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DFC 46: Savkov Vs McDonnell PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Auld Bawls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bawls comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Big Balls. Tim Ortiz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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265 lbs
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276 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Auld Bawls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz misses the shot to the body.
Bawls throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Bawls throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Bawls misses with a two punch combination.
Bawls swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bawls looks to land a combination but Ortiz avoids it well.
Auld Bawls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz tries to sprawl but Bawls drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Ortiz pushes Bawls off looking to stand but Bawls dives back in and keeps control.
Bawls not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bawls is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ortiz!
Bawls throwing strikes here but Ortiz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bawls has control of Ortiz's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ortiz regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ortiz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bawls wants to control the pace but Ortiz is squirming around nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz has given up his back here. Will Bawls look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Ortiz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Bawls is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Ortiz is defending well though. Bawls let's go of the attempt for now.
Bawls has good solid back control here.
Ortiz is trying to escape but he's just digging himself into more trouble. Bawls manages to sink in the hooks and gets a rear naked choke to end the fight in impressive fashion.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Auld Bawls!
During a confident post fight interview, Auld Bawls thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Csaba Gyepes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gyepes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Metallica - Master of Puppets kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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205 lbs
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216 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hudson Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Csaba Gyepes!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Donatello Bradman and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt
and Gyepes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oliveira looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Gyepes scores with a shot to the body.
Gyepes cracks Oliveira's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Oliveira slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Gyepes can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Csaba Gyepes!
A relieved looking Csaba Gyepes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonnhy Five (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daryl Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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221 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonnhy Five!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daryl Smith!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Five tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Five cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Five.
Five closes the distance and clinches.
Come on Five - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Five misses with a knee strike.
Five scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stalling in the clinch from Five.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Five.
Five tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Five.
Five has Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Five swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith has Five pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smith wants to break free but Five has control.
Five creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith leaning his opponent against the cage.
Five effectively controlling the action here.
Five misses with a punch on the inside.
Five throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Five controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Five clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Five taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Five swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Five is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Five misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Five.
Smith blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith lands an overhand right.
Five tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Five takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith avoiding damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Smith continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
A short left from Five.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonnhy Five dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Five tries to clinch but Smith moves away
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Nice shot by Smith.
Five tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Five fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Five 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith throws a hook but Five blocks it.
Daryl Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Five looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Five persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Five tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Five tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Five fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Smith.
Five ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Five closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Five throws a head punch that misses.
Five misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Five just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Five.
Five clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Five is struggling to control the position.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Five uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Five tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Five ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Five ducks down to avoid it.
Five will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jonnhy Five is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith cracks Five with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Five is looking to clinch.
Five tries to clinch but Smith moves away
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Daryl Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Five's head but Five sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Five's head but Five sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Five staying out of range there.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Five is rocked!
Smith looks to land a combination but Five avoids it well.
Oh Five is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith cracks Five with a good jab.
Five tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith counters with a big left hand that crumples Five! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daryl Smith!
After the fight, Daryl Smith was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Jacobi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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135 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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140 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Jacobi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Smith!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobi tries for a takedown but Smith circles away easily
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jacobi is defended easily by Smith.
Jacobi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Jacobi.
We've been hearing reports that Jacobi has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Smith throws a head kick that Jacobi semi-blocks.
Jacobi tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jacobi feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Smith being controlled here, momentarily.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jacobi has passed into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith is letting Jacobi control him for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Jacobi moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Smith is looking to regain half guard here but Jacobi keeps moving and retains side control.
Jacobi is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Smith looks calm but he's in trouble here. Jacobi gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Smith is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Jacobi lets go of the hold and Smith can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Johnny Jacobi!
Johnny Jacobi 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 heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Infamous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Joshua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Infamous comes to the cage accompanied by Kevin Gates- Satellites. 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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245 lbs
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255 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Excellent 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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Infamous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mr Joshua!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Darius Henderson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Infamous 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.
Infamous tries to clinch up but Joshua circles away and keeps his distance.
Infamous moves to clinch but Joshua breaks away
and Joshua counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Infamous fails with an attempt to clinch.
Infamous wants to clinch
and Joshua cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Infamous looks to clinch
and Joshua counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Joshua cracks a nice hook into Infamous's ribs.
Infamous is breathing heavily.
Joshua circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joshua counters with a crisp right that sends Infamous to the canvas! Joshua follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mr Joshua!
Mr Joshua opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between TJ De Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor Newell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santos comes to the cage accompanied by 25 Ta Life - Fight Dirty. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TJ De Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conor Newell!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Newell.
De Santos throws a hook but Newell avoids it easily.
De Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Newell. That did some damage!
Some bone on bone action there as De Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Santos punishes Newell's body with a nice straight punch.
Conor Newell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Santos throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Newell lands a jab to the head.
De Santos feints and then cracks Newell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Newell down.
Newell misses with a low kick.
A clash of legs there as De Santos blocks the low kick.
No joy there for De Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Newell flicks out a counter leg kick but De Santos steps away.
Newell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Newell.
And De Santos counters with a quick kick to the body but Newell blocks it.
De Santos tries to clinch but Newell moves out of range.
Newell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Newell throws a leg kick but De Santos moved away.
De Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Newell misses with a leg kick.
De Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos throws a body kick that misses.
De Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Newell misses with an attempted mid kick.
Newell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newell throws a right hand that De Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that De Santos also avoids with ease.
A clash of legs there as De Santos blocks the low kick.
Newell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like TJ De Santos has been cut.
Good work by De Santos as he checks the leg kick.
Newell throws a hook but De Santos blocks it.
De Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Newell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Newell misses with a combination
and De Santos counters with a head kick.
Newell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Newell there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head kick misses from Newell.
De Santos jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Newell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Newell scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Santos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Newell lands a jab.
De Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newell.
Newell throws a head kick that misses.
De Santos scores with a leg kick.
Newell wants to slow De Santos down by chopping away at his legs.
Newell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Santos is able to avoid easily.
Newell thows a leg kick but De Santos checks it
and De Santos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Newell thinking.
De Santos throws a leg kick but Newell checks it.
De Santos stuns Newell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Newell's shoulder, as Newell tries to avoid the shot.
Newell gets off balance looking for a body kick
and De Santos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Newell really felt that one!
Newell moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Newell takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newell throws a head kick that De Santos semi-blocks.
De Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Santos throws a sloppy head kick
and Newell counters with a big head kick but De Santos shrugs it off.
Newell drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
De Santos fires out a quick counter leg kick but Newell just manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from De Santos misses the target.
De Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Newell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
De Santos tries to clinch there but Newell circles away.
Newell unleashes a big counter combination but De Santos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That kick from Newell tenderised De Santos's leg. De Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Newell throws a leg kick
and De Santos counters with an outside leg kick.
Newell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Newell takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Newell 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 De Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Some wild striking there from Newell.
A little feinted left hand from De Santos on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Santos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newell just misses with a punch to the body.
De Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Newell shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
De Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Newell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
De Santos is looking to slow Newell down with leg kicks.
De Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Newell counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Newell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Newell takes a swing at De Santos's ribcage but misses.
Newell lands with a slapping head kick.
De Santos throws a big shot that misses.
Newell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Newell lands with a nice combination. De Santos backs away looking to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Newell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Santos is looking to clinch.
Newell is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Santos rather than just go for the knockout.
De Santos scores with a leg kick.
Newell takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conor Newell dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TJ De Santos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
De Santos throws a wild body kick that Newell sees coming a mile off.
Newell throws a sloppy head kick and De Santos moves out of range easily.
De Santos has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Newell.
Newell lands a nice looking body shot.
Newell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Santos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Conor Newell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Newell misses with a leg kick
and De Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Santos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Santos scores with a leg kick.
De Santos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick by Newell misses
and De Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Crunch! De Santos slams his shin into Newell's torso.
Newell takes a swing at De Santos's ribcage but misses.
Newell throws a body shot but no joy.
De Santos is looking to counter the offense by Newell and move into the clinch.
A head kick misses from De Santos.
Newell throws a leg kick
and De Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by De Santos misses
and Newell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Newell blocks a head kick by De Santos.
Newell misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Newell is predictable there
and De Santos counters with a good, hard body kick but Newell shrugs it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Newell.
A jab lands there for De Santos.
Newell throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and De Santos counters with a good, hard body kick but Newell shrugs it off.
De Santos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Crunch! De Santos slams his shin into Newell's torso.
Newell slips a straight right by De Santos.
De Santos checks a leg kick.
De Santos tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Newell manages to circle out of the way.
Newell throws a head kick that misses
and De Santos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Santos checks the leg kick.
De Santos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Newell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newell keeps De Santos at a distance using the push kick.
Newell connects with a solid leg kick.
Conor Newell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as De Santos blocks the leg kick.
Newell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Santos.
Newell scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newell misses with a hook
and De Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Santos throws a solid leg kick but Newell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at De Santos.
Newell lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newell buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Newell fakes the leg kick and cracks De Santos in the body.
That kick from Newell tenderised De Santos's leg. De Santos is trying to keep his angry face on.
Decent striking displayed by De Santos there.
De Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Newell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Newell lands a jab.
Newell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Santos tests Newell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Newell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Newell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like De Santos was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Newell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos misses with a double jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
An inside leg kick lands from Newell.
De Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Newell is just out of range.
An inside leg kick from Newell misses.
Newell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
De Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Newell lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
De Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Newell.
Newell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Newell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Santos.
De Santos throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Santos misses with a hook to the body
and Newell counters with a one-two to the body.
Newell lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Newell throws a right and a left that De Santos avoids nicely.
Newell throws a head kick but De Santos moves out of range.
De Santos quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
De Santos misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Newell misses
and De Santos counters with a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newell throws a combination that misses
and De Santos counters with a solid body kick.
Newell is breathing heavily.
Newell throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Newell.
De Santos avoids the head kick by Newell.
De Santos lands a right hook to the body.
Newell throws the kick towards the body but De Santos avoids it.
Newell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newell has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Santos.
Newell throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Newell throws a body kick that misses.
Newell throws a combination. De Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Santos lands with a right hand.
De Santos scores with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by De Santos.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Santos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Conor Newell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on TJ De Santos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
De Santos misses with a body kick.
De Santos thuds his shin into the meat of Newell's side.
It looks like De Santos has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
De Santos lands with a thumping leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Santos.
De Santos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Santos throws a right hand that misses
and Newell counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
De Santos checks a leg kick.
De Santos lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Newell is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Newell wants to slow De Santos down by chopping away at his legs.
Newell looks to throw the jab but De Santos is out of range.
De Santos thinks about countering with a head kick.
Newell throws a leg kick but De Santos sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Santos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Newell's calf.
A head kick misses from Newell.
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!
Newell has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Newell there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Newell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santos connects with a high kick.
Newell throws a leg kick
letting De Santos counter with a right hand.
Newell is rocked!
Newell takes a swing at De Santos's ribcage but misses.
Newell is still on wobbly legs! Can De Santos finish him?
Newell lands with a good body shot.
De Santos throws a body shot but no joy.
Newell seems to have recovered his senses.
De Santos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
De Santos moves into range and connects with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Santos.
A solid body kick from De Santos.
Newell throws a body kick that misses.
De Santos tries to clinch but Newell moves out of range.
Newell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Newell on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newell is looking to chop away at De Santos's legs.
De Santos works the jab nicely.
Newell connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
TJ De Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santos feints and then cracks Newell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Newell down.
Newell throws a front kick that sends De Santos stumbling back into the cage.
Newell will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
De Santos tries to clinch up.
De Santos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Newell lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Newell throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Santos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from De Santos - that will leave a mark!
Newell throws a leg kick which misses De Santos's front leg but catches the back leg as De Santos tries to avoid it.
De Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Newell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Santos.
Newell lands a nice shot that snaps De Santos's head back.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Santos!
Newell misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newell throws a nice outside leg kick.
Newell misses with a leg kick
and De Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
De Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Santos thuds his shin into the meat of Newell's side.
De Santos rushes Newell and presses him up against the cage.
Newell tries a body shot but De Santos blocks it.
De Santos lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Santos breaks from the clinch.
Newell has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Santos.
Nice straight punches there by De Santos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of De Santos.
Newell with a jab.
Newell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
De Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Newell moves out of range easily.
De Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Newell struggles to land a body shot inside as De Santos controls his hands.
De Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Newell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conor Newell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santos tries a body shot but Newell blocks it.
Newell tries to work over De Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newell struggles to land a body shot inside as De Santos controls his hands.
De Santos misses with a body punch.
Newell tries to work over De Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Newell tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Santos's elbow.
De Santos scores with a hook to the body.
De Santos misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Newell.
Newell blocks a body shot from De Santos.
Newell misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
TJ De Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Newell has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 29:28
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Conor Newell!
Conor Newell bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Stephens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Belliveau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stephens comes to the cage accompanied by Renegade by (hed)PE. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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219 lbs
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Craig Stephens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Belliveau!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Belliveau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Belliveau moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Stephens has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Stephens breaks from the clinch.
Stephens looks to throw a body kick
and Belliveau counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Belliveau.
Stephens wants to get back to his feet but Belliveau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Stephens is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
We've been informed that Belliveau 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.
Belliveau gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Stephens regains guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stephens is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Belliveau is controlling him.
Belliveau wants to control from the top but Stephens keeps moving.
Belliveau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stephens wants to stand up but Belliveau is controlling him.
Stephens uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Belliveau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stephens.
Belliveau fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Belliveau walks into a stiff left hand from Stephens.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belliveau defending well as Stephens loads up on a big left hand.
Stephens displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Belliveau.
Stephens explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Belliveau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stephens.
Belliveau takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mark Belliveau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belliveau moves out of range of the body kick from Stephens.
Stephens tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stephens dips to his left and cracks Belliveau with an uppercut!
Belliveau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stephens.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Stephens.
Craig Stephens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Stephens lands.
Stephens misses with a hook. Belliveau ducked under it nicely.
Belliveau changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Belliveau shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stephens defends it nicely.
Belliveau has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Belliveau trying to stall but Stephens improves his position.
Stephens tries to break free but Belliveau pushes him back against the cage.
Stephens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Belliveau is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Stephens can't fight it off and eventually Belliveau manages to take the fight to the floor. Stephens looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Stephens manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Stephens is trying to break the clinch but Belliveau is controlling him.
Belliveau goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stephens prevents it.
Craig Stephens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Belliveau.
Stephens wants to get back to striking at distance but Belliveau won't allow it.
Stephens wants to break free but Belliveau has control.
Stephens breaks from the clinch.
A left lands for Stephens.
Belliveau shoots and misses
and Stephens counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stephens misses with an uppercut.
Belliveau shoots in for a takedown but Stephens shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Stephens lands but Belliveau takes it in his stride.
Stephens with a jab.
Belliveau looks for a takedown but Stephens sprawls well.
Jab by Stephens.
Belliveau lands a two punch combo.
Stephens misses with a wild body shot.
Belliveau dives in and grabs Stephens's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stephens pushes down on Belliveau's head and hops out.
Stephens changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stephens looks to throw the jab but Belliveau is out of range.
Belliveau misses with a takedown attempt - Stephens sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stephens leaves Belliveau with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Belliveau looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belliveau tries to clinch but Stephens moves out of range.
Good shot there by Stephens.
Belliveau wants to clinch but Stephens slips to the side
and Stephens counters with a crisp right hand that drops Belliveau! Stephens lets Belliveau back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Belliveau is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belliveau walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Stephens! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Craig Stephens!
A relieved looking Craig Stephens thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douche Canoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsoko Chikatchawan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chikatchawan has chosen Animal as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Douche Canoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsoko Chikatchawan!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chikatchawan slips a jab from Canoe.
Canoe lunges at Chikatchawan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chikatchawan's hand.
Nice uppercut there from Canoe.
A big right from Canoe misses.
Chikatchawan is trying to counter with his kicks.
Canoe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD-Guts & Glory Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Canoe misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Chikatchawan to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Douche Canoe has been cut.
Chikatchawan digs a good body shot into Canoe's ribs.
Douche Canoe seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chikatchawan looks to score with a jab to the body but Canoe is just out of range.
Chikatchawan throws an overhand right that lands on Canoe's shoulder, as Canoe tries to avoid the shot.
Canoe bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A cross from Canoe lands.
Chikatchawan slips a jab from Canoe.
Chikatchawan flicks out a counter leg kick but Canoe steps away.
Canoe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chikatchawan 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!
Canoe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chikatchawan manages to avoid it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Canoe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canoe looks to score with a jab to the body but Chikatchawan is just out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Chikatchawan as he connects with a hook.
Chikatchawan misses with a body kick.
Canoe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Canoe missing with a left hand there. Chikatchawan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Canoe feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chikatchawans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chikatchawan just misses with a punch to the body.
Canoe misses with an uppercut.
Chikatchawan flicks out a counter leg kick but Canoe steps away.
Canoe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chikatchawan counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Chikatchawan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Canoe. That did some damage!
Canoe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chikatchawan in his tracks.
Chikatchawan lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chikatchawan. Canoe shrugs it off though.
Canoe misses with a left hand
and Chikatchawan counters by clinching up.
Still in the clinch, Chikatchawan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chikatchawan swings wildly with an uppercut but Canoe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chikatchawan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chikatchawan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chikatchawan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chikatchawan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chikatchawan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Canoe is breathing heavily.
A short left from Canoe.
Canoe wants to get back to striking at distance but Chikatchawan won't allow it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chikatchawan.
Canoe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chikatchawan scores with a shot to the side of Canoe's head.
Chikatchawan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Canoe.
Chikatchawan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chikatchawan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Canoe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chikatchawan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Chikatchawan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chikatchawan lands a left hand.
Chikatchawan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Canoe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chikatchawan.
Canoe's corner calls for a 1-2. Canoe obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Canoe closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Chikatchawan throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
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!
Canoe throws a hook but Chikatchawan avoids it easily.
Chikatchawan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Canoe scores with a jab. Chikatchawan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Canoe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chikatchawan counters with a nice right hand that sends Canoe toppling to the canvas! Canoe scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Chikatchawan finish him?!
Canoe is rocked!
A jab from Chikatchawan misses.
Oh Canoe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chikatchawan stuns Canoe with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Canoe seems to have got his legs back now.
Chikatchawan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chikatchawan sends Canoe crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Chikatchawan is motioning to the referee to let Canoe up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Douche Canoe's cut is getting worse.
Canoe takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Chikatchawan engages and cracks Canoe with a massive lead left hook - Canoe tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Chikatchawan is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tsoko Chikatchawan!
A very excited looking Tsoko Chikatchawan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Prince Thalente Sfiso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conchito Alonso has chosen War - The Cisco Kid as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prince Thalente Sfiso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso !
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conchito Alonso is looking to score with low kicks.
Sfiso smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sfiso scoring well with a low kick there.
Sfiso lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Conchito Alonso misses the shot to the body.
Sfiso is looking to land body kicks.
Sfiso pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Conchito Alonso tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Conchito Alonso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sfiso.
Conchito Alonso wants to counter the offense by Sfiso and move into the clinch position.
Conchito Alonso closes the distance but Sfiso moves to the side
and Sfiso counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Conchito Alonso is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Conchito Alonso doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sfiso bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Conchito Alonso misses with a left hand
and Conchito Alonso takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conchito Alonso doesn't manage to clinch there - Sfiso circles away.
Conchito Alonso throws a body punch but Sfiso moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sfiso connects with a solid leg kick.
Conchito Alonso shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sfiso wants to sweep here but Conchito Alonso controlling him for the moment.
Sfiso is working hard here to advance position.
Sfiso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Conchito Alonso manages to get himself to full guard.
Conchito Alonso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sfiso tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Sfiso moves into full guard.
Conchito Alonso preventing the sweep.
Conchito Alonso is working Sfiso over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso keeping moving, preventing Conchito Alonso from controlling successfully.
Conchito Alonso won't allow Sfiso to sweep him here.
Sfiso trying to keep a closed guard but Conchito Alonso is proving a slippery customer.
Sfiso is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sfiso working for a triangle but Conchito Alonso defends it easily.
Sfiso has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Conchito Alonso has passed into side control.
Sfiso is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Conchito Alonso off and has taken his back!
Sfiso punches the canvas rather than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso punches the canvas rather than the man.
Sfiso has the hooks in. Conchito Alonso is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Conchito Alonso breaks Sfiso's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Conchito Alonso cracks Sfiso with a solid left hand.
Sfiso looking to control.
Sfiso trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Conchito Alonso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sfiso works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sfiso wants to sweep but no luck.
Conchito Alonso throwing strikes from guard but Sfiso blocks nicely.
Conchito Alonso postures up.
Conchito Alonso slips nicely into half guard.
Conchito Alonso prevents Sfiso from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conchito Alonso seems to be looking for submissions.
Conchito Alonso wants to control but Sfiso is keeping him busy.
Sfiso on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sfiso tries to get out of the position.
Conchito Alonso works his way into full mount!
Conchito Alonso scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sfiso?
Sfiso tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Conchito Alonso wants to control the pace but Sfiso is squirming around nicely.
Sfiso can't escape the position.
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 Prince Thalente Sfiso will probably get the nod.
That's time! Sfiso's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sfiso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Conchito Alonso .
Conchito Alonso moves out of range of the body kick.
Conchito Alonso gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Conchito Alonso takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sfiso's corner calls for a 1-2. Sfiso obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Conchito Alonso manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sfiso on his heels. He'll look to pass Sfiso's guard now, I'm sure.
Sfiso looking to control.
Conchito Alonso stopping the sweep attempt from Sfiso.
Sfiso keeping moving, preventing Conchito Alonso from controlling successfully.
Sfiso looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Conchito Alonso slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Sfiso.
Conchito Alonso is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sfiso is just riding it out for now. Conchito Alonso eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso gets full guard.
Sfiso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sfiso working over Conchito Alonso with some ground and pound. Conchito Alonso looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Conchito Alonso is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sfiso's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sfiso's back!
Sfiso prevents Conchito Alonso from getting a body triangle.
Conchito Alonso is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Conchito Alonso is punishing Sfiso with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Sfiso has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sfiso trying to control the action but Conchito Alonso just sinks the hooks in.
Conchito Alonso tries to get the hooks in deep but Sfiso pushed the leg off.
Sfiso breaks Conchito Alonso 's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conchito Alonso utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Sfiso trying to move into half guard but instead Conchito Alonso has managed to sweep!
Sfiso controls Conchito Alonso momentarily but Conchito Alonso frees himself.
Sfiso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sfiso thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso working over Conchito Alonso with some ground and pound. Conchito Alonso looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Conchito Alonso is looking for a sweep. Sfiso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sfiso misses with a head shot. Conchito Alonso uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sfiso keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Conchito Alonso 's head.
Sfiso throws a big right hand that misses.
Conchito Alonso trying to control the position.
Sfiso is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Conchito Alonso is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sfiso defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso wants to control from the top but Conchito Alonso keeps moving.
Sfiso cracks Conchito Alonso with a solid left hand.
Sfiso postures up and lands a big shot to Conchito Alonso 's brow.
Sfiso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sfiso lands a couple of elbows.
Sfiso cracks Conchito Alonso with a solid left hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sfiso's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sfiso postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Prince Thalente Sfiso dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Conchito Alonso closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sfiso did well to prevent Conchito Alonso getting side control.
Sfiso is trying to control but can't.
Conchito Alonso trying to control the action but Sfiso is working from the bottom.
Sfiso is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Conchito Alonso 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Conchito Alonso 's back!
Sfiso cracks Conchito Alonso with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Conchito Alonso from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Conchito Alonso preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sfiso.
Conchito Alonso tries to escape the position.
Conchito Alonso is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sfiso lands shots from the back.
Sfiso lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sfiso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sfiso connects with a big shot to the side of Conchito Alonso 's head.
Conchito Alonso is trying to remain composed but Sfiso is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Sfiso softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sfiso lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Sfiso avoiding Conchito Alonso 's attempts to control his hands.
Sfiso lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Conchito Alonso is rocked!
Conchito Alonso rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sfiso stalling away here and it's allowed Conchito Alonso to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Conchito Alonso is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sfiso working some strikes from top position.
Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Conchito Alonso keeping moving, preventing Sfiso from controlling successfully.
Conchito Alonso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sfiso working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Conchito Alonso 's head.
Sfiso lands a couple of digs.
Sfiso trying to control the position from guard on top but Conchito Alonso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sfiso is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sfiso scoring with some ground and pound.
Sfiso postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conchito Alonso preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sfiso lands a couple of digs.
Conchito Alonso is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Conchito Alonso keeping moving, preventing Sfiso from controlling successfully.
Sfiso is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conchito Alonso can do to turn this around?
Sfiso with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Conchito Alonso controls Sfiso momentarily but Sfiso frees himself.
Sfiso with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sfiso sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sfiso wants to control from the top but Conchito Alonso keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sfiso content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Conchito Alonso has locked up a guillotine! Conchito Alonso 's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Sfiso is holding on here and Conchito Alonso must be using up a lot of energy. Sfiso has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Conchito Alonso gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso !
An out of breath Marco Antonio Conchito Alonso thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Savkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory McDonnell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonnell has chosen Bloc Party - Ares (Remix) as his entrance music. Pavel Savkov had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Savkov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rory McDonnell!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonnell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Savkov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
McDonnell swats away the attempt to clinch by Savkov.
Savkov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. McDonnell tries to avoid it but Savkov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag McDonnell to the ground. McDonnell escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
McDonnell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Savkov tries to clinch but McDonnell is having none of it.
A jab lands there for McDonnell.
Savkov is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McDonnell's half guard.
Savkov is nestled in close to McDonnell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Savkov not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Savkov is nestled in close to McDonnell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McDonnell manages to get to full guard.
Savkov postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
McDonnell trying to keep a closed guard but Savkov is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Savkov is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but McDonnell has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Savkov is looking to defend but McDonnell has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Savkov! McDonnell pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Savkov taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rory McDonnell!
Rory McDonnell is the new welterweight champion!
Rory McDonnell gave a mention to Swixx in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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