controlling him.
Bronson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Swann utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ross Swann comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Swann 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ross Swann!
A relieved looking Ross Swann 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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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rupert Blasts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Cooke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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203 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rupert Blasts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Cooke!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Cooke. Beautiful body shot.
Cooke throws a push kick but Blasts slaps the foot to one side.
Blasts checks a leg kick.
Blasts 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.
Cooke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Blasts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
Blasts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Cooke finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cooke cracks Blasts with a good jab.
Blasts lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Blasts tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blasts.
Cooke looks to land a right hand but Blasts moved out of range.
Blasts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blasts wants to slow Cooke down by chopping away at his legs.
Cooke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blasts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cooke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blasts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cooke throws an off balance right hand
and Blasts counters with a good low kick that Cooke was not able to check.
Cooke throws a shot from downtown. Blasts moves away and avoids it.
Blasts seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cooke connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Blasts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cooke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cooke punishes Blasts's body with a nice straight punch.
Cooke lunges at Blasts with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blasts's hand.
Blasts dodges the punch combination from Cooke.
Cooke scores with the left hand. Blasts knows he should have avoided that one.
Cooke throws a hook but Blasts avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke checks a low kick from Blasts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cooke.
Cooke misses with an uppercut. Blasts saw that one coming.
Blasts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.
Blasts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Blasts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blasts.
Cooke goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blasts scores with a leg kick.
Blasts tries to land a leg kick but Cooke saw it coming and moves away.
Blasts tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cooke! But no joy.
Cooke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blasts.
Cooke doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cooke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Blasts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
Blasts half committed to a counter leg kick.
Blasts connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooke misses the jab.
Cooke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blasts manages to avoid it.
Cooke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blasts.
Some wild striking there from Cooke.
Blasts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cooke. Cooke obviously looking to wear him down.
Blasts tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cooke fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Blasts checks it well.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a stiff right hand.
Blasts wants to slow Cooke down by chopping away at his legs.
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooke. That did some damage!
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cooke. That did some damage!
Cooke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cooke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blasts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blasts misses with a leg kick.
Cooke swings for the body but Blasts moves out of range.
Cooke looks for the body kick but Blasts saw that one coming.
Cooke checks a leg kick nicely.
Cooke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Cooke looks to land a right hand but Blasts moved out of range.
Cooke checks a leg kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a solid body kick.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke sees it coming and moves out of range.
Blasts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cooke misses with a straight left.
Cooke with a nice cross.
Blasts has taken the fight to the clinch.
Blasts misses with a punch to the body.
Blasts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blasts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cooke is looking to control Blasts's arms but Blasts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cooke has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Cooke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cooke thuds a left hand into Blasts's body.
Blasts changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blasts thuds a left hand into Cooke's body.
Blasts connects with a leg kick. Cooke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts clinches up with Cooke and pushes him back against the cage.
Cooke swings wildly with an uppercut but Blasts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cooke manages to break the clinch.
Cooke tests Blasts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Cooke looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blasts. Cooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blasts tries to clinch there but Cooke circles away.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Cooke scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Blasts misses with a low kick as Cooke jumps back.
Cooke throws a jab but it's blocked by Blasts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts is looking to score with low kicks.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Blasts is wise to it.
Good work by Cooke as he checks the leg kick.
Cooke looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Blasts throws a big shot that misses.
Cooke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Blasts is out of range and Cooke settles back down.
Blasts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cooke's calf.
Blasts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cooke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Blasts backing away here, and Cooke unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blasts throws a low kick but Cooke avoids it.
Blasts moves in looking to clinch but Cooke pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Cooke misses the target.
Blasts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cooke.
Cooke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Blasts is able to avoid easily.
Cooke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blasts appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Blasts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blasts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blasts seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blasts scoring well with a low kick there.
Blasts moves forwards but Cooke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cooke misses with a right hand
and Blasts counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blasts avoids the head kick by Cooke.
Cooke blocks a low kick nicely.
Blasts ducks under a wild hook from Cooke.
Blasts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cooke just misses with a punch to the body.
A leg kick checked by Cooke.
Blasts throws a chopping leg kick but Cooke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cooke loads up on a big right hand but Blasts slips the punch.
Blasts fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cooke just manages to avoid it.
Cooke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blasts's hands.
Cooke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cooke moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cooke is out of range and Blasts settles back down.
Blasts is looking to wear down Cooke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blasts thumps Cooke with a low kick.
Blasts clinches with his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Blasts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cooke lands with a light punch inside.
Cooke stalling the fight.
Blasts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke has had enough of the clinch but Blasts keeps him there for the moment.
A right hook to the body lands for Cooke.
Blasts with a knee to the head.
Blasts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cooke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blasts trying to land knees to the body.
Blasts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from Cooke.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blasts throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cooke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cooke throws a low kick but Blasts avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Cooke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cooke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Cooke jabs Blasts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blasts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cooke connects with a leg kick. Blasts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts lands a right hook to the body.
Blasts thuds a left hand into Cooke's body.
Matt Cooke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Blasts checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Blasts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cooke throws a hook but Blasts avoids it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blasts 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 Cooke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cooke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cooke digs a good hook to Blasts's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Matt Cooke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Cooke swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cooke throws an overhand right that lands on Blasts's shoulder, as Blasts tries to avoid the shot.
Blasts clinches.
Cooke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cooke looking to slow down the pace here.
Blasts misses with a body punch.
Cooke managing to block the knees to the body from Blasts.
Cooke taking a breather.
Blasts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts misses with a knee strike.
Blasts tries a body shot but Cooke blocks it.
Cooke tries to work over Blasts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blasts lands a body shot.
Blasts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cooke backwards.
Cooke avoiding damage as Blasts throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blasts backwards.
Cooke taking a breather.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Cooke managing to block the knees to the body from Blasts.
Blasts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts lands a nice shot to the body.
Blasts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cooke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Blasts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blasts looking to throw knees to the head but Cooke is blocking nicely.
Cooke looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Blasts.
Blasts takes a shot to the head.
Blasts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cooke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blasts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rupert Blasts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cooke prevents a body shot from Blasts.
Cooke is trying to break the clinch but Blasts has him pressed against the cage.
Cooke is trying to break the clinch but Blasts has him pressed against the cage.
Cooke lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Blasts on the inside.
Cooke misses with the head strike.
Blasts letting Cooke take a breather here.
Blasts blocks an uppercut.
Cooke pushes Blasts back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cooke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cooke keeps the fight on the outside.
A big left from Cooke misses.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Blasts wants to land a leg kick but Cooke is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blasts throws a leg kick that misses.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Blasts tried to score with a low kick but Cooke checks it.
Cooke throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blasts. Cooke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cooke checks a low kick from Blasts.
A bone on bone clash there as Cooke blocks the leg kick.
Blasts shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A head kick from Cooke lands but Blasts takes it in his stride.
Blasts on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Blasts connects with a leg kick. Cooke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Blasts gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blasts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cooke takes a swing at Blasts's ribcage but misses.
Matt Cooke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Cooke.
Blasts is looking to clinch but Cooke is avoiding it.
Cooke scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cooke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cooke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blasts.
Blasts tries to score with a low kick but Cooke moves his leg out of the way.
Cooke tries a quick counter leg kick but Blasts is wise to it.
Cooke misses with a head kick.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cooke checks it well.
Blasts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cooke.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blasts. That's going to slow Cooke down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Cooke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blasts ducks right into an uppercut from Cooke.
Cooke moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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 Rupert Blasts.
I think Cooke 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Matt Cooke!
Matt Cooke spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anders Funk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Laoka's choice of entrance music: The Bell Tolls. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anders Funk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 5, fighting out of Las Vegas, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laoka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Funk.
Funk has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Academy of Arse Whoopers in the buildup to the fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Funk.
Funk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Funk scores with a head kick. Laoka tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Funk jabs at Laoka's body.
Funk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Funk swings for the body but Laoka moves out of range.
Laoka 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.
Funk takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Laoka misses with a straight right.
Laoka throws a body shot but no joy.
Laoka missing with a left hand there. Funk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Funk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laoka throws a leg kick which misses Funk's front leg but catches the back leg as Funk tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laoka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Funk throws a lazy right hand but Laoka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Funk connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Funk misses the target.
A jab from Funk misses.
Funk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laoka.
Funk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laoka.
Laoka thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick lands there from Funk.
Funk fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laoka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laoka misses with a wild body shot.
Laoka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Funk scores with a punch to the head.
Funk ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Laoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Funk.
Funk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laoka.
Laoka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Laoka looks to score with a jab to the body but Funk is just out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Funk, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka slips a straight right by Funk.
Laoka only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Laoka.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laoka! But no joy.
Funk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Funk avoids a kick to the body.
Funk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Laoka has time to react.
Funk throws a right and a left that Laoka avoids nicely.
Funk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Laoka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Laoka takes one to the chin there.
Funk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
Funk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Funk loads up on a big right hand but Laoka slips the punch.
Funk rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Laoka counter with a right hand.
Laoka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Funk's sensitive parts.
Funk pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Funk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Funk.
Funk lands a jab to the nose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funk looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laoka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Funk.
Funk misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Funk misses its intended target.
A big left from Funk misses.
Laoka lands a slapping body shot.
Good leg kick by Laoka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Funk misses with an uppercut.
Laoka throws a big shot that misses.
Funk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Laokas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Funk thumps Laoka with a low kick.
Laoka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Funk misses with a body punch
and Laoka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laoka scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funk attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Laoka looks to throw the jab but Funk is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funk sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Funk throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laoka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Laoka scores with a hook to the body. Funk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Laoka moves out of range as Funk strikes.
Funk throws a big shot that misses.
Laoka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Funk throws a lazy body kick
and Laoka counters with a stiff right hand.
Funk will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Funk takes a swing at Laoka's ribcage but misses.
Laoka misses with a right hand
and Funk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Funk checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Funk throws a quick counter kick to the body but Laoka avoids it.
Funk throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Laoka was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Funk connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Laoka connects with a single shot there.
Funk throws a nice outside leg kick.
Funk blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Funk dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Funk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laoka was well out of range. Poor timing from Funk.
Laoka counters with a body kick.
Laoka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Funk under the eye.
Laoka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Funk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laoka.
Good leg kick by Funk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Funk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laoka can do to turn this around?
Laoka with a nice cross.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laoka might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Funk has got the better of the exchanges.
Funk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Laoka looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laoka on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Funk swings for the body but Laoka moves out of range.
Funk misses with a hook. Laoka ducked under it nicely.
Funk throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laoka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Funk's head backwards.
Funk misses with a right hand
and Laoka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laoka bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Funk's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funk takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laoka lands a body shot.
Laoka scores with a hook to the body. Funk takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk misses the shot to the body.
Laoka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Funk.
Funk misses with a shot to the body
and Laoka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Funk throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Laoka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anders Funk is winning the standup battle so far.
Funk misses with a looping right.
Funk blocks a leg kick.
Funk lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Funk staying out of range there.
Funk misses with a kick to the body.
Funk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Funk takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Funk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laoka.
Laoka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Laoka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Funk throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka moves out of range as Funk strikes.
Laoka looks for the body kick but Funk saw that one coming.
A thudding body kick lands there by Funk!
Laoka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Funk can pounce on him.
Funk staying out of range there.
Laoka missing with a left hand there. Funk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Funk throws an overhand right that lands on Laoka's shoulder, as Laoka tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Funk misses its intended target.
Laoka takes a jab right on the kisser.
Laoka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Funk.
Funk throws a leg kick that is checked
and Laoka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laoka misses the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laoka 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 Funk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Funk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Funk moves out of range as Laoka strikes.
Laoka misses with a low kick as Funk jumps back.
Funk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funk throws out a leg kick but Laoka moves out of range and Funk only half commits.
A thudding body kick lands there by Laoka!
Funk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Laoka.
Laoka walks into a jab.
Laoka misses with a body kick.
Funk throws a jab but it's blocked by Laoka.
Laoka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laoka lands a head shot.
Laoka misses with a straight right.
Funk moves away from the strike by Laoka.
Laoka misses with a combination
and Funk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Funk tries to keep at a distance but Laoka has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Funk scores with a shot to the side of Laoka's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laoka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laoka misses with a knee to the head.
Funk digs a right hand into Laoka's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laoka's gas tank.
Funk on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Funk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Funk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Laoka.
Laoka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stalling in the clinch from Laoka.
Funk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Funk prevents a body shot from Laoka.
Laoka using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Laoka lands a knee to the head.
Laoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Laoka just leaning against Funk, taking a breather.
Funk tries to throw a body punch but Laoka avoids it by throwing Funk back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Funk blocks a body shot from Laoka.
Funk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laoka throws a shot from downtown. Funk moves away and avoids it.
Laoka just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Katsu Laoka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Laoka connects with a single shot there.
Nice body kick from Funk.
Laoka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Funk looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Laoka darts in and clinches Funk up against the cage.
Laoka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Funk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Funk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laoka.
Laoka slips a straight right by Funk.
Laoka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Funk thows a leg kick but Laoka checks it
and Laoka counters with a thumping low kick.
Funk misses with a kick to the body.
Funk misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laoka swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Laoka connects with a nice looking jab.
Funk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laoka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Funk ducks under a wild hook from Laoka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk misses with an uppercut
enabling Laoka to counter with a crisp jab.
Laoka throws an overhand right that lands on Funk's shoulder, as Funk tries to avoid the shot.
Funk cracks a nice hook into Laoka's ribs.
Laoka keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Funk.
Funk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Funk lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Funk misses.
Funk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laoka lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Funk misses with a hook. Laoka ducked under it nicely.
Laoka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Funk misses with an uppercut.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Laoka slips a straight right by Funk.
Funk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Laoka checks it well.
The fighters circling - Laoka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laoka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funk walks into a straight right hand from Laoka.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Funk misses with a looping right.
Laoka throws an overhand right that lands on Funk's shoulder, as Funk tries to avoid the shot.
Funk misses with a jab, cross combination.
Funk throws a predictable looking body shot
and Laoka counters with a good low kick that Funk was not able to check.
Laoka scores with a leg kick.
Funk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Funk throws a front kick aimed at Laoka's knee but Laoka avoids it well.
Laoka throws a front kick aimed at Funk's knee but Funk avoids it well.
Funk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Funk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Funk is looking to land body kicks.
Laoka scoring well with a low kick there.
Funk walks into a straight right hand from Laoka.
Funk throws a hook to the side of Laoka's head but Laoka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funk 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.
Good shot there by Laoka.
Funk misses with a looping left.
Funk lands a leg kick that knocks Laoka off balance momentarily.
Laoka throws a lazy right hand but Funk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laoka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Funk slips a jab from Laoka.
Laoka misses with a low kick.
Funk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laoka is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Laoka looks to throw the jab but Funk is out of range.
The fighters circling - Funk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Funk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Laoka throws a head kick that misses.
Funk misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funk throws an overhand right that lands on Laoka's shoulder, as Laoka tries to avoid the shot.
Funk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Funk paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Laoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Funk.
Funk just misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka scores with a hook.
Funk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laoka misses with a low kick.
Laoka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Funk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laoka was well out of range. Poor timing from Funk.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Laoka.
Laoka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Good standup being displayed there by Funk as he connects with a hook.
Funk misses with a low kick as Laoka jumps back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Katsu Laoka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Laoka has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Katsu Laoka!
A very excited looking Katsu Laoka rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nakki Fakiiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cullen Castrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fakiiri's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Arch Enemy - You Will Know My Name. Cullen Castrello told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nakki Fakiiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 3, fighting out of New York, Cullen Castrello!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castrello throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fakiiri 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.
Castrello is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Castrello throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Castrello slips under a jab.
Castrello throws a nice outside leg kick.
Castrello pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Castrello jabs Fakiiri to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Castrello chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fakiiri can pounce on him.
Fakiiri cracks the inside of Castrello's front leg.
Fakiiri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castrello throws out the jab.
Castrello throws a nice looking combination but Fakiiri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fakiiri throwing a counter right hand but Castrello manages to avoid it.
Castrello throws a wild body kick that Fakiiri sees coming a mile off.
Fakiiri is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Castrello lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fakiiri scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castrello fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fakiiri.
Castrello misses with a head kick.
Castrello walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fakiiri checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fakiiri feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Castrellos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Castrello throws a hook to the side of Fakiiri's head but Fakiiri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cullen Castrello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Castrello throws a leg kick which misses Fakiiri's front leg but catches the back leg as Fakiiri tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Castrello throws out the jab.
Good exchange - Fakiiri coming out on top.
Fakiiri moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fakiiri takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fakiiri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Castrello throws a looping overhand right but Fakiiri ducks down to avoid it.
Fakiiri fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Castrello moves out of range as Fakiiri throws a body kick.
Castrello swinging wildly here.
Fakiiri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Castrello throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
An inside leg kick lands from Fakiiri.
Fakiiri takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fakiiri connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Castrello momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castrello throws a right hand that misses
and Fakiiri counters with an outside leg kick.
Castrello has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A lazy left from Fakiiri finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castrello misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fakiiri.
Castrello walks into a stiff left hand from Fakiiri.
Castrello pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fakiiri waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Castrello.
Castrello feints and then cracks Fakiiri's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fakiiri down.
Fakiiri closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fakiiri 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.
Castrello tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fakiiri throws a hook to the side of Castrello's head but Castrello sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fakiiri's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Castrello connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fakiiri scrambles back to his feet.
Castrello connects with a nice looking jab.
Fakiiri avoids the body shot from Castrello.
Castrello cracks Fakiiri with a good jab.
Fakiiri fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fakiiri misses with a leg kick.
Fakiiri slips a straight right by Castrello.
Fakiiri quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Castrello looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Castrello's sensitive parts.
Castrello throws a sloppy head kick and Fakiiri moves out of range easily.
Fakiiri is looking to counter with a body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Fakiiri.
Castrello swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fakiiri counters with a straight right hand.
Castrello misses with a wild combination.
Fakiiri doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fakiiri cracks Castrello with a good jab.
Castrello connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fakiiri connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Castrello momentarily.
Fakiiri needs to keep his hands up - Castrello had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castrello fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fakiiri.
Castrello throws a lazy uppercut
and Fakiiri counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Castrello throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fakiiri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Castrello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fakiiri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fakiiri misses with a left hand
and Castrello moves into the clinch.
Castrello stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Castrello lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Fakiiri on the inside.
Castrello unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fakiiri lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fakiiri has had enough of the clinch but Castrello keeps him there for the moment.
Castrello scores a nice knee to the body.
Fakiiri tries to break the clinch but Castrello is controlling the position.
Fakiiri working hard to break the clinch.
Castrello's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fakiiri tries to circle away but Castrello has him pinned against the cage.
Castrello lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fakiiri backwards.
Fakiiri breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castrello scores with a hook.
Castrello moves away from the strike by Fakiiri.
Castrello connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fakiiri. Fakiiri circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fakiiri is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Castrello throws the left hand but Fakiiri avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Fakiiri was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Castrello.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cullen Castrello dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Castrello misses with a low kick.
Castrello throws a jab when Fakiiri was well out of range.
A cross from Castrello lands.
Fakiiri is rocked!
Castrello on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fakiiri takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Oh Fakiiri is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castrello misses the jab.
Castrello has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Castrello there as he acknowledges the shot.
Castrello misses with a double jab.
Fakiiri is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Castrello wants to clinch up but Fakiiri keeps it at a distance.
Fakiiri seems to have got his legs back now.
Fakiiri misses with a body shot.
Fakiiri jabs Castrello to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Castrello throws the kick towards the body but Fakiiri avoids it.
Fakiiri throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Castrello on the side of the head.
A jab from Castrello finds it's way through Fakiiri's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castrello misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fakiiri looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Castrello feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fakiiri's calf.
Castrello fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fakiiri.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Castrello darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Castrello tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fakiiri thinks about countering with a body kick.
Fakiiri missing with a left hand there. Castrello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castrello bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fakiiri lands a nice shot that snaps Castrello's head back.
Fakiiri misses with a kick to the body.
Fakiiri keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cullen Castrello seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Castrello 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Castrello connects with a single shot there.
A solid body kick from Castrello.
Castrello swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Castrello stuns Fakiiri with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Castrello tries a low kick but Fakiiri avoids it.
Fakiiri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castrello fails in his attempt to clinch.
Castrello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fakiiri.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castrello waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fakiiri.
Castrello fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fakiiri is out of range.
Fakiiri on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab lands there for Castrello.
A jab from Fakiiri misses.
Castrello takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fakiiri keeps the fight on the outside.
A left lands for Castrello.
Fakiiri takes a swing at Castrello's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Castrello misses.
Castrello scores with a jab.
Castrello misses with the combination.
Fakiiri takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Castrello throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fakiiri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri defending well as Castrello loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick from Castrello misses.
Decent striking displayed by Castrello there.
Castrello throws a hook but Fakiiri avoids it easily.
Fakiiri avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fakiiri throws a lazy right hand but Castrello sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Castrello is looking to clinch but Fakiiri is avoiding it.
Castrello works Fakiiri's body with a nice hook.
Castrello tries to land a leg kick but Fakiiri saw it coming and moves away.
Castrello throws a quick inside leg kick.
Castrello connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fakiiri momentarily.
Fakiiri throws a jab when Castrello was well out of range.
Fakiiri 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.
Castrello slips a jab from Fakiiri.
Castrello throws a lazy head kick
and Fakiiri counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castrello lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fakiiri fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Castrello has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fakiiri, right into the meat.
Fakiiri moves out of range of the body kick from Castrello.
Castrello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fakiiri.
Fakiiri missing with a left hand there. Castrello was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Castrello tries to clinch there but Fakiiri circles away.
Fakiiri tries to land a leg kick but Castrello saw it coming and moves away.
Castrello missing with a left hand there. Fakiiri was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fakiiri was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fakiiri defending well as Castrello loads up on a big left hand.
Castrello throws a big shot that misses.
Castrello's corner calls for a 1-2. Castrello obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Castrello has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Castrello wants to clinch.
Fakiiri looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fakiiri ducks under a wild hook from Castrello.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cullen Castrello showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Castrello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fakiiri lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Castrello scores with a nice right hand.
Castrello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fakiiri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Castrello does it's job there.
Castrello takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Castrello closes the distance and clinches.
Castrello throws a punch but it's blocked by Fakiiri.
Castrello lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Castrello on the inside.
Castrello misses with a punch to the body.
Castrello lands a body punch.
Castrello working Fakiiri over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Castrello keeps control of Fakiiri as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fakiiri blocks a body shot from Castrello.
Nice elbow from Castrello.
Castrello lands with a short shot to the head.
Fakiiri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri blocks an elbow strike from Castrello.
Castrello scores a nice knee to the body.
Fakiiri pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Castrello connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fakiiri misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Castrello.
Castrello moves into the clinch.
Fakiiri avoiding damage as Castrello throws knees to the body.
Fakiiri has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Castrello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fakiiri backwards.
Cullen Castrello seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Castrello lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fakiiri breaks from the clinch.
Castrello tries to bum rush Fakiiri with a series of wild strikes but Fakiiri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fakiiri misses with a straight left.
Castrello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fakiiri.
Fakiiri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castrello lunges at Fakiiri with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fakiiri's hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Castrello scores with a body shot.
Nakki Fakiiri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castrello keeps Fakiiri at a distance using the push kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castrello scores with a nice head shot.
Fakiiri throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Fakiiri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Castrello unleashes a big counter combination but Fakiiri bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Castrello fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Castrello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fakiiri paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Castrello fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fakiiri on the side of the head.
Castrello takes the fight into the clinch.
Fakiiri takes an elbow to the temple.
Castrello lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fakiiri or not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Castrello obliges.
Fakiiri tries to throw a body punch but Castrello avoids it by throwing Fakiiri back against the cage.
A short right from Castrello.
A frustrated look appears on Fakiiri's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Castrello lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fakiiri tries to circle away but Castrello has him pinned against the cage.
Castrello misses with a punch on the inside.
Fakiiri wants to break the clinch but can't.
Castrello tries to work over Fakiiri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fakiiri misses with a body punch.
Fakiiri avoids a wild elbow strike from Castrello.
Fakiiri breaks from the clinch.
Fakiiri throws a shot from downtown. Castrello moves away and avoids it.
Castrello throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Fakiiri to counter with a crisp jab.
Castrello lands a jab to the nose.
Castrello throws a nice looking combination but Fakiiri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Castrello wants to clinch.
Fakiiri walks straight into a right hand from Castrello - that's dropped him! Castrello jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Fakiiri from any more punishment! Fakiiri 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 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cullen Castrello!
Cullen Castrello decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Nakki Fakiiri was interviewed post fight and said 'eating out at the "Y" later...'.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles BatzCastelmore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). BatzCastelmore has chosen Dogtanian France theme as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, AJ McKenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles BatzCastelmore!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
BatzCastelmore is looking to land body kicks.
McKenzie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McKenzie connects with a body shot.
BatzCastelmore throws a jab when McKenzie was well out of range.
McKenzie connects with a high kick.
It looks like Charles BatzCastelmore has been cut.
BatzCastelmore wants to clinch.
McKenzie cracks BatzCastelmore with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BatzCastelmore instigates a clinch.
McKenzie lands with a left to the head.
McKenzie has a couple of punches blocked by BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
BatzCastelmore trying to land knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from McKenzie as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BatzCastelmore prevents McKenzie from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore throws a punch but it's blocked by McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a punch to the body.
BatzCastelmore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like AJ McKenzie has been cut.
McKenzie misses with a punch on the inside.
McKenzie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKenzie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
BatzCastelmore throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McKenzie blocks it with crossed arms.
McKenzie is trying to force a seperation but BatzCastelmore has the dominant position.
BatzCastelmore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McKenzie is defending well for now.
BatzCastelmore misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
BatzCastelmore tries a knee to the head but McKenzie blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKenzie.
McKenzie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
BatzCastelmore misses with a knee strike.
McKenzie misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. BatzCastelmore obliges.
McKenzie avoiding damage as BatzCastelmore throws knees to the body.
McKenzie misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore tries to land knees in the clinch but McKenzie avoids the damage to the body.
BatzCastelmore lands a good knee to the midsection. McKenzie won't want to take too many of those.
McKenzie blocks a body shot from BatzCastelmore.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BatzCastelmore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McKenzie is defending well for now.
BatzCastelmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore lands with a short shot to the head.
BatzCastelmore scores a nice knee to the body.
McKenzie is breathing heavily.
BatzCastelmore blocking some punches.
McKenzie gets through BatzCastelmore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McKenzie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
BatzCastelmore lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore lands a body punch in the clinch.
McKenzie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
BatzCastelmore lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie working aggressively here.
BatzCastelmore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. BatzCastelmore obliges.
McKenzie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
BatzCastelmore prevents a body shot from McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a hook to the ribs.
McKenzie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of BatzCastelmores head.
McKenzie misses with a hook to the ribs.
BatzCastelmore is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McKenzie is defending well for now.
McKenzie cracks BatzCastelmore with a nice body shot.
McKenzie misses with the head strike.
BatzCastelmore misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a punch to the body.
McKenzie lands a hook that snaps the head of BatzCastelmore backwards.
McKenzie misses with a hook to the ribs.
BatzCastelmore prevents a body shot from McKenzie.
McKenzie is trying to push BatzCastelmore away but BatzCastelmore has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McKenzie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McKenzie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McKenzie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A hook to the body from BatzCastelmore.
A head punch blocked on the inside by BatzCastelmore.
McKenzie misses with a short punch on the inside.
McKenzie pushes BatzCastelmore back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McKenzie misses with a punch to the body.
McKenzie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McKenzie scores with a shot to the side of BatzCastelmore's head.
BatzCastelmore looking to throw knees to the head but McKenzie is blocking nicely.
BatzCastelmore digs a right hand underneath McKenzie's ribcage. McKenzie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McKenzie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
BatzCastelmore lands a right hand that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McKenzie lands a hook that snaps the head of BatzCastelmore backwards.
BatzCastelmore blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore tries to throw a body punch but McKenzie avoids it by throwing BatzCastelmore back against the cage.
BatzCastelmore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from McKenzie on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that AJ McKenzie will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
BatzCastelmore takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Good standup being displayed there by BatzCastelmore as he connects with a hook.
McKenzie throws a looping overhand right but BatzCastelmore ducks down to avoid it.
McKenzie misses with a lunging right hand
and BatzCastelmore counters with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by McKenzie.
McKenzie loads up on a big right hand but BatzCastelmore slips the punch.
McKenzie throws a quick inside leg kick.
BatzCastelmore cracks McKenzie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McKenzie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore looks for the body kick but McKenzie saw that one coming.
It looked like McKenzie was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from BatzCastelmore.
A jab from BatzCastelmore does it's job there.
McKenzie throws an off balance right hand
letting BatzCastelmore counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McKenzie throws a right hand that misses
and BatzCastelmore counters with a body kick.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that McKenzie semi-blocks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore misses with an uppercut. McKenzie saw that one coming.
BatzCastelmore bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
BatzCastelmore uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McKenzie.
McKenzie tries to land a front kick but BatzCastelmore steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
BatzCastelmore lands a front kick.
BatzCastelmore throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by McKenzie.
McKenzie looks to land a left hand but BatzCastelmore moved out of range nicely.
BatzCastelmore scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McKenzie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but BatzCastelmore is out of range.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses.
McKenzie throws a body punch but BatzCastelmore moves out of range.
BatzCastelmore ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
BatzCastelmore misses with a combination
and McKenzie counters with a low kick, right behind BatzCastelmore 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BatzCastelmore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McKenzie lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A leg kick checked by McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore tries a head kick but it misses.
McKenzie was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
McKenzie slips a jab and a cross from BatzCastelmore.
McKenzie looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
McKenzie stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore moves away from the strike by McKenzie.
It seemed like BatzCastelmore was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
BatzCastelmore misses with a head kick.
BatzCastelmore misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Charles BatzCastelmore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
BatzCastelmore throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McKenzie's head.
McKenzie checks a low kick from BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
BatzCastelmore connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
BatzCastelmore throws a head kick that misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from BatzCastelmore, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
BatzCastelmore fakes the leg kick and cracks McKenzie in the body.
BatzCastelmore throws a solid leg kick but McKenzie takes the impact on his shin and smiles at BatzCastelmore.
McKenzie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
BatzCastelmore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore is breathing heavily.
Good body shot from McKenzie.
McKenzie lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McKenzie tries to work over BatzCastelmore's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McKenzie.
McKenzie throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from McKenzie.
BatzCastelmore struggles to land a body shot inside as McKenzie controls his hands.
McKenzie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
BatzCastelmore tries a knee to the head but McKenzie blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McKenzie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
McKenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McKenzie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McKenzie misses with an uppercut.
McKenzie throws an overhand right that lands on BatzCastelmore's shoulder, as BatzCastelmore tries to avoid the shot.
McKenzie connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
BatzCastelmore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BatzCastelmore gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A bone on bone clash there as BatzCastelmore blocks the leg kick.
McKenzie cracks a nice hook into BatzCastelmore's ribs.
BatzCastelmore tries to land a leg kick but McKenzie saw it coming and moves away.
McKenzie throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent BatzCastelmore stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McKenzie throws an overhand right that lands on BatzCastelmore's shoulder, as BatzCastelmore tries to avoid the shot.
BatzCastelmore swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
McKenzie lands with a thumping leg kick.
McKenzie throws a hook but BatzCastelmore avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Charles BatzCastelmore will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
McKenzie misses with a straight right.
McKenzie blocks a head kick by BatzCastelmore.
BatzCastelmore throws a low kick but it's checked well by McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a jab, cross combination.
BatzCastelmore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
BatzCastelmore looks to throw a body kick
and McKenzie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
BatzCastelmore takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
BatzCastelmore checks a leg kick.
McKenzie throws a quick inside leg kick.
McKenzie throws a shot from downtown. BatzCastelmore moves away and avoids it.
Charles BatzCastelmore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
BatzCastelmore throws a right and a left that both miss.
BatzCastelmore wants to clinch up but McKenzie keeps it at a distance.
Some bone on bone action there as McKenzie checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A combination from BatzCastelmore does no damage.
Oooooh!!! McKenzie has knocked BatzCastelmore down with a huge combo! McKenzie steps away and waves a wobbly BatzCastelmore back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
BatzCastelmore is rocked!
BatzCastelmore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McKenzie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
BatzCastelmore is still on wobbly legs! Can McKenzie finish him?
McKenzie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from BatzCastelmore.
A solid leg kick lands there for McKenzie.
McKenzie drops BatzCastelmore with a straight right hand, right on the button! McKenzie follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). AJ McKenzie!
A very excited looking AJ McKenzie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Charles BatzCastelmore was interviewed post fight and said 'Merde!'.
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Underestimated Dillashaw Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robledo Puch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puch comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Breathe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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155 lbs
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World class 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
30 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Underestimated Dillashaw Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
42 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Robledo Puch!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puch fails with a takedown attempt.
Dillashaw Junior is looking to land body kicks.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dillashaw Junior slips a straight right by Puch.
A jab from Dillashaw Junior finds it's way through Puch's defenses.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a looping right.
Puch feints the counter takedown.
Dillashaw Junior ducks under a wild hook from Puch.
Dillashaw Junior appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puch connects with a crisp jab.
Dillashaw Junior throws a solid leg kick but Puch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Puch works the jab nicely.
Puch throws a lazy uppercut
and Dillashaw Junior counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puch takes a swing at Dillashaw Junior's ribcage but misses.
Puch scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Puch shoots for a takedown but Dillashaw Junior saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick that misses.
Dillashaw Junior misses with an uppercut.
Puch staying out of range there.
Puch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dillashaw Junior counters with a nice low kick that buckles Puch's knee momentarily.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robledo Puch.
Puch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dillashaw Junior. Dillashaw Junior obviously looking to wear him down.
Puch scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puch blocks a leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick which misses Puch's front leg but catches the back leg as Puch tries to avoid it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dillashaw Junior.
Good work by Puch as he checks the leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dillashaw Junior is looking to chop away at Puch's legs.
Dillashaw Junior slips under a jab from Puch.
Puch gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Puch fails with the takedown
letting Dillashaw Junior counter with a right hand.
Puch darts in looking for a takedown but Dillashaw Junior gets double underhooks and turns Puch into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior wants to slow Puch down by chopping away at his legs.
Dillashaw Junior looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dillashaw Junior 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.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a kick to the ribs.
Good leg kick by Dillashaw Junior there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dillashaw Junior swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puch tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice shot lands for Puch.
Puch misses with a lunging right hand
and Dillashaw Junior counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick but Puch sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a right hand.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Puch throws an off balance right hand
letting Dillashaw Junior counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior ducks under a wild hook from Puch.
Dillashaw Junior uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puch.
Puch throws a body punch but Dillashaw Junior moves out of range.
Puch blocks a low kick nicely.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a body kick.
And Puch tries to counter it with a takedown but Dillashaw Junior pushes his down on his head and steps out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dillashaw Junior thumps Puch with a low kick.
Dillashaw Junior fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dillashaw Junior connects with a leg kick. Puch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dillashaw Junior cracks Puch with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dillashaw Junior scores with a nice right hand.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick but Puch sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dillashaw Junior is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dillashaw Junior steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Puch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Decent striking displayed by Dillashaw Junior there.
Puch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dillashaw Junior.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puch. Dillashaw Junior does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puch lands with a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Puch might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dillashaw Junior has got the better of the exchanges.
Puch cracks Dillashaw Junior with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dillashaw Junior swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puch shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dillashaw Junior as he jumps to the side.
Dillashaw Junior tried to counter with a leg kick but Puch avoided it.
Puch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dillashaw Junior turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dillashaw Junior tries to land a leg kick but Puch saw it coming and moves away.
Puch avoids a kick to the body.
Dillashaw Junior takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch scores with a jab. Dillashaw Junior acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Dillashaw Junior. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dillashaw Junior.
Dillashaw Junior throws a chopping leg kick but Puch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Dillashaw Junior drops his hands momentarily and Puch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dillashaw Junior lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dillashaw Junior thuds a left hand into Puch's body.
Dillashaw Junior takes a swing at Puch's ribcage but misses.
Puch tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A bone on bone clash there as Puch blocks the leg kick.
Puch throws a lazy uppercut
and Dillashaw Junior counters with a thumping low kick.
Dillashaw Junior lands with a good body shot.
Dillashaw Junior takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Puch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a hook. Puch ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior misses with an uppercut. Puch saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Dillashaw Junior misses the target.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Dillashaw Junior defends it well.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Dillashaw Junior. Puch shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dillashaw Junior takes one to the side of the head.
Puch throws a sloppy body shot
and Dillashaw Junior counters with a straight right hand.
Puch misses with a looping left.
Dillashaw Junior is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Puch can do to turn this around?
Dillashaw Junior scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dillashaw Junior throws a leg kick
and Puch counters with a single leg into guard. Dillashaw Junior didn't expect that.
Dillashaw Junior wants to sweep here but Puch controlling him for the moment.
Dillashaw Junior pulls Puch in close to his closed guard and prevents Puch from doing any damage or advancing position.
Puch throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dillashaw Junior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillashaw Junior wants to stand up but Puch is controlling him.
Puch loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dillashaw Junior is on top in guard.
Puch looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dillashaw Junior passes into half guard.
Puch has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Dillashaw Junior moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Puch.
Puch is trying to control Dillashaw Junior's posture but Dillashaw Junior avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puch is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Puch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Puch is trying to maintain the position but Dillashaw Junior is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dillashaw Junior wants to pass to mount but Puch is defending the position.
Dillashaw Junior trying to control from half guard but Puch is working away.
Puch gets back to full guard.
Dillashaw Junior slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Puch just misses with a punch to the body.
Dillashaw Junior thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dillashaw Junior jabs at Puch's body.
Dillashaw Junior keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Puch misses.
Nice straight punches there by Puch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Puch.
Dillashaw Junior misses with a looping left.
Puch changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Puch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puch looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dillashaw Junior is fending him off so far but Puch persists. Nope, Dillashaw Junior circles away and we're back to standing.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Dillashaw Junior enables Puch to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dillashaw Junior manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Puch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Puch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dillashaw Junior is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch won't allow Dillashaw Junior to sweep him here.
Puch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dillashaw Junior wants to sweep here but Puch controlling him for the moment.
Puch lands a couple of digs.
Puch throwing strikes from guard but Dillashaw Junior blocks nicely.
Dillashaw Junior tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Puch pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dillashaw Junior is keeping the position for now.
Puch landing some decent shots from guard.
Puch is in close to Dillashaw Junior's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Robledo Puch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dillashaw Junior tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Puch distracts Dillashaw Junior with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Puch looking to pass the guard.
Puch missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puch won't allow Dillashaw Junior to sweep him here.
Dillashaw Junior has momentary wrist control but Puch slips an elbow through the middle.
Puch lands a couple of elbows.
Dillashaw Junior avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Puch postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Puch wants to control from the top but Dillashaw Junior keeps moving.
Dillashaw Junior preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puch working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dillashaw Junior's head.
Puch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Puch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dillashaw Junior is on top in guard.
Puch has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dillashaw Junior can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Underestimated Dillashaw Junior is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Puch is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dillashaw Junior trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Puch can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dillashaw Junior controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puch looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dillashaw Junior passes into half guard.
Puch looking for submissions off his back.
Dillashaw Junior performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Puch wants to improve his position but Dillashaw Junior is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dillashaw Junior takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robledo Puch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dillashaw Junior 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 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Underestimated Dillashaw Junior!
A relieved looking Underestimated Dillashaw Junior 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 super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastiaan Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Joe Jordan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Joe Jordan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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
38 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastiaan Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan throws a hook to the side of Rutten's head but Rutten sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jordan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It looks like Joe Jordan has been cut.
A head kick misses from Jordan.
Jordan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jordan scores with a head kick.
Jordan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jordan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Rutten finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jordan looks to throw a body kick
and Rutten counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jordan is breathing heavily.
Jordan misses with a shot to the body
and Rutten counters with a huge left! Jordan is in big trouble! He's backing up but Rutten isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jordan from any more damage. A dominating finish by Rutten!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastiaan Rutten!
A relieved looking Sebastiaan Rutten 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 Menace Defoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Verama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Defoe comes to the cage accompanied by Bodies. The crowd seem to be enjoying Verama's choice of entrance music: Swing It Away. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Menace Defoe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Verama!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Verama connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Donk. Defoe catches Verama right on the button with a cross.
Verama throws a body shot but no joy.
Defoe throws a looping overhand right but Verama ducks down to avoid it.
Verama is looking to land body kicks.
Verama misses with a body shot.
Verama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verama throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Defoe throws a sloppy body shot
and Verama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Defoe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Verama.
Verama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Defoe.
Defoe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Verama throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've been told by Defoe's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Defoe throws a head kick but Verama moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Verama feints and then cracks Defoe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Defoe down.
Defoe throws a big shot that misses.
Defoe thuds a left hand into Verama's body.
Verama works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verama fails in his attempt to clinch.
Verama throws a body shot but no joy.
Defoe connects with a body shot.
Hector Verama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Verama works over Defoe's head and body with a nice combination.
Verama throws a head kick that misses
and Defoe counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Defoe tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Verama. That snapped Defoe's head back.
Verama misses with a takedown
and Defoe counters with a nice body shot.
Defoe throws a series of punches but Verama moves out of range.
Verama loads up on a big right hand but Defoe slips the punch.
Defoe tried to counter with a leg kick but Verama avoided it.
Verama takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Defoe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Defoe throws an off balance right hand
and Verama counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Defoe takes one to the chin there.
Defoe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Defoe scores with a leg kick.
Defoe misses the body punch
and Verama makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Defoe scores with a head kick.
Verama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Verama thows a leg kick but Defoe checks it
and Defoe makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Defoe.
Verama scores with a kick to the body.
Verama connects with a single shot there.
Defoe slips a straight right by Verama.
Verama slips a jab from Defoe.
Defoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Defoe is looking to counter with a body kick.
Verama scores with a nice strike.
Verama loads up on a big right hand but Defoe slips the punch.
Verama has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A solid body kick from Defoe.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Verama, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verama scores with a body shot.
Verama lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Defoe throws a body kick that misses.
Verama misses with an uppercut
and Defoe counters with a straight right hand.
Verama moves out of range as Defoe throws a body kick.
Defoe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Verama.
Verama cracks Defoe with a right hand to the side of the head.
Verama throws a low kick but Defoe moves out of range easily.
Verama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Defoe moves away.
Defoe tests Verama's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Defoe scores with a spinning back kick!
Defoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Defoe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Verama chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Defoe can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Defoe moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verama scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verama. Defoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Defoe avoids a kick to the body.
Defoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verama.
Verama thuds a left hand into Defoe's body.
Verama clobbers Defoe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Verama takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Defoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Defoe ducks under a wild hook from Verama.
Defoe slips a straight right by Verama.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Verama. That snapped Defoe's head back.
Verama tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Defoe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Verama connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Verama dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Verama cracks a nice hook into Defoe's ribs.
Defoe misses with a leg kick.
Verama checks the leg kick.
Hector Verama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Verama misses the shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Verama there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Defoe tries a head kick but it misses.
Defoe misses the shot to the body.
Verama just misses with a punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Defoe.
Verama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Verama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Defoe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Defoe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Verama.
Verama scores with a push kick.
Defoe misses with a looping right.
Defoe staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Verama throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Defoe lands with an overhand left.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Defoe might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Defoe misses with a double jab.
Verama counters with a body kick.
Defoe moves away from the strike by Verama.
Defoe throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Defoe moves forwards but Verama connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Verama catches Defoe with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Defoe throws a head kick but Verama moves out of range.
Defoe scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Defoe takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Defoe throws a shot from downtown. Verama moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Verama was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Defoe throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Verama.
Verama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Defoe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Verama walks forward, straight into a front kick from Defoe.
Defoe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Defoe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice cross by Verama.
Defoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verama.
Good work by Defoe as he checks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Defoe, right into the meat.
Verama lands with a straight right. Defoe didn't see that one coming.
Defoe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Verama fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Defoe checks it well.
Defoe misses with a shot to the body
and Verama counters with a right hand to the body.
Verama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Verama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Defoe throws a wild body kick that Verama sees coming a mile off.
Defoe connects with a looping right hand.
Defoe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Verama throws out the jab.
Defoe throws a quick counter kick to the body but Verama avoids it.
Verama with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verama lands a nice hook to Defoe's body. Defoe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Defoe pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Defoe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Verama looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Defoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Verama 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 Defoe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Defoe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verama. Defoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Defoe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Verama misses.
Verama ducks under a wild hook from Defoe.
Defoe stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Verama.
Defoe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Verama moves away.
Defoe slips under a jab from Verama.
As Verama backs away, Defoe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Verama slips a straight right by Defoe.
Verama steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Defoe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Verama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verama gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Defoe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Verama with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verama lands a slapping body shot.
Defoe closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jab, jab by Defoe - just one landing.
A good leg kick by Defoe.
Verama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Verama bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Defoe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Verama throws a hook but Defoe avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Defoe looks to land a right hand but Verama moved out of range.
Verama throws out a leg kick but Defoe moves out of range and Verama only half commits.
Verama throws a poor cross that misses
and Defoe counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Verama misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hector Verama will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Defoe misses with a looping left.
Defoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Defoe delivers a nice body kick.
Verama throws a front kick that sends Defoe stumbling back into the cage.
Defoe lands with an overhand left.
Verama scores with a jab. Defoe acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Verama takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice defenses there by Verama.
Verama feints a counter leg kick.
Verama scores with a spinning back kick!
Defoe scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Defoe misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Verama. That's going to slow Defoe down.
Defoe misses with a straight left.
Defoe fakes the leg kick and cracks Verama in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verama is looking to land body kicks.
Defoe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Defoe crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Verama - the referee stops the clock and Defoe gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Verama. Defoe manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Verama lands a body shot.
Verama throws a big shot that misses.
Defoe ducks under a wild hook from Verama.
Defoe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verama connects with a body shot.
Defoe scores with a nice head shot.
Verama has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Defoe.
Verama throws a hook but Defoe avoids it easily.
A nice combination there by Defoe.
Verama listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Verama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Verama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Defoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Verama.
Verama throws a body shot but no joy.
Defoe tried to counter with a leg kick but Verama avoided it.
Verama on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verama stuns Defoe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Defoe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Verama.
Verama throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Defoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Defoe misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Verama misses its intended target.
Defoe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Defoe blocks a head kick by Verama.
A looping hook to the body misses from Verama. Defoe does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Defoe misses the target.
Defoe throws a right hand that misses
and Verama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Verama connects with a leg kick. Defoe looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Defoe tried to score with a low kick but Verama checks it.
Verama lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Defoe at a distance.
Defoe lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Verama takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Defoe sizes up Verama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Verama scores with a push kick.
Verama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Defoe moves away.
Defoe drops his hands momentarily and Verama takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Defoe moves out of range of the leg kick from Verama.
Verama tests Defoe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab lands there for Verama.
Defoe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Verama.
Defoe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Verama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Defoe tries a head kick but it misses.
Defoe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Verama can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Defoe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Verama misses with a head kick.
Defoe misses with a body shot.
Verama lands a body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Verama.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Verama misses with a straight left.
Defoe misses with a kick to the body.
Defoe throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Verama connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice uppercut lands for Verama. That snapped Defoe's head back.
Defoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Defoe takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Verama lands a nice shot that snaps Defoe's head back.
Verama throws a chopping leg kick but Defoe manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Verama really dominated that round.
That's time! Defoe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Verama dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Defoe. That did some damage!
Defoe fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Verama looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Defoe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Defoe tries a low kick but Verama avoids it.
Defoe throws a nice outside leg kick.
Verama checks the leg kick.
Verama goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Verama throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Verama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Defoe.
Defoe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Verama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A quick step to the side and Defoe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Defoe blocks the leg kick.
Defoe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Verama slips a straight right by Defoe.
Defoe attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Defoe looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Defoe blocks the low kick.
Verama dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Defoe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Verama looks to land a left hand but Defoe moved out of range nicely.
Defoe feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Defoe throws a head kick but Verama moves out of range.
A nice side step and Verama releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Defoe 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 Verama has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Verama and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Verama fakes the leg kick and cracks Defoe in the body.
Verama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Defoe. Defoe circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Defoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Verama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verama connects with a body shot that sends Defoe's belly button to the back.
Verama misses with a kick to the body.
Verama thuds his right hand into Defoe's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Verama misses with a low kick as Defoe jumps back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Defoe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Verama feints the counter takedown.
Verama looks to throw the jab but Defoe is out of range.
Defoe looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Defoe looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Verama thuds his right hand into Defoe's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Verama works the jab nicely.
Verama slips a straight right by Defoe.
Defoe thumps Verama with a low kick.
Defoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A low kick from Defoe misses
and Verama counters with a nice uppercut.
Defoe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An attempted straight right counter from Defoe misses the target.
Defoe misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Verama stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Defoe misses with a shot to the body
and Verama counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Defoe misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Defoe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Verama escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Verama wants to slow Defoe down by chopping away at his legs.
Defoe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Defoe.
Verama swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Verama.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Defoe.
Verama is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Verama just misses with a punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Verama.
Verama 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.
Verama misses with an uppercut.
Defoe misses with a kick to the body.
Defoe throws a sloppy head kick and Verama moves out of range easily.
Verama let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verama 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.
Defoe lands a slapping body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Verama darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Verama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Verama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Defoe.
Verama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Defoe.
Defoe throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And Verama tries to counter it with a takedown but Defoe pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Verama throws a push kick but Defoe slaps the foot to one side.
It appears Defoe was looking to counter with a kick there.
Verama has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Defoe lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Verama circles away quickly and effectively.
Verama throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Defoe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Defoe takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Defoe gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Verama counters with a nice double leg into side control. Defoe won't be happy with that.
Defoe is looking to get back to his feet here but Verama is keeping cool and he's managed to take Defoe's back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Verama dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Verama scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Verama's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Defoe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Verama takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Defoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good exchange - Defoe coming out on top.
Verama throws a body kick that misses.
Defoe thinks about countering with a body kick.
Defoe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Verama.
Verama has a takedown stuffed.
Defoe slips under a jab from Verama.
Defoe swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Defoe doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Defoe with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Defoe throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Verama takes a kick to the side of the head.
Verama changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Verama scores with a decent looking hook.
Verama moves away from the strike by Defoe.
Verama misses with a hook
and Defoe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Verama. That's going to slow Defoe down.
Verama throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Verama throws a front kick that sends Defoe stumbling back into the cage.
Verama has closed the distance and engaged Defoe in a clinch.
Defoe stops a takedown attempt from Verama.
Defoe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Verama gets through Defoe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Verama throws a head punch that misses.
Verama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Menace Defoe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Defoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verama is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Defoe is keeping busy.
Verama misses with some punches.
Defoe lands a left hand.
Defoe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Verama.
A left hand lands to the body for Defoe.
Verama is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Defoe scores with a shot to the side of Verama's head.
Verama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Verama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Defoe stops a takedown attempt from Verama.
Menace Defoe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hector Verama.
Verama prevents a body shot from Defoe.
Verama scores with a shoulder strike.
Defoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Verama is trying to pull guard but Defoe turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Defoe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Defoe scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Verama prevents a body shot from Defoe.
Defoe tries to work over Verama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Defoe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Verama misses with some punches.
Defoe tries to throw a body punch but Verama avoids it by throwing Defoe back against the cage.
Defoe blocks a body shot from Verama.
Verama misses with some punches.
Verama is trying to break the clinch but Defoe has him pressed against the cage.
Verama lands with a left to the head.
Defoe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Verama tries to work over Defoe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Defoe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Verama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Defoe can't find room to land a body shot as Verama controls the action.
Verama breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Defoe scores with a hook to the body. Verama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Defoe looks for the body kick but Verama saw that one coming.
Verama stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Defoe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Verama tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Verama has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Defoe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice combination there by Defoe.
Verama is rocked!
Verama misses with a body kick.
Verama is still on wobbly legs! Can Defoe finish him?
Verama on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Defoe. Defoe obviously looking to wear him down.
Defoe is looking to chop away at Verama's legs.
Verama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Defoe counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 5, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Menace Defoe!
Menace Defoe retains his light heavyweight title!
Menace Defoe seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Hector Verama stepped up to the mic, saying 'https://youtu.be/lEmLqH2gTd8'.
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