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Ascension 0408 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hervoton Appi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paha Hemmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hervoton Appi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paha Hemmo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Appi throws a right and a left that Hemmo avoids nicely.
Appi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Appi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Appi wants it to stay on the feet.
Appi misses with a kick to the body
so Hemmo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hemmo is stalling in the full guard.
Hemmo wants to control from the top but Appi keeps moving.
Hemmo looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hemmo controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Appi is controlling Hemmo's posture.
Hemmo is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Appi with a hook.
Appi with a hook.
Hemmo moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Appi.
Hemmo wants a takedown but no success here.
Appi stops a takedown attempt from Hemmo.
Hervoton Appi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paha Hemmo.
Hemmo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Appi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hemmo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Appi is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hemmo tries to score a body lock takedown but Appi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hemmo throws a punch but it's blocked by Appi.
Appi lands with a right to the head.
Appi is working Hemmo over against the cage.
Hemmo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Appi pulls his leg out and moves away.
A combination from Appi does no damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Appi.
Hemmo drops his hands momentarily and Appi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab lands there for Hemmo.
Hemmo takes a swing at Appi's ribcage but misses.
Hervoton Appi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hemmo lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Appi. Those never looked like landing.
Hemmo scores with a takedown into Appi's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Hemmo working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Appi pulls Hemmo in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Appi has momentary wrist control but Hemmo slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hemmo wants to control from the top but Appi keeps moving.
Hemmo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hemmo lands a couple of elbows.
Appi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Appi works his way into side control.
Hemmo trying to remain calm as Appi controls from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo is looking for a sweep.
Appi has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Hemmo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hemmo has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Paha Hemmo has been cut.
Hemmo misses with a double jab.
Appi throws a head kick but Hemmo moves out of range.
Hemmo with the counter takedown but Appi avoids it easily.
Appi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hemmo is able to avoid easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Appi connects with a solid leg kick.
Appi walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hervoton Appi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paha Hemmo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hemmo shoots for a double leg takedown but Appi sprawls well. He's pushed Hemmo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Appi lands with an uppercut that bounces Hemmo off the cage and back into range.
Hemmo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Appi swivels and escapes.
Hemmo takes one on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hemmo. Appi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Appi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hemmo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hemmo takes the fight into the clinch.
Hemmo tries to score a body lock takedown but Appi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hervoton Appi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paha Hemmo.
Appi throws an elbow but it misses.
Hemmo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Appi pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hemmo throws a body shot but no joy.
Hemmo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Appi.
Hemmo takes a swing at Appi's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Appi. Those never looked like landing.
Appi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Appi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Appi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Appi throws a hook but Hemmo blocks it.
Appi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hemmo throws out the jab.
Appi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Appi lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hemmo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hemmo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Paha Hemmo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hemmo in side control, throwing shots but Appi defends.
Appi is not content to let Hemmo control the position.
Appi dodges the ground and pound from Hemmo.
Hemmo wants to take a breather but Appi manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Hemmo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Appi pulls Hemmo in close to prevent any damage.
Hemmo tries to free his leg and advance position but Appi is retaining full guard.
Appi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hemmo manages to get himself to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hemmo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hemmo can't keep his opponent in guard - Appi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hemmo is looking to escape.
Hemmo is refusing to be controlled, as Appi sits in half guard.
Appi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hemmo can do to turn this around?
Hemmo is trying to maintain the position but Appi is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Appi decides to return to a standing position.
Appi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good leg kick by Hemmo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hemmo closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hemmo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Appi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Appi lands a body shot.
Appi moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Appi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hemmo circles away quickly and effectively.
We've been told by Appi's head coaches at The Iron Palace that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Appi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hemmo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Appi back to the cage. Hemmo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Appi slips a jab from Hemmo.
Hervoton Appi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Appi.
Hemmo lands a jab to Appi's midsection.
Hemmo drops his hands momentarily and Appi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Appi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hemmo moves into the clinch successfully.
Appi misses with the head strike.
A right hand to the body from Appi.
Appi is trying to stall.
Hemmo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hemmo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Appi is working Hemmo over against the cage.
Hemmo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Appi avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hemmo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hervoton Appi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paha Hemmo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
No joy there for Appi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good exchange - Appi coming out on top.
Hervoton Appi is winning the standup battle so far.
Hemmo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Appi lunges at Hemmo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hemmo's hand.
Hemmo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice defenses there by Appi.
Hemmo clinches.
Hemmo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Appi gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hemmo wants a takedown but no success here.
Appi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Appi connects with a looping right hand.
Hemmo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hemmo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Appi rather than just go for the knockout.
Appi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hemmo misses with a hook. Appi ducked under it nicely.
Appi throws a sloppy head kick and Hemmo moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Appi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Appi.
Hemmo misses with a takedown attempt - Appi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hervoton Appi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paha Hemmo.
A telegraphed right hand from Appi misses the target.
Hemmo rushes Appi and presses him up against the cage.
Appi has a couple of punches blocked by Hemmo.
Appi swings wildly with an uppercut but Hemmo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hemmo tries to score a body lock takedown but Appi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Appi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hemmo has Appi pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Appi manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Appi.
Appi gets underhooks to prevent Hemmo's takedown attempt.
Hemmo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hemmo tries to land knees in the clinch but Appi avoids the damage to the body.
Hemmo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hemmo wants a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hemmo blocks a body shot from Appi.
Appi lands a body punch.
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!
Appi lands with a short shot to the head.
Hemmo has a couple of punches blocked by Appi.
Hemmo can't get the takedown.
Appi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hemmo.
Hemmo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Appi.
Appi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Appi throws a head punch that misses.
Appi working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hemmo as Appi tries to tie him up.
Appi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Appi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hemmo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Appi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hemmo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Appi lands a body punch in the clinch.
Appi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hemmo tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hemmo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Appi is defending well.
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hemmo as Appi tries to tie him up.
Appi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hemmo backwards.
Still in the clinch, Appi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Appi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Appi lands a nice uppercut.
Hemmo is rocked!
Appi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Appi.
Hemmo is still on wobbly legs! Can Appi finish him?
Appi sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Hemmo's defenses. It connects perfectly with Hemmo's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hervoton Appi!
An out of breath Hervoton Appi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Casey Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cameron Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowman comes to the cage accompanied by Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent 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
16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey Bowman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cameron Glover!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bowman misses with a wild body shot.
We've been told by Bowman's head coaches at Abobomination Training that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Glover takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Glover blocks a head kick by Bowman.
Bowman looks for a takedown but Glover sprawls well.
Bowman closes the distance and clinches up with Glover, looking for a takedown. Bowman pushes Glover against the cage but Glover circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Glover swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Glover misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Glover there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bowman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Glover sprawls well initially but Bowman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bowman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Glover defends it well.
Glover has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bowman is working away from the top position though.
Glover works his way to full guard. Good work.
Glover working for a triangle but Bowman defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bowman trying to control the position from guard on top but Glover is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover keeping full guard, as Bowman tries to pass.
Bowman with a nice head shot there.
Glover has Bowman pulled in close to control his posture.
Glover is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Glover is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Glover working for a triangle but Bowman defends it easily.
Glover trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Glover had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bowman defends it easily.
Glover trying to control the position.
Bowman forces his way into half guard.
Bowman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Glover sees it coming and defends easily.
Bowman is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Glover sees it coming and defends easily.
Bowman trying to control the action but Glover is working from the bottom.
Bowman decides to return to a standing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glover fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bowman manages to avoid it.
Glover misses with a wild body shot.
As Glover looks to move away, Bowman throws a big counter combo but Glover just gets out of the way.
Bowman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Glover is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Bowman off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glover looking for the choke but no joy.
Glover is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Bowman rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Glover throwing shots but Bowman is blocking nicely.
Glover throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Glover throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bowman to regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bowman is trying to control the position but Glover postures up.
Bowman working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Glover.
Bowman has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Glover has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glover lands a body punch in the clinch.
Glover misses with a punch on the inside.
Glover prevents Bowman from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Glover.
Glover doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glover struggles to land a body shot inside as Bowman controls his hands.
Bowman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Glover throws a one two combo.
It looks like Casey Bowman has been cut.
Bowman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glover moves away.
Glover misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Bowman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Glover fails in his attempt to clinch.
Glover fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bowman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bowman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Glover.
Glover takes the fight into the clinch.
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 Casey Bowman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Casey Bowman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Glover leaves Bowman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bowman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
You can see the frustration on Glover's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Bowman is working Glover over with some ground and pound from side control.
Glover is looking for a sweep.
Bowman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Glover is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bowman is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Glover knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bowman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bowman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Glover can do to turn this around?
Bowman is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Glover is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bowman trying to control the action but Glover is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glover struggling a bit here.
Glover is trying to improve his position.
Bowman tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bowman working the head with strikes.
Bowman controlling the position.
Bowman tries for a kimura but Glover is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Glover tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Glover wants to control but Bowman postures up.
Glover is looking for a sweep.
Bowman gets to mount! Glover was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Glover is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bowman is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Glover is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Casey Bowman!
Casey Bowman seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between En Sabah Nur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riza Rakija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rakija has chosen Rakija as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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162 lbs
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167 lbs
12 - 8 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, En Sabah Nur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Riza Rakija!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick lands from Rakija.
Sabah Nur misses with a looping left.
Rakija swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rakija connects with a right hand. Sabah Nur shakes it off.
Sabah Nur takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sabah Nur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sabah Nur on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rakija lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sabah Nur throws a lazy body kick
enabling Rakija to counter with a crisp jab.
Sabah Nur scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sabah Nur misses with a lunging right hand
and Rakija cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sabah Nur throws the kick towards the body but Rakija avoids it.
Rakija now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rakija is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sabah Nur scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rakija doesn't seem bothered though.
Sabah Nur slips under a jab from Rakija.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur misses with a wild body shot.
Sabah Nur swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sabah Nur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rakija counters with a good low kick that Sabah Nur was not able to check.
Sabah Nur misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rakija counters with a nice body shot.
Rakija is looking to clinch.
Rakija blocks a jab.
Sabah Nur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sabah Nur gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rakija to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Sabah Nur is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sabah Nur not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabah Nur keeping moving, preventing Rakija from controlling successfully.
Rakija controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sabah Nur keeping full guard, as Rakija tries to pass.
Rakija controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Sabah Nur keeping full guard, as Rakija tries to pass.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakija shoots in for a takedown but Sabah Nur shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sabah Nur slips under a jab.
Sabah Nur connects with a body shot that sends Rakija's belly button to the back.
Sabah Nur tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rakija paws at him with a jab and circles away.
En Sabah Nur is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sabah Nur moves into range and clinches up with Rakija.
A short uppercut from Sabah Nur.
Sabah Nur blocks an elbow strike.
Sabah Nur's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A jab from Rakija does it's job there.
Sabah Nur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rakija doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Rakija keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rakija scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sabah Nur doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakija keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rakija looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rakija avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sabah Nur throws an overhand right that lands on Rakija's shoulder, as Rakija tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rakija loads up on a big right hand but Sabah Nur slips the punch.
Rakija fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sabah Nur manages to avoid it.
Sabah Nur throws a hook to the side of Rakija's head but Rakija sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sabah Nur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rakija sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rakija throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rakija throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sabah Nur.
Nice body punch from Sabah Nur.
Rakija misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riza Rakija dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rakija misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sabah Nur tries to counter by clinching up but Rakija breaks away and moves out of range.
Sabah Nur misses with a body shot.
Sabah Nur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rakija.
Rakija throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Riza Rakija seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A cross from Sabah Nur lands.
Rakija misses with a looping left.
Rakija finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sabah Nur lands with a good body shot.
Rakija misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Sabah Nur was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rakija.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabah Nur tries to clinch but Rakija is having none of it.
Rakija throws out a counter right but Sabah Nur avoids it with no problem.
Rakija misses with a straight left.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sabah Nur looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rakija! But no joy.
Sabah Nur buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabah Nur lands a jab-cross combination.
Sabah Nur throws a right hand that misses
and Rakija counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sabah Nur misses with a wild body shot.
Sabah Nur drops Rakija with a beautiful combination! Rakija stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sabah Nur is looking for the KO!
Rakija is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sabah Nur punishes Rakija's body with a nice straight punch.
Rakija is still on wobbly legs! Can Sabah Nur finish him?
Sabah Nur cracks Rakija with a hook to the temple - Rakija is on wobbly legs here! Sabah Nur swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Rakija falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Sabah Nur wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). En Sabah Nur!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaladin Darkeyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin McLauhglin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaladin Darkeyes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Colin McLauhglin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darkeyes throws a shot from downtown. McLauhglin moves away and avoids it.
Darkeyes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McLauhglin replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Darkeyes blocks it well.
Darkeyes slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Darkeyes looks to land a left hand but McLauhglin moved out of range nicely.
A jab from Darkeyes misses.
Darkeyes swings for the body but McLauhglin moves out of range.
McLauhglin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McLauhglin works the jab nicely.
McLauhglin lands a really nice looking cross but Darkeyes seems unphased.
It looks like Kaladin Darkeyes has been cut.
McLauhglin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Darkeyes counters with a stiff right hand.
Darkeyes staying out of range there.
Darkeyes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McLauhglin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Darkeyes momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Darkeyes misses the target.
McLauhglin misses with a left hand
and Darkeyes counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkeyes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've been informed that McLauhglin has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice combination there by Darkeyes.
Darkeyes misses with a few strikes there.
Darkeyes throws an overhand right that lands on McLauhglin's shoulder, as McLauhglin tries to avoid the shot.
McLauhglin moves out of range of the strikes.
McLauhglin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
McLauhglin stuns Darkeyes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Darkeyes scores with a nice strike.
Darkeyes lands a nice shot that snaps McLauhglin's head back.
Darkeyes misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - McLauhglin coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McLauhglin misses with a leg kick.
Darkeyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Darkeyes misses with a left hand
and McLauhglin counters with a nice uppercut.
Darkeyes moves out of range as McLauhglin strikes.
Darkeyes loads up on a big right hand but McLauhglin slips the punch.
McLauhglin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Darkeyes slaps away a takedown attempt from McLauhglin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Darkeyes throws a poor cross that misses
and McLauhglin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darkeyes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Darkeyes duly obliges.
It looks like Colin McLauhglin has been cut.
McLauhglin misses with a hook. Darkeyes ducked under it nicely.
McLauhglin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McLauhglin.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McLauhglin! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes lands with a right hand.
McLauhglin ducks under a wild hook from Darkeyes.
Darkeyes throws a series of punches but McLauhglin avoids them all with ease.
McLauhglin missing with a left hand there. Darkeyes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McLauhglin misses with a straight right.
It looked like Darkeyes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McLauhglin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by McLauhglin.
Kaladin Darkeyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Darkeyes blocks a jab.
Darkeyes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McLauhglin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Darkeyes pulls McLauhglin in to control the position.
Darkeyes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in McLauhglin's guard.
Darkeyes throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes trying to control but McLauhglin is working from the bottom.
McLauhglin pulls Darkeyes in close to prevent any damage.
Darkeyes stopping the sweep attempt from McLauhglin.
McLauhglin trying to keep a closed guard but Darkeyes is proving a slippery customer.
McLauhglin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Darkeyes's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McLauhglin trying to control but Darkeyes is working from the bottom.
Darkeyes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaladin Darkeyes dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A punch combination from Darkeyes misses.
Darkeyes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McLauhglin throws out the jab.
McLauhglin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circling - McLauhglin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Darkeyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McLauhglin circles away quickly and effectively.
McLauhglin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darkeyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from McLauhglin.
McLauhglin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McLauhglin defending well as Darkeyes loads up on a big left hand.
Kaladin Darkeyes is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McLauhglin misses with a straight left.
McLauhglin throws a lazy uppercut
and McLauhglin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darkeyes throws a right hand that misses
and McLauhglin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darkeyes throws a left and a right that both miss
and McLauhglin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darkeyes misses with a double jab.
McLauhglin tries to bum rush Darkeyes with a series of wild strikes but Darkeyes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McLauhglin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Darkeyes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kaladin Darkeyes's cut is getting worse.
Darkeyes misses with a lunging right hand
and McLauhglin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Darkeyes throws a jab when McLauhglin was well out of range.
McLauhglin feints and as Darkeyes raises his hands in defense, McLauhglin changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Darkeyes is rocked!
McLauhglin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oh Darkeyes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Darkeyes has momentary wrist control but McLauhglin slips an elbow through the middle.
McLauhglin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Darkeyes seems to have got his legs back now.
McLauhglin throws a big elbow that misses.
McLauhglin distracts Darkeyes with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
McLauhglin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darkeyes wants to sweep here but McLauhglin controlling him for the moment.
McLauhglin is stalling in the full guard.
McLauhglin is in close to Darkeyes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McLauhglin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLauhglin throws a lazy right hand but Darkeyes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A leg kick checked by Darkeyes.
McLauhglin closes the distance and clinches up with Darkeyes, looking for a takedown. McLauhglin pushes Darkeyes against the cage but Darkeyes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Darkeyes misses the target.
McLauhglin digs a good body shot into Darkeyes's ribs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Darkeyes.
McLauhglin swings for the body but Darkeyes moves out of range.
McLauhglin misses with a looping left.
Darkeyes misses with a series of wild punches.
McLauhglin lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darkeyes misses with a two punch combination.
Darkeyes gets a clinch.
McLauhglin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Darkeyes looks to land a left hand but McLauhglin moved out of range nicely.
McLauhglin misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Darkeyes. Those never looked like landing.
McLauhglin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
McLauhglin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Darkeyes throws a poor cross that misses
and McLauhglin counters with a stiff right hand.
McLauhglin staying out of range there.
McLauhglin scores with a nice head shot.
McLauhglin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Darkeyes misses with an uppercut. McLauhglin saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Colin McLauhglin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
McLauhglin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McLauhglin throws a jab but it's blocked by Darkeyes.
A jab from Darkeyes misses.
Darkeyes slips a straight right by McLauhglin.
Darkeyes is looking for a counter combo.
Donk. Darkeyes catches McLauhglin right on the button with a cross.
McLauhglin moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkeyes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Darkeyes looks to land a combination. McLauhglin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
McLauhglin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Darkeyes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Darkeyes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLauhglin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kaladin Darkeyes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Darkeyes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from McLauhglin misses.
McLauhglin misses with a right hand
and Darkeyes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darkeyes throws a combination that misses
and McLauhglin counters with a big right hand! Oh Darkeyes is in trouble here! McLauhglin follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Colin McLauhglin!
A very excited looking Colin McLauhglin 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 light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward McLauglin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justice comes to the cage accompanied by Montana of 300 - Daddy Used to be the Plug. McLauglin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: You Belong To The City. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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219 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edward McLauglin!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLauglin throws a sloppy head kick and Justice moves out of range easily.
Justice shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Justice throws a head kick but McLauglin moves out of range.
McLauglin slips a jab and a cross from Justice.
McLauglin has managed to clinch.
McLauglin tries a knee to the head but Justice blocks it.
Justice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Justice misses with a punch on the inside.
I was talking to Justice's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Justice as McLauglin tries to tie him up.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McLauglin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Justice's face.
It looks like Johnny Justice has been cut.
Justice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by McLauglin.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Justice avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLauglin.
McLauglin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Justice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from McLauglin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, McLauglin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Justice's brow.
Justice lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McLauglin or not.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Justice unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice right hand lands inside from Justice.
Justice throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McLauglins head.
McLauglin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Justice.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the head but Justice blocks with his arms.
Justice tries to land knees in the clinch but McLauglin avoids the damage to the body.
Justice struggles to land a body shot inside as McLauglin controls his hands.
Justice is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McLauglin is defending well for now.
Justice pushes McLauglin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McLauglin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McLauglin takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justice misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McLauglin.
Justice tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McLauglin avoids it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLauglin.
McLauglin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McLauglin avoids a wild elbow strike from Justice.
McLauglin lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin lands a hook that snaps the head of Justice backwards.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
McLauglin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Justice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Justice lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McLauglin throws a punch but it's blocked by Justice.
Justice lands a left hand.
Justice misses with some punches.
McLauglin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Justice lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McLauglin backwards.
McLauglin throws an elbow but it misses.
McLauglin tries to land a knee to the head but Justice blocks with his arms.
McLauglin misses with a knee to the head.
Justice softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Justice just misses with a elbow thrown towards McLauglin's brow.
A bit of stalling here from McLauglin.
Justice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McLauglin's elbow.
McLauglin working Justice over with knees to the body.
Justice misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McLauglin throws a knee to the head but misses.
McLauglin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Justice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Justice works on McLauglin's body with a couple of short punches.
Justice managing to block the knees to the body from McLauglin.
Justice misses with an elbow strike.
Justice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McLauglin effectively controlling the action here.
McLauglin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Justice lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Justice.
McLauglin misses with a punch on the inside.
McLauglin misses with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Justice.
Justice makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McLauglin looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Justice on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McLauglin.
McLauglin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from McLauglin fails to land.
Justice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McLauglin's elbow.
Justice tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Justice lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McLauglin.
Justice tries to work over McLauglin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McLauglin tries to land knees in the clinch but Justice avoids the damage to the body.
McLauglin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McLauglin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knees in the clinch landing for Justice.
McLauglin looks winded!
A short uppercut from Justice.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice misses with a knee strike.
Justice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McLauglin backwards.
Justice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McLauglin struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Justice lands a hook that snaps the head of McLauglin backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Justice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Justice's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A decent looking cross lands there for Justice.
Justice lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McLauglin blocks a head kick by Justice.
Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McLauglin.
McLauglin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Justice lands a nice leg kick that just misses McLauglin's sensitive parts.
Justice fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McLauglin clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
McLauglin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by McLauglin.
McLauglin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Justice blocks a body shot from McLauglin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McLauglin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Justice throws a punch but it's blocked by McLauglin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Justice.
Justice blocks an uppercut.
Justice blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Justice.
McLauglin missing with knees to the body.
A short right from McLauglin on the inside.
McLauglin managing to block the knees to the body from Justice.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McLauglin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
McLauglin misses with some punches.
Justice working aggressively here.
McLauglin misses with an elbow strike.
McLauglin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McLauglin is looking to control Justice's arms but Justice gets an underhook and turns him. Now McLauglin has his back to the cage.
Justice presses McLauglin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McLauglin blocks an uppercut.
Justice lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Justice.
McLauglin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Justice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McLauglin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justice blocks an uppercut.
Justice scores with a nice hook to the head.
McLauglin is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McLauglin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Justice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McLauglin lands a shoulder strike.
McLauglin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Justice scores a nice knee to the body.
Justice lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Edward McLauglin has been cut.
A short left from Justice.
McLauglin is rocked!
Justice has McLauglin pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. McLauglin is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Justice - that's hurt McLauglin badly! Oh, another knee lands and McLauglin is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but McLauglin doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Johnny Justice!
Our winner, Johnny Justice, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Qasim Barakat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akamai Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoi has chosen Blood Red Sky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Qasim Barakat is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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249 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Qasim Barakat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Akamai Hoi!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoi throws a sloppy body shot
and Hoi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some bone on bone action there as Barakat checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Barakat keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Hoi looks to move away, Barakat throws a big counter combo but Hoi just gets out of the way.
Hoi throws a head kick that misses
and Barakat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hoi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Barakat scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hoi tries a body shot but Barakat blocks it.
Barakat is working Hoi over against the cage.
Barakat tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Barakat lands a nice uppercut.
Hoi misses with a punch on the inside.
Barakat lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hoi misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Barakat's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hoi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hoi avoiding damage as Barakat throws knees to the body.
Barakat swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barakat tries to stall but Hoi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoi blocks an uppercut.
Hoi lands a left hand.
Hoi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Barakat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hoi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Barakat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hoi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hoi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barakat lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Barakat lands a nice knee to the body.
Hoi looks winded!
Hoi tries to throw a body punch but Barakat avoids it by throwing Hoi back against the cage.
Barakat lands a left hand.
Barakat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoi's elbow.
Hoi working aggressively here.
Barakat leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hoi tries to throw a body punch but Barakat avoids it by throwing Hoi back against the cage.
Barakat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hoi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barakat throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barakat lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barakat with a knee to the head.
Barakat lands an uppercut.
Barakat lands with a light punch inside.
Barakat scores with a shoulder strike.
Barakat utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Barakat.
Barakat misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Barakat.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Barakat.
Barakat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hoi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hoi has a couple of punches blocked by Barakat.
Barakat is leaning against Hoi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Barakat slows down the pace here.
Hoi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoi prevents a body shot from Barakat.
Barakat tries a body shot but Hoi blocks it.
Barakat scores with a shoulder strike.
Barakat lands a shot to the body.
Barakat lands a nice shot to the body.
Hoi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Barakat lands with a right to the head.
Barakat lands a nice knee to the body.
A hook to the body from Barakat.
Barakat is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Barakat on the inside.
Barakat lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hoi backwards.
Nice body punch from Barakat - that landed with a thud.
Hoi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hoi lands with a short shot to the head.
Barakat blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right from Barakat on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Barakat tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hoi's elbow.
Barakat lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hoi backwards.
Barakat lands with a left to the head.
Hoi is rocked!
Barakat lands a knee to the body.
Barakat tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hoi avoids it.
Barakat landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Barakat lands with a right to the head.
Hoi is still on wobbly legs! Can Barakat finish him?
Barakat is working the Thai clinch up against the cage. He yanks Hoi's head to one side and delivers a picture perfect knee, right on the button! Boom! Down goes Hoi! He's out! He's out! The fight is over, just like that!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Qasim Barakat!
Qasim Barakat decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ossilus Chiarmanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Kuchar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chiarmanda's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Long live my homeland, my free Tajikistan!. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Matt Kuchar was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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32
162 lbs
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158 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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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
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ossilus Chiarmanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Kuchar!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chiarmanda throws a hook but Kuchar avoids it easily.
Kuchar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kuchar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Matt Kuchar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chiarmanda takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chiarmanda looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chiarmanda misses with a looping right.
Kuchar misses with a right hand
and Chiarmanda counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kuchar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chiarmanda.
Kuchar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kuchar throws an off balance right hand
enabling Chiarmanda to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Kuchar as he checks the leg kick.
Kuchar moves out of range of the body kick.
Chiarmanda throws a jab but it's blocked by Kuchar.
Chiarmanda moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Kuchar scores with a nice right hand.
Chiarmanda keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Chiarmanda wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuchar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chiarmanda. Chiarmanda circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kuchar ducks right into an uppercut from Chiarmanda.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kuchar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice defenses there by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Chiarmanda throws a quick inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuchar.
A low kick from Kuchar is predictable there
enabling Chiarmanda to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Matt Kuchar has been cut.
Chiarmanda blocks a head kick by Kuchar.
Kuchar moves into the clinch successfully.
Kuchar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Chiarmanda.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuchar misses with an elbow over the top.
Chiarmanda blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chiarmanda lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chiarmanda swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuchar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chiarmanda misses with a body punch.
Kuchar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chiarmanda swings wildly with an uppercut but Kuchar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chiarmanda blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chiarmanda misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kuchar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Chiarmanda scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chiarmanda scores with a hook to the body.
Chiarmanda dodges an elbow strike from Kuchar.
Chiarmanda trying to land knees to the body.
Chiarmanda tries to break free but Kuchar pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda lands a shoulder strike.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Kuchar fails to land.
Chiarmanda tries a body shot but Kuchar blocks it.
Kuchar unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kuchar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kuchar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kuchar tries to throw a body punch but Chiarmanda avoids it by throwing Kuchar back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kuchar avoids a wild elbow strike from Chiarmanda.
Nice body punch from Chiarmanda.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chiarmanda can't find room to land a body shot as Kuchar controls the action.
Kuchar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuchar prevents a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Kuchar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chiarmanda tries to throw a body punch but Kuchar avoids it by throwing Chiarmanda back against the cage.
A short right from Kuchar on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuchar misses with a punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuchar misses with a body punch.
Kuchar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chiarmandas head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kuchar.
Chiarmanda lands a left hand.
Kuchar prevents a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kuchar blocks a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kuchar lands a nice shot to the body.
Chiarmanda lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kuchar backwards.
Chiarmanda blocks a body shot from Kuchar.
Kuchar lands a nice shot to the body.
Chiarmanda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chiarmanda landing knees to the body.
Kuchar pushes off an throws an elbow but Chiarmanda leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kuchar utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matt Kuchar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matt Kuchar's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chiarmanda scores with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Chiarmanda blocks the leg kick.
Chiarmanda misses with a low kick as Kuchar jumps back.
Kuchar misses with a hook.
Chiarmanda looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kuchar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chiarmanda throws a poor cross that misses
and Kuchar counters with a stiff right hand.
Kuchar misses with an attempted mid kick.
A low kick from Chiarmanda is predictable there
and Kuchar counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuchar.
Chiarmanda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuchar.
Kuchar checks a leg kick.
Kuchar throws a leg kick
and Chiarmanda counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kuchar thumps Chiarmanda with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuchar clinches up with Chiarmanda and pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chiarmanda lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Chiarmanda.
Kuchar trying to land knees to the body.
Chiarmanda scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kuchar lands an elbow just above Chiarmanda 's eye.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chiarmanda.
Kuchar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kuchar misses with some punches.
Chiarmanda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ossilus Chiarmanda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Chiarmanda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Kuchar.
Chiarmanda blocking some punches.
Kuchar looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kuchar lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuchar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda scores with a hook to the body.
Chiarmanda dodges an elbow strike from Kuchar.
Kuchar throws a punch but it's blocked by Chiarmanda.
Kuchar managing to block the knees to the body from Chiarmanda.
Kuchar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kuchar lands with a right to the head.
Chiarmanda misses with some punches.
Kuchar misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chiarmanda.
Kuchar blocks a body shot from Chiarmanda.
Kuchar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chiarmanda backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuchar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chiarmanda avoiding damage as Kuchar throws knees to the body.
Chiarmanda can't find room to land a body shot as Kuchar controls the action.
Chiarmanda working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuchar misses with the head strike.
Kuchar throws an elbow but it misses.
Chiarmanda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chiarmanda blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chiarmanda struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuchar controls his hands.
Kuchar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chiarmanda can't find room to land a body shot as Kuchar controls the action.
Kuchar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kuchar misses with a punch to the body.
Kuchar lands a nice uppercut.
Chiarmanda struggles to land a body shot inside as Kuchar controls his hands.
Kuchar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Kuchar.
Chiarmanda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chiarmanda displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kuchar up against the cage.
Chiarmanda lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kuchar.
Kuchar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuchar struggles to land a body shot inside as Chiarmanda controls his hands.
Kuchar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chiarmanda swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuchar throws a punch but it's blocked by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chiarmanda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chiarmanda is trying to stall.
Chiarmanda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chiarmanda tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kuchar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chiarmanda misses with some punches.
Chiarmanda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Kuchar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Kuchar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Kuchar connects with a leg kick. Chiarmanda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuchar throws a head kick that misses.
Kuchar scores with the left hand. Chiarmanda knows he should have avoided that one.
Chiarmanda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuchar.
It looked like Chiarmanda was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kuchar.
Kuchar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chiarmanda.
Kuchar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kuchar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chiarmanda at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kuchar. That's going to slow Chiarmanda down.
Kuchar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chiarmanda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kuchar.
Kuchar blocks a head kick by Chiarmanda.
Chiarmanda looks for the body kick but Kuchar saw that one coming.
Kuchar follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good exchange - Kuchar coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Kuchar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Kuchar has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Chiarmanda is looking to land body kicks.
Chiarmanda jabs at Kuchar's body.
Kuchar scores with a jab. Chiarmanda acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Chiarmanda. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Chiarmanda.
Kuchar connects with a body shot that sends Chiarmanda's belly button to the back.
Chiarmanda connects with a body shot.
Kuchar lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Chiarmanda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chiarmanda misses the shot to the body.
Kuchar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kuchar connects with a crisp jab.
Ossilus Chiarmanda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chiarmanda misses with a low kick.
Kuchar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chiarmanda takes a jab right on the kisser.
Chiarmanda misses with a kick to the body.
Kuchar moves out of range as Chiarmanda strikes.
Kuchar scores with a jab. Chiarmanda acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chiarmanda takes one to the side of the head.
Chiarmanda swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kuchar throws a leg kick which misses Chiarmanda's front leg but catches the back leg as Chiarmanda tries to avoid it.
Chiarmanda throws a push kick but Kuchar slaps the foot to one side.
A little jabbing left from Kuchar on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kuchar 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.
Chiarmanda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chiarmanda looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chiarmanda works Kuchar's body with a nice hook.
Kuchar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chiarmanda tries to bum rush Kuchar with a series of wild strikes but Kuchar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kuchar connects with a leg kick. Chiarmanda looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Kuchar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
No joy there for Chiarmanda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kuchar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Chiarmanda with a body shot.
Kuchar throws a big shot that misses.
Kuchar throws the left hand but Chiarmanda avoids the punch easily.
Chiarmanda misses with an uppercut
and Kuchar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Chiarmanda dips to his left and cracks Kuchar with an uppercut!
Chiarmanda throws a body kick that misses.
Chiarmanda takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kuchar looks to land a left hand but Chiarmanda moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Chiarmanda misses its target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kuchar, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuchar is looking to slow Chiarmanda down with leg kicks.
Chiarmanda is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A clash of legs there as Kuchar blocks the low kick.
Chiarmanda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuchar manages to avoid it.
Chiarmanda takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chiarmanda misses with an uppercut.
Kuchar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chiarmanda tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kuchar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kuchar moves out of range as Chiarmanda throws a body kick.
Kuchar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Kuchar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kuchar with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Kuchar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kuchar 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Kuchar!
Our winner, Matt Kuchar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Sturd Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harrison Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sturd Jr might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Waka Flocka Flame - 50K (Neon Dreams Remix). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Harrison Yates was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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199 lbs
20 - 6 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Sturd Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Harrison Yates!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturd Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yates's head.
Yates throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sturd Jr.
It looks like Jason Sturd Jr has been cut.
Sturd Jr misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Yates.
We've been informed that Yates has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Yates catches Sturd Jr with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yates is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Yates avoids the head kick by Sturd Jr.
Yates throws a push kick but Sturd Jr slaps the foot to one side.
Yates slips a straight right by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sturd Jr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sturd Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sturd Jr walks into a left hand.
Sturd Jr avoids a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yates wants to clinch up but Sturd Jr keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Sturd Jr misses the target.
Sturd Jr blocks a jab.
Sturd Jr looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sturd Jr avoids the body shot from Yates.
Yates stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sturd Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr tries to move into range but Yates moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Yates throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sturd Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yates looks to land a left hand but Sturd Jr moved out of range nicely.
Yates slips under a jab.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
That kick from Sturd Jr tenderised Yates's leg. Yates is trying to keep his angry face on.
Yates jabs at Sturd Jr's body.
Sturd Jr keeps Yates at a distance using the push kick.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Sturd Jr throws a head kick but Yates moves out of range.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sturd Jr takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yates connects with a solid leg kick.
Yates drives through and clinches with Sturd Jr against the cage.
Sturd Jr scores with a shot to the side of Yates's head.
Yates misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yates blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sturd Jr blocks a body shot from Yates.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Yates tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sturd Jr's elbow.
Yates swings wildly with an uppercut but Sturd Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Yates scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yates.
Yates has a couple of punches blocked by Sturd Jr.
Yates throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yates misses with a knee strike.
Sturd Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sturd Jr misses with a punch on the inside.
Yates is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sturd Jr is defending well for now.
Sturd Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sturd Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Sturd Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Sturd Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Yates.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sturd Jr - that will leave a mark!
Sturd Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Yates. Yates circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Sturd Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yates.
Yates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yates connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sturd Jr's hands.
Sturd Jr swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yates slips a jab from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sturd Jr throws a push kick but Yates slaps the foot to one side.
Sturd Jr paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Yates tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sturd Jr attempts a counter takedown but Yates avoids it well and moves away.
Yates lands with a cross.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr swinging wildly here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates lands with an uppercut that bounces Sturd Jr off the cage and back into range.
Sturd Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sturd Jr.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Sturd Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yates just manages to avoid it.
Yates swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sturd Jr.
Yates swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Sturd Jr counters with a body kick that stops Yates in his tracks momentarily.
Sturd Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sturd Jr 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 Yates has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yates and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yates fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yates looks to land a body kick but Sturd Jr moved away.
Yates is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sturd Jr had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yates throws a body punch but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sturd Jr. That's going to slow Yates down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yates connects with a crisp jab.
Yates gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Yates using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yates lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harrison Yates dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good standup being displayed there by Yates as he connects with a hook.
Yates misses with a straight left.
Yates throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Sturd Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Yates tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sturd Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Yates.
Sturd Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sturd Jr throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yates.
Yates throws the kick towards the body but Sturd Jr avoids it.
Yates plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yates jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sturd Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yates misses with an uppercut. Sturd Jr saw that one coming.
Sturd Jr avoids the head kick by Yates.
Sturd Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates lands a glancing blow to the side of Sturd Jr's head.
Sturd Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yates counters with a slapping leg kick.
Yates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sturd Jr missing with a left hand there. Yates was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturd Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates loads up on a big right hand but Sturd Jr slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Yates swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Sturd Jr digs a good body shot into Yates's ribs.
Yates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sturd Jr moves away.
Yates cracks Sturd Jr with an open hand slap.
Yates throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sturd Jr throws a combination that misses
and Yates counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sturd Jr scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sturd Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yates throws a jab but it's blocked by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr avoids a kick to the body.
Sturd Jr walks into a straight right hand from Yates.
Yates misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Yates lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sturd Jr scores with a nice strike.
Yates takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Sturd Jr misses with a low kick.
Yates misses with the body kick
and Sturd Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Yates waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sturd Jr.
Harrison Yates seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sturd Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sturd Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yates's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yates misses with a low kick as Sturd Jr jumps back.
Sturd Jr throwing a counter right hand but Yates manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr tries to score with a low kick but Yates moves his leg out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Sturd Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sturd Jr checks a low kick from Yates.
Yates takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yates throws a sloppy head kick and Sturd Jr moves out of range easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Sturd Jr.
A head kick misses from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yates to score with a decent uppercut.
Yates stuns Sturd Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates throws out a loose jab but Sturd Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yates takes one to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sturd Jr, right into the meat.
Yates is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sturd Jr.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sturd Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Yates lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sturd Jr swings for the body but Yates moves out of range.
Yates attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sturd Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Yates throws a big counter head kick but Sturd Jr avoids it with no problem.
An inside leg kick lands from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sturd Jr misses with a hook. Yates ducked under it nicely.
Yates misses with an uppercut. Sturd Jr saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Sturd Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sturd Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Sturd Jr.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yates misses with a few strikes there.
Sturd Jr digs a good body shot into Yates's ribs.
Yates fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr scores with a kick to the body.
A jab lands there for Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yates.
Sturd Jr on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yates looks to land a body kick but Sturd Jr moved away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sturd Jr lands a nice shot that snaps Yates's head back.
Yates misses with a body shot.
Sturd Jr was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sturd Jr loads up on a big right hand but Yates slips the punch.
Yates feints a counter leg kick.
Sturd Jr ducks under a wild hook from Yates.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Harrison Yates will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sturd Jr rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yates moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sturd Jr thows a leg kick but Yates checks it
and Yates counters with a nice uppercut.
Yates throws a good cross that connects.
Sturd Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yates slips under a jab.
Yates walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Yates dips to his left and cracks Sturd Jr with an uppercut!
Sturd Jr throws a lazy right hand but Yates sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yates avoids the head kick by Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sturd Jr throws a solid leg kick but Yates takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sturd Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sturd Jr throws a low kick, looking for Yates's leg but Yates calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr misses with a looping left.
A jab from Sturd Jr misses.
Yates keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Yates throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good leg kick by Sturd Jr there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Yates moves out of range as Sturd Jr throws a body kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Yates darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Yates throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Yates avoids a kick to the body.
A nice side step and Yates releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Yates feints and then cracks Sturd Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sturd Jr down.
Yates tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sturd Jr appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sturd Jr scores with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yates, right into the meat.
Yates throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sturd Jr on the side of the head.
Nice straight punches there by Yates. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yates.
Yates chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sturd Jr can pounce on him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturd Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yates lands with a kick to the temple. Sturd Jr shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Yates's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sturd Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yates scrambles back to his feet.
Sturd Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yates.
Yates throws a solid leg kick but Sturd Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yates.
Sturd Jr stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yates blocks the body kick.
Yates throws the left hand but Sturd Jr avoids the punch easily.
Yates throws a hook but Sturd Jr blocks it.
Yates uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Donk. Yates catches Sturd Jr right on the button with a cross.
Sturd Jr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sturd Jr there as he acknowledges the shot.
A shot to the body from Sturd Jr misses
and Yates counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates scores with a shot to the body.
Sturd Jr scores with a one two! Yates had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Yates lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sturd Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Yates takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sturd Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sturd Jr drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sturd Jr slips a straight right by Yates.
Sturd Jr takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sturd Jr defending well as Yates loads up on a big left hand.
Yates throws a head kick but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
Yates pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sturd Jr is out of range and Yates settles back down.
Yates misses the body punch
and Sturd Jr counters with a thumping low kick.
Sturd Jr looks to land a left hand but Yates moved out of range nicely.
Sturd Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Yates.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sturd Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr throws out a leg kick but Yates moves out of range and Sturd Jr only half commits.
Sturd Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Yates throws a series of punches but Sturd Jr avoids them all with ease.
Sturd Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sturd Jr swats away the attempt to clinch by Yates.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Yates off balance momentarily.
Yates misses with a straight right.
Yates misses the shot to the body.
Sturd Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sturd Jr tries to land a leg kick but Yates saw it coming and moves away.
Yates misses with a hook. Sturd Jr ducked under it nicely.
Sturd Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sturd Jr throws a leg kick but Yates moved away.
Yates loads up on a big right hand but Sturd Jr slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Harrison Yates just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sturd Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Yates moves out of range easily.
Yates misses with a leg kick.
Sturd Jr thumps Yates with a low kick.
Yates keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sturd Jr lands a jab.
Sturd Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Yates.
A bone on bone clash there as Yates blocks the leg kick.
Yates lands a nice shot that snaps Sturd Jr's head back.
Sturd Jr slips a jab from Yates.
Yates keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates misses with a kick to the body.
Sturd Jr looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Sturd Jr lands with a hook. Yates tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yates tries a head kick but it misses.
Yates lands a right hook to the body.
Yates scores with a head kick. Sturd Jr tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yates throws a leg kick but Sturd Jr moved away.
Sturd Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yates just manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr defending well as Yates loads up on a big left hand.
Sturd Jr throwing a counter right hand but Yates manages to avoid it.
Yates moves out of range as Sturd Jr throws a body kick.
Sturd Jr fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yates has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sturd Jr.
Yates misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Yates circles away quickly and effectively.
Sturd Jr slips a straight right by Yates.
Sturd Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sturd Jr blocks the body kick.
Yates throws a head kick that misses.
Sturd Jr lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yates is looking to land body kicks.
Yates throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates connects with a right hand. Sturd Jr shakes it off.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Sturd Jr.
Yates's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sturd Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yates scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yates throws a push kick but Sturd Jr slaps the foot to one side.
As Yates backs away, Sturd Jr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yates dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Yates checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sturd Jr misses with a body shot.
Yates lands with a hook. Sturd Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Yates checks a leg kick.
Sturd Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yates.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Yates off balance momentarily.
Sturd Jr fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yates throws a head kick but Sturd Jr moves out of range.
Sturd Jr changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Yates punishes Sturd Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Sturd Jr misses with a double jab.
Sturd Jr misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates tried to score with a low kick but Sturd Jr checks it.
Yates tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yates uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A big left from Sturd Jr misses.
Sturd Jr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yates.
A punch combination from Yates misses.
Sturd Jr lands a right hook to the body.
Yates has closed the distance and engaged Sturd Jr in a clinch.
Yates trying to land knees to the body.
Sturd Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturd Jr lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Yates blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yates misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sturd Jr.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yates.
Yates misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sturd Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yates throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sturd Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturd Jr avoiding damage as Yates throws knees to the body.
Sturd Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That kick from Yates tenderised Sturd Jr's leg. Sturd Jr is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sturd Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yates.
Sturd Jr dips to his left and cracks Yates with an uppercut!
Sturd Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yates.
Yates walks into a straight right hand from Sturd Jr.
Yates throws a nice looking combination but Sturd Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sturd Jr wants to land a leg kick but Yates is out of range.
Sturd Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jason Sturd Jr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jason Sturd Jr's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sturd Jr scores with a punch to the head.
A cross from Yates lands.
Sturd Jr buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yates tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sturd Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Yates's hands.
Yates moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Sturd Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Yates off balance momentarily.
Sturd Jr scores with a nice head shot.
Yates has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Sturd Jr.
Sturd Jr throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sturd Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Some wild striking there from Yates.
Yates fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
Sturd Jr throws a low kick but Yates avoids it.
Yates is looking to land body kicks.
Yates throws a jab but it's blocked by Sturd Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturd Jr connects with a crisp jab.
Sturd Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Yates should have avoided that one.
Sturd Jr throws a push kick but Yates slaps the foot to one side.
Yates tries a low kick but Sturd Jr avoids it.
Sturd Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Yates.
A big left from Sturd Jr misses.
Sturd Jr throws a push kick but Yates slaps the foot to one side.
Yates feints a counter leg kick.
Sturd Jr staying out of range there.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Sturd Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Yates connects with a right hand. Sturd Jr shakes it off.
Yates scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Yates lands a leg kick that knocks Sturd Jr off balance momentarily.
Yates misses with an uppercut
and Sturd Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yates connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sturd Jr momentarily.
Yates fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sturd Jr manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr 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.
Sturd Jr misses with an uppercut.
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!
Sturd Jr misses with a hook.
Yates misses with a head kick.
Sturd Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yates was well out of range. Poor timing from Sturd Jr.
A head kick misses from Yates.
Yates stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sturd Jr.
Yates avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A good leg kick by Sturd Jr.
Yates throws a body shot but no joy.
Yates just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSturd Jr.
Jab by Sturd Jr.
A combination from Yates does no damage.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
Yates blocks a jab.
Sturd Jr dodges the punch combination from Yates.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sturd Jr throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Yates displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sturd Jr throws out the jab.
Yates takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sturd Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Sturd Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sturd Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Yates tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sturd Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sturd Jr getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yates takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Yates fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yates misses with a body shot.
Yates misses with a hook. Sturd Jr ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturd Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Sturd Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Sturd Jr lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Yates blocks a low kick nicely.
Sturd Jr plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yates misses with a leg kick
and Sturd Jr counters with a nice uppercut.
Sturd Jr takes one on the button.
Yates throws a right and a left that both miss.
Decent striking displayed by Sturd Jr there.
Sturd Jr throws a leg kick which misses Yates's front leg but catches the back leg as Yates tries to avoid it.
Yates avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sturd Jr backing away here, and Yates unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Yates throws a hook but Sturd Jr blocks it.
Yates moves away from the strike by Sturd Jr.
Jason Sturd Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sturd Jr moves away.
Sturd Jr feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Sturd Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Yates 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 47:48
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 48:48
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Harrison Yates!
Harrison Yates is the new middleweight champion!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Cotchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Iron Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Iron Tyson has chosen Slaughterouse - Party as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Trent Cotchin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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162 lbs
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149 lbs
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trent Cotchin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shogun Iron Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotchin throws out a powerful jab.
Cotchin misses with a head kick.
Iron Tyson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Iron Tyson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Iron Tyson grinds an elbow into Cotchin's temple.
Cotchin wants to control but Iron Tyson postures up.
You can see the frustration on Cotchin's face as Iron Tyson controls the position.
Iron Tyson decides to stand back up.
Iron Tyson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Iron Tyson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cotchin.
Cotchin swings and misses with a hook 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!
A right-left combo lands from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up
and Cotchin counters with a nice uppercut.
Cotchin just misses with a punch to the body.
Cotchin misses with a left hand
and Iron Tyson counters with a nice uppercut.
Cotchin throws a solid leg kick but Iron Tyson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cotchin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Iron Tyson checks a leg kick.
Iron Tyson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iron Tyson missing with a left hand there. Cotchin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson throws a body punch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Cotchin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cotchin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cotchin missing with a left hand there. Iron Tyson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Iron Tyson throws an overhand right that lands on Cotchin's shoulder, as Cotchin tries to avoid the shot.
Iron Tyson slips under a jab.
Nice takedown defense from Cotchin. No joy for Iron Tyson on that attempt.
Iron Tyson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cotchin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cotchin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The fighters circling - Iron Tyson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Iron Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson throws out a counter right but Cotchin avoids it with no problem.
Iron Tyson looks to land a left hand but Cotchin moved out of range nicely.
Cotchin throwing a counter right hand but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cotchin was well out of range. Poor timing from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson scores with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Iron Tyson. Cotchin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cotchin misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cotchin throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson instigates a clinch.
Cotchin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cotchin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cotchin misses with a shot to the body
and Iron Tyson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Cotchin.
Cotchin misses the shot to the body.
Iron Tyson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Iron Tyson misses with a straight right.
Iron Tyson throws a nice looking combination but Cotchin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
It looked like Cotchin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jab by Cotchin.
Cotchin walks into a left hand.
Cotchin loads up on a big right hand but Iron Tyson slips the punch.
Trent Cotchin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Iron Tyson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Cotchin misses.
Iron Tyson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Iron Tyson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cotchin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cotchin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Iron Tyson's sensitive parts.
Cotchin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shogun Iron Tyson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iron Tyson lands a lovely overhand right.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut.
Iron Tyson avoids the head kick by Cotchin.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Cotchin blocks it.
Cotchin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Iron Tyson has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cotchin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Iron Tyson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cotchin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Iron Tyson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cotchin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cotchin needs to keep his hands up - Iron Tyson had a free shot at his head there.
Cotchin misses with a straight left.
Nice shot by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cotchin.
Nice defenses there by Cotchin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cotchin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Iron Tyson moves away from the strike by Cotchin.
Iron Tyson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cotchin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin throws out a loose jab but Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Iron Tyson misses its intended target.
Cotchin lands a jab to the head.
Cotchin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Iron Tyson throws a body shot but no joy.
Cotchin throws a shot from downtown. Iron Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Cotchin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Cotchin misses.
Iron Tyson scores with the left hand. Cotchin knows he should have avoided that one.
Iron Tyson slips under a jab from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson throws a big shot that misses.
Nice jab there from Cotchin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cotchin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cotchin gets tackled into the cage by Iron Tyson. Iron Tyson maintains the clinch.
Cotchin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cotchin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Iron Tyson tries a body shot but Cotchin blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shogun Iron Tyson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A cross from Iron Tyson lands.
Cotchin misses the jab.
Iron Tyson blocks a jab.
Iron Tyson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson fails with the takedown.
Cotchin scores with a sloppy right hand. Iron Tyson should have avoided that one.
Iron Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
Iron Tyson scores with a hook.
Cotchin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cotchin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cotchin thumps Iron Tyson with a low kick.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson throws a shot from downtown. Cotchin moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Cotchin misses.
Cotchin throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cotchin moves away.
Cotchin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Cotchin throws a looping overhand right but Iron Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Iron Tyson connects with a crisp jab.
Cotchin misses with a kick to the body.
Iron Tyson throws out a counter right but Cotchin avoids it with no problem.
Cotchin slips under a jab.
Iron Tyson gets the takedown into side control.
Cotchin is looking for a sweep.
Iron Tyson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cotchin has escaped the position, nice work there.
Iron Tyson taking a breather here.
Iron Tyson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cotchin to his feet.
Iron Tyson misses the jab.
Iron Tyson misses with an uppercut. Cotchin saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cotchin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Iron Tyson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cotchin - the referee stops the clock and Iron Tyson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cotchin. Iron Tyson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Iron Tyson staying out of range there.
Cotchin throws a head kick that Iron Tyson semi-blocks.
It looks like Shogun Iron Tyson has been cut.
No joy there for Cotchin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Iron Tyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cotchin at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson walks into a jab.
Cotchin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Iron Tyson misses with a straight left.
Iron Tyson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Iron Tyson avoids the body shot from Cotchin.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson jabs Cotchin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Iron Tyson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Iron Tyson feints a jab promting Cotchin to slip. Iron Tyson then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cotchin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Trent Cotchin has been cut.
Iron Tyson throws out a loose jab but Cotchin uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cotchin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Iron Tyson counters with a straight right hand.
Cotchin on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Iron Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cotchin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Iron Tyson swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Cotchin to counter with a crisp jab.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iron Tyson.
Cotchin lands with a straight right. Iron Tyson didn't see that one coming.
Cotchin connects with a good right hand that stumbles Iron Tyson. Iron Tyson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cotchin. That's going to slow Iron Tyson down.
Iron Tyson throws a hook to the side of Cotchin's head but Cotchin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Iron Tyson throws a lazy uppercut
and Cotchin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Iron Tyson clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Iron Tyson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cotchin lands an uppercut.
Cotchin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cotchin lands an uppercut.
Iron Tyson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cotchin blocks an uppercut.
Iron Tyson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Cotchin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Iron Tyson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cotchin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cotchin lands a body punch.
Iron Tyson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cotchin lands a right hand.
Iron Tyson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cotchin backwards.
Cotchin breaks the clinch.
Iron Tyson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iron Tyson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cotchin throwing a counter right hand but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Iron Tyson misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cotchin, as that shot connected.
Cotchin connects with a single shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cotchin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cotchin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cotchin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Trent Cotchin is winning the standup battle so far.
Cotchin misses with a looping left.
Iron Tyson thows a left - swing and a miss!
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 Trent Cotchin will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Iron Tyson throws a big shot that misses.
Iron Tyson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cotchin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Iron Tyson manages to avoid it.
Iron Tyson avoids the body shot from Cotchin.
Good standup being displayed there by Iron Tyson as he connects with a hook.
Cotchin scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Iron Tyson as he connects with a hook.
Iron Tyson throws a lazy right hand but Cotchin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cotchin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Iron Tyson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the liver by Iron Tyson. Beautiful body shot.
Cotchin lands a nice shot that snaps Iron Tyson's head back.
Cotchin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cotchin stuffs the takedown attempt from Iron Tyson. Iron Tyson gets slowly back to his feet.
Cotchin throws a big shot that misses.
Cotchin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Iron Tyson. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotchin throws a hook but Iron Tyson avoids it easily.
Iron Tyson tries to bum rush Cotchin with a series of wild strikes but Cotchin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Cotchin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Iron Tyson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A good leg kick by Cotchin.
Cotchin throws a looping overhand right but Iron Tyson ducks down to avoid it.
Cotchin throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Iron Tyson! But no joy.
A big left from Iron Tyson misses.
Iron Tyson throws a lazy uppercut
and Cotchin counters with a right hand to the body.
Iron Tyson cracks Cotchin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Iron Tyson misses with a lunging right hand
and Cotchin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook
and Cotchin counters with a good low kick that Iron Tyson was not able to check.
Cotchin scores with a head kick. Iron Tyson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cotchin moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cotchin just misses with a punch to the body.
Cotchin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Iron Tyson at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Iron Tyson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Iron Tyson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cotchin was well out of range. Poor timing from Iron Tyson.
Cotchin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cotchin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cotchin throws a head kick but Iron Tyson moves out of range.
Cotchin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good standup being displayed there by Iron Tyson as he connects with a hook.
Iron Tyson blocks a low kick nicely.
Iron Tyson checks a leg kick.
Iron Tyson slips under a jab.
Cotchin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Iron Tyson does it's job there.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Cotchin blocks it.
Cotchin misses the shot to the body.
Cotchin misses with a looping right.
Cotchin lands with a right hand.
Cotchin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands a nice shot to the body.
Iron Tyson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cotchin throws out the jab.
Cotchin connects with a jab.
Cotchin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Iron Tyson missing with a left hand there. Cotchin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Iron Tyson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cotchin, pushing him back against the cage.
Cotchin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cotchin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Iron Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cotchin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cotchin scores with a hook to the body.
Iron Tyson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Iron Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cotchin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cotchin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cotchin is trying to break the clinch but Iron Tyson is controlling him.
Iron Tyson prevents a body shot from Cotchin.
Cotchin tries a body shot but Iron Tyson blocks it.
Iron Tyson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Iron Tyson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands a right hand.
Iron Tyson lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Iron Tyson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Iron Tyson misses with a punch on the inside.
Cotchin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A cross from Iron Tyson lands.
Cotchin is rocked!
Iron Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Cotchin.
Oh Cotchin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Iron Tyson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Iron Tyson misses the body punch
and Cotchin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Iron Tyson's knee momentarily.
Iron Tyson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cotchin seems to have got his legs back now.
Cotchin misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Iron Tyson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Iron Tyson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice shot lands for Iron Tyson.
Cotchin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Cotchin.
Iron Tyson staying out of range there.
Iron Tyson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cotchin as he avoids it easily.
Cotchin throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trent Cotchin clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jab from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson takes a swing at Cotchin's ribcage but misses.
Iron Tyson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cotchin's head backwards.
Iron Tyson tries to close the distance and clinch but Cotchin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Iron Tyson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cotchin avoids it really well and circles away.
Cotchin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cotchin catches Iron Tyson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cotchin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cotchin lands with an overhand left.
Iron Tyson loads up on a big right hand but Cotchin slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Iron Tyson lands a slapping body shot.
Iron Tyson misses with a looping right.
Iron Tyson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson misses with a hook.
Cotchin missing with a left hand there. Iron Tyson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Iron Tyson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands a nice shot to the body.
Cotchin throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Iron Tyson to counter with a crisp jab.
Iron Tyson digs a good body shot into Cotchin's ribs.
Cotchin lands with an overhand left.
Nice defenses there by Cotchin.
Iron Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Iron Tyson finds it's way through Cotchin's defenses.
Iron Tyson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cotchin.
A little jabbing left from Iron Tyson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cotchin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Iron Tyson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Iron Tyson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cotchin throws a poor cross that misses
and Iron Tyson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Cotchin lands a leg kick that knocks Iron Tyson off balance momentarily.
Iron Tyson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cotchin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Iron Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cotchin circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cotchin throws a hook but Iron Tyson blocks it.
Nice body punch from Iron Tyson.
A left lands for Cotchin.
Cotchin connects with a crisp jab.
Cotchin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cotchin lands with a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cotchin. That's going to slow Iron Tyson down.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch up.
Cotchin throws a shot from downtown. Iron Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Cotchin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Iron Tyson tries to clinch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Cotchin throws a low kick but Iron Tyson moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Iron Tyson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Iron Tyson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cotchin at a distance.
Iron Tyson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cotchins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Cotchin there.
Cotchin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Cotchin blocks it.
Iron Tyson checks the leg kick.
Iron Tyson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Iron Tyson looks to land a right hand but Cotchin moved out of range.
Iron Tyson throws a jab but it's blocked by Cotchin.
Cotchin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cotchin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Iron Tyson misses the shot to the body.
Iron Tyson lands with a good body shot.
Cotchin takes a swing at Iron Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iron Tyson.
A head kick from Cotchin lands but Iron Tyson takes it in his stride.
Cotchin misses with a looping right.
Iron Tyson throws an overhand right that lands on Cotchin's shoulder, as Cotchin tries to avoid the shot.
Cotchin 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Iron Tyson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cotchin is trying to control but can't.
Cotchin is holding on to half guard well.
Iron Tyson wants to stand up but Cotchin is controlling the position.
Cotchin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Iron Tyson pulls his head out easily.
Shogun Iron Tyson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Iron Tyson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cotchin has managed to free his arm - good work.
Cotchin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Iron Tyson pulls his head out easily.
Iron Tyson content to control rather than advance.
Cotchin trying to hold on to Iron Tyson's head to control him but Iron Tyson postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Shogun Iron Tyson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Iron Tyson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Iron Tyson misses the jab.
Cotchin throws a hook to the side of Iron Tyson's head but Iron Tyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iron Tyson.
Cotchin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Iron Tyson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cotchin throws a front kick aimed at Iron Tyson's knee but Iron Tyson avoids it well.
Iron Tyson lands a slapping body shot.
Cotchin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Iron Tyson slips a straight right by Cotchin.
Iron Tyson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cotchin.
Cotchin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cotchin lands a jab to the nose.
Iron Tyson swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cotchin counters with a nice leg kick.
Iron Tyson moves out of range of the strikes.
Cotchin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cotchin throws a hook to the side of Iron Tyson's head but Iron Tyson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Iron Tyson throws a looping overhand right but Cotchin ducks down to avoid it.
Cotchin throws out a loose jab but Iron Tyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Iron Tyson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Iron Tyson swings widly with a right hand
and Cotchin counters with a straight right hand.
Iron Tyson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cotchin throws a shot from downtown. Iron Tyson moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Iron Tyson. That snapped Cotchin's head back.
Cotchin clobbers Iron Tyson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cotchin with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Iron Tyson misses the target.
Iron Tyson misses with a straight right.
Cotchin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cotchin slips a straight right by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Iron Tyson throws a hook but Cotchin blocks it.
Cotchin throws a leg kick but Iron Tyson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Iron Tyson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Despite the aggression on Iron Tyson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Iron Tyson works Cotchin's body with a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cotchin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cotchin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Iron Tyson jabs at Cotchin's body.
Cotchin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Iron Tyson cracks Cotchin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cotchin throws a hook but Iron Tyson avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson tries to move into range but Cotchin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Iron Tyson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cotchin.
Iron Tyson moves into the clinch.
Cotchin throws a head punch that misses.
Cotchin misses with a body punch.
Cotchin lands a body shot.
Cotchin tries to break the clinch but Iron Tyson is controlling the position.
Iron Tyson tries to work over Cotchin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cotchin lands a body punch.
Iron Tyson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cotchin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cotchin lands a body punch.
Cotchin tries to throw a body punch but Iron Tyson avoids it by throwing Cotchin back against the cage.
A short right from Cotchin.
Cotchin breaks from the clinch.
Cotchin lands an overhand right.
Iron Tyson throws a body punch but Cotchin moves out of range.
Cotchin looks to land a right hand but Iron Tyson moved out of range.
Cotchin ducks under a wild hook from Iron Tyson.
A head kick by Cotchin misses
and Iron Tyson counters with a straight right hand.
Cotchin lands with an overhand left.
Iron Tyson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Iron Tyson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cotchin half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cotchin scores with a leg kick.
Cotchin throws a jab but it's blocked by Iron Tyson.
Iron Tyson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cotchin slips under a jab from Iron Tyson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Iron Tyson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Iron Tyson lands a nice shot that snaps Cotchin's head back.
Iron Tyson 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.
Cotchin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Iron Tyson.
Cotchin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cotchin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Iron Tyson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Iron Tyson dives in for a single leg takedown but Cotchin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cotchin throws an overhand right that lands on Iron Tyson's shoulder, as Iron Tyson tries to avoid the shot.
Iron Tyson staying out of range there.
Iron Tyson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cotchin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cotchin throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Iron Tyson misses the jab.
Cotchin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cotchin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cotchin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Iron Tyson under the eye.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Cotchin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cotchin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Glass scores the fight 48:48
The fight is ruled a draw!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Clones Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Arrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clones Jr comes into the arena with Pusha T - Blocka blaring out of the sound system. 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 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Don Clones Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, William Arrol!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clones Jr throws a hook to the side of Arrol's head but Arrol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arrol wants to counter the offense by Clones Jr and move into the clinch position.
Arrol throws a jab but it's blocked by Clones Jr.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Arrol misses with a punch to the body.
Clones Jr breaks the clinch.
Arrol closes the distance looking to clinch
and Clones Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arrol misses with a straight right.
Clones Jr is looking to counter with a body kick.
Arrol scores with a jab to the head.
Arrol lands with an overhand left.
Clones Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Arrol counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Arrol lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arrol fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arrol connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Clones Jr misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Clones Jr.
Arrol takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arrol cracks Clones Jr with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Arrol dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Clones Jr. That did some damage!
Clones Jr connects with a body shot.
Clones Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Clones Jr blocks a jab.
Clones Jr feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Arrol throws a leg kick
and Clones Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Arrol throws a body punch but Clones Jr moves out of range.
A jab from Arrol misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Clones Jr.
Arrol's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Clones Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Arrol scrambles back to his feet.
Arrol moves out of range as Clones Jr strikes.
Clones Jr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clones Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Arrol lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Don Clones Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr moves out of range easily.
Arrol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Arrol will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Clones Jr looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Clones Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clones Jr needs to keep his hands up - Arrol had a free shot at his head there.
Arrol looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Arrol scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Clones Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Clones Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arrol pivots, looking for a leg kick but Clones Jr is out of range and Arrol settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Arrol.
Arrol chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Clones Jr can pounce on him.
Clones Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arrol.
Clones Jr misses with a straight left.
Clones Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arrol takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Arrol works the jab nicely.
Clones Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A leg kick checked by Clones Jr.
Arrol throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clones Jr looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Clones Jr blocks a low kick nicely.
Clones Jr fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Arrol manages to avoid it.
Clones Jr lands a head shot.
Arrol misses with a wild body shot.
Clones Jr throws a lazy uppercut
and Arrol counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Clones Jr checks a low kick from Arrol.
A quick step to the side and Clones Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clones Jr with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Arrol lands a right hook to the body.
Arrol pivots, looking for a leg kick but Clones Jr is out of range and Arrol settles back down.
Clones Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arrol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arrol throws a leg kick
and Clones Jr counters with a nice kick to the body.
Arrol throws a leg kick but Clones Jr moved away.
Arrol bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Clones Jr's head.
Arrol lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Arrol throws a right and a left that Clones Jr avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrol tries to close the distance and clinch but Clones Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clones Jr throws a hook but Arrol avoids it easily.
Clones Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Clones Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Arrol has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clones Jr finds it's way round the side to connect with Arrol's head.
A shot to the liver by Clones Jr. Beautiful body shot.
Arrol misses with a low kick as Clones Jr jumps back.
Arrol blocks a leg kick.
Arrol ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr moves out of range easily.
Clones Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Arrol sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Arrol throws out a counter right but Clones Jr avoids it with no problem.
Clones Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Arrol should have avoided that one.
Arrol misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arrol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Arrol misses with a leg kick.
Jab from Clones Jr.
Arrol connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but William Arrol will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Arrol walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arrol is looking to clinch.
Clones Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arrol keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clones Jr.
Arrol drops his hands momentarily and Clones Jr takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Arrol ducks under a wild hook from Clones Jr.
Clones Jr misses with a kick to the body.
Arrol wants to slow Clones Jr down by chopping away at his legs.
William Arrol seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick by Arrol misses
and Clones Jr counters with a good low kick that Arrol was not able to check.
Clones Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Arrol counters with a thumping low kick.
Clones Jr jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clones Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arrol. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bone on bone clash there as Arrol blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clones Jr. Arrol does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick by Clones Jr misses
and Arrol cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Arrol tries to score with a low kick but Clones Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Arrol misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Arrol.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr moves out of range easily.
A big right from Clones Jr misses.
Clones Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Arrol seems unphased.
Arrol misses with a body shot
and Clones Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arrol tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Clones Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Arrol.
Clones Jr avoids the body shot from Arrol.
Crunch! Clones Jr slams his shin into Arrol's torso.
Arrol tries a low kick but Clones Jr avoids it.
Arrol slips under a jab from Clones Jr.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr avoids it.
Arrol blocks a leg kick.
Arrol throws a leg kick but Clones Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Arrol attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Arrol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clones Jr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Arrol.
Clones Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arrol.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clones Jr fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Arrol on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clones Jr's jab looks to have found its range, popping Arrol under the eye.
Nice body kick there by Clones Jr.
Clones Jr scores with a spinning back kick!
Clones Jr connects with a body shot that sends Arrol's belly button to the back.
Arrol is breathing heavily.
Clones Jr throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Arrol misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clones Jr.
A big right from Clones Jr misses.
Arrol takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clones Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Arrol is just out of range.
Clones Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Arrol's head backwards.
Arrol throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clones Jr.
Arrol scores with a shot to the body.
Arrol moves out of range of the strikes.
Arrol walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Clones Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Clones Jr works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Arrol misses.
The fighters circling - Arrol throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clones Jr fires out a quick counter leg kick but Arrol just manages to avoid it.
Arrol jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Clones Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A big right from Arrol misses.
Arrol with a nice cross.
Clones Jr is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Arrol throws a low kick but it's checked well by Clones Jr.
Clones Jr moves away from the strike by Arrol.
Crunch! Clones Jr slams his shin into Arrol's torso.
Clones Jr throws a half hearted mid kick.
Arrol appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Clones Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clones Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Arrol's shoulder, as Arrol tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Clones Jr there.
Clones Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Arrol was well out of range. Poor timing from Clones Jr.
Arrol wants to counter the offense by Clones Jr and move into the clinch position.
Arrol tries to land a leg kick but Clones Jr saw it coming and moves away.
Arrol misses with a body shot
and Clones Jr counters with a straight right hand.
Clones Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Arrol wants to clinch up but Clones Jr keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrol throws a leg kick but Clones Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Clones Jr appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Arrol scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arrol connects with a leg kick. Clones Jr looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arrol throws a sloppy body shot
and Clones Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Arrol is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A left lands for Clones Jr.
Arrol throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Clones Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Clones Jr throws out a loose jab but Arrol uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arrol appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Arrol misses with an uppercut
and Clones Jr counters with an outside leg kick.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr avoids it.
Clones Jr loads up on a big right hand but Arrol slips the punch.
Clones Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Arrol off the cage and back into range.
Clones Jr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arrol takes one on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Clones Jr dominated that second round.
That's time! Clones Jr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A jab from Clones Jr misses.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr avoids it.
Arrol is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Clones Jr.
Arrol looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Arrol throws a low kick but Clones Jr moves out of range easily.
Clones Jr throwing a counter right hand but Arrol manages to avoid it.
A jab from Clones Jr misses.
Arrol let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Clones Jr moves out of range as Arrol strikes.
Arrol looks to score with a jab to the body but Clones Jr is just out of range.
Arrol attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Clones Jr dips to his left and cracks Arrol with an uppercut!
Clones Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arrol.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arrol moves away from the strike by Clones Jr.
Arrol feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clones Jr's calf.
Arrol lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Clones Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Arrol's shoulder, as Arrol tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clones Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Clones Jr works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clones Jr waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Arrol.
Arrol jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Clones Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Arrol seems unphased.
Arrol is rocked!
A telegraphed right hand from Clones Jr misses the target.
Arrol is still on wobbly legs! Can Clones Jr finish him?
Clones Jr cracks the inside of Arrol's front leg.
Clones Jr lands with an overhand left.
Arrol throws a leg kick but Clones Jr moved away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Clones Jr - that will leave a mark!
Clones Jr misses with a leg kick.
Arrol seems to have recovered his senses.
Clones Jr misses with a head kick.
Clones Jr misses with a body kick.
Clones Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Arrol is just out of range.
Arrol swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Clones Jr.
Clones Jr jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arrol misses with a body shot.
Clones Jr misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clones Jr listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clones Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arrol doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Arrol ducks under a wild hook from Clones Jr.
Clones Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Arrol. That did some damage!
Arrol blocks a jab.
Arrol uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clones Jr.
Arrol let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Arrol attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Arrol tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Clones Jr is able to avoid easily.
Clones Jr misses with an uppercut.
Arrol takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Clones Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Arrol counters with a stiff right hand.
Arrol tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by Clones Jr as he connects with a hook.
Arrol uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Clones Jr.
Clones Jr throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice side step and Arrol releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clones Jr sizes up Arrol with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clones Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Clones Jr misses with a looping right.
A nice side step and Arrol releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Arrol moves forwards but Clones Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Clones Jr just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Clones Jr does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Arrol. Clones Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clones Jr with a nice cross.
Arrol staying out of range there.
Clones Jr checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Arrol lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Arrol scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Clones Jr moves away from the strike by Arrol.
Clones Jr keeps Arrol at a distance using the push kick.
Clones Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Arrol makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arrol fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arrol is looking to clinch.
Arrol staying out of range there.
Clones Jr cracks the inside of Arrol's front leg.
Arrol misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from Arrol misses.
Arrol has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Clones Jr.
Clones Jr slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Arrol takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arrol feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Clones Jr's calf.
Arrol has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clones Jr tries to keep at a distance but Arrol has taken the fight into the clinch.
Clones Jr misses with some punches.
Clones Jr tries a body shot but Arrol blocks it.
Arrol misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Clones Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clones Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Arrol fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Clones Jr has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Don Clones Jr showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Clones Jr 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Clones Jr!
A victorious Don Clones Jr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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